I meant to point out that I was impressed by how one cover (I think it was Claw) actually looked like real archery (as much as I know about it, that is, which is is mostly based on you pointing out the problems!).

Taht Martian Manhunter cover would be a lot stronger if Green Arrow knew how to hold a bow, his bow looked like, y'know, a bow, and he wasn't trying to shoot his index finger off.

*sigh*

At least the other two archery-related covers are reasonably accurate (no overtly dangerous mistakes, and the equipment actually looks vaguely like the real thing).

the rest sux bd

why's everybody always just staring into the camera on comix nowadays? what happened to intersting action scenes to make you want to buy the comic?????

(But mostly, yeah, it's just goofy lookin'.)

Who is that, anyway? Is that Black Adam made over into some godawful White Adam? Is it Captain Marvel in a hideous new costume to show how "serious" he's gotten?

It's nice to see that JUSTICE still features Captain Marvel and the Marvel Family, since I see that INFINITE CHRISTMAS (??) is featuring the KKK-looking Marvel character from the misbegotten Winick series.

Why does Superman have an "S" symbol on his belt in the Kubert cover? Does everything *have* to match the movie?

Krypto flying away from the Kent farm better not mean he's leaving (I'm serious about this)!

John Ostrander rules, and DC should collect the rest of his SPECTRE run.

I think it's an allusion to the fact that BL didn't actually join in his try-out issue.

I don't know. I'd rather that Ostrander did talk to Morrison a bit and the run wasn't completely disjointed but I think the pros heavily outweigh the cons here. I'll take fill ins over delays anyday anyway. Spitefully, I like my comics more these days when they don't fit neatly into a trade.

In fact, I'd probably rather see Ostrander on a title than Morrison.

He's DC's single best writer of the post-Crisis era, and unlike Englehart and Claremont, he can still do it.

I'd generally never read a Star Wars comic normally, but he was writing it so I gave Republic a shot and it's just a really, really solid bunch of stories.

I like Morrison fine, but Ostrander's probably somone I'd RATHER see on batman..

Yes. I'd love to see a nice run of TPBs collecting their phenomenal run on Spectre.

Why is Black Lightning running away from everybody else on that JLA trade cover? Is he upset that he didn't get to jump through the hoop?

Batman has a really big upper lip on that Walt Simonson cover. I though he was Wildcat there for a second.

The Creeper cover's not by Justiniano but by Shawn McManus - it's signed and everything.

I agree with everyone else who says the JLA trade cover is by Ordway. Despite some superficial similarities as "realistic" artists, Ordway and Bolland draw - and especially ink - pretty differently.

That Nightmare on Elm Street cover looks like Harris has been taking Glenn Fabry lessons. It's much more animated than his usual style.

I don't know anything about Tranquility, but that cover really makes me want to buy the book (which is what a cover should do).

Hey, Art Adams may not have gotten the protruding nipples right, but he sured nailed the big, pendulous breasts!

And don't be hating on Walt Simonson's "odd" LOTDK cover. Simonson draws "odd" (but very well) by definition!

She is Batwoman, not Batgirl!

Doesn't she deserve our respect after all the great stories she has given us?

You know, I’d really be happy if the response from DC and Marvel *every* time a book is late was to put John Ostrander and Tom Mandrake on it.

Civil War late? Give it to Ostrander/Mandrake!
All-Star Batman & Robin? Ostrander/Mandrake!
Ultimates gone missing? Ostrander/Mandrake!

More seriously, anything that puts these guys back in front of the main bulk of fans is a good thing. Ostrander wrote some of the best DC comics of all-time, and it’d be nice to see him working regular for them again. And Mandrake is an artist who always does his best when paired with Ostrander.

It certainly IS nice seeing them get some work.

Did you really forget the very good Ostrander/Mandrake “Spectre” series or were you kidding about forgetting it because it was so very good?

As Greg pointed out - the latter.

That Ex Machina “cover” was the last page of the last week’s issue. That’s weird for two reasons - why is that being shown as the cover, and why didn’t you know that? A glitch in the download?

I totally forgot to read that last week. And I thought about that exact possibility (that that is the last page of the most recent issue), but your comments about it suggested something more shocking, so I figured, "Nah."

Isn’t that Amazo on the JLA #5 cover? Why would DC hide that? Or is it someone who just has the same outline as Amazo? Oooooh, the suspense is killing me!!!!

That was my point. When DC blacked out the people on the JLA #1 cover, the blacked out figures didn't match up with who was on the cover, so while the figure certainly LOOKS like Amazo, for all we know, they're cheating again, which I think defeats the point of DOING blacked out figures like that.

If you're not going to play fair, just put up a big black box covering the figure entirely.