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** That may have been directly inspired by the [[The Silver Age of Comic Books|Silver Age]] Superman cover that had Superman stand around mocking Clark Kent as Kent got beaten up. As it turned out, this was just a metaphor for the fact that Kent had given up being Superman.

* In the issue of the original [[Justice League of America]] where the first Mr. Terrific dies, [[Batman]] is pointing at Mr. Terrific's killer, with [[Red Tornado]], [[Power Girl]], [[Wonder Woman]], and Jay Garrick (Flash I) behind him. The murderer is, of course, {{spoiler|Jay Garrick, though [[Not Himself|he was possessed at the time and it wasn't really his fault.]]}}

* The cover of New Avengers #35 got readers up in arms when [http://www.thecomicfanatic.com/new%20images/nwavng35.jpg such a cool cover] ironically featuring [[Wolverine Publicity]] when the story inside (which dealt with the villain known as "[[The Hood]]") wasn't even remotely related to the cover.

* The cover of New Avengers #35 got readers up in arms when [https://web.archive.org/web/20150104064937/http://www.thecomicfanatic.com/new%20images/nwavng35.jpg such a cool cover] ironically featuring [[Wolverine Publicity]] when the story inside (which dealt with the villain known as "[[The Hood]]") wasn't even remotely related to the cover.

** They did it again in issue #50. Dammit, Bendis.

* The cover of ''Amazing [[Spider-Man]] #75'' is "Death Without Warning" and shows Spider-Man mourning over a dead body. Nothing like that happens in the comic. What's more ''nobody in the story dies at all''.

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** We don't know ''what'' wack-ass version of ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' the illustrator for the [https://web.archive.org/web/20120622083113/http://gallery.the-leaky-cauldron.org/picture/1207 cover of the Italian edition] read (it shows Harry playing chess with a human-sized mouse, while wearing a mouse-shaped hat), but we'd like to know [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made on Drugs?|what they were on and if they're willing to share]].

** The ''Chamber of Secrets'' one, from the same person, shows Harry flying on a giant book and wearing a ''crocodile''-shaped hat.

* The French edition of [[Terry Pratchett]] and [[Neil Gaiman]]'s ''[[Good Omens]]'' ("De bons presages") used to feature [http://www.progx.org/deliciouslibrary/images/771857AA-AC17-11D9-84A4-000D933B18F6-140.png a small blond child looking nervously over his shoulder at a giant crocodile-dragon-thing]. Which is in the book precisely nowhere. (The current cover is much more accurate.)

* The French edition of [[Terry Pratchett]] and [[Neil Gaiman]]'s ''[[Good Omens]]'' ("De bons presages") used to feature [https://web.archive.org/web/20111109081108/http://www.progx.org/deliciouslibrary/images/771857AA-AC17-11D9-84A4-000D933B18F6-140.png a small blond child looking nervously over his shoulder at a giant crocodile-dragon-thing]. Which is in the book precisely nowhere. (The current cover is much more accurate.)

** On the cover of the German edition, Crowley is depicted as some kind of ugly, green monster. Whatever happened to "Tall, Dark and Handsome" personified?

* When the Ender books were first translated into Hebrew, the covers featured... [[Star Trek|U.S.S ''Enterprise'']].