It's Sunday again, and as usual, here are my picks for Judging a Comic by It's Cover! If you don't know the drill: Every Sunday, I pick one cover of the week, 3 honorable mentions, and 1 worst cover of the week. Now let's get to it!
COVER OF THE WEEK
DAREDEVIL #18
by Mark Waid and Chris Samnee
Cover by Paolo Rivera
And for the second week and counting, Marvel's covers have beaten out DC's horrible Zero Month covers for Cover of the Week! What really makes this cover astonishing though, is how Paolo Rivera's only uses these three colors (Black, red and white) to make such an amazing pin-up. I also give Mr. Rivera props for making DD's nervous system so detailed.
HONORABLE MENTIONS
BEFORE WATCHMEN: NITE-OWL #3
by J. Michael Straczynski and Andy Kubert
Cover by Chris Samnee
Another simple, yet effective cover. Readers are drawn in, wondering why Nite-Owl is beating down on Rorschach. My only complaint is... What is Archie doing in the background?
BATWOMAN #0
by JH Williams and W. Haden Blackman
Cover by JH Williams
Leave it to JH Williams to make the ONLY good #0 cover for DC. Here, Kate looks absolutely gorgeous. The colors really make this picture jump off the page, and the cape is stunning and flowing (Groan!) with detail.
LOBSTER JOHNSON: CAPUT MORTUUM #1
by Mike Mignola, John Arcudi, and Tonci Zonjic
Cover by Tonci Zonjic
As with Chris Samnee's Nite-Owl variant, we get another pulp mystery homage from Tonci Zonjic! If not for Daredevil, this would be my pick for Cover of the Week. This cover is the reverse of the old Detectie Comics covers in the 30's and 40's, with Batman towering over wherever his next adventure was. I think this works great, because the fact that the city is a part of Lobster Johnson seems to be a metaphor for his relationship with the city. It's a part of him.
WORST COVER OF THE WEEK
CATWOMAN #0
by Ann Nocenti and Adriana Melo
Cover by Guillem March
Catwoman: "I think my spine just snapped."
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