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Best Comic Book covers of 2008

These are my picks for best comic book covers of 2008 - - all covers that made me want to buy the comic to read the story inside. Links are to reviews of the issues and the artists' sites:

Action Comics #872 cover by Gary Frank

Birds of Prey #125 cover by Frank Quitely

100 Bullets #98 cover by Dave Johnson

Army@Love: The Art of War #5 cover by Rick Veitch

Young Liars #10 cover by David Lapham

Ms. Marvel Special: Storyteller cover by Giuseppe Camuncoli

Secret Invasion: Front Line #4 cover by Juan Doe

Tiny Titans #7 cover by Art Baltazar

Madame Xanadu #3 cover by Amy Reeder Hadley

Justice League Unlimited #42 cover by Christopher Jones & Mark Propst

And my favorite of the year, the irresistible Ghost Rider versus murderous nurses:

Ghost Rider #21 cover by Marko Djurdjevic

Relatedly, here's Robot 6's 25 Best Comic Book Covers of 2008. There's no overlap at all between Kevin Melrose's list and mine.

*Buy "52: The Covers" at Amazon.

Superwoman desktop wallpaper

I whipped up a desktop wallpaper using Joshua Middleton's cover for Supergirl #37. You can buy original art by Middleton here. Via.

You can see all of the DC Comics Solicitations for January 2009 here.

*Previously: Super Mary.

*Buy Supergirl toys at eBay.

Abbey Road parody by Mike Allred

Mike Allred's Madman graces this parody of The Beatles' "Abbey Road." It's the cover to Madman Atomics #16. Via.

*Previously: Beatles in Wonderland animated gif.

*Buy Madman toys at eBay.

Extreme Jedi Action

Star Wars: Legacy #32 cover by Omar Francia and Brad Anderson. You can see all of the Dark Horse solicitations for January, 2009 here.

*See more great comic book covers here.

*Buy Star Wars sketch cards at eBay.

Best Covers: Marvel Comics Solicitations for December 2008

Ghost Rider #30 cover by Gerald Parel

What If? Secret Wars cover by Giuseppe Camuncoli and Marko Djurdjevic

Daredevil #114 cover by Marko Djurdjevic

*See previously featured comic book covers here.

*Buy X-Men action figures at eBay.

Best Covers: DC Comic Solicitations for December 2008

Action Comics #872 cover by Gary Frank

Birds of Prey #125 cover by Frank Quitely

100 Bullets #98 cover by Dave Johnson

Army@Love: The Art of War #5 cover by Rick Veitch

Young Liars #10 cover by David Lapham

See all of the DC Comics solicitations for December 2008 here.

*See previously featured comic book covers here.

*Buy 52: The Covers by J.G. Jones.

Teenage angst depicted in some great book covers from Flux

Here are a few great book covers from the Flux imprint. Teenage angst never looked so good:

The Shape of Water.

The Second Virginity of Suzy Green.

Band Geek Love.

Busted: Confessions of an Accidental Player.

Via these fine sites.

*See previously posted book covers here.

*Buy a collection of Chip Kidd's book covers at Amazon.

Best Cover: Marvel Comics Solicitations November 2008

Ms. Marvel Special: Storyteller cover by Giuseppe Camuncoli. Hard to resist a comic that promises the Hulk as a pirate. See all of the Marvel Comics solicitations for November 2008 here.

*See previously posted comic book covers here.

*Buy 52: The Covers by J.G. Jones.