The older covers will always trump the newer ones. I think for me, the whole embossed, stamped, million variant covers during the Image days, kinda ruined it for me. At first, it was cool when it was "exclusive". But then when they started doing it for EVERY comic book on the stand and on titles that sucked and had no readership was the tipping point for me.

Always go with the Golden and Silver Age Comics for sure.