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Robert Bradley
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This article at ScienceFiction.com takes a stab at naming the 20 greatest Avengers covers and does a fairly good job.
Included are six by George Perez, three each by John Buscema and JB and two by Jack Kirby.
Overall I'd say they did a pretty good job, although they did cheat a bit by including an issue of the Fantastic Four and the Death of Captain Marvel graphic novel.
It's hard to argue with their #1 choice. I may have gone with Avengers #28 (first appearance of Goliath by Kirby), Avengers #89 ("The Only Good Alien is a Dead Alien" by Sal Buscema) Avengers #97 (Golden Age heroes summoned by Rick Jones by Gil Kane) or Avengers #144 (first Hellcat by Kane).
Edited by Robert Bradley on 13 May 2012 at 11:30pm
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The complete list -
20. Young Avengers #2 (Jim Cheung)
19. Avengers #200 (George Perez)
18. Avengers Classic #1 (Arthur Adams)
17. The Avengers #150 (George Perez)
16. Avengers #187 (John Byrne)
15. Avengers #181 (George Perez)
14. The Avengers (Volume 3) #1 (George Perez)
13. The Avengers #1 (Jack Kirby)
12. JLA/Avengers #2 (George Perez)
11. Avengers #141 (Gil Kane)
10. The Avengers #277 (John Buscema)
9. Avengers #161 (George Perez)
8. Fantastic Four #243 (John Byrne)
7. Avengers #16 (Jack Kirby)
6. Avengers West Coast #52 (John Byrne)
5. Marvel Graphic Novel #1 - The Death of Captain Marvel (Jim Starlin)
4. Avengers (Volume 4) #18 (Daniel Acuna)
3. Avengers #53 (John Buscema)
2. Avengers #223 (Ed Hannigan)
1. Avengers #57 (John Buscema)
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Laren Farmer
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No Avengers #4...the list fails. Also, while I love JB and his run on Avengers West Coast...I don't see how his Master Pandemonium cover is 'iconic'.
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Nathan Greno
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Some of the reasons behind the cover choices seem to be more about the interior story and less about the design of the covers.
I agree with a few on the list.
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I wouldn't include the Cheung and Adams covers - they're you basic stand-and-pose group shot that we see so much of nowadays.
If they were going for iconic (as they claim) Avengers #4 should be there. It's not my favorite visually, but it certainly is significant (and the subject of several homages over the years).
And I think the best of JB's West Coast Covers are #44 (the reassembled Vision being held back by Hawkeye and Wonder Man), and his FF #1 and Avengers #57 homages.
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I feel like they overlooked too many great covers...
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Stephen Churay
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It's hard to pick 20. There are A LOT of great Avengers covers. I'd
make a case for issues 63's Goliath cover, 78's Man-Ape cover,
189's Hawkeye cover by JB, and of course issue 4. I don't think it's a
bad list but there's just so many great covers.
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Nathan - this might be my favorite -
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That list should only include actual Avengers covers. Anyway, this is one of my favorites: 
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Gil Kane was amazing of course -
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