JLA: Year One #4 unpublished

Let's keep it going. Week three of cover month here at Shemp's gallery. A new cover every Sunday for the month of September.


Is an unpublished cover still a cover? In order to call a piece a cover doesn't it have to appear as a cover somewhere, otherwise it's just an unpublished pinup, or does intent matter? If it was intended to published as a cover but for whatever reason rejected, can it still be called a cover, albeit unpublished? These are the questions that keep me up at night.


JLA: Year One by Mark Waid, Brian Augustyn, Barry Kitson and Mike Bair. A retelling of the origin of the Justice league of America. Great group shot of the main players in this JLA maxi series. A self rejected cover by Barry. He changed the position of the Flash and made minor adjustments to Aquaman, Black Canary and Martian Manhunter. Personally, I think the Flash looks better in the unpublished cover as does Black Canary but Aquaman and Martian Manhunter look better in the published version, Green Lantern is a push. It's a great unpublished piece.



From 1997 an unpublished cover, JLA: Year One #4 by Barry Kitson.