It’s been a busy month around the Multiversity offices with Abe Sapien month in full swing, but I wanted to get back on track with Got You Covered. It’s been too long since I tackled the best and brightest in comic covers. Here are my top five choices for covers this week, with a diverse set featuring some old favorites and one newcomer.
5. Archer & Armstrong #8
Art by Emanuela Lupacchino
I have to say, Valiant books normally don’t blow me away with their covers, but I have to underline something: they put out a premium quality product. Nice paper stock, good production value, etc. etc. They put out some nice feeling/looking books. Back to the cover though, this cover immediately grabbed me both because Emanuela Lupacchino is a very, very gifted artist, but also because there are so many fun things to find all over the cover. It’s like an Easter egg hunt of randomness about the book on the stock market ticker on the page. I love it, and it’s great work by the team putting that together.
4. Before Watchmen: Ozymandias #6
Art by Jae Lee
Speaking of quality products, this project may be pure evil in comic form, but holy crap, DC does a nice job putting together these Before Watchmen books. Really, really quality product right there. Granted, it helps when you have people like Jae Lee working on the book, as he crafts a final cover that befits the story and its hero/villain. I love the title dress, I love the focus on Ozy and his creation, I love it all. Great, great stuff.
3. X-Men Legacy #7
Art by Mike Del Mundo
This is another superb cover from Mike Del Mundo – my clubhouse leader for cover artist of the year, by the way – although it’s a bit of a downturn for him. Not because it’s bad, but because he’s been so incredible throughout the year and the run of this book. This cover is gorgeous, and I love the way astral Legion’s path makes the blindfold for…Blindfold. It’s great storytelling on a cover, and it underlines just how gifted this dude really is. Crushing it right now, he is.
2. Fearless Defenders #2
Art by Marcos Martin
I’m going to keep this simple. Marcos Martin doing a kind of pulp/blaxploitation influenced cover for The Fearless Defenders is my kind of awesome. There isn’t much else to be said. Marcos Martin is a flat out genius.
1. Batman #18
Art by Greg Capullo
For the second straight month, Greg Capullo makes the list, and why the hell not? This cover is so simple, yet so iconic and haunting. In a month where we’re going to see odes to the death of Damian Wayne everywhere, seeing such a restrained and powerful piece from one of the modern art legends is a joy to behold. Absolutely killer stuff, and sad. Oh so sad.
