I think The Dark Knight Returns #1 is far more important. I think Superman #75 might be off – yes it generated a lot of press at the time, but I don’t think it really changed anything – everybody knew who Superman was, and many/most people viewed it (rightly) as just a publicity stunt. I didn’t like the Spawn #1 pick initially but it has grown on me. FF #52 was an important step, but without the movie I think we’d view it as more evolutionary. I liked most of your picks more or less, although I doubt we’d be talking about Black Panther if it wasn’t for Chadwick Boseman and Disney. I think this is possibly THE great story of comics, and drives my collecting toward the period when comics were under the gun, generally destroyed, and hence are now scarce.
There was a linkage in your picks that emerged:ĮC -> Code -> moribund comics -> Showcase #4 -> FF #1 My first comment wasn’t about covers, but that coffee drinking will help with that mule thing. I think I would agree with Chris that the movies had a lot more impact on driving North America to anime/manga than did these translations. I read both Lone Wolf & Cub and Akira and I liked the former a lot more.
I am scared to comment after his erudite thoughts, but I will go ahead.
