SDCC has me a bit delayed as I mentioned in the SDCC post. So, this week (August 4th) I should have picked up comics but I’m going to get the issues for those previous two weeks (July 27 and August 3rd) on August 8th instead.

This Black Adam run has been interesting, I wonder if any of it was used for the movie or vice-versa. Selina is heading back to Gotham. The next JL vs LSH finally dropped. More from Dark Crisis. Han and Chewie take on Krrsantan. Here are issue 25 for both Star Wars and Vader. I’m very excited to get to those. Gwenverse continues and so does Miles’ multiversal adventure (Though I don’t think there will be a crossover between them even though I thought they had them both in the multiverse a the same time on purpose, but apparently nope). Also there are the Avengers multiversal events happening. This is the last issue of this run of Maestro and the end of this trilogy of the character that all led up to the original Future Imperfect comics. The new run of Shang-Chi started. Defenders Beyond started. The Marvels came an end. And Judgement Day has begun!

Great variants to follow!

Just a fun Flash variant ^__^

I liked this variant for Judgement Day since it’s like everything that will happen is erupting out of Krakoa. Noto always has nice covers, and I like America Chavez of course. And I cn’t say no to an Ahsoka cover.

Another gorgeous Frison cover for Catwoman. The colors and shading is lovely.

Happy for this Artgerm variant obviously.

This is my favorite cover of the week. I mean I saw it online or in the previews and I was oh my god it’s like a painting. Was so happy that my store had it. I might actually get this graded. Either that or just keep it in a comic display case.

Logan and Wade’s adventured continues. Carol is still missing. Peggy is wanted. There’s still more to learn about what’s happening with Frank and The Hand. This new Savage Avengers team is having quite the time. I’m excited to start this new run of Daredevil with Elektra and Matt both deviling. I think the FF event is almost over? And it’s finally time for the second Hellfire Gala!! I’m wondering what big reveals (besides the new X-Men team) will be revealed. And we got the issue before Judgement Day starts, I’m also excited for that event. This was a big week since the DC character Dreamer (the amazing trans heroine that was created for the CW’s Supergirl series, and ancestor of Dream Girl, one of the Legionaries of the Legion of Super Heroes) appeared for the first time in main continuity!! So I’m very happy about that. Naomi has her penultimate issues. Dark Crisis continues and a new Rogues Black Label issue.

Variants to follow

I got this The Mandalorian #1 cover since it has Vi Morandi on it. She’s a great character that debuted in the Phasma novel but was then made to be a character at Galaxy’s Edge at the Disney Parks. This is one of the variant covers for Superman: SOK with Dreamer on it, I eed to look for the other one and hopefully get another copy of the A cover.

I just love this cover, and not just for Emma Frost being there as she is. Mainly I like it for the shades of red. I just love the way it’s being drawn and colored. I also saw the other variants of this cover with different colors at SDCC from the artist himself, and would have gotten them all if I could have. I think they were pink, blue, black and white sheets respectively.

Here’s another one of these window shade variants I like.

Another glorious Artgerm variant!! ^_^ If there were a foil variant of this cover or a metal print of this, I’d get one.

Oh look, another amazing collage variant cover! I had to get this. I wasn’t actually sure my store would have this but I was pleasantly surprised. I like how all the images in the Celestial are only Celestials.

Actually neither of these came out in July, but eh. Another late DWM and the David Nakayama cover for X-Men House of XCII from a little while ago.

(Ok, so my parents and I went on a trip for a family wedding for 4 days and I was trying to catch up on Stranger Things S4 part 2 and reaction videos for that, so posts got delayed. Hence this all being days late. Oh, and I’m not completely done with the previous comic pile (June 22). GAHHHH!!! I dislike being behind in my reading).

The DW story with the Fugitive Doctor continues (even if not canon, I’m interested it what could be. Though I wouldn’t say no to a spin-off series). I think this Mighty Morphin issue is the penultimate one of this run. That MTG series has been so good and I was SO excited when I saw that variant. You’ll see below. Much of Sabretooth. Even though the Jane and Thor comic is of course because of the movie, I’m liking it. I think the Black Panther arc is coming to a close. I’m loving the Halcyon Legacy title. And also loving Carnage. This is the last issue of the multiversal Miles event miniseries. The Teen Justice series is intriguing, but I need to know more, which makes sense since I’m only read issue one. Batman started a new arc with this issue. and Ivy is continuing her machinations. Flashpoint Beyond and Dark Crisis continued. And we got the first of the prequel comic specials connected to he upcoming Black Adam movie. These do intrigue me.

Alright, many variants to follow and then posters.

Oh, right, this was just to show the light better on the issues.

I have these two images separate since I like having the landscape covers in their own gallery.

See, I told you, a great Peach Momoko couple of weeks. She’s such a great artist! Even though she has a distinct style, her covers don’t always follow the same white spacing or color tone.

Had to get this funky Sabretooth cover. There is so much detail there!! I can’t imagine drawing that.

Another David Nakayama cover! I actually was surprised that store had this one. He does a lot of exclusive covers for his site. In fact I just pre-ordered one.

Another one of the amazing Ivy covers (each issue has had fantastic ones). Jenny Frison makes gorgeous art. I have to make myself not buy them all. But sometimes I see one that I must have. This is just intoxicating (pun intended, haha).

And here is the amazing surprise that I was so very excited to get!! The surprise being when I was looking at this week’s issues for my list to my store, not that uncovering the variant was he surprise. Nicol Bolas is my favorite MTG character and this cover is just glorious. I intend to get this graded like I did with that Ugin variant from a few months ago. Not for the value, just for the preservation of the cover and that I wanted them to look fancy, haha.

And here are the posters I got for this month. The cover of the new Shang-Chi run and the new Peach Momoko X-Men run set in the feudal world she built. I would assume this story is based off of Civil War.

(Ok, so my parents and I went on a trip for a family wedding for 4 days and I was trying to catch up on Stranger Things S4 part 2 and reaction videos for that, so posts got delayed. Hence this all being days late. Oh, and I’m not completely done with the previous comic pile. GAHHHH!!! I dislike being behind in my reading).

There’s another Power Rangers special. That Aquamen issue I got just for the cover. Task Force Z is chugging along. I think Harley is about to start a new arc after this issue. Deathstroke is starting a new arc that’s flashing back to his origins. Clark should be started to make moves on Warworld. We finally have the final issue of the Batman/ Catwoman maxiseries from Tom King. I’m excited for more from Vader series and the Obiwan series. The new runs of Captain America I still can’t get to because I’m behind in one volume of a Capt event series that happened that I wasn’t sure was part of the main story or something else, so I didn’t read it when it was coming out in issues. I’ll get to it. X-Force is having a very bad time of things. Sabertooth is still planning his big move. Tony and Patsy got a one-shot. And we have a mystery in the Ironcat series. And I’m very excited for the Jessica Jones series about her variants.

Favorite variant covers to follow.

So many amazing covers! The Power Rangers one is mainly because I remember loving that villain on the cover so I got two copies of the issue. I always look for the action figure variants of characters I love or designs I enjoy, so the Ironcat one jumped out at me. Also the Peach Momoko variant for Ironcat was fantastic (this was a good couple weeks for Peach Momoko covers). As I’ve said before, I love covers that show character history or legacy and Dauterman makes these covers so very well. The She-Hulk one is great! And as always, I have to get an Artgerm cover, so there we have Helcat. And it’s almost time for the second Hellfire Gala (can’t believe it’s been a year), so we’re getting Gala variants like this beautiful one from Jen Bartel of Jean. And finally, the last Bat/Cat cover had to have that legacy hit for me with all the versions of Bruce and Selina that have been shown in this series from their character’s history. I wish DC would make that a poster!! And remember that that series isn’t part of DC continuity, this has been like a What If type story for Tom King’s story that didn’t happen for their wedding.

Ok this is really a late DWM issue from September 2021, but eh.

I don’t know a lot about Milestone beyond what I knew from the Static Shock animated series and various characters that I now know were of this brand, so the Milestones in History title seemed like a good way to help with that beyond eventually getting to the Milestone Omnibus I got a few months ago. Duo’s first issue caught my interest, so we’ll see where that goes. Black Adam got a maxiseries, though I’m not sure whether it’s in the main DC continuity or just it’s own thing. It’s not a Black Label series, so I feel like it could be canon? Again, I’ll see. Dark Crisis continues with a couple tie-ins from Young Justice and Flash. The CW Berlantiverse/Arrowverse crossover event has it’s final issue here. I have enjoyed this event, it helped with all the cancelled shows this season. And I am wondering what connections there will be to this in Flash season 9 when we get it. Crimson Reign continues. There is a lot going on in all the X-titles. Punisher gets a one issue homage to the original War Journal I think. Miles is learning more about this other world and things just aren’t good. Though this Moon Girl and Miles special is the first in various team-up titles coming at us this summer, so at least there are some fun things going on for Miles (whenever this takes place in relation to his current story). Though Kamala is getting a few team-ups, that has me ecstatic! And we got the Marvel Vices Pride special too, can’t wait to get to that!

Following are many amazing variants.

As I said in the last post, I do enjoy the portrayal of legacy on covers, hence getting this one.

I really have started to like Razzah covers recently.

Another wonderful Peach Momoko cover here.

Here are more AAPI covers. When I get them all, I’ll probably post them all in one photo (I’m not sure, but this might be the last three of them, I’ll have to check).

This Hellfire Gala Dauterman cover is just, I mean, look at Wanda!!

I had to get this Jen Bartel cover too. I mean I tend to get her covers anyway, but still! It’s gorgeous!

I saved this for last because just really like this cover. It’s an homage cover, it’s coloring is beautiful, the scene itself is lovely. I had to get another copy for the cover.

This post is a bit late just because the couple days after I got comics were just busy, so I couldn’t get to taking photos till yesterday and then I was busy with other things yesterday and last night so I didn’t have time to post these till today.

Since I’m so utterly behind in all the Power Ranger titles I have no idea who died. Issue 11 is the penultimate issue of The Marvels. This Captain America title I’m not quite sure about since I’m not sure if it’s a 616 story or a standalone title, but we’ll see. Looking forward to all the drama happening in Wolverine. I’m excited for the Hulkling and Wiccan special! And even though I haven’t yet read the Fraction run of Iron Fist, I’m looking forward to these two Immortal Weapons paying a visit to the new Iron Fist. Intrigued by the Miles and Gwen multiverse stories continuing. Tony and Patsy having something big happening soon. Of course the Reckoning War still rages. General stuff happening in DC issues. It was nice that they gave Tim Drake a Pride special, I’m excited for that.

Favorite variants after.

I always like covers that depict the legacy and history of characters, so this Iron Fist cover showing the past Iron Fists behind the new one was a no-brainer. These window shade variants that have been popping up recently have been nice, I’m not sure why I like them so much, but I do, haha. And of course another Dauterman cover this time one of the first among his second Hellfire Gala covers. Laura looks great!

Another DWM from last year. The A Cover for the new Punisher run since my store only had variants when it came out. Another copy of that variant for Thor 26 as a gift for a friend. Copies of the Thor and Hulk crossover so I can put them in their respective boxes. And the other two images are just other issues that I forgot to include in the first photo. I guess I was rushing a bit.

This is a variant from a couple months ago. It finally came in and it’s fantastic! I love when artists make that kind of glow effect just with colors. These Gwen covers have been great.

This is just a late issue of Ghost Rider from a few weeks ago.

DW Origins 1 dropped, so I’m excited to see what stories they made for The Fugitive. So much is going in in Venom. Tombstone has it out for Spidey. I got this SW 24 variant because I loved the design of this moment from Ep IX. The new run of Savage Avengers continued, as did the X-Men 92′ series. Thor and Jane got their own miniseries. The next issue of the Earth-Prime event dropped. And then DC just dropped alllll this. Nubia’s limited series, Poison Ivy’s new (first also I think) run (written by the ever-awesome G. Willow Wilson, co-creator of Kamala Khan), Teen Justice’s debut, the next issue of Flashpoint Beyond, Dark Crisis’s first issue, the Aquaman Black Label miniseries starting and DC’s Pride special all dropped on one day!! I’m excited to get to this particular week’s issues.

Favorite variants and covers and posters below.

Oh and the next post is a surprise!

As I said, I love the way the artist depicted this scene from Episode IX. And there’s that next Peach Momoko cover of Jane. Jenny Frison’s art is always amazing, plus I enjoy Cloak & Dagger, so, there we go. The Pride cover for Thor 26 of Rūna looks beautiful! And I really love this Poison Ivy 1 variant (I have another variant coming in the mail at some point).

This is the Dark Crisis wraparound cover. When I saw this in the promotions for this event, I knew I wanted to get a copy just for the cover also. I am quite excited for this Crisis event.

This is the Jim Lee homage variant of Dark Crisis 1. His art is legendary and it’s great seeing all these images from days passed.

This is the wraparound variant for DC’s Pride special. Now, the first two images are the actual issue and the third one is of the art via a promotional image in another DC comic because the almost TPB spine of this special prevented me from properly folding it out. Which is of course great for the book itself, haha.

Here are the Marvel posters! The Daredevil one is my favorite one of these three.

So, with the Marvel posters I know what I’ll get through the Marvel Previews each month, but for DC I never know. So, it’s always a surprise. This was certainly a surprise! XD I probably wouldn’t have gotten the other copy of this issue if I’d known there was a full poster coming. The art is by Daniel Sampere. This is so awesome!