Cover Contest Weekly Winners

[Jack Dracula]

Welcome


PLEASE NOTE: This thread is intended for reference only - not as a general discussion thread. I’d appreciate it if forum members with comments, suggestions or questions would either PM me or post them in a currently running Cover Contest thread where they will almost certainly be seen and answered by myself or, more likely, someone smarter than me.
This is a work in progress and your patience will be greatly appreciated.

Individual contests are listed by date and topic in descending order beginning with the first contest imnmediately after the CBR reboot in 2014.
Links to winning cover images and each cover contest are provided in each individual entry.

A record of previous contest topics and winners is still available HERE


Cover Contest Weekly Posted Rules:

Post one (and only one) cover that fits the theme of this week's contest.
Covers must be from a published comic book, collected volume or graphic novel.
Covers must be posted before voting begins.
Voting begins 12 AM Tuesday and runs until 12 AM Wednesday PST.
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 tally votes.
The winner of the contest is the entrant with the most votes after the voting period.
It's okay to discuss the covers but if you think someone's entry doesn't fit the theme or violates the rules don't argue it in the thread - simply don't vote for it.
Most importantly, remember that we're here to have fun. Enjoy!

Contest Rules/Customs Not Posted Weekly:
Each week a new contest will be posted by the winner of the previous week.
After the voting period (from 12AM PST Tuesday to 12AM PST the following Wednesday) is up, the OP is usually expected to count the votes and post the results on that Wednesday morning. Sometimes other players will beat them to the punch. This is not a big deal and shouldn't be taken personally.
Occasionally voting will result in a tie. The person who did the tally that week will usually call for a tie breaking vote from someone who has not yet voted.
A contest winner usually has 24 hours from the time of the winning announcement to post a new contest.
Whomever tallied the votes will usually send the winner a PM around this time, however, since this doesn't always happen, players are expected to be responsible enough to check in on the Wednesday after the day of voting to see if they have won.
If a new contest has not been posted by the winner after 24 hours the player with the next highest number of votes wins by default and will have 24 hours to post the new contest.

[Jack Dracula]

(4/30 - 5/6/14) Your Favorite comic team or Character.
Winner: Pol Rua - Space Ghost #1 1987

(5/7 – 5/13/14) Why You Love Comics!
Winner: Jodoc - Will Eisner's Quarterly #4

(5/14 – 5/20/14) Makeovers. (Characters or titles having undergone a significant change)
Winner: bert - Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane #106

(5/21 – 5/27/14) Makeovers That Were So Awful, They Didn’t Work and Got Changed Back.
Winner: Greg Hatcher - Fate #0

(5/28 – 6/3/14) Out of Context. (Where the hero is totally out of place)
Winner: ChadH - Aliens Special

(6/4 – 6/10/14) New and Improved! (A character having received an improvement of some kind)
Winner: Gus - X-Men #101

(6/11 – 6/17/14) Water Problems.
Winner: worstblogever - Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #115

(6/18 – 6/24/14) Wheaton’s Law. (Where a normally noble protagonist is acting against their good nature.)
Winner: DubipR - Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane #75

(6/25 – 7/1/14) Jewels (Covers featuring gems or jewelry)
Winner: DonC - Deadpool #28

(7/2 – 7/8/14) Your Favorite Movie!
Winner: Stony - Uncle Scrooge Adventures #1

(7/9 – 7/15/14) Lost/Hidden Civilizations.
Winner: Whiteshark - Sub-Mariner Vol 1 #38

(7/16 – 7/22/14) Start of Great Runs in Comic Books.
Winner: worstblogever - New X-Men #114

(7/23 – 7/29/14) Hell Bent for Leather. (Where characters are meant to appear “cool” or “edgy” by putting them in leather costumes)
Winner: ChadH - Just Married #108

(7/30 – 8/5/14) The Seven Deadly Sins (Covers depicting one or more of the SDS)
Winner:Jodoc - Millie the Model #40

(8/6 – 8/12/14) Moving On (Characters relocating, new costumes/powers/teams, etc.)
Winner: bert - Justice League International #8

(8/13 – 8/19/14) Covers Which Should Be Displayed in the Museum of Bad Art.
Winner: Nschornhorst - Wolverine: Revolver

(8/20 – 8/26/14) Kaiju (Oversized Monsters)
Winner: MRP - DC Showcase Presents #61

(8/27 – 9/2/14) Covers Featuring Famous Landmarks.
Winner: Stony - Daredevil #319

(9/3 – 9/ 9/14) He Only Loves Gold (Covers featuring gold)
Winner: Speed Force League Unlimited - Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #73

(9/10 – 9/16/14) I Know Your Secret!
Winner: ChadH - The Incredible Hulk #417

(9/17 – 9/23/14) Mistakes Were Made… (Covers showing someone making a huge mistake)
Winner: Jodoc - Debbie Does Dallas #16

[Jack Dracula]

(9/24 – 9/30/14) Swimsuit Spectacular!
Winner: icctrombone - Strange Tales Vol.2 #2

(10/1 – 10/7/14) Where Did They Go? (Covers without the title characters)
Winner: Art School Dropout - Animal Man #25

(10/8 – 10/14/14) Goin’ Fishing!
Winner: Nschornhorst - Criminals on the Run Vol. 4, #7

(10/15 - 10/21/14) Happy Birthday!
Winner: MRP - Metal Men #20

(10/22 - 10/28/2014) Things that Go Bump in the Night.
Winner: Kai "the spy" - The House of Secrets #92

(10/29 - 11/4/14) Remember the Dead (Characters shown grieving)
Winner: Greg Hatcher - The Flash (1959) #171

(11/5 - 11/11/14) At the Tryouts! (First appearances and intros of new characters.)
Winner: marvelmaniac6169 - Strange Tales #114

(11/12 - 11/18/14) In Outer Space
Winner: Paradox - Nick Fury: Agent of Shield #6

(11/19 - 11/25/14) Kids
Winner: foxley - The Phantom Stranger #13

(11/26 - 12/2/14) So You Think You Can Dance? (Covers which feature dancing)
Winner: Stony - The Spectre #47

(12/3 - 12/9/14) A Light in the Darkness
Winner: a. non - Camelot 3000 #9

(12/10 - 12/15/14) Autumn
Winner: Jodoc - Hellblazer Vol 1 #218

(12/17 - 12/23/14) Winter Sports
Winner: Paradox - Fantastic Four #163

(12/24 - 12/30/14) Santa Claus
Winner: Stony -Peter Parker. The Spectacular Spider-Man #112

(12/31 - 1/6/15) New Year!
Winner: Spike-X - Action Comics #81

(1/7 - 1/13/15) EVERYTHING'S RUINED! (Everything goes horribly wrong).
Winner: Greg Hatcher - Green Lantern #180

(1/14 - 1/20/15) Substitutes! (Someone stepping in for the lead character).
Winner: the4thpip - Excalibur #17

(1/21 - 1/27/15) Getting Banned!
Winner: ChadH - The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb

(1/28 - 2/3/15) At the Bar (Characters in bars, saloons, etc.)
Winner: SuperCooper - Marvel Two-In-One #86: The Thing and Sandman

(2/4 - 2/10/15) Lovebirds!
Winner: bert - Outsiders (2006) #37

(2/11 - 2/17/15) "Hey! I'm in the wrong joke!" (Covers with characters who don't belong)
Winner: ChadH - Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #141

(2/18 - 2/24/15) Gambling
Winner: Mart - Superboy #148

(2/25 - 3/3/15) Statues
Winner: ChadH - Watchmen #2

(3/4 - 3/10/15) Big Hair!
Winner: bert - Unexpected #202

(3/11 - 3/17/15) "I wanna Rock!" (Someone playing a musical instrument)
Winner: Mighty Roman - Deadpool #30

(3/18 - 3/24/15) Explosive! (Covers featuring explosions)
Winner: Paradox - Crisis on Infinite Earths #1

(3/25 - 3/31/15) Don't I know you? (Featuring characters who look like certain celebrities, but aren't portrayed as that celebrity)
Winner: icctrombone - Master of Kung Fu #64

(4/1 - 4/7/15) Let's have a Crossover!
Winner: Spike-X - Spawn #10

(4/8 - 4/14/15) Help! (Characters needing help)
Winner: Kai "the spy" - Our Army at War Featuring Sgt. Rock #207

(4/15 - 4/21/15) Animals!
Winner: Shawn Hopkins - We3

(4/22 - 4/28/15) Passing Fads
Winner: ChadH - Betty and Me #137

(4/29 - 5/5/15) Let's Go Commando! (War comic covers)
Winner: Rob Allen - Blazing Combat #1

[Jack Dracula]

Updated and bumped from way the heck back on Page 23.

(5/6 - 5/12/15) I Summon the Lightning!
Winner: a. non - Avengers/JLA #4

(5/13 - 5/19/15) The Art of Adam Hughes
Winner: Paradox - Justice League America #34

(5/20 - 5/26/15) Money, money, money...It's a Rich Man's World!
Winner: Rob Allen - The Spectre Vol1 #7

(5/27 - 6/2/15) Buggin' Out
Winner: Greg Hatcher - Action Comics #296

(6/3 - 6/9/15) Trash Talk!
Winner: MRP The Infinity Gauntlet #4

(6/10 - 6/16/15) Best Punch
Winner: Stony - The Spectre #18 (1994)

(6/17 - 6/23/15) Characters Crying
Winner: Ozymandas Crisis on Infinite Earths #7

(6/24 - 6/30/15) Dads
Winner: Stony Wolf and Cub #5

(7/1 - 7/7/15) Rainbows
Winner: DubipR - DNAgents #24

(7/8 - 7/14/15) I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream For Ice Cream!
Winner: SuperCooper - Secret Six Vol 3 #4

(7/15 - 7/21/15) Teacher, Teacher!
Winner: Greg Hatcher - Adventure Comics #392

(7/22 - 7/28/15) Slap Happy! (Characters being slapped)
Winner: Worstblogever - Romantic Story #105

(7/29 - 8/4/15) Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman's Scorn!
Winner: foxley - Detective Comics #570

(8/5 - 8/11/15) Whip it Good! (Characters using whips)
Winner: SuperCooper - Catwoman: Nine Lives of a Feline Fatale

(8/12 - 8/18/15) Action Animals!
Winner: RLAAMJR - Quantum and Woody: Goat #0

(8/19 - 8/25/15) Mohawk Madness!
Winner: MRP - Jack Kirby's Omac: One Man Army Corps

(8/26 - 9/1/15) Autumn
Winner: DonC - Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #2

(9/2 - 9/8/15) Here There Be Dragons!
Winner: MRP - Heavy Metal Magazine, July, 1977

(9/9/15 - 9/15/15) Look Up in the Sky...!
Winner: Captain Stacy - Marvels

(9/16 - 9/22/15) SWIPE (Homage covers)
Winner: Monkey Astronaut - FF #1 (Variant)

(9/23 - 9/29/15) Moon!
Winner: worstblogever - House of Mystery #97

(9/30 - 10/6/15) Skeletons
Winner:DonC - The Spectre #1 (1992)

(10/7 - 10/13/15) Victory is Mine! (Characters in victory poses)
Winner: Paradox - The Uncanny X-men #145

(10/14 - 10/20/15) Oooo, That Smell (Something to do with smells or odors)
Winner: ChadH - The Punisher #6

(10/21 - 10/27/15) Surprise Muthafucka! (Characters being surprised)
Winner: WestPhillyPunisher - The Punisher #1

(10/28 - 11/3/15) Motorcycle Mania!
Winner: Greg Hatcher - Superman's (Ex-)Pal (the New) Jimmy Olsen #133

(11/4 - 11/10/15) Pity Party (Characters feeling sorry for themselves)
Winner: Stony - Dark Horse Comics Presents: Casper the Friendly Ghost

[Jack Dracula]

(11/11 - 11/17/15) Toys
Winner: Chicken Pocket - The Flash #133

(11/18 -11/24/15) Give 'em a Hand! (Covers featuring hands)
Winner: edhopper - The Amazing Spider-Man #67

(11/25 - 12/1/15) Cool Spaceships!
Winner: Stony - Batman#59

(12/2 - 12/8/15) Witches!
Winner: Paradox - Madame Xanadu #1

(12/9 - 12/15/15) Politicians
Winner: The Darknight Detective - Wonder Woman #7

(12/16 - 12/22/15) Snowmen
Winner: edhopper - Strange Adventures #79

(12/23 - 12/29/15) Superheroes in Space
Winner: Chicken Pocket Swamp Thing #62

(12/30 - 1/5/16) Tough Choices! (characters making/having made a tough choice)
Winner: WestPhillyPunisher - The All New Betty and Veronica #1

(1/6/16 - 1/12/16) Let's Team Up!
Winner: CSTowle - Doctor Strange and Doctor Doom: Triumph and Torment

(1/13 - 1/19/16) Ch-Ch-Changes! (characters having undergone a significant change)
Winner: Spike-X - The Amazing Spider-Man #252

(1/20 - 1/26/16) I Hate the F*#%in' Eagles Man! (popular characters you were never interested in)
Winner: edhopper - Lobo: Portrait of a Bastich

(1/27 - 2/2/16) Favorite First Cover
Winner: Speed Force League Unlimited - Web of Spider-Man #1

(2/3 - 2/9/16) Bags
Winner: Greg Hatcher - Captain Marvel #132

(2/10 - 2/16/16) Swordplay!
Winner: CSTowle - King-Size Conan the Barbarian #1

(2/17 - 2/23/16) Black History Month
Winner: WestPhillyPunisher - Luke Cage, Hero for Hire #1

(2/24 - 3/1/16) The Unfriendly Skies!
Winner: edhopper - Weird Science Fantasy #9

(3/2 - 3/8/16) Lions
Winner: The Darknight Detective - Action Comics #243

(3/9 - 3/15/16) Historical Figures
Winner: SuperCooper - Superman vs Muhammad Ali

(3/16 - 3/22/16) It's Raining. It's Pouring
Winner: Güicho - Zorro #1 (1993)

(3/23 - 3/29/16) I'm on a Horse!
Winner: Sharkerbob - Rex the Wonder Dog #35

(3/30/16 - 4/5/16) Bear Chested!
Winner: Rob Allen - X-men Classic #3

(4/6 - 4/12/16) Evil Scientists!
Winner: Abe - Tales to Astonish #28

(4/13 - 4/19/16) Eye to Eye (covers featuring eyes)
Winner: Shawn Hopkins - Mister Mystery #12

(4/20 - 4/26/16) "Hey, that ain't code approved."
Winner: The Dark Knight Detective - Crime Suspense Stories #22

(4/27 - 5/3/16) Run For Your Life!
Winner: Speed Force League Unlimited - The Flash #46 (2016)

(5/4 - 5/10/16) You Don't See This On The Inside (where the content doesn't match the cover)
Winner: Abe - Sub-Mariner #11

(5/11 - 5/17/16) It's Getting Hot In Here!
Winner: Doughy Man! - The Invincible Iron Man #46

(5/18 - 5/24/16) There Will Be BLOOD!
Winner: Don C - Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #5

(5/25 - 5/31/16) Absenteeism (the lead character isn't on the cover)
Winner: Stony - The Mighty Thor #337

(6/1 - 6/7/16) Comic Book Noir
Winner: edhopper - Parker: The Hunter

(6/8 - 6/14/16) Smilodon
Winner: Tami - Joe Kubert's: Tor #2

[Jack Dracula]

I maxed out the 1000 character limit for the ongoing weekly winner post so I guess it's time to start a new list and bump the thread to the front page. I have no idea how far back in the deepest, darkest hell pits of the forum pages it was located.

Just a reminder folks: I hadn't intended for this to be a discussion thread, so if you have a suggestion, comment or problem with viewing the cover links please PM me. I really don't mind.

(6/15 - 6/21/16) Brothers and Sisters in Arms (siblings working together)
Winner: WestPhillyPunisher - Power Puff Girls #25

(6/22 - 6/28/16) Hit the Road Jack!
Winner: MRP The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb

(6/29 - 7/5/16) Americana
Winner: Abe - Archie Comics #649 (variant)

(7/6 - 712/16) Bottles and Glasses
Winner: Chicken Pocket - Doorway to Nightmare #5

(7/13 - 7/19/16) Inter-dimensional Portals
Winner: SuperCooper - The Uncanny X-men #247

(7/20 - 7/26/16) A Day at the Beach
Winner: worstblogever - Strange Tales II

(7/27 - 8/2/16) Join the Collective! (Rivals coming together. Unexpected alliances. Etc.)
Winner: The Darknight Detective - Justice League of America #190

(8/3 - 8/9/16) Hot Diggity Dog! (Hot dogs, sausages & weiners) *snicker*
Winner: Iron Maiden - Patsy Walker #9

(8/10 - 8/16/16) Bring on the Bad Guys!
Winner: Stony - Crisis on Infinite Earths #9

(8/17 - 8/23/16) Dream a Little Dream of Me (characters asleep & dreaming)
Winner: foxley - True Magazine: The Strange World of Your Dreams

(8/24 - 8/30/16) A Glimpse of Stocking
Winner: CJStriker - Zatana #16

(8/31 - 9/6/16) EPIC of the Universe!
Winner: Kai "the spy" - Crisis on Infinite Earths TPB

(9/7 - 9/13/16) Strange New Worlds
Winner: Tami - Guardians Of the Galaxy #5

(9/14 - 9/20/16) Torn and Tattered but not Defeated
Winner: Iron Maiden - Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #10

(9/21 - 9/27/16) Life in the Big City
Winner: Greg Hatcher - The Shadow #1 (DC,1973)

(9/28 - 10/4/16) Masked Men Dressed Casual
Winner: Tami Blonde Phantom#16

(10/5 - 10/11/16) Out of the Shadows: #2's Take Center Stage
Winner: Doughy Man! Cat Woman #53

(10/12 - 10/18/16) Gimme Some Tongue!
Winner: SuperCooper - Silver Surfer #2 (2016) variant

(10/19 - 10/25/16) Super Hero Support Systems
Winner: seismic-2 All-Star Superman #6

(10/26 - 11/1/16) Measure This!
Winner: edhopper Daredevil #23

(11/2 - 11/8/16) Favorite Colan Cover
Winner: The Darknight Detective - The Tomb of Dracula #70

(11/9 -11/15/16) Surreal Covers
Winner: Kai "the spy" - Worlds Finest #305

(11/16 -11/22/16) It's the End of the World!
Winner: Shalla Bal - Kamandi #1

(11/23 - 11/29/16) Grazing in the Grass
Winner: Shawn Hopkins - Sword of the Atom #1

(11/30 - 12/6/16) Your First Comic Book
Winner: Tami - The New Mutants #1

(12/7 - 12/13/16) I Do That Too - Kinda
Winner: CaptCleghorn - Batman #183

(12/14 - 12/20/16) Laundry Day (The main character is wearing something different)
Winner: The Celtic Batman - Detective Comics #241

(12/21 - 12/27/16) The Old Magic
Winner: Worstblogever - Magik #4

(12/28 - 1/3/17) Nobody Dies Tonight!
Winner: ChadH - Secret Wars #4

[Jack Dracula]

I'm bumping the thread due to the 1000 character limit per post. Coincidentally, it's also the first contest of the year.


(1/4 - 1/10/17) The Return of Comic Cover Jukebox! (match a cover to a song)
Winner: Johnny Peril - Nick Fury, Agent of S.h.e.i.l.d #4 w Johnny Rivers - Secret Agent Man

(1/11 - 1/17/17) I Robot
Winner: Iron Maiden - Annihilation: Conquest #5

(1/18 - 1/24/17) Homage Sweet Homage
Winner: The Darknight Detective - DC Comics Presents: The Green Lantern Corps

(1/25 - 1/31/17) It's June In January! (covers featuring some form of the word June or an oasis of summer surrounded by winter)
Winner: foxley - For Lovers Only #79

(2/1 - 2/7/17) Sharks!
Winner: jeanvaljean - KA-ZAR #17

(2/8 - 2/14/17) Kinky Boots!
Winner: Kai "the spy" - Superman #261

(2/15 - 2/21/17) I'm Brian, And So Is My Wife! (doppelgangers, doubles, clones, etc)
Winner: Scott Taylor - Legion of Super Heroes #3 (Apr, 2005)

(2/22 - 2/28/17) Spectacles!
Winner: Ravin' Ray - Hembeck #6

(3/1 - 3/7/17) Falling!
Winner: Abe - L'INCAL

(3/8 - 3/14/17) International Women's Day 2017 #BEBOLDFORCHANGE !
Winner:MRP - Avengers #83

(3/15 - 3/21/2017) Show Your Green! (covers featuring the color green)
Winner: Shalla Bal - X-Men #50

(3/22 - 3/28/2017) Snakes!
Winner: MRP - Tarzan #225

(3/29 - 4/4/2017) Ladders
Winner: Shalla Bal - Marvel Tales #138

(4/5 - 4/11/2017) Wings!
Winner: The Whovian(formerly DarKnight1047) - Marvels #2

(4/12 - 4/18/2017) Our Pal Sal (Sal Buscema covers)
Winner: SuperCooper - The Defenders #8

(4/19 - 4/25/2017) Your Best Year Yet!
Winner: Stony - Life With Archie #24 (variant)

(4/26 - 5/2/2017) Be Cool
Winner: Greg Hatcher - Justice League International #16

(5/3 - 5/9/17) Drive! (covers featuring motor vehicles)
Winner: SuperCooper Superman's Girlfriend lois Lane #25

(5/10 - 5/16/17) One Wikipedia Paragraph Wonders!
Winner: Scott Taylor - Amazing Adult Fantasy #9

(5/17 - 5/23/17) May Day!
Winner: Iron Maiden - Marvel Age #30

(5/24 - 5/30/17) Rich Buckler Covers
Winner: CaptCleghorn - Fantastic Four #159

(5/31 - 6/6/17) No Superheroes Allowed!
Winner: SuperCooper! Young Avengers #1 (variant)

(6/7 - 6/13/17) Respect Your Elders!
Winner: Iron Maiden - Journey Into Mystery #122

(6/14 - 6/20/17) Face Off!
Winner: The Whovian - JLA/Avengers #2

(6/21 - 6/27/17) Getting Married
Winner: Foxley Fantastic Four #27 (1998)

(6/28 - 7/4/17) Tigers!
Winner: seismic-2 - The Days Are Just Packed: A Calvin and Hobbes Collection

(7/5 - 7/11/17) Bombs Away!
Winner: Tami - Whiz Comics #14

(7/12 - 7/18/17) Declaration of Indie' pendents (covers from independent publisher's comics)
Winner: PaulBullion - Ms. Mystic #1

(7/19 - 7/25/17) Too Much Information! Worlds Finest #142
Winner: SuperCooper - Worlds Finest # 142