Every week there’s a real horny that hits the stands of new comics. Readers often know exactly what they are most interested in (they have their pull lists sitting in the reliable hands of comic shops), but they are sometimes told about opposing that old trim and judging the book by its cover.
Some truly amazing cover art hits every week. These were the ones that caught Colin’s eye for the week of July 16th, 2025.
Batman/Superman: The World’s Best #41
Cover by Dan Mora
It’s a strange party and everyone is invited. Of the crew, I really love Jimmy Olsen, like Larch on the right. Colors are a certain type of flashy (this is not that it’s not great, however, the Bizarrow world works in other levels of color aesthetics).
Blood Brothers Mother #4
Variants by Paul Pope
I’m just soaked up in my bloody brother’s mother, so I don’t know who this native Hardus is, but they look great. Some real old West talents (and the top of that tattered civil war nods to history against leather). These colors are spotted in Utah. I don’t know if I was in that desert, or not, in itself, is the place where the book is set up.
The death of Silver Surfer #2
Cover by Dike Ruan
This column worries Silver Surfers will get heavier until the book wraps up in a few months. Repeated readers may know that your humble host has something for both the creepy skull and the galactos. This image gives us both and the horrifying concept of an infinite universe that gives us the ghosts.
Detective Comic #1099
Variant by Jerry
Jerry plays on the whims of a mad cap here. The colours are eye-opening, there is a lot of unspoken action, and it’s hard to help but wonder what the crew has done with this pop art buggy.
Gi Joe #9
Variants by John Amor
The Energy Universe book made me quite nostalgic in an age where you can wander around Pamidas and similar Pamidas and find nested pegboards full of beloved Jaws. Transformers of the same era had completely different aesthetics (or, if you recall correctly, a colorful, computerized grid). There is no better way to show that this Autobot has secured Joe Camp residency. Rather than repackaging him into toy style.
M#1 giant size house
Variants by Phil Noto
Its Quesada cover is one of the most memorable Marvel comic covers of the era. How terrifyingly surreal and how awful is it at the way Wanda’s hexagonal forces manifest? I love this Noto version. This is pretty close to the original and retains the artist’s more painterly aesthetic.
New Gods #8
Variants by Javier Rodriguez
This Rodriguez’s Big Barda reminds me of a bit of Blue Stim from the spot art, created during the reign of the DC Animation Universe, to a considerable portion of his bold pinup in his distinctive, square style. Rodriguez elevates all his own artwork with a kind of abstract reality, an aesthetic conference form.
Superman Unlimited #2
Variants by Frank Cho
What awful! The absurd camera look of Supes’ “Oh Woe Is Me” hears the cartoonish “whomp-whomp” in your head. Oh, again this seems to imply, he all those bad anti-heroes do their best to maximize the annoyance.
