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Judging (Marvel’s August) Books By Their Covers
Marvel’s August Solicitations are up, so now is as good a time as any for us to make prejudgments based just on the covers (as we all love to make prejudgments, don’t we?).
Let’s begin!
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How big is Colossus supposed to be, anyways?
I vaguely recall something about how he is a lot taller in his armored form.
Is that true?
If that’s true, then I guess this Humberto Ramos cover makes some sense.
Kitty Pryde could use a costume.
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For the most part, I enjoy this Eric Nguyen cover.
However, what the heck is that look on Professor X’s face?!?!
Is that supposed to be intense concentration?
It looks like Nguyen just photoshopped a picture of a constipated clown.
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Strong, solid cover by Pablo Raimondi.
I especially love how discreet the X on the viewscope is.
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The first Marko Djurdjevic cover of the month!
And it is a pretty good one.
A bit too standard.
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Does Marvel just not like crediting past covers when they do homages?
As someone else mentioned, you no longer see the “After ___” tagline anymore on Marvel covers.
And that’s weird, as this Ed McGuinness cover is obviously an homage to the Jim Lee cover for Uncanny X-Men #268, right?
And since you’d figure that Ed McGuinness isn’t all, “I am just not gonna credit him!,” then it seems like it is an editorial thing (like erasing Salvador Larocca’s loving tribute to John Romita and Ross Andru on the cover of the Sensational Spider-Man Annual)
Also, while I am not saying they SHOULD, has there ever been a definitive answer on the whole “How was Black Widow a little girl during World War II?” angle?
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Clever enough concept, but I think this Chaykin cover is a little too graphic.
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Strong group action here on this Ed McGuinness cover.
A lot of characters in there without it being cluttered. Very nice work.
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I’m not loving this Staz Johnson cover, but I am impressed with his ability to dramatically change his style of art.
I never would have guessed that this cover was drawn by Staz Johnson.
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John Watson is so much better when doing pose covers than when doing covers that evoke action.
See? This cover looks kinda dorky.
While THIS one is awesome…
When he is in his wheelhouse, Watson is one of the best cover artists out there.
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This David Finch cover is basically just the same thing as the Watson cover, right?
Not a fan of either, I’m afraid.
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Wasn’t it Salvador Larocca who drew that Ultimate Fantastic Four cover where the Thing looks like a dinosaur or something?
So it’s nice to see him do a good job with Thing on this cover.
I hope that there is some cover text on the book – like “From the pages of the Fantastic Four!”
I love it when they do stuff like that.
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Certainly not a BAD Yanick Paquette cover, but nor is it all that striking of a cover.
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Stuart Immonen is fitting right in on the Ultimate Spider-Man covers.
Talk about a seamless transition!
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This Greg Land cover isn’t bad, but it’s not just me, right? Everyone’s face seems weird, no?
Like, is Wasp, like, voguing?!
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Decent Pasqual Ferry cover.
But what is the Surfer DOING, exactly?
Also, anyone know why Pasqual Ferry stopped going by Paschalis Ferry? I remember when he made a fairly big deal out of changing his work name to Paschalis, back when he was working on Heroes for Hire – but it just changed back, seemingly out of nowhere! Anyone know what went on there?
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The strong angles work pretty well on this Gabriele Dell’Otto cover.
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Using a different viewing angle doesn’t help as much on this Olivier Coipel one, though.
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Wow, super bland Terror, Inc. cover by Jelena Djurdjevic.
That is an amazingly boring cover design.
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Meanwhile, her husband uses an interesting cover design to make this cover stand out.
The idea and the angles used combine for a pretty striking cover.
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Less impressive is this Super-Villain Team-Up cover.
Ah well! When you draw 13,302 covers a month, there are bound to be some duds mixed in there.
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Holy schnikes, Leinil Francis Yu!!
What the heck is up with Namor’s chest and torso?!
Is it, like, a plot line that Namor is totally emaciated? Or is that just a stylistic choice?
Wolverine looks cool, though!
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I do not know where this ranks on the scale of compliments, but this Khari Evans cover is better than the Frank Cho Shanna covers.
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The other Heralds often get pissed at Surfer, as they have to keep playing the instrumental part of the song over and over until Surfer crowd surfs back on to the stage.
Having Silver Surfer crowd surf IS pretty darn clever, Esad Ribic!
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This Spider-Man/Red Sonja cover is one of the best I have seen from Michael Turner in quite some time.
No real major problems with it, really.
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Very strong Leonard Kirk cover, as Parker and Kirk keep the Agents of Atlas in our collective consciousness!
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Other than the iffiness of Mary Jane’s facial expression (is she SMILING?), this Joe Quesada cover is pretty darn cool.
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Yikes, Clayton Crain!
What the heck is going on with the anatomy on this cover?
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Surprisingly bland Jo Chen cover.
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Surprisingly decent Ariel Olivetti cover.
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You’d think for the 50th issue, Tim Bradstreet would mix things up a bit, no?
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Very nice job here by Michael Avon Oeming, creating a sense of suspense and intrigue.
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Is that seriously the cover for Omega Flight #5?
Not, like, a panel or something?
If so, pretty weak there, Mr. Kolins. I know you can do better – you have already in this series.
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Pretty interesting Skottie Young cover.
I especially like the way he uses the black on the cover. Nicely turned.
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This cover by Nic Klein is very interesting to me.
Rarely do you see a cover where an artist gives some characters very interesting, well-defined facial expressions – and then others, total blanks.
Usually it’s either one or the other – everyone is blank or everyone is given interesting facial features.
The girl on the left is totally bland, while the girl on the right is bursting with character.
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This cover strikes me as though Adi Granov just thinks a woman wearing Nova’s costume is enough for the cover to be interesting.
And he might have been right if it weren’t for the fact that we just HAD a whole Nova CORPS, so seeing a woman in a Nova uniform isn’t all that interesting.
So I think he should have done more to make the cover interesting.
I said repeated interesting way too many times.
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GROUP SHOT POSE OFF!!!!!!!!!!
New Excalibur looks positively fierce in their pose-off group shot…
They most likely have this in the ba…OH DEAR LORD!
NOOO!!
The Hood just dropped Magnum on them!!
Oh, it is all over! The Leinil Francis Yu drawn bad guys win the pose-off over Scot Eaton’s New Excalibur.
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Greg Horn’s first problem was having the background be purple.
What the heck is up with THAT?
The next problem was having the cover be totally boring.
The first problem is easier to resolve.
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Interesting Esad Ribic cover.
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This Jelena Djurdjevic cover is way confusing.
Weird angles and a weird way to have the Musketeer hold his sword.
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“Okay, Dean Wormer! You let us off of Double Super Secret Probation, or the kid gets it!!”
Anyone ever watch that sequel mini-series Disney did to Treasure Island back in the 80s?
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I totally dig Patrick Scherberger’s stuff, but either this cover is a re-solicit, or else his work is getting a bit repetitive.
As it turns out, this IS a re-solicit being used as the cover of one of those flip-books. Patrick supplied me with the ACTUAL cover…
Nice, fun cover.
Thanks for sharing, Patrick!
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FINALLY, a cover that I can see where Michael Golden’s prodigious artistic talents are being put to good use!
Still not a great cover, but a big step-up.
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Cool Carlo Pagulayan cover.
Before Gary Frank bolted for DC, what was Marvel doing, exactly, with Pagulayan? Didn’t he draw most of Planet Hulk? You’d think they’d have something for him to do during World War Hulk.
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Pretty nondescript Kirk cover here.
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Some Kind of Wonderful?!
Now we’re really dredging the bottom of the barrel!
That being said, well drawn cover by Jason Pearson.
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Decent John Romita Jr. cover.
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Read my mind! What older series does this cover remind me of? I can’t recall…Lone Wolf & Cub, maybe?
Decent Aja cover.
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They’re all nicely drawn and all, but together, this Gary Frank cover just doesn’t look all that finished, really.
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Marvel Comics heats up the summer with this Sana Takeda cover. So sweet it makes you taste cheesecake, this hard-bodied superhero crew group shot even features a peak at Misty Knight’s thong!!
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Pretty decent Texeira cover.
Nice to see them having him draw a cover.
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Nice cover by Paolo Rivera.
I know I’ve given Peter David’s run on Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man some teasing, but I’ve also given it mostly favorable notices, so I am sorry to see him leaving the book.
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Nice Wieringo impression by Clayton Henry!
Good stuff.
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Cute Gurihiru cover.
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Pretty lame Michael Turner cover.
But a big step up from his previous cover.
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Pretty nice book design by Jae Lee.
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TOO MUCH BLOOD!!! TAKES ONE AND TWO!
Take one!!
First, Carmine Di Giandomenico continues his oddly graphic Battlin’ Jack Murdock covers…
Next, Jae Lee has a dude whose arms are all bloody…
The Lee stuff isn’t all that bad, I’m just getting bored with coming up with stuff to say about Lee’s (well-drawn, and all) Dark Tower “single character posing” covers.
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Okay, now this is just getting creepy.
Sean Phillips’ Criminal covers for this story arc really look as though they are just old Sleeper covers.
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So, with the Champions now being called The Order, that is good news when it comes to those little “breast windows” that they had on Steve McNiven’s cover to #1!
O-shaped windows show more cleavage than C-shaped ones!
Everything worked out for the best!
In all seriousness, nice cover by Barry Kitson.
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Generally speaking, this Epting cover is a cool movie-esque cover. Sharon Carter looks really good.
Falcon on fire, though, is a bit much.
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Cool Skottie Young cover.
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By the way, a cool point to the first person who gets the (super obscure) Heroes for Hire reference from before!
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Did you hear that Thor #1 is going to have not one, but TWO Suydam Zombie variants?
Zombie covers are getting so lame.
It was driven into the ground months ago – now, it’s in the center of the Earth or something.
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Hehe…this one is pretty weird, but overall, I dig this Jason Pearson cover.
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Welcome to Dullsville…Population: This Marko Djurdjevic Scarlet Witch cover.
It’s well drawn and all, but unlike the Black Knight cover, there’s nothing dynamic going on here.
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Using the Spider-Man suits Iron Man made is a great idea.
This cover, though, is not as striking as I would have hoped for from Jimmy Cheung.
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Pretty good Phil Hester cover.
Nice layout, in particular.
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I really hate Wraith’s silly-looking gun.
Sorry, Clint Langley! I know that wasn’t your idea!
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Good Ron Frenz cover.
Definitely draws your eyes in.
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HONORABLE MENTIONS!!
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The angled shot on this Nic Klein cover really works well. It makes the weird characters featured here seem even weirder.
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Very imposing cover by Matt Wilson.
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I just lurve Art Adams’ artwork.
Some very nice storytelling work on this cover.
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TOP FIVE!!
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5. What a nice job by Gerald Parel of making the American flag look almost sinister.
It gives this cover a certain intriguing quality that I was really impressed by.
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4. Hilarious work here by Paul Smith.
I love his facial feature work.
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3. This story doesn’t sound that interesting to me, but damned if Nick Dragotta doesn’t squeeze as much coolness out of it as is possible!
Very nice cover.
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2. This has got to be one of the coolest last issue covers that I’ve seen.
Great job by Marko Djurdjevic. What artist could beat Djurdjevic??!
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1. Why none other than himself!
This is a perfect example of what to look for in an anniversary cover!
SUCH a cool cover.
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Well, that’s it for me! Feel free to share YOUR prejudices (and your top five)!!
50 Comments
km
June 7, 2007 at 4:36 am
Wow, that’s a…whole bunch of really, really ugly, dull or otherwise unappealing covers. It may be just me, but only the ‘Hulk’s Hit List’ and your #s 4-5 really stand out as something I’d enjoy looking at.
(No, we are not even going to *begin* on the HfH cover here, because if we do I won’t be responsible for my verbiage.
)
Alex Hopkinson
June 7, 2007 at 4:52 am
Isn’t that Omega Flight cover “after” the Mike Dedato Thor cover from World Engine? Unless that was a homage to something else…
J To The AAP
June 7, 2007 at 5:27 am
Ultimate X-Men #85: Apparently Storm didn’t get the memo where they explained that Sentinels are pre-programmed ROBOTS. It will not get aroused and then sucker-punched no matter how seductively she tries to lay herself down in front of him.
Oh, she’s fallen in battle. Could’ve fooled me.
Sleestak
June 7, 2007 at 5:56 am
On Front Line #3, Spidey looks like it’s a close up of someone wearing an official Spider-Man the Movie 3 condom.
Dan K
June 7, 2007 at 6:04 am
“Kitty Pryde could use a costume.”
The costume is about all that’s right with Kitty Pryde in that cover. The real question is “When did she have botox?”
Also, is that Elsa Bloodstone on the Hulk’s Hitlist cover? Stange.
Richard J. Marcej
June 7, 2007 at 6:25 am
So what anniversary is that last Anniversary Cover for?
What’s the book?
Jordan D. White
June 7, 2007 at 6:38 am
The Scherberger cover is a re-issue. It’s on the “Marvel Two-In-One”, which seems to replace the “Flip-Books” in this month’s previews.
SanctumSanctorumComix
June 7, 2007 at 6:56 am
No, that’s not Elsa Bloodstone.
There are only 2 females on that HULK cover;
- Ms. Marvel
&
- Tigra
The Anniversary cover is Daredevil # 100.
Which seems to guest star the NEW AVENGERS.
Hmm… add THAT to my pull list.
~P~
P-TOR
Robert
June 7, 2007 at 6:57 am
Re: X-Men 202 Of course Colossus ain’t that big. Ramos likes to exagerrate his characters. Pick up X-Men 194-196 and look at the X-boobies!
CBrown
June 7, 2007 at 7:21 am
To me, Prof. X on that X-Men:First Class cover looks like a morph between Patrick Stewart and Steven Colbert.
Andrew Collins
June 7, 2007 at 7:41 am
Some Kind Of Wonderful? THANK YOU!! I’ve been trying to figure out what movie reference that Loners cover was. It had been bugging me for no good reason…
And how exactly did Tigra end up on Hulk’s hit list? Is he pissed she’s been sleeping with Hank Pym or something…?
Overall, a pretty bland offering from Marvel. I liked DC’s covers better this month.
Patrick Scherberger
June 7, 2007 at 7:58 am
Here’s the actual cover for August’s Marvel Adventures Spider-Man.
http://www.marvel.com/catalog/?book_id=7107
The previous cover (like Jordan said) is from issue 28.
s1rude
June 7, 2007 at 8:45 am
I’d echo the sentiment that this is a crap bunch of covers. Just…yaaawn…what was I saying?
For a top 5, I’d bump Iron Man and Adventures FF (the latter would remain an Honorable Mention), replacing them with the X-Factor cover and Art Adams. Raimondi’s work here is clean & simple, yet striking and definitely meets the “Would I pick that up to at least flip through it?” standard. And there’s just so much to love in that Avengers Classic piece – off the top of my head: Giant-Man’s exasperated expression, the way Iron Man is reeling from/rolling with Namor’s punch, how Wasp’s stings are rendered and (and this makes me smile just thinking about it) the Hulk with his foot on Thor’s chest as he uses both hands to try to pry the hammer away from the Odinson.
Question – New Warriors is clearly a Usual Suspects homage (I would have liked it better without being beaten over the head with the title card). Is that going to be a theme like the John Hughes’ Loners covers, or is this just a one off?
Anthony Strand
June 7, 2007 at 9:29 am
That Front Line cover reminds me too much of the old Disassembled Checklist website.
Also, why does Logan look like Jonah Hex on the cover of Origins #16?
Evan Waters
June 7, 2007 at 9:32 am
The HFH cover blurb isn’t a reference to the MJ statue, is it?
Rebis
June 7, 2007 at 10:31 am
Annihilation: Conquest — Star-Lord is yet another Marvel mag with a really dopey title. BUT that Nic Klein cover is really sweet. Oughtta be in the Top FIve. It’s one of the very very few covers in this booor-ring lineup that makes me wanna look inside. And that bad-ass raccoon in the space jodhpurs with the rebus word balloon? Don’t know a thing about ‘im, but I wonder if Bill Reed does? Looks like a possible candidate for the crazy animals currently featured in Reasons To Love Comics!
Jae Lee might be drawing single-character-posing covers, but I don’t find them all that boring. You want boring? Before I can turn to the pages inside, I fall asleep looking at the craptastic covers Alex Ross turns out for JSA.
Oh, and Brian: You don’t have any issues with Turner’s Spidey-Red Sonja cover? Sheesh! His anatomy troubles are as evident as ever. Sonja’s way too skinny, but what’s worse, Turner just can’t stop drawing people’s bodies twisted all at impossible angles. Look at Sonja’s legs (with her knees locked) and then how her torso faces an entirely different direction. Is she practicing some new form of yoga? You can almost get away with that shit with Spidey, who’s always contorting himself, but with Sonja? Plus, look at Spidey’s feet. They’re like something we oughtta see only on Nightcrawler or the Beast.
Some fine day, Marvel and DC will make the world a more beautiful place by no longer subjecting us to the eye-gouging cover “art” of Michael Turner.
The Wandering Parakeet
June 7, 2007 at 10:50 am
RE: The Black Widow’s age
In the Richard Morgan mini-series, it’s explained that Natasha didn’t age normally as she was one of many Black Widow super-soldiers. I don’t remember all the specifics, but I think they also gave her a healing factor, excellent reflexes and immunity to poisons, but her body will also terminate a fetus, so she can’t ever reproduce.
The whole point of the series, I think, was that some corporation was killing off the Black Widows since their line of products was based on their, like, modifications.
I think.
TWP
Brian Cronin
June 7, 2007 at 1:37 pm
Yeah, for the most part, I agree, I was pretty unimpressed, too.
DC was pretty good this month, though! They tend to pass “good months” between them.
Brian Cronin
June 7, 2007 at 1:39 pm
You could be right!
That’s an interesting cover to homage.
But even then, for the cover of a team book, I think it’s a bit out of place. It would look like a really cool page inside a comic, though!
Brian Cronin
June 7, 2007 at 1:41 pm
Hehe…yeah, I think even Yanick Paquette will admit to a fondness for that type of drawing.
You’re right, it can be a bit silly at times.
Brian Cronin
June 7, 2007 at 1:43 pm
Ha! Yeah, some of those head shots are a bit odd-looking.
Brian Cronin
June 7, 2007 at 1:44 pm
Thanks Jordan and Patrick!
I’ll edit in the actual cover!
Brian Cronin
June 7, 2007 at 1:52 pm
Could be.
But if it IS, where is it from?
Brian Cronin
June 7, 2007 at 1:53 pm
Yeah, Ross’ JSA single-character pose covers are definitely more boring.
They’re both pretty boring, though.
Brian Cronin
June 7, 2007 at 2:01 pm
And compared to a typical Turner cover, that Red Sonja one was the Mona Lisa.
Brian Cronin
June 7, 2007 at 2:02 pm
Ha! Yeah, it WAS a complicated mini-series.
But thanks, that DOES explain it!!
SanctumSanctorumComix
June 7, 2007 at 2:06 pm
REBUS said:
“And that bad-ass raccoon in the space jodhpurs with the rebus word balloon? Don’t know a thing about ‘im, but I wonder if Bill Reed does? Looks like a possible candidate for the crazy animals currently featured in Reasons To Love Comics!”
That’s ROCKET RACCOON.
He first appeared in a few old issues of the HULK.
Later, he got a sweet mini-series with (early) Mike Mignola art.
He, of course, got his name from the Beatles song;
ROCKY RACCOON.
Ahhh… the ’70′s.
Here’s the wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_Raccoon
~P~
P-TOR
Brian Cronin
June 7, 2007 at 2:07 pm
Yeah, the Mignola Rocket Raccoon mini-series was so cool.
Bill Reed
June 7, 2007 at 2:07 pm
On the First Class cover, Professor X is thinking dirty, dirty thoughts about Jean, and it is causing the team physical pain.
Pascual/Pasqual/Etc. Ferry has a different name every week.
The Punisher cover: MY GUNS. LET ME SHOW YOU THEM.
Machine Man *and* Sleepwalker in Ms. Marvel? Must… resist… purchase…
I kinda like the thing Wraith’s holding. I thought it was, like a whip-sword, or something, though.
I just realized I’ll be buying a decent amount of Marvel comics in August.
SanctumSanctorumComix
June 7, 2007 at 2:08 pm
…er… or was it in the very EARLY 1980′s?
I don’t recall when those HULK issues were released.
Whatever.
~P~
P-TOR
Bill Reed
June 7, 2007 at 2:10 pm
He’s Rocket Raccoon, he starred in a mini by Bill Mantlo and Mike Mignola… so, HELLS YEAH.
Also, one of my favorite old-timey Marvel Monsters, Groot, is on that cover. He may make an appearance later in the year. Keep your eyes peeled.
Brian Cronin
June 7, 2007 at 2:15 pm
I think it was early 80s.
Brian Cronin
June 7, 2007 at 2:15 pm
A whip-sword I could get behind.
But a whip GUN?
LAME!
Mullon
June 7, 2007 at 3:55 pm
Why is the Black Panther comic even in the zombie universe?
As for the Gamma Corps cover, why is the Hulk wasting time eating spaghetti when he should be kicking ass? And the least he could do is use a napkin.
And I bet General Ross is somewhere laughing his ass off at the tanks that tihnk they can take the Hulk.
David Wynne
June 7, 2007 at 5:50 pm
I would bet good money that that Spidergirl cover credited to Ron Frenz is actually by Dave Gibbons (or at the very least inked by him.
km
June 7, 2007 at 7:58 pm
OK, on further review the X-Factor, Blade and Spider-Girl covers are also pretty striking. I just wish everybody in the known Marvel universe wasn’t apparently either dead, dying, or angsting about the dead and dying. Sheesh.
Hee. To me it looks kinda like “Team me up with DUCKLINGS, will they?! I’ll show them CUTE!”
Lucion
June 7, 2007 at 8:58 pm
I’m not yet sick of the zombie covers. Am I the only one?
I will pile on and say this was a truly bland month of covers. Not much exciting at all. I do like the Iron Fist, Cable & Deadpool, and Star-Lord covers.
Hope to see Image and/or Dark Horse this month!
Brian Cronin
June 7, 2007 at 9:13 pm
Because of a backfiring of King Solomon’s Frog.
Ha! Most definitely.
Brian Cronin
June 7, 2007 at 9:15 pm
I dunno, looks like Frenz to me. And Sal Buscema signed it, too, as the inker!
Brian Cronin
June 7, 2007 at 9:26 pm
Wizard just did a feature on the zombie covers, so you’re not alone.
You and Wizard.
And I did Dark Horse already for August! But yeah, I better hurry with Image’s before it’s time for SEPTEMBER’s covers.
John Seavey
June 8, 2007 at 3:42 pm
Is it just me, or does the Punisher look like he’s emulating the feelings of the entire reading audience?
“Goddamn stupidest ugliest costume I’ve ever freaking seen, let alone worn. When I find the editor who put me in this thing…”
Anonymous
June 10, 2007 at 5:45 pm
That was a rather boring bunch of covers for the most part.
Some good one’s, but nothing that got me really excited.
I know it’s hard to notice anything other than missing nipples and raping tentecles in the heroes for hire cover, but does anyone else think that Misty Knight looks bizarely light skinned for a black character?
What’s the deal with that?
Mer
June 11, 2007 at 7:36 am
RE: Runaways #28 “Surprisingly bland Jo Chen cover.”
I disagree. I think it’s one of the more striking covers of the bunch. The clothing is beautifully rendered and the overall romantic enigmatic feel of it is pretty captivating.
coolb
June 14, 2007 at 10:15 pm
I like the ultimate x-men cover, nice art and there’s actually some action , not just another bunch of heros standing around. Storm’s not looking too active right now, but at least she’s looking good, pretty decent new costume for her.
Greg horn is a great artist but, that ms marvel cover is just about the most boring one I’ve ever seen.
Scarletwitch
June 15, 2007 at 12:03 am
Hey!
I love reading your blog, especially this part.
I disagree about Ms. Marvel 18 by Greg Horn being boring. I love greg Horn’s art. But I agree with you on Marko Djurdjevic covers.
Robert
December 1, 2007 at 9:04 am
Honourable mentions:
World War Hulk: Frontline 3 – gives a nice sense of menace and bad days ahead
Uncanny X-Men 489 – doesn’t Larocca make Ororo look great?
Punisher 50 – just another so-so picture by Bradstreet? Not so, there’s power but weariness also. I like it.
Daredevil 100 – great wraparound with a galaxy of stars but maybe a little too muddled to make my top five
Top Five
5 Annihilation: Conquest Starlord 2 – because it’s funny and well painted.
4 Nova 5 – okay, so it’s a rip off of Nova 1 but Nova 1 was a terrific cover and Granov’s a brilliant artist and he’s pulled off a good copy here.
3 Shanna the She Devil 1 – Funny and, oboy, sexy. Was the dinosaur crushed by Shanna’s humungous boobs?
2 Thunderbolts 116 – very fine, unusual group shot. Like this a lot.
1 Silver Surfer Requiem 4 – great cover – the surfer being carried along, barely visible amongst the heads and the grey swirls. Ambitious idea that has come off superbly well, in my opinion.
phroZac
December 4, 2007 at 3:23 pm
Michael Turner should not be drawing. His anatomy is terrible and his linework is ass-tastic. I am blown away at how he can be a fan-favorite.
ShadowWolf
January 11, 2010 at 1:43 pm
FYI in his armoured form Colossus is supposed to be approx. 7’5″ as apposed yo approx. 6’6′” in his normal form!
Chub
October 20, 2011 at 12:04 am
What is wrong with the anatomy on that Clayton Crain cover? I don’t get it..
Brian Cronin
October 20, 2011 at 12:20 am
I think Spidey’s left leg looks deformed, but honestly, in reflection, perhaps “anatomy” is not the best word to describe my main issue with the cover, which is that Mary Jane and Spider-Man are not drawn proportional to each other – so I guess “proportions” would be the best word rather than “anatomy.”