January 31

I am a couple of days late for this column this week. I think the biggest issue has been the Genre-ary, which has been going on every day this month. It has been busy so this post just never crossed my mind until tonight as I was reading these books. With the Genre-ary done until 2027, hopefully this will get back on track.

Also-Rans: Survive #5, Malevolent #1 (sketch cover), Do Not Disturb #1, Iron Man #1, Sonja Reborn #1, Spirit of the Shadows #1, and DC’s Supergirl Next Door #1.

Bronze Medalist

Feral #20

Variant Cover B (Halloween H20 homage cover)

Cover art by Tony Fleecs, Trish Forstner & Allen Passaloqua

The horror movie homage covers for Feral has been consistently sensational. This is one I recognized immediately as the Halloween H2O poster is the homage here. I love these homage covers.

Silver Medalist

Conan the Barbarian #28

Cover art by Gerardo Zaffino

This is a beautifully brutal cover with the blood running down Conan’s head. The black and white cover with the red blood is very striking.

Gold Medalist

Dust to Dust #7

Cover art by JG Jones

Dust to Dust is back after quite a layoff, with its fantastic covers jumping right back into the medal rounds. The beautiful image of the fire in the background makes this cover pop. JG Jones has been a regular in this column with Dust to Dust, and the Image book is right back into the race.