50 Times Covers Spoiled Comics (Spoiler Alert)

[@jonathongibson7895]

Aquaman death of a prince collected edition straight up has aquababys tomb stone and mera yelling about it to Arthur… now death of prince might give it away but that could be about a few characters like orm

[@MintHunterComics]

WOW - that's a good entry

[@daveofford]

I’ll take a spoiler over “click bait” when the cover shows something nowhere close to what’s inside.

[@Criner05]

The issue of Daredevil that came out last week had him fighting Bullseye on the cover. Bullseye isn't in a single panel in the issue.

[@daveofford]

@ that’s the worst.

[@Vaderzer0]

Bro Ultimate Spiderman 12! Was so disappointed. Was hoping for a cute spidey Christmas story

[@thesexybatman263]

classic Silver Age Superman antics.

[@turtleanton6539]

Yes😮😅😮😮

[@Scott.B.Chapin]

I'm way more onboard with a spoiler cover than one that makes you think a character or story arc is inside, but it's totally not.

[@MintHunterComics]

facts

[@RicardoVillalobos80]

Agree 100%

[@joe3019772008]

i don't mind spoiler covers. sometimes they are pretty neat looking to the point you don't care if it is or isn't a spoiler. hope you and yours had a nice christmas and new years, bro. congrats on making it finally to #40k subs.

[@RudeMekanicals]

At this point it's harder to not get spoil than to find spoilers...

[@viggler]

I always thought that in the original Marvel run of GI Joe, if the Grim Reaper was on the cover, then a character died in the issue

[@mrgumdrops5]

Dude, congratulations on 40 thousand!!!!!! I remember tuning into your first claim sales! Well done, James!

[@lancemcfarlin311]

That Cap 25 cover really bugged me when it came out. I had avoided all of the news pieces about it, got to the comic shop and the spoiler was on the cover.

[@Jinzo126]

the Cover for the Legion of Super-Heroes collection: "The Great Darkness Saga" spoils that true villain behind the Storyline is Darkseid.

[@rmr1967]

Although not a comic book, my personal best for spoiling it on the cover is when Planet of the Apes, the original with Chalton Heston came out on DVD it showed the statue of liberty on it.

[@josephdonahue-nw7ck]

Congrats on 40k and always love these videos!!

[@MintHunterComics]

Thank you!!!

[@Comicsunderthestairs]

Always great content. Your “list”shows are some of the best on YT.

[@sangmanolack3884]

Congrats on getting your 40k Sub! I never miss an episode, keep up the great work!

[@idiotsavant1902]

It actually surprised me to find out I wasn’t subscribed over the last few years…love watching this show and its full of good information

[@MintHunterComics]

WELCOME to the party my man!!!

[@sf9220]

Congratulations on the 40k. I am so happy for you James!

[@treystinson9537]

Congrats on the 40K! The one comic book KZbinr where I try to never miss a video!

[@timlacaze1534]

Congratulations on 40K! Can’t wait to see how the channel keeps growing

[@mattc4086]

Another great video. You are really coming up with some great ideas lately. Way more interesting than the videos that just read out top 10 lists that are taken directly from other websites. Keep up the great work. Congrats on getting to 40k.

[@fogsmoviereviewscom]

Cool list as always! Congrats on the growth of the channel, you deserve it!

[@jrussowriting]

I love a solid twist in a book. I also enjoy the anticipation of knowing what's inside and how it gets there, but the straight up gasping moment of a reveal can't be beat

[@pah-MIK-ter]

40K milestone!!!!! Congrats fellow James!!

[@MintHunterComics]

Thanks my man!

[@BowlerBP]

I mean, I guess it can be argued that any 1st appearance that appears on a cover is a spoiler. And in that, I think the comic community appreciates that as it usually coincides with iconic covers and high prices (i.e. Batman 181, New Mutants 98, Ultimate Fallout 4) As usual, great research to dig in and find 50 James. Love the content and shows the appreciation you have for the hobby as a whole!

[@make2.]

Congratulations on your 40k! Great video!

[@MintHunterComics]

Thank you!!!

[@make2.]

@MintHunterComics Thank you James! I'm proud to be one of those 40k! Keep up the good work!

[@T-RexSuplex1]

Although these are spoilers I believe it's a trope where the cover promise something like "is this the end of Avengers?" and it shows all of them defeated but it doesn't happen (they take some hits but they win) so this is a way to throw a curve ball to us readers. I personally dislike covers with characters that have nothing to do with the story.

[@turtleanton6539]

Falsenarketing. He should do a video on thise😊

[@CedRed]

Congrats on the 40K!!! Well deserved!!!

[@gregoryliedtka7510]

That detective comic with batgirl is iconic cover though

[@MintHunterComics]

Indeed it is!

[@xtruthx]

Just joined the membership.. Thanks for getting me back into Reading Comics again. Congratulations on the 40k

[@ryanfindlay845]

Congrats on the 40k! Great content, keep it going :)

[@luckyjinxx13]

Congrats on 40k subs! Always enjoy your videos!

[@thri11ers]

Congratulations on 40 thousand!

[@johnmackenzie5077]

Congrats on 40k, always interesting videos

[@richardotero6724]

Congratulations on 40K!! Really enjoy your insightful and interesting videos! Wishing you a good and healthy New Year 🎉

[@jameskm03]

Congratulations on the 40k! You have crushed it going full time into the hobby!

[@MintHunterComics]

Thanks a ton!

[@minnesotaislander7997]

I can think of Protectors #5. The laser beam going through the comic and the chest of the hero would have been enough, but the polybagged version reads both "The death of a hero!" and "The death of a Protector!"

[@expensivecardboard]

Congratulations on the 40k subscribers. Well well deserved. Actually you deserved way way more subscribers. You will get there my friends!

[@MintHunterComics]

Thank you so much 😀

[@CC-xw1yc]

Congrats on 40k James. Thanks for the video. Somehow I've never seen that DD5 Quesada variant before.

[@MintHunterComics]

That's the cover to grab for sure!

[@thomaskanyo6218]

Great stuff james keep it coming!!!!!

[@SAGE_EDITS_1]

congrats on 40k dude, so amazing to slowly watch you grow 🎉

[@MintHunterComics]

Thanks so much!

[@mdb1321]

Always look forward to your vids. Keep them coming!

[@mattlane2310]

Congratulations on 40k. Keep up the good work.

[@MintHunterComics]

Thank you!!!

[@jtrain9926]

Action Comics #52, totally spoiled when Superman lifted that car above his head. I had NO IDEA he was that strong!

[@donaldstudoriii6477]

Congratulations on 40k!!!! My sobriety stays strong thanks to ur videos thank u!!!

[@MintHunterComics]

holy cow thanks so much! Keep going brother!

[@junior_peanut969]

Congrats on 40k subscribers 🎉

[@vabeachcollectibles4280]

congrats on the milestone!

[@brandonfetters3843]

The variants for Void Rivals#1 has Jetfire on it spoiling his appearance at the end of the issue and the fact it take place in the same universe as transformers

[@jeffstanley6013]

Well deserved milestone on 40k subscribers; congrats! I'd argue that Superman 75 was not a spoiler cover as everyone knew well in advance what was coming. LOL

[@Barada73]

I grew up in the 80s, where nobody really cared if someone wanted to remain "spoiler free" or not. So I had many stories spoiled for me before even reading the books or watching the movies (including ALL of the big spoilers from the original Star Wars trilogy). Over time I finally learned that if a spoiler ruins your entire story, then you didn't really have much of a story. I knew Darth Vader was Luke's father before my first viewing of Empire Strikes Back and I still consider that to be one of the greatest films ever made. I was going to mention that "Death of Professor X" cover if you didn't include it in your list, so I was happy to see that you included it. Although they backtracked that in later issues, that cover was definitely a desperate ploy to try to increase sales on a "poorly" selling series, even though X-Men was still selling over 200,000 copies per issue. Apparently that wasn't good enough for Marvel back in those days. Still, the 1960s X-Men will always be my favorite era of the X-Men.

[@dannbon13]

Speaking on Crisis on Infinite Earths, #4 "The Death of the Monitor" with him laying there and a caption stating exactly that. And Aquaman #2 1994 kinda guessed he lost his hand.

[@ascorvinus]

Marvel’s Transformers did it back to back with issues 24 and 25, the deaths of Optimus and Megatron, respectively.

[@duelist57]

Congrats on 40k, I have quite a few of these books...didn't know about "spoiler" covers though.

[@pmhqmw21]

Congrats on the 40k love your content

[@MintHunterComics]

thanks!

[@Banterbear]

Its kind of a unique thing to comic storytelling, but the cover is literally there to tell you what is going to happen inside and make you want to pick up the book. Most of the reason for killing off characters is get sales up, of course they put that in as epic a way on the books cover. Also, a few of the covers you showed in your list weren't actually explicit about what was happening, they hardly count as spoilers, especially when so many promise things will happen, and yet they end up being of no consequence.

[@Will-hn2yp]

The Life with Archie cover is an interesting case. The news had been out for a while that Archie was being “killed off” (it even made it onto national news channels!) so even though it is a spoiler cover, it really didn’t surprise anyone picking it up!

[@MintHunterComics]

True! Same with the "death" of Ms. Marvel

[@ColeCollects]

This was a fun video, thanks for sharing James.

[@michaelbenge5235]

Great video congratulations on 40k

[@JohnBK24]

Great video. Although I'd prefer to be surprised about major events, I don't remember ever being angry about spoiler covers for some reason.

[@HankWagner-nl4me]

Congrats on the impending 40,000th subscriber!!

[@MintHunterComics]

THANKS HANK!!!!

[@pcantu3]

Yes they may spoil the comic story, but on the other hand they are some amazing covers you mentioned. Worth it!

[@ToastedCollector]

Awesome job and great video!

[@ericlewis5774]

Congratulations on 40k!! Great way to start 25

[@MintHunterComics]

AGREED!

[@Killurhero]

Spoilers will never stop me from reading/watching anything. I just love the journey!

[@MintHunterComics]

Totally, the journey is the best part!

[@studiodriver399]

Nice work giving us great information!

[@cowbelltv4865]

Congrats on 40k! Fun list.

[@terrygillard1672]

I remember the hype leading up to the death of Superman in Superman #75. the press were talking about DC killing off Superman months before the issue came out, so it wasn't really a spoiler when we finally saw the cover!

[@bumblebeetuna2120]

Congrats on hit 40K!

[@kyleelmore7250]

I’m surprised that you being a green lantern fan didn’t even mention Green lantern 49 or 50 showing Hal going evil and becoming Parallax!

[@BillStrait]

Grats on the 40k!

[@MintHunterComics]

thanks Bill!!!

[@ihavecomicissues]

Great video James!!!

[@ChristopherBusch-t7t]

I don’t mind the spoiler cover as typically it’s a good looking cover as the artist will spend the most time on the pivotal moment

[@malarax2248]

A lot of the spoiler covers are memorable ones. So, I like them.

[@wolverado1322]

Kudos on 40K! I’ll take spoilers over teasers. Nice list.

[@garybrigham9538]

Not a FULL spoiler, but you knew a central supporting character in Spider-Man was going to die in ASM#121, and it becomes fairly obvious as the story progresses. It would have been a MASSIVE shock if there were no heads up on the cover

[@elguerilla81]

I think the 90’s had no qualms about putting spoilers on the covers of comic books. We all ate them up and wanted to see how it all lead up to the cover. That sold a lot books and of course fed into the whole spec bubble. I miss the 90’s 😔

[@ashtonrolheiser8374]

Congrats on the 40k!

[@MintHunterComics]

Appreciate it!

[@rederik99]

Since the cover misdirect is as old as the cover spoiler, I think it's fully fair game.

[@Spreedem]

X-Men 41 Vol 2. Death of Prof. X was also a big spoiler that led to a great series. Great video.

[@steveandspock2290]

CONGRATS ON 40,000 👍🖖

[@6sand743]

Well, all antagonists of the early Conan run were no surprise because they’re featured on the cover…

[@charliehodges5006]

Holy Spoilers, Batman! Congrats on 40k. Well deserved.

[@bwarring21]

James, now you have to do one where the cover has nothing or is not even in the story of the comic book

[@Snikt_Itch]

Yeah, the covers might spoil the plot, but some of the stories more than make up for it. Love these videos, keep it up!

[@eterniastoys]

Congrats on the 40k subs!

[@MintHunterComics]

THANKS SO MUCH!!!

[@despitewisdom]

I'd take a spoiler over having a character on the cover that never shows up in the issue!

[@NotAuthentic]

Congrats on the 40K 🫡

[@jcoroner1189]

Hi James. Excellent video truly enjoyed all the covers. If they were trying to make you buy a book they did a great job. I wanted to suggest if you could do a video on goofy dc ( or marvel) covers from 50s and 60s. Also intended to make readers buy the books!

[@stephenritucci7468]

LOSH. Darkseid in great darkness saga. TPB has him on conver. It was his 1st time he was used since Kirby i believe.

[@cwwheelz]

I think most of them are done pretty well and are meant to get people to pick them up. It's better than a mundane scene or like others have said, better than click bait.

[@TwentyFiveAlpha]

Teasers of deaths is common unfortunately. Death of Superman is my favorite of the lot. Congratulations on the 40K subscribers milestone.

[@MintHunterComics]

Thakn you! very true

[@jasonradtke5273]

I was waiting to see Aquaman getting his hand eaten. I believe it was issue 0. Congratulations on the 40k subscribers.

[@kazerzozay]

death of of ms marvel is a cool homage to the death of supergirl crisis issue

[@murrayc9615]

"Adventure Comics" #462 spoils the death of the Golden Age Batman

[@thurstonfaulkner4]

Just give me an awesome artistic interpretation of the story on the cover. Punisher limited edition #1 for example

[@Dieselcity]

Best comic book content, and it isn’t really close.

[@philcamacho127]

I really like spoiler comic covers. It will normally entice me to flip through it and ultimately buy the book wanting to know more. Great video! 😊👍

[@monsterphile]

With many comic covers, they imply something, but the truth is not what the cover implies. Hence, when there is a suggestion of the story on the cover, we usually don't know for sure. For exa,ple in Crisis when we see Superman holding Supergirl's battered body, we don't know for sure that's dead. Then, of course, are they dead forever?

[@juanayon9713]

Congrats on the 40k

[@Spider-red_hood]

With the Jason being revealed as the red hood, I’m pretty sure that that is the second print variant (the original shows Bruce holding the helmet) and people might not know that that was Jason on the cover because he had been dead for about 20 years ( I know that that’s kind of how he and clayface look in hush, but still)

[@Spider-red_hood]

And the red goblin one wasn’t a mystery, you see the whole thing happen

[@Criner05]

To be fair, that cover of Batman #638 is the second print. I'll defend Walking Dead #156. You can't really tell Negan is killing Alpha on the cover. And given that the title of the issue is "Queen and King," I thought they were merely embracing, like for a hug or kiss. It didn't spoil it for me when I bought the issue. As for issues you didn't include, there are plenty of Walking Dead Deluxe covers. Granted they're reprints, but still.

[@RS-ub9gw]

Congratulations on 40k

[@tygrus3495]

Recently, Superman All In #19. The issue would have been more fantastic if the cover does not show Super Lois.