Absolute Power rages on. I can’t wait to get to this Zatanna run! Darkest Hour is almost over for the Rangers. This run of Star Wars books is almost over. Blood Hunt is soon to be over too. NYX returns for a new run!
Something about this Detective Comics cover hooked me. Most of the time Dan Hipp covers are incentives, so it was nice to see an open order one. Power Girl looking great in InHyuk Lee’s style. some of these recent Green Arrow variants have been so good! That main cover for Silver Surfer is there because of Mephisto. And gotta love that Nakayama cover! It’s so cool that I finally have met him, haha, it’s still a strange feeling.
This first cover is a connecting cover with the main cover. I just need to wait to get another copy of it. And they connect very well. Better than most. And of course the other one is the next Barends.
Almost every variant for this Zatanna run is amazing. When I saw the variants for issue 1 and 2, I was like ah, I guess I will be getting almost all of them. Jenny Frison’s is of course amazing. And I’m not sure if I have many of Ariel Diaz’s covers, but I really liked this one.
NYX’s new run with many variants! Since I saw Kamala on the cover, I’d hoped for more variants with her on them, but one is fine haha.
The first two here are the main cover and the other one is the variant with Kamala on it. The last one is of course the Artgerm cover of Laura.
Would you look at that. This is apparently my 500th Comic Collection post! Wow. That’s crazy. And even though right now I really don’t have any viewership to speak of, I’m happy that I’m at this milestone. Speaking of which, the post after this will be another one!
Raven is causing the Titans some trouble. A lot must being going on with Selena in Gotham. Nightwing’s journey continues. I decided to see what Allwinter was about. Absolute Power continues. Wanda crosses paths with the Queen of Nevers. Hulk starts a new arc and Namor gets a new run. I didn’t realize that this is the last Iron Man issue of this run. Ultimate X-Men continues. And the next From the Ashes title out of the X-Men arrives, Phoenix!
Raven looks quite scary in this image. I don’t get many Rian Gonzales coves since most of them are high numbered incentives usually, so I had to get this, plus look at it! Szerdy is a fantastic artist and I didn’t even realize this AC cover was his, Zatanna looks great! Mirka Andolfo gives us another great variant of her Purr Evil title. Laura looks creepy from this Momoko cover. Swaby gives us a fun Elektra cover. Jessica Fong drew a wonderful cover with the Queen of Nevers on it. And I really like this Namor cover, the minimalism works well.
The main cover and the third cover are here simply because they depict Slade. Even if on another earth, I still enjoy Deathstroke being on a cover.
And I would guess that the center is this earth’s Killer Frost. It’s a fantastic cover.
The next batch of every cover for this issue of Ultimate X-Men. I’ll get any second printings too.
There are few times when almost every cover is absolutely amazing and this is one of those times. There was one I didn’t get because it’s one of the ___ vs Alien covers and I didn’t really want those. And another is another SDCC cover which I may try to get. The others are store exclusives, so we’ll see if I can get those. But the ones I could get are just amazing.
The main cover is just a painting, the fire and the green go well together. The next is another Aka variant, so good! The foil variant is by the legendary Joe Quesada. The logo variant is just fun. The Momoko variant is sweet and calming. And the final one is certainly my favorite of all of these, and the ones I don’t have. Rose Besch creates such amazing works of art. I have some other variants from her, and I think this one might be my favorite. I wish there was a print of it!
Probably one of the largest piles of variants in a while for these two weeks.
The Titans issue is a facsimile issue during the Judas Contract. and the Batman issue is a What If? kind of issue that shows what would have happened if Jason Todd had lived back during that historic story. I’m excited for this Action Comics issue because it’s a new arc being written by the mighty Gail Simone! Absolute Power continues. Oh, also, today, DC announced it’s next initiative that starts all books at one point during October. It’s called All In. It’s seemingly not a reset like New 52 or Rebirth. So, we’ll see how that goes. Primer got a new run started. It’s a comic I’ve had my eye on for three years and of course by now a new run started. It’s just a miniseries though, so it should be a fast read to catch up. The last issue of Whisper Queen came out. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles celebrated their 40th Anniversary and got a special. Kid Venom 1 dropped finally after a bunch of getting pushed back. Spidey has some very specific problems. Norrin Radd got a Giant-size issue. And X-Men has started its new era with this issue! From The Ashes has begun! And the Ahsoka show got a comic adaptation!
I liked the strangeness of this Outsiders cover. It’s been a while since I’ve bought an Ariel Colón variant. I liked this one. This variant for the TMNT issue shows all the main villains from the 2003 TMNT show (which is my favorite iteration of the turtles), plus that great logo on the back which I think all the variants have. America punches her way onto this cover for Ultimates 2. I’m not sure if an Ultimate version of her will show up in this issue, or if it’s just a fun way to pay homage to the team she was on from a few years ago, but I love it either way. Plus, InHyuk Lee did the cover.
This is 1:25 Dauterman variant. Love it! He’s such a great artist. And of course here’s the next Disney What If cover.
So many variants! I didn’t get them all, but I got a good number of them.
The first is the main cover, it’s just such a great cover. The next is of course a Momoko. The third is one I wasn’t sure I’d get, but since it was at the store, I said yes. And the last one is a blank variant. The others will appear again when I get the others of each collection.
And again, so many covers! And I do have more variants on the way at some point since I preordered them elsewhere. And I may try to get one of the SDCC ones when I head there next week.
The first is the main cover by Nakayama. The next by Aka, just gorgeous. Next is a concept variant I think. The foil one looks so good! Always happy to see an action figure variant for Snips. And more Sabine is always a good thing. The next one is from the finale of the show, showing Morgan preparing for battle. And the final one is for some reason, Jabba. Well, I mean I know it’s just one of the Phantom Menace Anniversary movie covers, but I guess there isn’t really anything in that movie to relate to Ahsoka really. But hey, It’s Jabba’s first appearance.
Not quite sure what’s going on in Shazam, but it doesn’t seem good for Billy. Zod, on the other hand is having a great time. Absolute Power continues. The next issue of My Adventures with Superman dropped. Doctor Who got a new run to go along with the new season that aired last month, though it’s not canon to the show, but eh, Artgerm did the main cover! That High Republic cover I think is the first that refers to Acolyte, though that issue and this phase of HR comics isn’t 100 years before Acolyte, it’s 97, but eh, haha. Wolverine got another miniseries to celebrate his anniversary. Moon Knight is back. Blood Hunt continues. Logan got a one-shot going through his life stretching back through all the decades of his comics with Life of Wolverine. And the Inquisitors from Star Wars got a miniseries.
And movie reaction for the next post, I’m literally typing this before I leave to see it.
This is Nakayama’s last variant for Poison Ivy. I just really liked this cover of Psylocke. And y’all know that I love legacy covers, hence getting another copy of the Wolverine issue.
This is the main cover for Absolute Power and the connecting variant, the second out of 12 of them.
Here’s he wraparound of the main cover.
Great covers! Always happy to see these Galloway Saturday Morning Cartoon variants.
The main cover and this variant because of this version of Sabertooth’s costume design.
The glorious Artgerm covers! And also the logo cover.
I love that not only did we get a main cover and a foil variant, we got a sketch variant too.
Ah. I guess I didn’t check the image. Whoops! Sorry for the blurriness. Also, this posts are way late too.
We got a Giant Little Marvels special by Scottie Young. Spider people were busy. Blood Hunt continued. Infinity Watch started. Darkest Hour continued for the Power Rangers. Zatanna got a new miniseries. And the Absolute Power event started.
The next Momoko variant for Blood Hunt. Stjepan Šejić gave us a great Superman cover.
Artgerm gave us an amazing Zatanna cover, plus a foil version.
Love these! I still need a better way to take photos of foil covers to show off the foil. If anyone knows what I could do, let me know!
This Edge of the Spider-Verse cover is one of the variants that each store gets one of. This Nightwing cover pays homage to one of the first covers of this run. That Star Wars cover is another one of the anniversary covers for Phantom Menace with R2’s first heroic moments.
I actually didn’t realize the second printings of these issues were connecting covers till I took this photo.
And I forgot I’d preordered this from the store haha. Apparently, the box it came in was huge and it was the only item in there. Also there was a crazy amount of bubble wrap.
Now having gotten to the current arc in Spider-Woman, I’m excited to get to this issue. That ASM cover was initially a hidden cover for that reveal. Evidently this Ultimate Spider-Man issue is really good. the Venomverse makes a come-back. I wonder what that Batman issue is about other than duality. I’m so excited to get to this Titans arc with Raven and Trigon. And I’m happy to get to these next DSTRLY titles.
Always happy to see America Chavez on a cover. R2 and 3PO meeting for the first time. Nathan Szerdy gave us a great Babs and Kara cover paying homage to Bruce Timm’s designs. This Titans’ cover is trippy! Raven looks great! And this Wonder Woman cover was one I wasn’t going to get, but it hooked me in-person. And that was weird because one of the covers for this issue was removed because the artist who made it evidently used AI. I didn’t know that till I picked up these and was told that.
The next Nakayama cover. The next Rachta Lin cover, so fun!
The main cover and one of the variants for issue 3.
Again, I love these wraparound covers.
The full designs. Some of the images are glossy (like the blood on the second cover’s back cover) and others are matte.
Since last time I have actually finished one pile! Progress!
Outsiders seems interesting with both Hex’s on the cover. This is the last Dream Team issue. We got an uncovered issue for DC Pride. Got a new title called Remote Space. It seemed cool. I’m intrigued by this Vader issue. Matt got a Giant-Size issue. Ultimate X-Men, G.O.D.S., and Blood Hunt all continue. We got an Apocalypse-related miniseries started. And Wanda got a new run.
Such a fun Dreamer cover by Fatima Wajid. For these 25th Anniversary covers for Phantom Menace I won’t get them all, just the ones that show big moments. For example, the first moment we meet Anakin on this cover. This Eternity cover is fantastic. Though I realize that I wouldn’t have included this till a collection covers post, but eh. This Momoko cover with Carol is great as usual. And of course the same for this Jubilee one. I’m not going to get all the Blood Hunt Momoko covers.
So many amazing covers for Wanda.
Dauterman’s main cover is just fantastic. I still hope we get an action figure of his design. I love this Frison cover. I wasn’t sure about getting the next one but I gave in, haha. Tran Nguyen did a great job. P. Craig Russell made such a painting of a foil cover.
Another time I have every cover for this title’s issue. I still have to get one more variant of issue 1, and hopefully I can keep getting all the covers for this whole run. It would be a first for me.
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