Right then. This week’s covers… Retro seemed to be the fashion for a few books this week, including Geoff Senior‘s fantastic 80’s inspired Transformers ReGeneration One #84 – complete with Megatron opening an almighty can of whup-ass! – and another Action Comics #1 parody, this time from Dan Parent on the front of Kevin Keller […]
Cover of the Week
Cover of the Week #40
Here we go with a look at the prettiest pictures on this weeks comic store shelves… This week saw the final issue of Avengers vs X-Men with a slew of additional covers, but it was the orginal by Jim Cheung, featuring Iron Man rocketing towards the reader, that really caught our collective eye. The presence […]
Cover of the Week #39
Time for a critical gaze across the busy comic book shelves… Dave Johnson proved this week that virtually any comic with a monkey on the cover is a winner in our book with his front for Deadpool #61, while you could almost hear Patrick Stewart saying “…but it’s bigger on the inside”, courtesy of a […]
Cover of the Week #38
Time to cast a glance across the enticing comic book covers for this week. In a reversal of an old adage, Dan Schoening actually has a shark ‘jump’ the Ghostbusters on the front of Ghostbusters #13, while Paolo Rivera throws another captivating Daredevil cover our way on Daredevil #18, which nearly made the top spot. […]
Cover of the Week #37
It’s time to reward the hard working artists providing us with instant visual stimulus. So without further ado, let us praise their toil… There was an interesting use of a butterfly on the front of Warlord of Mars #21 from Lucio Parrillo this week, in order to spare some blushes. Nevertheless, the art is rich […]
Cover of the Week #36
So, who’s won Cover of the Week this week? We kick off in dramatic fashion by Esad Ribic‘s urgent cover for Bloodshot #3, while Dave Johnson puts in a hilarious front for Deadpool #60. David Aja has produced more beautiful work on Hawkeye #2 and things have gone a bit trippy and retro courtesy of […]
Cover of the Week #35
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 […]
Cover of the Week #34
Time to have a look at the best covers on comic books this week! Bionic Man #12 featured a fantastic image of Steve Austin pursued by Bigfoot (not to be mistaken for an ACE Comics staff member), as rendered by Alex Ross, while J. Scott Campbell produced another fine cover for GI Joe, this time […]
Cover of the Week #33
There were some fine contenders for the title in Week 33. Another beautiful Sean Phillips cover was displayed on the front of Fatale #7, eyes were drawn to (and on) Giuseppe Camuncoli‘s cover to Amazing Spider-Man #691, and who can resist Charlie Brown and the gang on the front of Peanuts Vol.2 #1 (cover by […]
Cover of the Week #32
Cover of the Week time… Week 32 of 2012 has featured an Olympic-sized squad of contenders and just like the Games, due to finish in a few short days, we have this week’s podium places. Up for Bronze is Massimo Carnevale for his work on the cover of Conan The Barbarian #7. The Silver finish […]
Cover of the Week #31
It’s time, once again, to cast our gaze across the new release shelves and pick out a few choice cuts from the meat and potatoes of this week’s comic book covers! Getting the thumbs up this week are the rather fruity Lucio Parrillo variant of Warlord of Mars #20, the ever-reliable Ashley Wood on Deadworld: […]
Cover of the Week #30
Week #30, 22 to go! The covers splashed across the shelves this week had a few fine examples among them. The most notable were X-Treme X-Men #1 by Julian Totino Tedesco, Winter Soldier #8 by Steve Epting, Arthur Adams’ encounter with the Avengers on Secret Avengers #29 and a fine Garrus Vakarian portrait on the […]