Happy Super Bowl Day, CHU! Hopefully the actual game is more exciting than this weeks FOC picks! There are not a lot…pretty low scoring game this week! So this will be quick.

COVERS

 

A little talk on the forums this past week about Eom. Not familiar personally but probably because there isn’t much (if any) of this persons work for DC or Marvel.

 

 

This week’s Rivals variant goes to ASM 69. I couldn’t tell you what skin this is (Penny Parker & Sp//dr?) as I don’t play the game (probably the only one on the planet…). I looked online but found nothing. If you know, please mention in the comments.

 

 

I still like the Sozo cover for issue 1, but Kunkka Lim giving her a run for her money on drawing Baroness as a Joe…

 

SPOILER ALERT!!!

Fantastic Four #30 (Spoiler Variant)

FANTASTIC THREE! After Ben Grimm has suffered a terrible (and very public) defeat at the hands of Doom, he has never been more vulnerable – and soon takes a shocking shortcut he won’t be able to undo! This is one Thing and Alicia story you won’t soon forget!

Thinking this cover tells the story above.

 

ALL FAX

Notable facsimiles on FOC this week.

 

A nice Jim Lee Batman vs Superman cover in the Hush series.

 

 

Sometimes you wonder “why?”. This book is thrb3rd justice league and first Amazo and Professor Ivo. Seems like there are about 1000 other gold/silver/bronze age books that should get a fax before this…but whatever.

 

 

Not sure why this book didn’t deserve the foil treatment. First Wolverine solo story by Claremont, and a nice Byrne cover. An affordable book though, if you want to pass on the fax.

 

NEW ONES

 

THE TEEN TITANS GET ARTISTIC! Say it ain’t so! The Titans’ comic book–canceled?! Desperate for a relaunch, the Titans remake themselves as everything from transforming robots to artsy, black-and-white indie comics characters. But when DC still doesn’t bite, the Titans turn to more drastic measures…like sabotage.

A $2.99 cover price is hard to beat. Comics need to don pre of this for the kids!!

 

INDY SPOTLIGHT

 

Washed-up actors Derek and Alex have been best friends ever since playing teen superheroes “Swallow” and “Buzzard” in the ’90s TV show Power Pals . Wait, you’ve never heard of it? Don’t worry, you’re not alone; it was canceled after three episodes. But that small taste of fame left them hungry for more, and they’ve been trying to get back on the Hollywood train ever since. After being fired from their studio security jobs and dropped by their agent, the middle-aged pair decide to don their old costumes, and thrust themselves back into the public eye, walking the Hollywood Boulevard alongside the popular cosplayers. When a video of the duo defending tourists from being badgered by a pair of rip-off characters goes viral, the attention inspires them to fight more crime. But when their low-level crime-fighting inadvertently disrupts the plans of a crazed crime boss, their friendship will undergo the ultimate test, and it, or they, may not survive long enough to enjoy their new found fame.

New series by Dark Horse. Something fun/different.

 

Parting (or partying) thoughts

That’s it for this week. Nothing really stood out as a pick of the week.

Enjoy the game!