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Cover Of The Week 2013: #1

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Cover of the Week

And so, on to a new year of fabulous front covers for 2013!

Our Cover Of The Week feature kicks of in fine form with the debut of Morbius, The Living Vampire and a beautiful painted cover from Gabriele Dell’Otto. Speaking of beautiful, David Mack makes an appearance with Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Willow Wonderland #3, while Rafael Albuquerque provides an inspiring front for American Vampire #34 and J. Scott Campbell lends his unmistakable touch to Danger Girl/GI Joe #5. The anticipation is building for the next Iron Man movie and this week, Marvel have relased the prelude comic, complete with the fantastic initial movie poster artwork created by BLT Communications.

The first Cover Of The Week for 2013, though, goes to…

Teen Titans #15 by Greg Capullo

…the stunning cover for Teen Titans #15 by Greg Capullo! This image of a shadowed Joker is dramatic, captivating and a bit terrifying in equal measure!

Congrats to Greg and DC, they get the very first paper crown for 2013!

Cover Of The Week Winner!

COVER GALLERY:

American Vampire #34 by Rafael Albuquerque

Danger Girl - GI Joe #5 by J. Scott Campbell

Iron Man 3 Prelude #1 by BLT Communications

Morbius #1 by Gabriele Dell'Otto

Teen Titans #15 by Greg Capullo

Willow Wonderland #3 by David Mack

Cover of the Week #48

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Some wonderful covers have graced the comic book shelves this week…

The surpirse hit title of the moment, My Little Pony: Friends Are Magic #1, featured a whopping six ‘mane’ covers (groan) from series artist Andy Price – we opted for his interpretation of Applejack (cover B). Stuart Immonen provides a herioc stance for Wolverine and the guys on All New X-Men #2, while the most super of the new super-teams appeared on Ardian Syaf‘s excellent front for Masks #1. Amanda Connor adds yet another fabulous cover for Before Watchmen: Silk Spectre #4 and Tristan Jones gets another Ghostbusters comic in the running with a familiar image to fans of the Real Ghostbusters cartoon, on his cover for Ghostbusters #15. Two of this week’s great titles featured simple white backgrounds to showcase the characters; the first being Rafael Albuquerque‘s haunting cover to American Vampire #33 (‘All By Myself’ by Eric Carmen, anyone?), the second being Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #16 by Andy Kuhn, where the heroes in a half-shell appear to be in a bit of a sticky situation.

Wonderful covers indeed. But none quite as hypnotizing as…

Uncanny Avengers #2 by John Cassaday

…Uncanny Avengers #2 by John Cassaday! Steranko inspired, striking imagery utilizing op art that leaps out from the comic book shelves!

Congrats to John and Marvel, they get the paper crown this week!

COVER GALLERY:

All New X-Men #2 by Stuart Immonen

American Vampire #33 by Rafael Albuquerque

Before Watchmen - Silk Spectre #4 by Amanda Connor

Ghostbusters #15 by Tristan Jones

Masks #1 by Ardian Syaf

My Little Pony - Friendship Is Magic #1 by Andy Price

TMNT #16 by Andy Kuhn

Uncanny Avengers #2 by John Cassaday

Cover of the Week #26

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Last week’s comics proved to be another fine collection of inviting front covers with a few catching our collective eye in particular.

The Lizard makes a grisly return on the front of Amazing Spider-Man #688 courtesy of Giuseppe Camuncoli, while there is high drama from Jose Ladronn on All Star Western #10 and high class from Sean Phillips on Fatale #6.

However, for week 26 of 2012, our Cover of the Week is…

American Vampire #28 by Rafael Albuquerque

…the stylish American Vampire #28 by Rafael Albuquerque.

Congrats to Rafael and DC Vertigo, they get the paper crown for week 26!

DC Show off Variants for Batman, Shade, Silk Spectre and Deathstroke

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DC have unveiled a whole host of lovely variant cover art for our perusal including contributions from Rafael Albuquerque (Batman #10), Rob Liefeld (Deathstroke #10), Frazer Irving (Shade #9), Jim Lee (Silk Spectre #1) and a personal favourite from Dave Johnson (Silk Spectre #1).

Goggle yourself silly below…

Batman #10 Variant Rafael Albuquerque
Deathstroke #10 Variant Rob Liefeld
Shade #9 Variant Frazer Irving
Silk Spectre #1 Variant Dave Johnson
Silk Spectre #1 Variant Jim Lee
Silk Spectre #1 Variant Digital Combo Pack

DC ‘Night of the Owls’ Free Digital Checklist

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DC have made a free digital booklet available that chronicles the entire Night of the Owlsevent.

The booklet features a checklist of all issues that are part of the event, including Batman, Nightwing, Detective Comics, Batwing, Batgirl, Birds Of Prey, Catwoman, Red Hood And The Outlaws, All-Star Western and Batman: The Dark Knight. The digital booklet also includes the 10-page back-up story from Batman #8 that launched ‘Night of the Owls’.

Check out the story here.

More ‘Night of Owls’ from writer James Tynion IV

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DC continue their promotion of the Night of the Owls Batman crossover event with an interview with Batman back-up co-writer James Tynion IV.

“I could see the epic size and shape of the story as it began last September. I was devouring every issue waiting to see what might happen next. When Scott offered me the chance to help him build the mythology of the Court with the backups, and help launch “Night of the Owls,” how could I have ever said no? The Court and their Talons are my favorite additions to the Bat-Mythos in ages, with each of those awesome assassins offering a glimpse of Gotham’s history. We’re launching “Night of the Owls” this week in BATMAN #8, and using the back-up to lead right from the action of the feature into the other Bat-family titles with “The Call.” And with “The Fall of the House of Wayne,” Scott and I are exploring the pre-Alfred years at stately Wayne Manor, with some incredible art by Rafael Albuquerque. I can’t wait for everyone to check it out.”

Night of the Owls - Rafael Albuquerque

‘Night of the Owls’ starts in ‘Batman #8′ and ‘Nightwing #8′, then continues across all of the Bat-family titles.

Full story.