July 24

Another big week of books. It just feels as if I should not keep saying that since the comics are just on fire right now, artistically.

Plenty of awesome Also-Rans this week: Mark Spears’ Monsters #2 (3rd Printing), Blue Palo Verde #2, Look Into My Eyes #1, Sleep #3, Rocketfellers #7 (not counting the awesome Fantastic Four homage cover), Absolute Wonder Woman #10, Geiger #16, Space Ghost Annual #1, Death of the Silver Surfer #2, Captain Planet and the Planeteers #2 (Variant), Vanishing Point #3, and Star Trek: Red Shirts #1 (variant).

Three variant covers in the medal round this week.

Bronze Medalist

Feral #15

Variant Cover

Cover art by Trish Forstner & Allen Passalaqua

Another great horror movie homage cover (The Conjuring, perhaps?) for this series. The feel of this cover is scary and it gives the tone of the book extremely well.

Silver Medalist

Vampirella: Armageddon #1

Variant Cover

Cover art by Mark Spears

Mark Spears is back in the medal round this week with the great variant cover for the new Vampirella book. I do not usually buy Vampirella, but Spears makes me pick it up. Again, the Monster Squad monsters make an appearance on a Mark Spears cover. It does not have a lot to do with Vampirella, but this is worth it.

Gold Medalist

Exquisite Corpses #3

Stealth Variant Cover

Cover art by Valentine De Landro

Look at this amazing cover for the new series Exquisite Corpses. The covers for this book have been amazing, but this might be the best of the series so far. The creepiness that it exudes with the beautiful red windows behind the eerie creature. Just love it.