Halloween is over but this week gave us some great holiday themed comics. We’ve looked at the best ones currently in print that aren’t Marvel Zombies or The Walking Dead. That being said, those books had stiff competition to make my list of great covers and panels for the week.
We start with a wonderfully horror genre comic Hellraiser Annual #2. This cover is a wonderful use of contrast, patterns and then playing those together with the negative areas. It’s really quite beautiful how menton3 put it all together with the lens as a focal point.
The cover of Deadpool Kills Deadpool issue 4 of 4 is Mike Del Mundo creating a minimalist masterpiece. I wouldn’t be surprised to see this design on t-shirts in the near future. This comic will get noticed on the rack and let the potential reader know what they’re in for without seeing a single page.
I like Art Baltazar’s cartooning. This wasn’t out for the holiday but if you were your LCS on Wednesday and wanted a book to entice your kids to Trick or Treat at the shop on Thursday, Itty Bitty Hellboy #3 was a great pick. Also, the story writing is clever enough for an adult while being simple enough for most first graders.
Kevin Eastman is amazing isn’t he? Growing up, my favorite Turtle was Michelangelo. I learned the nunchuka and even made my own custom pair. They looked nowhere near as cool as the variant cover B to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #27. In my mind though, they were totally bodacious!
My final pick is a book I haven’t had a chance to crack yet. I want to set aside some serious time to concentrate on The Sandman Overture #1. The extra sized issue is more of the same quality of amazing that the cover is. J.H. Williams III killed it on Batwoman and that same spectacular art is on display here. Take it in and then pick up the issue if you haven’t already.
My favorite panels this week were hard to find. There were so many great books this week but nothing really stood out as a singular moment of greatness. I felt like I was hunting for treats and coming up with nothing but tricks. The good news though, is that several books provided and the first one you should take a look at comes from Ash and the Army of Darkness #1. If you can’t hear Bruce Campbell’s signature suave voice in your head as you read this book, maybe I’m the crazy one – but I doubt it.
Swamp Thing Annual #2 is more of Charles Soule’s story about the Green pitting the Seeder against Swamp Thing to determine who will be their avatar. Sure that sounds nuts, but the Parliament isn’t always sane. This moment was chosen though, because even Alec Holland’s Swamp Thing was dressed up in costume. In fact, he wore three that I thought were fun and Javier Pina’s art made the moment look great too.
The last moment this week is a splash from X-Men Battle for the Atom #2. I don’t know where to go from here as far as what team to follow, and with Kurt Wagner AKA Nightcrawler returning next week, I’ll probably be getting 4 X-Men books now. The panel was chosen for obvious reasons to any X-Men fan. If you don’t get it just yet, or you’re not in the know, it was chosen because of the fight sequence in the lower right hand corner is a wonderful homage to the cover of the very first issue of the Uncanny X-Men #1 by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby way back in 1963.
Send me some pictures of your costume on Instagram or Twitter . I’d love to hear from you in the comments to see what your picks were this week. I’d also like to hear from you every week before 5 and 3 runs on Friday. Let me know what you think I should pick and maybe it’ll make the list! I’m always happy to find out about a great comic I haven’t had the opportunity to read just yet. That’s it for this week my Itty Bitty Hell-bots. Come back anytime, same big shiny bot-website, any bot-time.