After looking at hundreds of comic book covers, it becomes quickly apparent that not every cover is 100% original. Whether done intentionally or even underhandedly, there’s something about uncovering these “swipes” that adds a new element of fun to reading and collecting comics.
In the mid-1970s, an all-new team of X-Men took over the series starting with Uncanny X-Men #94. Soon enough, it seemed like a great story idea to have the new team square off against the original team. Providing the cover art (and interiors) to this landmark issue, I doubt Dave Cockrum even considered how iconic this cover would prove to be!
In a unique move, Marvel Comics presented their early-1990s quarterly investment reports in the format of a comic book. And, at a time when the X-Team split up into two teams (X-Men Blue & X-Men Gold), it seemed an opportune time for Tom Morgan to utilize the groundwork already laid by Cockrum years prior to display the two teams on the cover of their second quarterly report of 1992.
Interestingly enough, Dave Cockrum swiped himself when asked to provide the cover art to Justice League Quarterly #8. Five years later, the Troublemakers also paid homage to this cover with issue #8, when their publisher (Acclaim Comics) decided every book it published that month would have a cover swipe.
 Uncanny X-Men #100 August 1976 Dave Cockrum |
 Marvel Quarterly Report 1992 #2 June 1992 Tom Morgan |
 Justice League Quarterly #8 September 1992 Dave Cockrum |
 Troublemakers #8 November 1997 Kontbal |
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