Covers. Done right, they’re more exciting than a game of badminton with three shuttlecocks.
O.M.A.C. #8
By Keith Giffen, Scott Koblish, & Hi-Fi
Don’t go gentle into that good night, O.M.A.C.! It’s like watching joy itself slip off into the horizon like ol’ Shane. Save for the debris in the foreground, a surprisingly serene cover for this final issue. You know, a staffer at my local comic shop remarked last month that it appeared O.M.A.C.’s head fin was growing larger with each and every cover. Like a goldfish, I’d agreed. Now it’s like the crest of an angelfish.
Avengers vs. X-Men #1
By Jim Cheung
There’s a reason we return again and again to the head-to-head composition of rivals in profile. Cheung delivers an especially dazzling take on it here, pitting some of our favorite heroes against one another with just the right level of symmetry. Add in what is probably the sharpest Marvel event logo in ages and you’ve got a tonally perfect cover for this concept. I kind of want to frame it in the Sega Genesis cover dress, because this is the 16-bit brawler I always wanted.
Men of War #8
By Viktor Kalvachev
There’s an extent to which I’m quite sad Men of War never captured our hearts and minds as a straight up military adventure series. That it took more and more supernatural elements to make it more appealing. That it took Frankenstein’s monster surfing on a WWII…what’s that, a Messerschmitt? A Stuka? to really get my attention. But that’s a very small bundle of neurons driving those sensibilities. The whole rest of me is howling like an anthropomorphic wolf in a zoot suit.
Whispers #2
By Joshua Luna
Alright. There’s a primal fear I hadn’t been aware of. I kind of want the centipede to have a tiny little water pistol poking out of its mouth.
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Whispers #2 – Boy, I’d love to the see the expression on that guy’s face when he wakes up. I can’t imagine those sheets staying white for very long.
I love the OMAC cover (and the rest of the issue.)
I also love the idea of the centipede with a water pistol.
The only thing better then that OMAC cover is your Shane reference.
Didn’t even notice while I was reading this week, but is this the first week of the new DC logo without the crazy banner at the top on that OMAC cover? With the similarly-colored banner gone, the new logo looks good.
It’s better on this week’s Uncharted. Doesn’t have the unnecessary black box around it.
It looks like someone in that Avengers vs X-Men cover yawned and a bunch of them couldn’t help but also yawn.
Well now I can’t not see it.
You, sir, are a genius. And I can’t not see it too.
I’ve heard yawning is empathy for your fellow man
That means the people grimacing are a-holes
Now I am yawning. Damn!
*yawn* I’m so tired all of a sudden! Keep the cover away from me!
Maybe it’s a subtle way to tell folks that the series will end with a massive pillow fight? Like Community’s last episode?
the ryan stegman variant with cap and cycolps was awsome
Call me impulsive, but that Men of War cover made me go order the entire series …
Boy, are you gonna be surprised.
Dang, I kinda wish I had picked up Men of War and Frankenstein Agent of SHADE when they started. Just look cool. Any chance DC might put out trades?
…crickets…
hello?