Cover of the Week #35

Cover of the Week

Week 35 featured a number of contenders for Cover of the Week.

Amongst those considered were Avenging Spider-Man #11 by Chris Samnee, Ethan Nicolle‘s great big Ape and Leopard/Lizard fight on the front of Axe Cop President of the World #2, a tribute to the Death of Superman on the Green Lantern Annual #1 from Ethan Van Sciver, the fang-tastic National Comics’ Looker #1 by Guillem March and, running a close second, Jim Lee‘s destined-to-be-iconic Justice League #12.

But the winner for week 35 is…

Cover of the Week 35 - Spaceman #9 - Dave Johnson

Dave Johnson‘s striking, stylized cover for Spaceman #9.

Congrats to Dave and DC Vertigo, they get the paper crown for week 35!

Cover of the Week #26

Cover of the Week

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!

‘Princely’ Vertigo graphic novel on the way

DC Vertigo

DC Vertigo have announced they will be publishing Prince Of Cats, an original graphic novel, in September.

Prince Of Cats

The softcover is a ‘hip-hop retelling of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet’ written and illustrated by Ronald Wimberly (Sentences: The Life of M.F. Grimm).

“[The story] focuses on Tybalt (derisively referred to as “The Prince of Cats”) and his Capulet crew as they do battle nightly with the hated Montagues. Set in Brooklyn, PRINCE OF CATS is a mix of urban drama, samurai action and classic Shakespearean theater . . . all written in iambic pentameter!”

Full story.

New Vertigo title ‘Collider’ on the way

DC Vertigo

Something to look forward to for Vertigo readers?

“Wormholes in your kitchen, gravity failures at school, quantum tornadoes tearing through the mid-west…like with all natural disasters, people do what they always do—they adapt and survive.

And if things get really bad, the Federal Bureau of Physics (FBP) is only a call away.

This Fall Vertigo brings you COLLIDER, a new ongoing series written by Simon Oliver (Gen¹³) with art by Vertigo newcomer, Robbi Rodriguez.

COLLIDER is the story of ADAM HARDY: young, brash and smart, he’s a rising star at the FBP, but when a gravity failure leads to the creation of an alternate dimension known as a “BubbleVerse,” Adam is sent on a rescue mission and finds his skills and abilities pushed to their limits when he discovers his partner has a different agenda…”

DC Vertigo Collider

Full story.

This Weeks Comics (18 April 2012)

New Comics 18-04-12 - Iron Man / Cinderella

Comics scheduled for release on 18th April 2012.

STAR WARS DAWN Of THE JEDI FORCE STORM #1 (3rd print)
Dark Horse

On the planet Tython, in the center of the galaxy, an order of warrior monks strives to maintain peace and to balance the mysterious power known as the Force. But a stranger is coming-one who will destroy both peace and balance, and open the galaxy to exploration and conquest. This is where it all begins!John Ostrander and Jan Duursema of Star Wars: Legacy fame reveal the mythic age of the Jedi’s beginnings!

CINDERELLA FABLES ARE FOREVER TP
DC Vertigo

DC Fabletown’s favorite secret agent and bon vivant Cinderella is back on the job in this title collecting the hit miniseries! Someone is killing sorcerers out on the Farm, and all signs point to Cinderella’s archnemesis from the old days. The only problem is, Cinderella has always believed that her nemesis has been dead for years.

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #684 ENDS
Marvel

Spider-Man’s Globetrotting Adventure Against The Sinister Six Moves To The Middle East For A Face Off Against…The Sandman! In The Past, Spidey’s Fought Sandman On Beaches, In Quarries, But Never Like This – How Can Web-Head Hope To Defeat Sandman When He’s Controlling The Sahara Desert?!

AVENGERS VS X-MEN #2 (OF 12)
Marvel

As The Opening Shot Is Fired, The Avengers Storm The Beach Of Utopia, And The Phoenix Draws Ever Nearer To Earth! But Which Side Will Wolverine Fight On? And What Choice Will Hope Make That Will Change The Direction And Scope Of The Conflict Dramatically?

Full Listing

Archie Comic Publications

ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #228
BETTY & VERONICA #259
SONIC UNIVERSE #39

Dark Horse Comics

3 STORY SECRET FILES O/T GIANT MAN ONE SHOT
ARCHIE ARCHIVES HC VOL 05 (C: 0-1-2)
ART OF TARA MCPHERSON HC VOL 02 LOST CONSTELLATIONS
BPRD HELL ON EARTH LONG DEATH #3
DARK HORSE PRESENTS #11 FRANCAVILLA VAR CVR
DARK HORSE PRESENTS #11 ZONJIC CVR
GANTZ TP VOL 05 (MR)
GANTZ TP VOL 22 (C: 0-1-2)
RAGEMOOR #2
RESET #1 (OF 4) BAGGE CVR
RESET #1 (OF 4) KINDT VAR CVR (Ratio 1:3)
RESIDENT ALIEN #0
STAR WARS DAWN O/T JEDI FORCE STORM #0 (3RD PTG)
STAR WARS DAWN O/T JEDI FORCE STORM #1 (3RD PTG)
STAR WARS DAWN O/T JEDI FORCE STORM #3

DC Comics

BATMAN #6 2ND PTG
BATMAN #8
BATMAN #8 BLACK & WHITE VAR ED (Ratio 1:200)
BATMAN #8 COMBO PACK
BATMAN BEYOND UNLIMITED #3
BATMAN ODYSSEY VOL 2 #7 (OF 7)
BATMAN ODYSSEY VOL 2 #7 (OF 7) VAR ED (Ratio 1:10)
BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #5 2ND PTG
BATMAN VENOM TP NEW EDITION
BIRDS OF PREY #8
BLUE BEETLE #8
CAPTAIN ATOM #8
GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO SPECIAL #1
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #8
HELLBLAZER #290
JUSTICE LEAGUE #8
JUSTICE LEAGUE #8 BLACK & WHITE VAR ED (Ratio 1:200)
JUSTICE LEAGUE #8 COMBO PACK
JUSTICE LEAGUE #8 VAR ED (Ratio 1:25)
LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #8
NEW TEEN TITANS OMNIBUS HC VOL 02
NIGHTWING #8
RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #8
SHOOTERS HC
SHOWCASE PRESENTS ALL STAR SQUADRON TP VOL 01
SUICIDE SQUAD #7 2ND PTG
SUPERGIRL #8
THUNDER AGENTS VOL 2 #6 (OF 6)
WONDER WOMAN #8
WONDER WOMAN #8 VAR ED (Ratio 1:25)
YOUNG JUSTICE #15

Idea & Design Works LLC

ART OF AMANDA CONNER HC

IDW Publishing

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS EBERRON ANNUAL 2012 #1
DUNGEONS & DRAGONS HC VOL 03 DOWN
ETERNAL DESCENT VOL 2 #4 (OF 6)
GI JOE A REAL AMERICAN HERO #177
HP LOVECRAFT THE DUNWICH HORROR TP
NEXT MEN AFTERMATH #42
ROCKETEER ADVENTURES 2 #2 (OF 4)
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES MICRO SERIES #4 LEONARDO
TRANSFORMERS CLASSICS TP VOL 03
TRANSFORMERS MORE THAN MEETS EYE ONGOING #4
TRUE BLOOD HC VOL 03 THE FRENCH QUARTER
ZOMBIES VS ROBOTS THIS MEANS WAR PROSE SC

Image Comics

ACTIVITY #5
AVENGELYNE #8 CVR A LIEFELD
BLUE ESTATE #11
BOMB QUEEN VII QUEENS WORLD #3 (OF 4)
HACK SLASH #15 CVR A SEELEY & ROSENBERG
HACK SLASH #15 CVR B EID
LIL DEPRESSED BOY #10
MANHATTAN PROJECTS #1 VAR CVR 3RD PTG
MANHATTAN PROJECTS #2
NANCY IN HELL ON EARTH #3 (OF 4)
NEAR DEATH #7
NO PLACE LIKE HOME #3
PROPHET #23 VAR CVR 2ND PTG
PROPHET #24
REED GUNTHER #10
SHINKU #5
SUPER DINOSAUR #10
VESCELL #7
WALKING DEAD #96

Marvel Comics

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #684 DELLOTTO VAR ENDS (Ratio 1:15)
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #684 ENDS
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN OMNIBUS HC VOL 02 RAMOS CVR
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN OMNIBUS HC VOL 02 ROMITA DM VAR ED
AVENGERS #25 AA APPRECIATION DELLOTTO VAR AVX (Ratio 1:25)
AVENGERS #25 AVX
AVENGERS SERPENT CROWN PREM HC
AVENGERS SERPENT CROWN PREM HC DM VAR ED 87
AVENGERS VS X-MEN #0 (OF 12) 2ND PTG CHO VAR
AVENGERS VS X-MEN #2 (OF 12) AVENGERS TEAM VAR AVX
AVENGERS VS X-MEN #2 (OF 12) BRADSHAW SKETCH VAR AVX (Ratio 1:200)
AVENGERS VS X-MEN #2 (OF 12) BRADSHAW VAR AVX (Ratio 1:100)
AVENGERS VS X-MEN #2 (OF 12) PAGULAYAN VAR AVX (Ratio 1:25)
AVENGERS VS X-MEN #2 (OF 12) WITH DIG CDE AVX
AVENGERS VS X-MEN #2 (OF 12) X-MEN TEAM VAR AVX
DEFENDERS #5
DEFENDERS #5 I AM A DEFENDER VAR (Ratio 1:20)
DEFENDERS #5 SIMONSON VAR (Ratio 1:25)
EMMA GN TP
ESSENTIAL DAREDEVIL TP VOL 01 NEW ED
FEAR ITSELF HOME FRONT PREM HC
FEAR ITSELF UNCANNY X-FORCE DEEP PREM HC
INCREDIBLE HULK #7
INCREDIBLE HULK #7 AA APPRECIATION WILSON VAR (Ratio 1:25)
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #515
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #515 AA APPRECIATION HORN VAR (Ratio 25)
JOHN CARTER GODS OF MARS #2 (OF 5)
MARVELS AVENGERS PRELUDE FURYS BIG WEEK #4 (OF 4)
NEW MUTANTS #41
NEW MUTANTS DATE WITH DEVIL PREM HC
PUNISHER #10 GRANOV VAR OMEGA (Ratio 1:20)
PUNISHER #10 OMEGA
RED HULK HULK OF ARABIA TP
SIX GUNS TP
THUNDERBOLTS #173
ULT COMICS SPIDER-MAN TP VOL 04 DOSM
ULTIMATE COMICS AVENGERS BY MARK MILLAR OMNIBUS HC
UNCANNY X-FORCE #24
UNCANNY X-FORCE #24 AA APPRECIATION PAREL VAR (Ratio 1:25)
VENOM #16
WOLVERINE AND X-MEN #9 AA APPRECIATION MALEEV VAR AVX (Ratio 1:25)
WOLVERINE AND X-MEN #9 AVX
WOLVERINE AND X-MEN BY JASON AARON PREM HC VOL 01
X-FACTOR #234
X-FACTOR TP VOL 13 HARD LABOR
X-MEN #27
X-MEN #27 AA APPRECIATION PHAM VAR (Ratio 1:25)
X-MEN FATAL ATTRACTIONS HC
X-MEN HIDDEN YEARS TP VOL 01

Top Cow

DARKNESS #101 VAR CVR 2ND PTG
DARKNESS #102
NETHERWORLD #5 (OF 5)
WITCHBLADE #155 CVR A CHRISTOPER
WITCHBLADE #155 CVR B BERNARD & BENES

Comics up for ‘Hugos’

News Team

The finalists for the 2012 Hugo Awards, which honour excellence in science fiction and fantasy, have been announced in the UK.

There are a number of comic book mentions as DC and IDW both have titles up for Best Graphic Story (‘Fables’ and ‘The Unwritten’ for Vertigo and ‘Locke & Key’ for IDW). Also of note is Marvel’s ‘Captain America: the First Avenger’, which is up for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form.

The awards ceremony will take place during Chicon 7 in Chicago, Illinois from 30th August to 3rd September 2012.

The full list of nominees is here.