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Stephen Churay
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Nathan, issue 58 "Even An Android May Cry" is my favorite issue of
the Avengers EVER. Cover's great too!

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A couple more by our pal Sal Buscema -
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Eric Smearman
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The omission of AVENGERS #4 is just baffling. Not only is it a
seminal AVENGERS moment but, IMO, it's one of Kirby's best and
most iconic covers.

I like the cover for AVENGERS/JLA #2 but it was a wraparound cover.
Odd that the full cover isn't shown.
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Nathan Greno
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What about this classic cover?
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I didn't notice it until I started going through Avengers covers, but the "floating head" was a common design for that book starting with #9.


I also think any cover list omitting #4 is invalid. It belongs before #1.
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No argument with their choice at #1.

The rest -- as always with these kind of lists -- can be quite readily argued.

As Laren pointed out, the omission of Avengers #4 is glaring.

There is something about Kang's pose in #8 that makes it iconic and it would also have made my version of such a list if I were to make one.

Avengers #75 is also cool, with some great cover blurb and a brilliantly drawn Quicksilver, and then there are quite a few good'uns from John Buscema's 1908s run, such as Kang vs Immortus.
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My favorite original/homage combination.  I used to have a three-ring binder with the original cover on the front when I was a kid.

First the original by Gil Kane & John Romita -



And the homage by George Perez -
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I think you have to go out of your way not to include issue #4 on that list.

Some I'd have included, not in any ranking order, and not including ones already mentioned in this thread (I think)...
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Nathan, I have an irrational soft spot for the line-up from Avengers 300. Though I thought it would be better if Mr. Fantastic and the Invisible Woman replaced the 4s on their uniforms with As.
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And another great homage, this time by someone familiar.

Original by John Buscema -



Homage by JB -
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No Avengers #4...the list fails.

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Agreed!

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Gundars Berzins
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Although there are a lot of great Avengers covers, for me this one is #1.
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