Cover Contest: May 23 to May 29 - Meteors and Comets

[Kai "the spy"]

[comicscollector]

[Shalla Bal]

[Enigmatic Undead]

[Scott Taylor]

[seismic-2]

This is a beautiful cover, and it reminds me of the lyrics of the beautiful song "Rocket Man", written by Tom Rapp and that he recorded in 1970 with his band Pearls Before Swine. It was inspired by Ray Bradbury's "The Illustrated Man".

My father was a rocket man
He often went to Jupiter or Mercury, to Venus or to Mars
My mother and I would watch the sky
And wonder if a falling star
Was a ship becoming ashes with a rocket man inside

My father was a rocket man
He loved the world beyond the world, the sky beyond the sky
And on my mother's face, as lonely as the world in space
I could read the silent cry
That if my father fell into a star
We must not look upon that star again

Tears are often jewel-like
My mother's went unnoticed by my father, for his jewels were the stars
And in my father's eyes I knew he had to find
In the sanctity of distance something brighter than a star
One day they told us the sun had flared and taken him inside

(Chorus)
My mother and I
Never went out
Unless the sky was cloudy or the sun was blotted out
Or to escape the pain
We only went out when it rained

Thanks for bringing back the memories, Scott Taylor.

[Scott Taylor]

Wow, what a beautiful and melancholy song. Thanks for sharing.

[WestPhillyPunisher]

I think this cover qualifies:

[Kai "the spy"]

I can't see Enigmatic Undead's entry.

[MRP]

I can't see Enigmatic Undead's entry.

It's showing up fine here, it's Justice League of America #9.

-M

[Tami]

I can't see Enigmatic Undead's entry.

I think it's from Comic book Database, those images don't always show up as well as they should when linked.

[WestPhillyPunisher]

I can't see Enigmatic Undead's entry.

I can see it too.

[SquirrelMan]

[PaulBullion]

[Scott Taylor]

See, now thats why its a good idea to limit the number of active super-pets at any given time.