10 Amazing Comic Book Covers Marvel Wants You To Remember
6. Marvels #1
Marvels was a miniseries that amounted to an homage Marvel made to its past. The four-issue miniseries delved into the history of Marvel's most important events between 1939 and 1974, with the stories unfolding from the perspective of the Everyman character - a news photographer named Phil Sheldon.
The series was released in 1994 and was one of the most celebrated miniseries Marvel has ever published. The first issue revolves around the origin of the first Human Torch, the android created by Phineas Horton, and the public's reaction to a new world with superheroes. Subsequent issues detail the rise of mutants and other important events in Marvel's publishing history.
Alex Ross painted each panel as well as the covers for the books, and while each and every painting is a masterpiece, the cover art for the very first image says so much about Marvel Comics' history, it stands as the best of them all.
The image is an homage to the first appearance of the character in Marvel Comics #1, originally published in October, 1939. While it pays tribute to that original cover, it stands apart as its own unique take on the character in a way only Ross could truly illustrate.