11 comic covers that homage famous movie posters
I love movies. Obviously. I also love comics. So when comic artists homage famous movies it really gets my nerd blood pumpin’. So I thought I’d take a look at some of my favorite movie poster homages that can be found on the covers of some surprising (and not-so-surprising) comics.
FYI, these aren’t all of them. I could probably do another full article of more homages. These are just some of my favorites. You can click the images to make them BIGGER.
Star Wars / Spidey Super Stories #31 – Not surprising that there is at least one Star Wars homage cover out there, right? But did you expect it on Spidey Super Stories? The comic based on the Spider-Man skits from Electric Company? I kind of love that this is out there. Dr Doom as Darth Vader?! BRILLIANT!
Adventures in Babysitting / Darkwing Duck v2 #17 – Adventures in Babysitting is an awesome movie. Plus, it has one of the best posters painted by the great Drew Struzan. I really love the Darkwing Duck homage plus it’s such a cool comic to do it.
Enter the Dragon / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles v4 #6 – There’s no more appropriate place for an Enter the Dragon homage than on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Plus, I think Jaime from Shezcrafti is gonna love that I included this one. What a great recreation of the poster.
Alien / Deadpool #40 – Deadpool’s various series over the years have actually homaged dozens of movies. This one is one of my favorites.
Aliens / Cable v2 #18 – Pretty straightforward homage of the James Cameron Aliens poster.
Animal House / The Boys #23 – Animal House is another iconic poster. I’m only vaguely aware of this comic, The Boys, but they do a bang up job of recreating the original poster image.
The Exorcist / Justice League of America #27 – No idea what the storyline of this JLA comic is, but I’m interested in finding out why it uses the famous Exorcist image as the cover.
The Graduate / Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth #9 – I told you Deadpool recreated many different posters throughout his run. Here’s a zombified version of The Graduate poster.
Jaws / Spidey Super Stories #16 – Another Spidey Super Stories cover appearance. I love this comic and that its run had not one, but TWO movie poster homages. Not surprising they were two of the biggest movies of the 70s.
The Rocketeer / Iron Man: Enter the Mandarin – I liked The Rocketeer movie, but I LOVED the poster. And Iron Man replicates it perfectly. And I think CT from Nerd Lunch will enjoy this one as well.
Scarface / Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth #4 – Last but not least, another Deadpool homage. This one of one of my favorite movie posters, Scarface. Say what you will about the movie, but this poster is badass. I think Deadpool did an okay job recreating it.
Like I said, there are many more. Maybe I’ll revisit this in another article sometime in the future.
April 17, 2013 at 8:20 am
I wonder if the Cable and Iron Man covers aren’t more straight-up rip-offs than homages. I would like to think not because they are so blatant… But those two in particular feel a little sneaky.
April 17, 2013 at 8:50 am
I thought the same thing.
April 17, 2013 at 8:21 am
What a great idea for a countdown Pax! I have to say, nothing quite tops that Spidey Super Stories #31 cover in terms of bizarreness – so weird. 😀
April 17, 2013 at 8:51 am
Yeah, I know. It’s bizarreness is what makes it so good, though. Thanks, Rondal.
April 17, 2013 at 8:25 am
Nicely done. Will be sharing this one…
April 17, 2013 at 8:51 am
Thank you, my friend. Glad you enjoyed it. 🙂
April 17, 2013 at 10:16 am
Great list, and of course I lived that TMNT cover. The Adventures in Babysitting homage stole my heart too.
April 17, 2013 at 10:21 am
Thanks, jaime. yeah, I had two more of the Adv in Babysitting homages but decided to hold them for a possible future sequel.
April 17, 2013 at 6:20 pm
Amen, that Adventures in Babysitting cover is genius!
April 17, 2013 at 6:19 pm
Rad, rad, um, RAD! Great post Pax!
April 18, 2013 at 11:04 am
Great post! I had that SW Spidey comic when I was a kid and I loved the SW spoof story with Marvel and Electric Company characters in place of SW characters. Paul the Gorilla took on the Chewbacca role!
April 18, 2013 at 11:20 am
Thanks, Todd! Yeah, that Spidey Super Stories is pretty wacky.
May 12, 2013 at 8:17 pm
Sorry to be this guy! but in the Aliens/Cable caption it says John Carpenter’s Aliens and I believe you meant James Cameron’s Aliens. Both “J.C.”s so it is a forgivable sin. Thanks.
May 13, 2013 at 10:18 am
Well, thank you for being “that guy”. Totally embarrassing slip up on my part.