What is it with misleading covers?

I’ve been a comic book fan for longer than I can remember, and there is no bigger let down than when the cover and the interior don’t jibe. This happens a lot and I have two books as proof, my question is why? Why make books that don’t correspond with what’s going on inside? Isn’t that false advertising? Marvel and DC are both guilty of this and it’s long past time that they stopped. How recently has this happened? Look no further than last week where both Marvel and DC committed this egregious act, stop laughing, I’m being totally serious.

Superman: World of New Krypton displays Green Lantern and Superman locked in combat with hatred in their eyes. Judging by the cover, readers are in store for the fight of the damn century but do they get that? The short answer is no, they don’t get that. Now what they get is still a good story, but shame on DC for the tease. That’s just it isn’t it? It’s a teaser image. I get that it’s a way to make people pick up the book, but do they have to be so blatant about the tease?

What if movie companies showed trailers for movies with scenes that are not actually in the movie? Oh wait; they totally do that… so shame on you movie people. But comics are way worse, look at this image while I think of a better analogy.

For those of you that don’t know the image you just saw came from Dark Avengers #6 and depicts Captain Marvel fighting for his life against Venom. There is only one problem; Captain Marvel isn’t even in this issue! Sure they mention that he isn’t there, but at no point do you actually see him and least of all does he fight Venom, what up with that?!?! That’s like (here we go again) like using Tom Cruise to promote Iron Man!

What if everyone did that? Like the political parties, or Coke. What if the computer you ordered through Gateway looked one way on their website but when the box came all you got was a brick? Would you stand for that? Then why do you let Marvel and DC pull a fast one every month with false advertising?

I say we take Marvel and DC to task on this very important issue (very important, or the most important issue in the universe?) This simply has to stop! How many times have you looked at the cover of a book and said, “Jean Grey is dead?!?!? Man, I need this issue!” only to find that Jean Grey is… well you get what I’m saying.

Comic fans let your voices be heard! Write Joe Quesada and tell him that your mad as hell, and you’re not gonna take it anymore! You tell him that your gonna boycott Marvel comics until he either sends Dante Maddox free comics or stops making misleading covers. And I promise to stay pissed about this life altering issue until I get my free comics!

What? You’re upset that I want to extort Marvel for free books? That’s not what this article was about… how misleading.