June 12

Busy day. I almost forgot to do the medalists. I remembered just before I was going to go to bed. So I pulled the computer up and got to work.

Also Rans: Started the covers that did not make the medal round but were in consideration. Another great week of covers. The Also Rans included Batman: Dark Patters #7, Conan the Barbarian #21, Hello Darkness #11 (Cover D), Exceptional X-Men #10, Death of the Silver Surfer #1, and Resurrection Man Quantum Karma #3.

Bronze Medalist

Phoenix #12

Cover art by Lucas Werneck

What an unbelievably beautiful cover focused in on Jean Grey’s face and her fire bird in her hand. This is just an outstanding cover that makes you understand the power Phoenix brings to the book.

Silver Medalist

W0rldtr33#15

Cover art by Fernando Blanco

A close up on a face that looks like it has seen better days. It is a powerful image that makes you wonder what is going on in the story. The red blood stands out as does the green around the eyes. Jumps out at you.

Gold Medalist

Something is Killing the Children #42

Variant Cover B

Cover art by Tyler Boss

This may be another gimmick, but the glow in the dark cover of Something is Killing the Children is just beautiful. The black background makes the greenish-yellow color stand out all the more.

Better late than never………….

May 21

Hey, it is time for the EYG Favorite Comic Covers of the Week, our typical Wednesday post. However, starting next week, EYG Favorite Comic Covers of the Week will come out on Thursdays. The reason is that I usually go to the Bettendorf shop on Thursdays after going to Comic World on Wednesdays. That way I can have all of the available books for the week in competition. I may not make it down tomorrow, which is why I will start this next week.

This week’s medalists:

Bronze Medalist

Amazing Spider-Man #4

Cover art by Pepe Larraz & Marte Gracia

This is a cool cover featuring the Hobgoblin and his fiery sword. Hobby looks frightening here and Spidey’s reflection in the fire gives us a feel for this issue.

Silver Medalist

Absolute Flash #3

Variant cover B

Cover art by Haining

What a stunning variant cover this one is. The red and yellow coloring and the imagery of our Absolute Flash is striking. The lightning around the cover adds that little oomph as well.

Gold Medalist

Mark Spears Monsters #1 (5th Printing)

Cover art by Mark Spears

Every week. Every week it seems that the prolific cover artist Mark Spears is providing another beautiful piece of art, and this rendition of Dracula is yet another medal for Spears. I also love the border around the cover, looking like it is a worn out book. Creative ideas. I will admit I am not sure I love yet another reprint of issue one. That has nothing to do with the beautiful cover though.

May 14

We have another week of medalists. Diamond brought us most of the books this week (though not last week’s yet).

Bronze Medalist

I Was a Fashion School Serial Killer #2

Cover art by Daniel Hillyard & Michelle Madsen

I love the bloody hand raised in the air with the green background. This was extremely satisfying as it created some real question about the story.

Silver Medalist

Spectacular Spider-Men #15

Cover art by Mark Bagley & Edgar Delgado

This is a great cover with shots of so many awesome poses by Spider-Man, Miles, Thing, Wasp, Torch and others. They are looking out at us, welcoming us to this book in just the greatest fourth wall breaking manner.

Gold Medalist

Silverhawks #4

Cover art by Mark Spears

Mark Spears missed out on a winning cover last week as I did not get the cover of Space Quest #1 that he did. Spears is back on top this week with this beautiful art for Silverhawks.

May 8

Here we are on Thursday, not Wednesday. Why is that?

Diamond.

Curse you Diamond. Once again, the Diamond order does not arrive when it was supposed to arrive. It also did not arrive today yet. That means that there are no Marvel or other company’s books in the race for the cover of the week this week.

Medal Winners this Week:

Bronze Medalist

Don’t Run With Scissors #1

Cover art by Stefano Cardoselli

This is one of the most interesting covers of the week. This cover makes me curious about what is going on here and the color scheme for the cover is sensational. I also love the X’s through the title card. Keenspot has a history of great covers with Mark Spears, and this is yet another one.

Silver Medalist

Los Monstruos #1

Variant Cover C

Cover art by Marcos Martin

I was looking at the variant covers for this book and I saw this C cover and I loved it. It had such an old school noir feel to it. I was intrigued by this book already and this cover only amplified that.

Gold Medalist

Two-Face #6

Cover art by Baldemar Rivas

The final issue of the Two-Face mini series saved the best for last. This is a great cover with a horrific image on Harvey Dent’s face and the iconic coin in his hand. The white background remains as one of my favorite background in comics.

April 30

Hey, Diamond came through this week. However, there is still no Marvel books in the top 3 meal winners this week. There is one book that I got that was supposed to be out next week, which was strange. It is actually on the Midtown Comics list for May 7th. Still, it is on this list.

Bronze Medalist

You’ll Do Bad Things

Cover art by Tyler Boss

What a beautifully sinister cover. The long hands and blood with the red imagery behind the man just makes this stand out even more.

Silver Medalist

Mark Spears Monsters #4

Cover art by Mark Spears

This is the book that was supposed to be out next week, but showed up at Comic World today. This is a wonderful cover featuring Dracula. So details. So excellent. Mark Spears has been the star of the comic covers so far in 2025.

Gold Medalist

Something is Killing the Children #41

Variant Virgin Cover art by Anwita Citriya

What a spectacular virgin cover. The Blood across the beautiful face with those eerie green eyes. This is so gorgeous.

April 23

So Diamond stuck it to us again this week, so no Marvel books this week. But it is a pretty decent week for DC and Image so we do have some choices.\

Bronze Medalist

Universal Monsters: The Mummy #2

Cover art by Faith Eric Hicks & Lee Loughridge

Love this design of the mummy in the background with the earth colors all around it. These Universal Monsters books have been solid with covers.

Silver Medalist

Dust to Dust #5

Cover art by J.G. Jones

Dust to Dust has has had some excellent covers too. JG Jones is a very solid artist and the realistic cover. Part of the standout of this book has been the coloring of the covers.

Gold Medalist

Out of Alcatraz #2

Cover art by Tyler Crook

This cover is a beautifully designed book. A theme of this week books would be coloring as the orange color on the cream background. Looks great, really stands out among the other books.

April 16

It has not happened this way recently, but this week’s comic covers of the week are all Marvel.

Bronze Medalist

X-Factor #9

Cover art by Greg Land & D’Armata

Angel does not look happy. He is very frightening in this Archangel form. It looks awesome.

Silver Medalist

Superior Avengers #1

Variant cover B

Cover art by Joshua Cassara

Great cover with Dr. Doom and the white background. I love the picture on the wall too… if that is what it is. It is a very nice mixture and a cool variant.

Gold Medalist

Godzilla vs. Hulk #1

Variant Cover C

Cover art by Lee Garbett

I do love this style of these Godzilla covers vs. the Marvel characters. The fight poster-like style really gives this a great image of what the book will be.

April 9

I had a personal day and spent the afternoon at Comic World. It is always a fun and relaxing time spending time with the books this week as well as friends and other customers.

It is a lighter week overall at this point, but I was able to pick out our top three medalists again. One of them has been fairly recurring through the year so far.

Bronze Medalist

Phoenix #10

Cover art by Yasmine Putri

The flames surrounding Jean Grey in space as she encircles the earth make this a beautifully powerful image. I love how the space behind her becomes her new costume. Strong start.

Silver Medalist

Return of the Living Dead #3

Cover art by Mark Spears

Mark Spears has been a master of monsters over the last year or so and these zombies are extremely scary and beautifully rendered. The green and purple make such a compelling contrast on the cover that you forget about this frightening creature on its way to eat your brains.

Gold Medalist

Absolute Batman #7

Cover art by Nick Dragotta

This Batman cover really stands out with the icicles dangling from the title and the dark background with the blue indicating coldness. Oh, there is some red in the corner of the page. Blood maybe? Batman is down looking at it and we see him investigating. Love this cover.

April 2

A quick happy heavenly birthday to my friend Frank. We always joked about Frank’s birthday being the fallout from April Fools Day. I wish we could make that joke to him now.

Anyway, here are this week’s medalists.

Bronze Medalist

Justice League: The Atom Project #4

Variant cover B

Cover Art by Mark Spears

Mark Spears appeared again as a medalist, this time with a DC Comics book with the Atoms. This was a neat cover with the cool background.

Silver Medalist

Moon Knight: Fist of Khonshu #7

Cover art by Davide Paratore

What a dramatic cover this is with 8-Ball looking quite suspicious. The excellent poses and the blood across Moon Knight makes this truly exceptional.

Gold Medalist

Daredevil: Cold Day in Hell #1

Cover art by Steve McNiven

This is a beautiful design on this cover. You have old man Matt Murdock up from, standing in a graveyard with snow everywhere. The specter of Daredevil in the background. Again it is the white background, which is always a favorite.

Part Two

Yes, because of Diamond, we have split the EYG Comic Covers of the Week have a second post including three more medalists.

Bronze Medalist

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #4

Cover art by Leonardo Romero

Cool blue cover. Not sure what is happening, but I am extremely curious about it.

Vampirella #1

Variant Cover C

Cover art by Mark Spears

Mark Spears is back on the list with a beautiful Vampirella cover. I do not usually pick up Vampirella and the eerie cover helped make me want to pick this up.

Feral #11

Variant Cover

Cover art by Trish Forstner & Allen Passalaqua

This is an awesome movie homage. Feral has been doing horror movie homages on their variant, but I’m not sure which one this is. It is really great. There is a scary tone from this cover.

March 26

Curse you, Diamond.

So …. no Marvel or any of the independent books this week. Diamond continues to have an inconsistent delivery schedule that makes it tougher for me. I was expecting a large number of books this week and now it has been split up into two groups.

Oh well…

Bronze Medalist

Universal Monsters: The Mummy #1

Cover art by Faith Erin Hicks & Lee Loughridge

I love these Universal Monsters books and this cover is straightforward and nicely designed. I love the straps in the background.

Silver Medalist

The Kids #1

Cover art by Dalibor Talajic

A Garth Ennis book from Image has a frightening looking cover. It really sets a tone for what this book will be offering… something that the title does not do.

Gold Medalist

Absolute Wonder Woman #6

Cover art by Hayden Sherman & Jordie Bellaire

What a stunning cover this is. The red color and the black background works amazingly.. or should I say, wonderfully? This was a definite standout of the week.

March 19

It is NEW COMIC BOOK DAY and it is time for the Favorite Comic Covers of the Week.

Another week with no Marvels in the medalists. There are a lot of good comics out there.

Bronze Medalist

Out of Alcatraz #1

Cover art by Tyler Crook

I love this cover. It has such a retro feel to it, with the background and the shadow of the runner out of the title. This feels so original.

Silver Medalist

The Deviant #9

Cover art by Joshua Hixson

It has been awhile since issue #8 and this finale of the series provided a mystery about who the killer was. This is an awesome cover that really portrays that mystery with the blacked out face.

Gold Medalist

Saga #72

Cover art by Fiona Staples

How cute is this. That was my first thought when I was flipping through the pile of new books this week. It was excellent.

March 13

It is time for the EYG Comic Covers of the Week. To be fair, this week did not have the number of contenders as last week did, but there were a few solid choices outside the medalist. One of them was actually released last week.

Bronze Medalist

Darkwing Duck #1

Variant Cover B art by Mark Bagley

Darkwing Duck has his own Dynamite book and he has a classic Spider-Man artist handling a variant cover. This cover has some epic Darkwing Duck action in front of a cityscape. The big full moon and the bolts of electricity help make this stand out.

Silver Medalist

Batman: Dark Patterns #4

Cover art by Hayden Sherman

Love this image of a ginormous Batman wrapping his cape around this building, red skies in the background and yet another big, full moon. This is very much of a visual image that speaks on the power of Batman.

Gold Medalist

Absolute Superman #5

Cover art by Rafa Sandoval & Ulises Arreola

It is another powerful image on the cover of a DC book that earns the gold medal. The flames and the explosions around Superman are just epic and his glowing red hands stand out of the fire. All surrounding the S-insignia. Amazing. Congrats to DC for a strong week of covers.