{"id":699,"date":"2010-06-15T13:14:07","date_gmt":"2010-06-15T20:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/?p=699"},"modified":"2010-06-15T13:16:19","modified_gmt":"2010-06-15T20:16:19","slug":"comic-book-cover-swipes-exposed-11-future-imperfect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/comic-book-cover-swipes-exposed-11-future-imperfect\/","title":{"rendered":"Comic Book Cover Swipes Exposed #11 Future Imperfect"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.<\/font><\/p>\n

You’d be hard-pressed to find a better Hulk <\/em>writer than Peter David<\/a>. His decade-long run redefined the Hulk <\/strong>for a whole new generation, running from 1987 to 1998. Midway through this magnificent feat, David paired with another well-regarded comics creator, George Perez<\/a>, to produce a two-issue mini-series pitting the current Hulk <\/strong>(in his Professor Hulk state of being) against the Maestro <\/strong>(a future version of the Hulk who has taken control of the world – and not in a good way). The only hope the future has against the Hulk is … the Hulk!<\/p>\n

Marvel celebrated this mini-series (who’s significance was felt longer after its release) by publishing the story in a prestige format with embossed covers. Playing off of the duality of the two main characters, Perez used a reverse-swipe method for the cover art. (I’ve got the second image flipping horizontally so you can see how close the images actually line up)<\/p>\n

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\nthe Incredible Hulk: Future Imperfect
\nDecember 1992
\nGeorge Perez<\/td>\n		\"\"
\nthe Incredible Hulk: Future Imperfect
\nJanuary 1993
\nGeorge Perez<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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On Ebay<\/u>: Hulk<\/a> | Future Imperfect<\/a> | George Perez<\/a> | Peter David<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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. You’d be hard-pressed to find a better Hulk writer than Peter David. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-swiped-comic-book-cover-swipes-exposed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=699"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":702,"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699\/revisions\/702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}