Lots of these contest covers remind me of old comics from a big old cardboard box from my childhood, of course not all of those comics even had covers.
I remember comics from the sketchy old used book store, dumped in a bushel basket, on sale for a dime
or in the case of an old DC GI Combat giant I had only a quarter for a sixty cent comic.
Of course this giant had the top half of the cover missing.
Hopefully our posters know a little comic history about newsstand comics and unsold return copies.
Dealers cut the top or all of the covers and returned them for credit, promising they would destroy the remaining comic.
Not all were actually destroyed, many made it to collections. Many of these "stripped" books are still out there today.
This contest may be harder to find a good example of , but i hope you have fun searching.
Post a cool comic with a partial cover , cut for unsold return, that somehow still survived.
Searchers note, unless you are searching on all comic sites like mycomicshop or Heritage, you might want to stick with terms like partial cover or newsstand return.
If you gooogoliate "stripped comic" you might end up with a result you didn't want, it's the internet.
[SIZE=3]The half-price Debut of Headless Bat-Girl!
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THE RULES:
1) Post One (& ONLY ONE) Cover that fits the theme of this Week's Contest!
2) Cover must be from a Published Comic Book, Graphic Novel, or Collected Volume!
3) Covers must be Posted before Voting Begins!
4) Voting Begins 12 AM Tuesday and Runs Until 12 AM Wednesday PST (3 AM EST)! (This is in US time)
5) Vote by Posting the name in BOLD of the Poster whose cover best fits the theme or that you simply like the most! A vote need not be in bold, but it does make it easier to Count-The-Votes!
6) The Winner of the Contest is the Entry with the MOST Votes after the Voting-Period!
7) It's Okay to Discuss the Covers but if you Think Someone's Entry Doesn't Fit the Theme or Violates the Rules, you Don't need to Argue it in the thread, Simply Don't Vote for It!
8) Plus: Occasionally Voting will Result in a Tie! The Person Who Started the Thread will do the Counting that Week will Usually call for a TIE-Breaking --Vote from Someone who has Not Yet Voted!
9) AFTER the Tie-Breaker Vote, Voting Ends and the Winner is Declared by The One Who Started the Thread (or assigned surrogate) and Thus will do the Counting.
10) HAVE FUN!