Post 100th Issue Covers Here!

[MajorHoy]

If you want to see these covers, they appear to be

Weird War Tales #100
Strange Adventures #100
Doom Patrol #100

[WallyWestFlash]

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[Jim Kelly]

LOL so many of these firsts were just mundane non-events;

I'd much rather have an anniversary cover like this


than a cover like this

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These bland covers were the norm for deluxe anniversary covers in 1995 when THE FLASH 100 came out--luckily there were variant covers that had a proper cover image.

But the original SUPERMAN 100 cover from 1955 serves to look back on the previous 99 issues. Even though it arbitrarily shows 1, 25, 50 and 75--those happen to be worthy issues--number 1 for obvious reasons; 25 has significant stories including Siegel & Shuster's parody "King of the Comic Books" and the cover art complements that story; 50 lucked out in featuring the first two Superman stories ever written by Edmond Hamilton, who would turn out to be a very important Superman writer; and 75's cover is also the splash page for "The Man Who Stole Memories" inside that comic, where Lois has amnesia and has to learn everything all over again, including the facts about Superman. The cover art also represents 5 of the most important Superman artists at the time--Win Mortimer did the new image of Superman, while Joe Shuster did the cover for the first issue, Jack Burnley for 25, Wayne Boring for 50 and Al Plastino for 75.

[K7P5V]

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[ConnorHawke]

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The 90's cover gimmicks made for very memorable anniversary issues.....not. lolz.

Was there a newsstand cover for this, or only this "deluxe" version? I have this copy but seem to remember other series at the time having full cover options.

[Air Wave]

SUPERBOY #100 from 1962

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[Jim Kelly]

GIRLS' ROMANCES, 1964, Jay Scott Pike.



SECRET HEARTS, 1964, Gene Colan.




FALLING IN LOVE, 1968, Jay Scott Pike.

[Jim Kelly]

GIRLS' LOVE STORIES, 1963-64, Jay Scott Pike & Vince Colletta.




HEART THROBS, 1965-66, Gene Colan.



YOUNG LOVE, 1972, John Rosenberger & Vince Colletta.



Finding the 100th issues isn't the hard part--it's finding images to post that ain't easy.

[SJNeal]

Was there a newsstand cover for this, or only this "deluxe" version? I have this copy but seem to remember other series at the time having full cover options.

Now that you mention it... there may not have been a newsstand version for Green Arrow #100!?

I have both versions of the other titles that had these covers (Superman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Justice League America), but I've never seen a GA one.

[Jim Kelly]

Now that you mention it... there may not have been a newsstand version for Green Arrow #100!?

I have both versions of the other titles that had these covers (Superman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Justice League America), but I've never seen a GA one.

I don't think there was. At least it's not shown on any databases I've looked at.

YOUNG ROMANCE already had its 100th issue in 1959, when it was being published by Prize--however, the numbering is weird on the Prize issues, so the number is a bit dodgey. Joe Simon was possibly the cover artist. YR became a DC title in 1963 with issue 125.

[CaptCleghorn]

spoilers:

Mike's Amazing World has this list. Some of the issues in the 90s had deluxe versions as well. Action Comics #100 DC September 1946 1946-07-17 Adventure Comics #100 DC Oct/Nov 1945 1945-08-24 Adventures of Bob Hope #100 DC Aug/Sep 1966 1966-06-09 Adventures of Jerry Lewis #100 DC May/Jun 1967 1967-03-09 All-American Comics #100 DC August 1948 1948-06-18 All-American Men of War #100 DC Nov/Dec 1963 1963-09-19 All Star Western #100 DC Apr/May 1958 1958-02-14 Azrael:Agent of the Bat #100 DC May 2003 2003-03-12 Batman #100 DC June 1956 1956-04-19 Batman:Legends of the Dark Knight #100 DC November 1997 1997-09-24 Birds of Prey #100 DC January 2007 2006-11-15 Brave & the Bold #100 DC Feb/Mar 1972 1971-12-07 Detective Comics #100 DC June 1945 1945-04-25 Fables #100 DC January 2011 2010-11-24 Falling in Love #100 DC July 1968 1968-05-07 Flash #100 DC April 1995 1995-02-14 Flash Comics #100 DC October 1948 1948-08-06 Fox and the Crow #100 DC Oct/Nov 1966 1966-08-30 Firestorm #100 DC August 1990 1990-06-12 Ghosts #100 DC May 1981 1981-02-05 G.I. Combat #100 DC Jun/Jul 1963 1963-04-11 Girls' Love Stories #100 DC January 1964 1963-11-14 Girls' Romances #100 DC April 1964 1964-02-27 Green Arrow #100 DC September 1995 1995-07-04 Green Lantern #100 DC January 1978 1977-10-25 Green Lantern #100 DC July 1998 1998-05-13 Heart Throbs #100 DC Feb/Mar 1966 1965-12-30 Hellblazer #100 DC April 1996 1996-02-20 Hopalong Cassidy #100 DC April 1955 1955-02-17 House of Mystery #100 DC July 1960 1960-05-03 House of Secrets #100 DC September 1972 1972-07-18 JLA #100 DC August 2004 2004-06-30 Justice League America #100 DC June 1995 1995-04-18 Justice League of America #100 DC August 1972 1972-06-20 Legion of Super-Heroes #100 DC January 1998 1997-11-26 Looney Tunes #100 DC May 2003 2003-03-05 More Fun Comics #100 DC Nov/Dec 1944 1944-09-22 Mutt & Jeff #100 DC January 1958 1957-11-26 Doom Patrol #100 DC December 1965 1965-10-21 Mystery in Space #100 DC June 1965 1965-04-29 New Titans #100 DC August 1993 1993-06-22 Nightwing #100 DC February 2005 2004-12-08 100 Bullets #100 DC April 2009 2009-02-11 Our Army at War #100 DC November 1960 1960-09-01 Our Fighting Forces #100 DC May 1966 1966-03-22 Real Screen Comics #100 DC July 1956 1956-05-31 Robin #100 DC May 2002 2002-03-20 Scooby-Doo #100 DC November 2005 2005-09-14 Secret Hearts #100 DC December 1964 1964-10-01 Sensation Comics #100 DC Nov/Dec 1950 1950-09-01 Showcase #100 DC May 1978 1978-02-16 Star Spangled Comics #100 DC January 1950 1949-11-02 Star Spangled War Stories #100 DC Dec/Jan 1961 1961-10-19 Strange Adventures #100 DC January 1959 1958-11-25 Superboy #100 DC October 1962 1962-08-14 Superboy #100 DC July 2002 2002-05-29 Superman #100 DC September 1955 1955-07-26 Superman #100 DC May 1995 1995-03-21 Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #100 DC April 1970 1970-02-10 Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #100 DC March 1967 1967-01-12 Superman:The Man of Steel #100 DC May 2000 2000-03-15 Swamp Thing #100 DC October 1990 1990-08-28 Tales of the Unexpected #100 DC Apr/May 1967 1967-02-09 Teen Titans #100 DC October 2011 2011-08-24 Tomahawk #100 DC Sep/Oct 1965 1965-07-01 Warlord #100 DC December 1985 1985-09-19 Weird War Tales #100 DC June 1981 1981-03-05 Wonder Woman #100 DC August 1958 1958-06-26 Wonder Woman #100 DC July 1995 1995-05-30 World's Finest Comics #100 DC March 1959 1959-01-15 Young Love #100 DC October 1972 1972-08-17

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[K7P5V]

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[phantom1592]

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The 90's cover gimmicks made for very memorable anniversary issues.....not. lolz.

How do you figure? They really popped on the rack, AND they were even typically important issues. I think that's the one where Green Arrow died... and Wonder Woman's was where she was 'retired' and Artemis took over... Didn't Wally get sucked into the Speed Force in his?

Those holographic covers were pretty cool.

[Jim Kelly]

Mike's Amazing World has this list.

Augh man, now you spoiled all the fun. Trying to work out which titles had number 100s was the whole challenge for me. I'm out.