Hey my CHU friends! Getting this out a bit late this week…later than my usual lateness…so going to skip the small talk and jump right into the picks this week’s FOC!
Covers
Do you think if CGC witnessed Dog Pool putting his print in ink on a cover of this book, it’d get a yellow label? How can you not love this little guy?! Just a few more days and we’ll see this guy on the big screen! Cover of the week!!
I like this cover, not only because it’s pitting two ghost riders against each other, but it’s got that Silver Surfer 4 homage feel to it.
Ultimate Spider-Man #8 (Luciano Vecchio Variant) 2
Kingpin gathers his own Sinister Six, starting with this book. And it looks like all of the members are on this cover. I almost didn’t see Mysterio back there.
Here’s a book that doesn’t come out until September. And it has a lenticular variant. I assume the images show are the lenticular movements. Could be under ordered.
Reprints
Apparently this is a negative space variant…not a lot of negative space to be had here.
Secret Wars facsimiles still going strong.
Another classic key gets the foil fax treatment. There is an odd Beetlejuice variant as well. That’s different.
Indy Spotlight
A manga-influenced teen adventure set in the strange post-apocalyptic America… of 1955. From the team behind the seminal Vertigo series American Vampire!
What got my attention here was this is written by Scott Snyder with art by Rafael Albuquerque.
Pick of the Week
No never-before-seen EXCEPTIONAL X-MEN to see here!
Per Marvel.com this series will introduce three all-new mutants who turn to Kitty and Emma for help with their emerging gifts: the metallic and whip-wielding Bronze, the emotion-stirring Axo, and the stealth-skilled fighter Melee!
I believe all three are on cover A and will appear in this book. No brainer Dirty D Pick-Of-The-Week here.
Also, the Bronze open order variant cover also feature one new character (see below). But just be warned it has virgin ratio variant as well, so I’m sticking with Cover A.
Parting Words
That’s it for this week. This was a bit rushed, so add your own picks on the comments if I missed anything!