As the title suggests why does it seem like a lot of comic book covers are misleading or outright lying?
Off the top of my the most iconic example is captain America 1 which featured Cap punching Adolf Hitler yet in the comic itself Hitler isn’t even in the story
Most recently in Flash 762 it features Flash dragging Reverse Flash across the page yet in the book Flash doesn’t kill Prof Zoom but instead resets him and sends him back to his own time with no knowledge of what happened
In an issue of All New X-Men it shows the two Cyclopses crossing beams in what looks like a fight but in the story itself the only time they cross beams is when adult Scott loses control and young Scott mitigates the damage. Hell there was an entire issue titled “All-New X-Men vs Uncanny Avengers” which had Havok and teen Cyclops fighting but last time I checked they didn’t fight. At most Jean tried to attack Wanda for destroying mutant kind before Wanda quickly restrained her
In Green Lanterns #2 it showed Bleez holding Simon and Jessica in chains but nothing like that happens in the issue. At most Bleez fights the two green lanterns before Simon learns he can temporary cure red lanterns of rage before she flies off
And lastly Batman 50 featured Catwoman and Batman getting married and was marketed as a landmark issue but in the story Selina runs away before she and Bruce get married
I think the funniest example was I remember is a Vampirella series which featured her in her classic skimpy costume on every cover but for most of the series she was wearing regular clothes. In fact she technically didn’t actually put on her classic costume until 8 issues later the only times she appeared in her classic costume was in visions. I can only imagine the disappointment
So how exactly do comic companies get away with what seems like blatant false advertisement? Are book covers just not considered part of advertisement? I mean some of these are not even remotely close on any technically. Like I guess on could say the two Cyclopses did cross beams and Batman and Catwoman were at a wedding but for most of these you’d have to really stretch it to come to find a parallel. Like I’m not the most knowledgeable person on this matter and I’m not offended by it but I am curious about it