Exiles 93 - what can I say? Another sexy cover
Iron Man 17 - brave choice of cover
X-23 5 - that Choi should be used more
X-Factor 18 - another strong X-Factor cover - very reliable!

Top Five

5 Marvel Zombies/Army of Darkness 2 - with so many zombie homages, you have to pick the stand out ones carefully. But this is great.

4 Cable & Deadpool 39 - absolutely no idea what is going on but isn't Skottie Young capable of compelling, idiosyncratic covers?

3 Irredeemable Ant Man 7 - because it sums up Eric O'Grady perfectly

2 Loners 1 - I love the 80s homage and very cutely conceived.

1 Nova 1 - what can I say? It made me buy the book and what more can you ask of a cover? Outstanding.

Huh. Never would've guessed.

I'd have called the Heroes for Hire cover the best of the month, too. But I collect "Dinosaur Crotch Shot" books.

I really like the Blade cover too, though. I figure the backgrounds should clue us in that it ain't goin' for photorealism.

Good cover, though.

That's illustrates the problem better than I could have hoped to articulate! I'm Canadian! I'm pretty familiar with the maple leaf. But that cover is an absolute mess. Even each point of the maple leaf has a different texture applied. It's just a headache-inducing mess.

For ONE NIGHT ONLY!!!
This Saturday! Saturday!!! SATURDAY!!!
At the Jack Kirby Memeorial Civic Centre!
Ms. Marvel Vs. Spider-Woman!!!
Featuring Special Guest Referee...BEVERLY SWITZER!!!
BE THERE!!!

I like the maple leaf motif on the Omega Flight cover, but that's the only positive thing I have to say about the cover or concept of the book.

Good god, that is one ass-ugly Michael Turner cover. Wow. Silver Surfer looks ridiculous, from the overly-defined abs (which are pointing to his lack of crotch), to the elongated arms, to the stupid pose. Just awful.

I think Ms. Marvel and Spider Woman are arguing over who got the worst breast implants. I mean, come on Greg Horn, have you ever looked at a woman? Jeez.

I am righteously stoked about that Jeff Parker/Mike Wieringo Spider-Man/Fantastic Four miniseries. It looks awesome. The cover is okay; nothing too amazing. Maybe future issues will be more dynamic.

Is that Marvel Illustrated a reprint of some old "Classics Illustrated" style stuff? I dig the P. Craig Russell cover.

I gotta disagree with you about the Newuniversal cover, Cronin. I think it's pretty dynamic, and very striking.

"The Omega Flight cover is outright terrible. Sure, it has some nice design elements, but nothing stands out except the big red arrow-thingy."

That "big red arrow-thingy" is a Canadian Maple leaf. You know, because Alpha/Omega flight are a Canadian super hero team.

"Zombies: Am I the only one that doesn’t get the Zombie Craze? Did I miss the email about this one? Are Zombies supposed to be that effing cool? I prefer Arthur Suydam drawing his Libby from the Lost World than another zombie cover."

Zombies are supposed to be that effing cool, but most of the comics aren't living up to it.

It looks like the cover for Grease, the Movie Musical, starring... Nova!

Wella-wella-umph, tell me more, tell me more....

Also, boo for Tony villainisation.

"Tastes Great!" "Less filling!"

Eh, best I got.

Joke for the Ms. Marvel cover: "1, 2, 3, 4, I declare a thumb war!"

The Bad:
The hell is up with those Cable covers? Skottie Young's was nice, but what terrible anatomy that is; his neck is as thick as his shoulders are. Its a nice attempt to be all high-brow comic art, but get the basics down before going to the next level. And the other is "Generic Cable metal arm and Shining Eye" cover...breaking some new ground there! *rolls eyes*
Zombies: Am I the only one that doesn't get the Zombie Craze? Did I miss the email about this one? Are Zombies supposed to be that effing cool? I prefer Arthur Suydam drawing his Libby from the Lost World than another zombie cover.

The rest were decent generic covers that usually have nothing to do with the interiors I'm guessing.

Hulk/Power Pack is a great one, too.

Top Five: Black Panther, Marvel Zombies, Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four, Spider Man Loves Mary Jane, Daredevil

The Black Panther cover is tops! Rockin the boat, so to speak. Excellent design, excellent illustration, and most importantly a blast! Look at The Thing shaking his fist at the Human Torch!

Honorable Mentions: White Tiger (excellent, but the covers for this book look to similar), Iron Fist (good design, good illustration, but a little flat, just a slight angle would have the Iron Fist striking Hydra but in the direction of the reader, also putting one of those sites OVER him would give a bit more depth), X-Men First Class, Heroes for Hire (first cover I remember liking for this book)

Hulk 105 has to be one of the boringest covers this month. Don't get it. I guess there is some artistic skill involved, but what is going on? The Hulk is lying down on an exploding bed of rocks and sunlight? Its not comfy, making him shout?

The Omega Flight cover is outright terrible. Sure, it has some nice design elements, but nothing stands out except the big red arrow-thingy. Everything else is a horrific mess. Too many lines, you can't tell where one character begins and another ends, lumpy, swirly textures in the background (and foreground!) that are almost as distinct as the characters. Yuck!

I don't understand the Punisher 46 cover. Is someone standing over him unloading round after round into him? Are the shell cases bouncing off his chest? No damage? What the hell's going on? Nice drawing, but... Maybe I'm dense or something?

I usually don't mind Greg Horn *too* much, but the She-Hulk cover has the same problem as the Ultimate Power cover: they look like they are illustrating a pose for a martial arts class and that they will not actually hit each other. Or maybe they are playing twister?

I'm not sure about the Loners cover. The girls' faces looks like a weird cross between manga and playdough... I guess its just not a style that works for me. The fact that two of the guys have their faces completely hidden (or barely existent as the case may be) makes the strange style of the faces even even more apparent.

I think the Bianchi covers are a sequence. You said they were all the same, but now they're fighting where-as in the first issue they were just approaching each other. I don't recall the other covers, but if they are sequential, that would be pretty darn cool.

Hey Cronin, you ever think of doing a "dog of the month" to counteract the top five?