Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Let's play the unpublished cover game! (Round 5)

Guess the title and number of the original issues for which these following unpublished covers were meant for.





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19 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 6, 2011 at 2:01 PM

    i'm guessing that #2 is for an early issue of x-men classics. possibly issue 5 or 6? and the #1 is x-factor annual 1?

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  2. Matt HawesJuly 6, 2011 at 2:43 PM

    I wonder when I see such rejected covers about the reason they were rejected to begin with? All of those covers look pretty cool to me.

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  3. MikeJuly 6, 2011 at 7:19 PM

    X-Factor Annual #1 on the first one.

    Classic X-Men #2 on the second.

    No idea on the rest.

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  4. Stephen GurrJuly 6, 2011 at 7:44 PM

    Um...OK, here goes nothing ... X-Factor Annual #1, Classic X-Men #3, West Coast Avengers #48, Incredible Hulk #338, X-Factor #24. If I got any of those exactly right I will be surprised

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  5. Jason ShayerJuly 6, 2011 at 8:22 PM

    X-Factor Annual #1 - Correct
    Classic X-Men #3 - correct
    West Coast Avengers #48 - nope
    Incredible Hulk #338 - nope
    X-Factor #24 - nope

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  6. MikeJuly 6, 2011 at 10:28 PM

    Doh! I should've known it would be X-Men Classic #3. Instead we got the 25th anniversary cover with a big picture of Storm!

    West Coast Avengers #56? And, ummmm....X-Factor #16?

    I have no idea on the Hulk.

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  7. Jason ShayerJuly 6, 2011 at 10:33 PM

    So close on West Coast Avengers, it was actually #55. Correct on X-Factor #16. The Hulk cover is a tough one as there's no real hints on the cover...

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  8. Marcelo BaezJuly 7, 2011 at 3:29 AM

    X factor 16!! Its the only X factor comic I kept because of Mazzucchelli! WOW thats an awesome cover... must have been just before he did "Born again" best DD story ever, in my humble opinion....

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  9. AnonymousJuly 7, 2011 at 9:47 AM

    love the covers. I'd say Hulk is 344 or 345
    that's right 2 Guesses! I hope that doesn't disqualify me for a no Prize! I always wanted one of those.

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  10. Jason ShayerJuly 7, 2011 at 10:05 AM

    Hey Daniel, you're so close on the Hulk, that I'll give it to you... Incredible Hulk #346.

    So the full list is:

    X-Factor Annual #1
    Classic X-Men #3
    West Coast Avengers #55
    Incredible Hulk #346
    X-Factor #16

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  11. Jason ShayerJuly 7, 2011 at 10:05 AM

    Thanks for playing everyone!

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  12. AnonymousJuly 7, 2011 at 10:18 AM

    I was going to say 346 originally, but seeing as how 345 was McFarlanes last issue and 346 was done by Eric Larsen I opted for an issue earlier...

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  13. Pj PerezJuly 7, 2011 at 10:49 AM

    Mazzucchelli did an X-Factor cover? Yowza. How did I miss that?

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  14. AmeronJuly 7, 2011 at 12:56 PM

    X-Factor Annual #1
    Classic X-men #2 (or possibly #3)
    Avengers West Coast #60
    The Incredible Hulk #345
    X-Factor #8

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  15. AnonymousJuly 8, 2011 at 11:05 PM

    Mazzucchelli actually penciled that issue, but it wasn't inked by him, so it looked a bit different. I have trouble believing that the Art Adams cover was for Classic X-men 3 because the style on that cover is more like the cartoony style he developed later in his career. When he did those early Classic X-Men covers he was still using his hyper detailed style. Could it be for a reprint book of Classic X-Men or something similar?

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  16. Jason ShayerJuly 9, 2011 at 12:44 AM

    Hey Anonymous, yeah, X-Factor #16 was inked by Rubinstein.

    And after a good search, you are correct about that Classic X-Men cover. Good eye at spotting that. Sorry to mislead folks, it wasn't my intention. Looks like it was created in 2000 for a Thunderbird special that never happened and then included in the Modern Masters Art Adams issue.

    Thanks for clearing that up!

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  17. HenryNovember 9, 2011 at 3:39 PM

    Re: X-Factor 16 Cover by Mazz

    I'm confused, do unpublished covers actually get colored or is this one an exception?

    http://www.comicvine.com/x-factor-playing-with-fire/37-28127/

    The link shows a higher quality scan of what appears to be an actual printed version of the unpublished cover. Any idea why this exists and if there might be other copies out there?

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  18. Jason ShayerNovember 9, 2011 at 4:01 PM

    Hey Henry, if I recall correctly this unpublished cover was coloured as a backup feature to one of the annuals.

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  19. HenryNovember 10, 2011 at 11:15 AM

    Thanks Jason, I'm a huge Mazzucchelli fan, gonna dig through some back issues bins and see if I can pin this one down. If only he'd stayed with the superhero genre a little longer...

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