This week was so light! Mainly because it’s a 5-Wednesday month. But still, it was nice. That’s also why I could get all those DWM issues and the total was still lower than I expected.
I am always excited when we get anything involving Jeff, the Landshark. I still am not even near this Venom issue, haha, well, any of these, but yeah. I am very excited to get to Spider-Boy’s title. Since I’m so behind, I’ve been avoiding anything in current comics as much as possible, so I don’t know anything about him beyond what I know from a few issues back. Yelena getting a new run is always great. The Ultimate Universe returning is cool, I would have been fine with it staying gone beyond the few characters from there we’ve see since it’s destruction, but eh, it’s comics. The Gotham War end with this issue. Supergirl got a special, the Aquaman sequel got a special tie-in issue, and The Return of Superman celebrated it’s 30th Anniversary with a special. And of course another issue of SWI.
The next Ross cover for Stephen.
These aren’t related other than the obvious theme. I want to get to this Natasha arc!! And there’s another JTC negative space variant.
The next Andolfo and Danino covers! Love them both!
Jen Bartel continuing to be amazing.
This special had a variant like this for each of the characters that rose up to replace Superman after Doomsday killed him and of course I chose Conner since his was my (tied for) first comic.
Many DWM issues since I needed to get them out of the box and this month is relatively light. And I couldn’t remember if I had a facsimile issue of that Batman issue, so I got it. The two bagged issues each came with a double sided poster portraying promo posters for important serials for each Doctor. Those are below.
This is just a special comic issue for the Doom’s Day event in the DW comics and Big Finish.
Another week with SO MANY ISSUES. I wasn’t sure if I could fit them all on the bed! The light didn’t even reach the top that well, though it was darker outside when I took these unfortunately.
I enjoyed what I’ve read of this Green Arrow run, so I am excited to get to this issue. The cover of this Flash issue is certainly a hook for me. This is the last Tales of the Titans issue. Oh, I forgot that Alan Scott’s issue 1 was this week, I said that Jay Garrick’s issue 1 was the last of the issue one’s for these Gold Age titles, nope. Amazons Attack seems interesting. I like that we got a Hallow’s Eve special. And there just seems to still be much chaos for the mutants in all their titles. Captain Marvel started a new run, I’m excited for it, and I love the new costume. And this is the penultimate issue for this run (microseries) of Ms. Marvel, which I of course wish were a longer series. I don’t like these short runs for characters that have been happening. I like a decently long lasting run that has been planned out, especially when it involves my favorite character, though maybe there will be a new one after The Marvels debuts in two weeks.
I really like this Negaduck cover. One can see why. This Wonder Woman cover is just wonderful, the reflection on the gauntlets are gorgeous. I can’t remember if this Maul cover was going to be a gift or for myself, haha. I had to get this Chopper variant, he’s utter chaos, and I love him. This Werneck cover is lovely, the colors are beautiful. The next Nakayama cover for Gargoyles is of course great. Jenny Frison just continues to make brilliant covers. And Nakayama gave us a wraparound cover which I love.
I mean look at that! Such fun. Also, Thor would be the winner. Haha.
Woot for legacy covers! I just love them. And hey, they’re both green!
Barendsssss! Yeah, I’ll have to stop getting them all, haha. But these are just so good. Also, the Flash and Marvel Zombies covers look very similar funnily enough, large grey characters and a red (or red looking) hero.
I probably will get these foil covers slabbed since they’re just so nice.
Two more Romita duo covers. These, I certainly will get slabbed, I would hope to get JR Jr. to sign these, but most likely they’ll just be raw.
Hey look, two more joyful Leirix covers!
Love these so much! I’m happy that Jen Bartel got to design Carol’s new costume. And here’s another wonderful negative space cover. And that last one is another windowshades cover! I almost missed it since it doesn’t look like the others.
I mean. LOOK.
Love these so much! The homages are wonderful and that Momoko cover is such fun!
Okay. I mean. JUST LOOK. Christian Ward does such dynamic art. This Mr. Bones cover is just so simple and brilliant. The static of him and the dynamic movement of the smoke are perfect. Slabbing that indeed. And I didn’t think I had anything from this artist, but I certainly do, Carla Cohen does AMAZING work. This depiction of Kara is utterly perfect. I would love to meet her and get it signed one day. Just amazing (Yes, it’s worth two amazing’s).
I’m intrigued by the current story in Scarlet Witch. We got another Halloween themed special from Marvel with another Crypt of Shadows one-shot. She-Hulk got a new run. I think this Catwoman issue is the final issue for the Gotham War event. This is Superman’s 850th issue, I actually forgot that, I may have to get another copy. I’m wondering how Swamp Thing and City Boy are going to interact. And I think this is the last Golden Age issue 1 we have with Jay Garrick. I think more than half of this pile were variants. I may need to watch out for that, haha.
Again, these Barends covers for this Ghost Rider run are just so good. And here’s the next New Champions variant. I really like the colors and contrast of both riders.
I just really like the cover for that Avengers Inc. The Hulk cover is just another fun out of the frame design. This CotV A cover is here just because it has Bishop and Cable on the cover. They were my favorite characters from the 90’s animated series.
So many fantastic covers for this new run!
I love that Jen Bartel is continuing to be the artist for the main covers, and I like that they are in a different format than the previous covers, though I would have bee happy if she continued with that design format. I almost missed that that next variant was an Andolfo cover, it’s just a fun cover. I think I have other covers by Rian Gonzales, so this hooked me. And of course another Leirix cover. There are 4 Leirix covers in these piles!
I love this Sirens’ cover, I wish it were a foil variant though! Another Andolfo cover for Gargoyles. And a Rahzzah cover!
It was a double Nakayama week with these two.
So many covers from artists I love. This was a pricey trip to the comic book store for me, haha. Taurin doing a great job with Cyborg. In-Hyuk Lee continuing with these City Boy covers. There’s the second Leirix cover with Hawkgirl. Look at that amazing JL vs Godzilla vs Kong cover by Mattina. Look at it. There were two amazing gatefold covers that were late for this issue, I can’t wait to get them! And of course there’s another legacy themed cover for Nightwing.
These were both variants I got just for the covers as I don’t subscribe to this title.
Of course another Barends cover. And I love when we get these type of foil emblem covers!
Speaking of foil, here’s the last foil cover of these Golden Age covers.
Spider-Man India 4 is from a month ago, the three Trick or Read issues were free and have content that I’ve mostly already read. And the bottom row all were a week or so late.
Even though I’m SO behind, it would be my luck that by the time I get to this pile, I won’t have Spider-Man India 4. We’ll see! ASM looks intriguing. Guardians also seems chaotic. This is the venom issue where Natasha gets a particular suit. I always love seeing Capt and Wolverine together. X-Men Red seems ominous. Captain Marvel gets a miniseries, which I don’t know when it takes place but eh. Superior Spider-Man is back! I’m excited for the Image and IDW issues of this week. And of course, the DC issues are going places. Oh and here is the first issue of the Batman: City of Madness Black Label miniseries.
I got this A Haunted Girl issue for the variant cover, but I also read it and I was hooked, so I’ll be getting the volume when it comes out next year. I really liked this Superman Lost cover. It’s just a nice duality.
These are the New Champions covers I liked. The Rian cover just for the colors and highlights. and the Betsy Cola cover for Magneto is just a great color scheme.
There were so many variants for this issue. Most of them are exclusives or incentives. I have some of them coming at some point after NYCC this weekend.
I love these variants! The Monica Rambeau cover is a legacy cover. And the other one is of course one based on The Marvels which I’m very excited for next month.
Here’s the next foil cover of the golden age issue one’s.
I will be excited to continue the Dark Droids event. Intrigued by The Hood dropping by Ghost Rider. All the X-titles just seem to be spinning out of control and the Fall is coming soon! The High Republic started it’s third era in Phase I of it with Shadow of Starlight. This is the Strange Academy event finale (I hope there will be more from these characters). Marvel brought the G.O.D.S. special which is Marvel is reorganizing the cosmic entities and whatever else of the Marvel pantheon. Got another cover for a friend. This is the final issue of this Peacemaker miniseries. I”m excited to get to this Poison Ivy issue. Wondering what’s going on with Blue Beetle. Birds of Prey seems like a great team. Gotham war continues. And we got a DC Halloween special.
The Rex cover is for a friend. This is of course the next Andolfo variant for Darkwing Duck. And the next Ross Doctor Strange cover. And the last one is a fantastic cover that is themed for whoever the New Champions are. I won’t be getting all the covers, but certainly a few of them.
Just look at that Brooks Apocalypse main cover! I had to. And this is Dan Veesenmeyer’s X-Men 60th Anniversary cover. It’s just so perfect!
These are variants for X-Men 27. The first is another X-Men 60th cover, of course it’s paying homage to the classic Jim Lee cover. The next one is just a fantastic Momoko New Champions cover. And the last one is the next (and last, I think) Brooks corner box cover.
It’s funny that both these Momoko covers came out the same day, both characters look so similar. Both covers just work so well together.
Always love seeing multiple Nakayama covers in a week!
Normally I would have had these in a complete collection post, but since these came out as variants of the same issue, I just went with it. Plus, they did a great job at making this connecting cover set actually connect well.
Just the next DWM issue, the hardcover volume of Laila Starr, the previous week’s ST Insider issue, the main cover for Death of the Venomverse 5 from last week, and the second printing of Ms. Marvel The New Mutant 1.
Terry is dealing with the Court of Owls. Finally we have the next Static issue. This seems to be the penultimate issue of this Doom Patrol run. Parallax and Ollie have an agreement it seems. The Gotham War continues. Flash gets a new run! Also this is the penultimate Tales of the Titans run. Finally Power Girl’s title starts! Darkest Hour continues for the MMPR. The mutants are dealing with a lot in all their titles. And I have the last issue of the Death of the Venomverse but only in variant form. The second issue of the Tony and Emma wedding drops. And the second issue of Ms. Marvel arrived.
I just really liked this Spirit World cover. The details are wonderful. The Lord Zedd ranger design is pretty cool. This last one I think I thought it was by an artist I recognized, but apparently not, but eh, it’s a well-drawn cover.
I always enjoy a Leirix cover, this is just great. And of course another great Frison cover for Harley.
I think these are the last Corner Box cover and Ross Avengers 60th Anniversary covers.
Here’s another Clone Wars 15th Anniversary cover featuring season 7’s Ahsoka design.
I love these foil covers! The Flash one is so detailed!
And of course all the variants that my store could get for this issue. I’m going to do my best to get all the covers for this run.
I at least finished the pile I was reading, but still 6 piles behind. GAH! We’ll see what happens.
I’m intrigued by a Carnage What If story. The D-Squad looks fun. Hulk visits Logan(s). This is the penultimate issue of Death of the Venomverse. Issue two of the Strange Academy event involves Moon Knight. We have a new title with Uncanny Spider-Man and a new run of Captain America. The next issue of Stranger Things. Gotham War continued in Catwoman. Superman started a new arc. I’m excited for Cyborg since a character that I recognize from the animated show. The mystery continues in titans. Wonder Woman also started a new run. We’re halfway through Hawkgirl. And John Stewart started a new run.
This ASM cover is another JR Sr. and JR Jr. The X-Men cover is by Dan Veesenmeyer and is the cover of the art of the X-Men TAS book. And the Guardians cover is one I’ve been waiting for, I saw a video with the artist talking about how complicated it was to structure the drawing with the different designs of each character. I’m certainly going to get that slabbed. Oh, and speaking of slabbing, I got ones that I submitted at Baltimore Comic Con back recently, I’ll probably make a post about that soon.
These are the main cover and the Saturday morning variant for this issue. Both will be in the completed collection section eventually.
These three I just got for the covers. The first is I think designed like a VHS cover, the second will be a git for a friend, and the third is a Barrends cover that I got because the next couple issues have images that are sequential in narrative and I thought that was a nice touch. I don’t think I’ve seen that much or maybe ever?
This is just the next Nakayama cover for Catwoman. I can’t wait to arrange all the covers together!
I always enjoy acetate covers, had to get this.
Just, come on, Artgerm Wonder Woman cover. Just gorgeous.
Here’s another glow-in-the-dark cover of John’s dog-tags. So cool.
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