dmstarz's favourite marvel comic cover no239
In the early 70s Marvel introduced, I think pretty much across the board, borders to their covers like the one above. In my opinion, these immediately lessened the impact of the images that were being displayed (they also got rid temporarily of the rectangular boxes so associated with Marvel up until the late 90s and replaced them, though not here, with images protruding from circles). One of the few covers which stands out is the one above, created by, who else, John Romita. The unlikeliness of the scenario is what makes the concept stand out - surely Spidey can't be serious! Great portrait by Romita contrasting with a well constructed mob scene at the bottom of the cover. But enough of the borders, okay?
I have ranked this cover no 239 as part of a long term project I am producing on my own blog 'marvel-ous' on blogspot.com re: my favourite marvel comic book covers. Please visit http://dmstarz.blogspot.com and check out the other covers that have made my top 250.