August 14

Oh, it’s late, but this was a busy day. I saw three movies this afternoon, Nobody 2, Sketch and RiffTrax Live: Time Cop at Cinemark. Before that, I went to In This Issue for the Thursday books and spent several hours in the lobby of Cinemark reading those.

I then had to drive home and write the two movie reviews before I got around to the covers. However, it is still Thursday night (for about another hour) so I have time to keep this on Thursdays.

Two variants in the top three this week.

Also-Rans: Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #1, Bug Wars #6, Past Time #5, Slasher’s Apprentice #4, and Eddie Brock: Carnage #7.

Bronze Medalist

Space Ghost #1

Variant cover E

Cover art by Alex Ross

Last year’s champion comes out swinging with a great new cover for Space Ghost. I have to say there were about three or four others that almost took this one away from the medal round, but I just liked this image of Space Ghost too much.

Silver Medalist

X-Men #20

Cover art by Ryan Stegman & Marte Gracia

I live the storytelling of this cover, with Cyclops in a jail cell along with Lundqvist. The little bit of blood trickling from Scott’s nose makes you wonder what is going on and this stands out as we try and figure out how this cover came to be. Scott drooping across the bars of the cell give some more hints of the great issue.

Gold Medalist

Batman: Dark Patterns #9

Variant Cover B

Cover art by Ashley Wood

This variant cover of Batman: Dark Patterns just jumped off the shelf for me today. It is such a beautiful piece of art that gives a real insight to the story that the book tells. The brownish/tan cover implies age and it is stunning.