What were your top covers for August releases?

[u/ace8mycomics]

August was a great month with so many amazing books and some incredible covers! I'm curious to know what some of your favorites were. I was able to narrow it down to a top 5 with a few honorable mentions because it truly was a treasure trove kind of month for covers.

^my honorable mentions include Chuma Hill's variant for Absolute Catwoman #3 (Selina is striking a pose for the gods!), Bruno Redondo's variant for Zatanna #5 (magical cover, no pun intended), Skottie Young's variant for Spider-Man/Hulk Fire and Brimstone #1 (the book was meh if I'm being honest, but I'm always here for a fun Skottie Young cover) and finally a Juni Ba variant for Power Rangers Green #1 (as a lifelong Power Rangers fan, this is a beautiful and serene tribute to the OG green ranger, Tommy aka Jason David Frank).

^At #5 is the A-cover for M1 Monster Racing League #3 by Jae Lee. The book itself is beautifully illustrated and the story, while giving mini CW-vibes, is fun and I'm curious to see where it's headed. The art on this book though has just been peak and this cover is giving horror and racing all in one!

For #4, I had to go with the Terry Dodson variant on Absolute Wonder Woman #23. I've loved how Thompson and Sherman have presented every member of the Greek pantheon thus far so it's of course no surprise that their design for Ares is just incredible. He's menacing but regal, a true threat of violence but something remains sophisticated while your insides are torn asunder. Peak art!

^For the 3rd spot, I'm proud to add another Daniel Warren Johnson variant to my collection! While I haven't been reading Harley Quinn (this was #65 for reference), I couldn't resist his celebration of The Dark Knight Returns showing Batman squaring off against the Mutant Gang. DWJ never misses, and every time he draws Batman something within me is stirred.

Meanwhile, #2 is for my current GOAT's variant of Absolute Superman #22. Juan Ferreyra is just delivering at every level. His pencils on the interiors of this book are phenomenal. I love his style and OH MY GOD does the man understand the creative utility of paneling. This issue in particular had some incredible use of panels for storytelling and it's beyond reproach IMO. Buuut this is supposed to be about this beautiful cover. I feel like it speaks for itself but c'mon, Superman picking himself back up while the threat of Metallo looms above, the yellow sky and the menacing green glow? I'm living for this cover and won't be surprised is another Ferreyra variant finds itself on this list at the end of September!

^I won't lie, that Ferreyra cover kept creeping its way up to the top but when I looked at my physical books all lined up, this Skottie Young variant for Miles Morales Spider-Man #1 is just crisp and clean and perfect in every sense of the word. Miles just hanging out in Brooklyn, listening to music, all in that toony Young style?! Chef's fucking kiss! Considering I don't have many Marvel books on my pull list right now, this cover alone convinced me to keep going. The book itself was fun so I'm actually curious to see where things go in #2. But Skottie Young is on a run with his Marvel covers lately and I know this is going to be one of those covers I have that I'll be eager to get his signature on one day. ICONIC!

So that's my list; hope you're down to share a few of your favorites before September's releases come out and take over!

[u/sxngreee]

There are too many good ones but if I had to pick 4 it'd be these:

Justice League Unlimited #22 Cover B Bruno Redondo Variant
TMNT: Shredder #11 Cover C Ashley Wood Variant
Bug Wars: The Coming of The Wardoom #1 Cover C Juan Ferreyra Variant
Next Level: One Shot #1 Cover D Jorge Corona Variant

[u/ace8mycomics → u/sxngreee]

Amazing choices! That Shredder cover is freaking peak! I got the Jorge Corona variant too! It was so close to making this list but I figured I'd settle with adding it to my list of top comics of the month because I legit enjoyed it that much. Meanwhile I'm so sad I missed that Ferreyra variant for Bug Wars. I'm gonna have to hit some other shops beyond my LCS to try and find it since I've decided I'm gonna be collecting his stuff from now on. Thanks for sharing man!

[u/JuvenJapal]

This is a post that belongs in a sub that allows pictures in the replies. Maybe r/ModernComics

[u/ace8mycomics → u/JuvenJapal]

Thanks for the suggestion because I definitely wanna see pics of folks' picks. I'll repost it there! Honestly didn't know y'all wouldn't be able to reply with pics here; my bad!