Best Batman Covers: Cover Poll Catch-Up

As I’ve mentioned before, we have some catching up to do as far as our Cover Polls are concerned. This year, we started adding Cover Polls to our weekly Upcoming Comics post. We then had requests to add the themed variant cover polls, so we started with June’s Joker themed variants, and began adding these polls to each month’s Solicitations post. Because we started this halfway through the year, the themed variants for January, February, and March of 2015, were never voted on… So we’re going to knock those out here!

On top of that, a reader reached out to me on Twitter asking why we didn’t include the non-themed variants in a cover poll… Well, if I’m being honest, it was partially due to laziness, and the amount of time it would take to hunt down each of these covers. BUT, it has recently become a little easier for me to get these covers, and I’m happy to say that we are catching up on these covers as well. In addition to the themed variants for January through March, we’ve also included polls for non-themed variant covers for January through July of 2015! *Note: There aren’t any non-themed variants for May due to Convergence.

So here’s how this is going to work. Since we are playing catch-up, things are going to be a little wonky. Any cover that was released in Q-1 or Q-2 that wins it’s poll will automatically move on to the Best Cover of 2015 poll since we’ve already voted on the best covers for those quarters. Covers that were released in Q-3 that win their poll will move on to the Best Cover: Q-3 poll which will be posted in October. Moving forward, we will vote on covers with the following cadence:

Best Cover of the Week – We will continue to add a cover poll to each week’s Upcoming Comics poll. The winning cover will then move on the quarterly poll. Any cover that is within 5% of the winning cover will also move on as an honorable mention.

Best Themed Variant Cover (Monthly) – We will continue to add this poll to each month’s Solicitations post. The winning cover will then move on the quarterly poll. Any cover that is within 5% of the winning cover will also move on as an honorable mention.

Best Non-Themed Variant Cover (Monthly) – This will be a new post entirely on its own! I will collect all of the non-themed variant covers for that month, and included them in this post. The winning cover will then move on the quarterly poll. Any cover that is within 5% of the winning cover will also move on as an honorable mention.

From here, the winning covers will be included in their quarterly poll. Then the winners from the quarterly polls will advance to the Best Cover of 2015 poll (which will be its own post), and then we will rank the top 25 covers based on the results! If you have ideas on how to make this process a little more efficient, I’m open to hearing them. I can’t guarantee that we’ll execute them, but we will consider them.

Alright, the covers are separated by their category below. After all of the covers for each category have been featured, you will find a poll for that category. The winners of each poll will be announced in next week’s Upcoming Comics post.

January 2015 Flash Variant Covers:

Batgirl #38 by Aaron Lopresti

Batman #38 by Tony Daniel & Tomeu Morey

Batman & Robin #38 by Dave Bullock

Batman/Superman #18 by Jim Lee, Scott Williams, & Alex Sinclair

Catwoman #38 by Ty Templeton

Detective Comics #38 by Josh Middleton

Harley Quinn #14 by Bruce Timm

Grayson #6 by Jock

Justice League #38 by Tony Harris

New Teen Titans #6 by Michael Allred & Laura Allred

February 2015 Harley Quinn Variant Covers:

Batgirl #39 by Cliff Chiang

Batman #39 by Jill Thompson & CV Painting

Batman & Robin #39 by Emanuela Lupacchino & Tomeu Morey

Batman/Superman #19 by J.G. Jones & Alex Sinclair

Catwoman #39 by Jim Balent

Detective Comics #39 by Dave Johnson

Harley Quinn #15 by Marco D’alfonso

Grayson #7 by Dan Panosian

Justice League #39 by Dustin Nguyen & CV Painting

Teen Titans #7 by Sean Galloway

March 2015 Movie Poster Variant Covers:

Batgirl #40 inspired by Purple Rain, with cover art by Cliff Chiang

Batman #40 inspired by The Mask, with cover art by Dave Johnson

Batman & Robin #40 inspired by Harry Potter, with cover art by Tommy Lee Edwards

Batman/Superman #20 inspired by The Fugitive, with cover art by Tony Harris

Catwoman #40 inspired by Bullitt, with cover art by Dave Johnson

Detective Comics #40 inspired by The Matrix, with cover art by Brian Stelfreeze

Grayson #8 inspired by Enter The Dragon, with cover art by Bill Sienkiewicz

Harley Quinn #16 inspired by Jailhouse Rock, with cover art by Dave Johnson

Justice League #40 inspired by Magic Mike, with cover art by Emanuela Lupacchino

Teen Titans #8 inspired by The Lost Boys, with cover art by Alex Garner

January 2015 Non-Themed Variant Covers:

Batman #38 by Andy Kubert

Batman Superman #18 by Juanjo Guarnido

Detective Comics #38 by Ethan Van Sciver

Gotham Academy #4 by Becky Cloonan

Gotham by Midnight #3 by Bill Sienkiewicz

Harley Quinn #14 by Paul Mounts

Justice League #38 by Andrew Robinson

Multiversity Guidebook #1 by Grant Morrison

Multiversity Guidebook #1 by Phil Jimenez

Multiversity Guidebook #1 by Ryan Hughes

Multiversity Guidebook #1 by Tom Fowler

February 2015 Non-Themed Variant Covers:

Batman #39 by Andy Kubert

Batman #39 LA Mole Comic Con Variant

Batman/ Superman #19 by Joe Quinones

Deathstroke #5 by Leonardo Manco

Detective Comics #38 by Yuko Shimizu

Gotham Academy #5 by Becky Cloonan

Harley Quinn #15 by Dave Johnson

Harley Quinn Valentine’s Day Special #1 by Amanda Conner & Dave Johnson

Justice League #39 by Babs Tarr

Multiversity Master Men #1 by Aaron Kuder

Multiversity Master Men #1 by Grant Morrison

Multiversity Master Men #1 by Howard Porter

Secret Six #2 by Garry Brown

March 2015 Non-Themed Variant Covers:

Batgirl #40– DC Collectibles

Batman/ Superman #20 by Yanick Paquette

Detective Comics #40 by Jenny Frison

Gotham Academy #6 by Babs Tarr

Harley Quinn #16 by Amanda Conner

Multiversity Ultra Comics #1 by Duncan Rouleau

Multiversity Ultra Comics #1 by Grant Morrison

Multiversity Ultra Comics #1 by Yanick Paquette

April 2015 Non-Themed Variant Covers:

Batman #40 by Andy Kubert

Batman Eternal #52 by Andy Kuberty

Futures End #48 by Ryan Sook

Justice League #40 by Alex Garner

Multiversity #2 by Francis Manupal

Multiversity #2 by Grant Morrison

Multiversity #2 by Lara Allred

June 2015 Non-Themed Variant Covers:

Bat-Mite #1 by Corin Howell (This was actually the main cover, but this cover wasn’t used for our Upcoming Comics post or poll).

Batman #41 by Greg Capullow

Batman Beyond #1 by Kalman Andrasofszky

Black Canary #1 by Annie Wu

Black Canary #1 by Tula Lotay

Earth 2 Society #1 by Paulo Siqueira

Harley Quinn #17 by Amanda Conner

Harley Quinn & Power Girl #1 by Paul Mounts

JLA #1 by Brian Hitch (Aquaman)

JLA #1 by Brian Hitch (Batman)

JLA #1 by Brian Hitch (Cyborg)

JLA #1 by Brian Hitch (Flash)

JLA #1 by Brian Hitch (Green Lantern)

JLA #1 by Brian Hitch (Superman)

JLA #1 by Brian Hitch (Wonder Woman)

Justice League 3001 #1 by Howard Porter

Justice League #41 SDCC Cover

Midnighter #1 by Brian Hitch

Red Hood & Arsenal #1 by Kenneth Rocafort

Robin, Son of Batman #1 by Robbi Rodriguez

We Are Robin #1 by James Harvey

July 2015 Non-Themed Variant Covers:

Batman Beyond #2 by Andy Kubert

Black Canary #2 by Babs Tarr

Earth 2 Society #2 by Andy Kubert

Justice League of America #2 by Francis Manupal

Justice League United #12 by Tony Harris (This cover was actually the standard cover, but wasn’t used to vote on during the cover poll in the Upcoming Comics post.)