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A (ficticons) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-09-13 23:29:00

Current mood:

cold

Entry tags:

char: bucky/nomad/rikki barnes, char: colossus/piotr rasputin, char: cyclops/scott summers, char: gorilla man/ken hale, char: iceman/bobby drake, char: jimmy woo, char: m-11, char: namora/aquaria nautica neptunia, char: pixie/megan gwynn, char: rockslide/santo vaccarro, char: storm/ororo munroe, creator: gerald parel, creator: humberto ramos, creator: rafael albuquerque, genre: solicitations, group: agents of atlas, group: x-men, title: nomad: girl without a world

Some October and November solicits
The variant covers for Dark Reign X-Men vs. Agents of Atlas have been posted.

The art is by Humberto Ramos.

~~Who are the girl on bottom right of the first image and the guy on the bottom left of the second one?~~ Courtesy of

kusonaga, I now know they are Pixie and Rockslide. :)

Here's the zombie variant by Gerald Parel

All from this page at Newsarama.

The cover for Nomad: Girl Without A World #2 is also available now (the link goes to the Marvel Catalogue page, where you have to click on the preview image to see it in a larger size).

It looks like Rikki decides to take the Nomad costume, although I can't tell if she keeps her goggles or if she's wearing a mask.

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	scottyquick 2009-09-13 09:50 pm UTC (link)
	Aw, man. I loved Rikki's original costume! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	neuhallidae 2009-09-13 10:09 pm UTC (link)
	Motto. I hope it comes back, that outfit was all kinds of awesome. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	ficticons 2009-09-13 10:55 pm UTC (link)
	So did I! It was recognizable as "Bucky" but it was unique to her too, I thought. We've yet to see what she really looks like in the Nomad outfit, though. I'm pretty sure she'll rock it. :) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	halloweenjack 2009-09-14 08:06 pm UTC (link)
	Pretty good from that one glimpse, although I don't know what's up with that center seam on the pants--it tends to imply "cameltoe" even when there really isn't one. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	foxhack 2009-09-13 09:53 pm UTC (link)
	Those are goggles, allright. And I'll miss her original costume. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	ficticons 2009-09-13 11:18 pm UTC (link)
	Those are goggles, allright. Thanks. I did think it was the goggles at first, but then I remembered reading somewhere that if she changed costumes she might choose to wear a mask...and at that angle it was a bit hard to tell. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	darkknightjrk 2009-09-13 10:00 pm UTC (link)
	I never understood the appeal of the zombie varients. Some of the initial ones were clever in twisted ways, but is it really enough to buy them? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	ficticons 2009-09-13 11:07 pm UTC (link)
	Maybe they're worth something to those who are collecting them...? but I more or less agree with you. I can't really see the appeal in them either (and especially the AoA one...I mean, whatever has Venus got dripping out of her mouth? I suppose it's meant to be blood, but it just grosses me out). (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ashtoreth 2009-09-14 06:49 pm UTC (link)
	Reminds me of Bizarro Superman's strip poker game. :) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	cyberghostface 2009-09-13 10:01 pm UTC (link)
	The zombie variants are getting pretty old, IMO. I preferred seeing the variants with the Marvel hero in question in an advanced state of decomposition, myself--just having the hero shuffling forward without looking worse for the wear doesn't do much for me. That, and the Marvel Zombies aren't of the "shuffling forward with glazed eyes" variety either. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	ficticons 2009-09-13 11:11 pm UTC (link)
	Might you know when and why (or how) they started? Was it just a collector's item sort of thing? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	colonel_green 2009-09-14 12:07 am UTC (link)
	Originally this was the style used for the covers of the Marvel Zombies-related properties; after it became a hit, they started using the concept as themed variants on other comics. (Reply to this) (Parent)

cyberghostface
2009-09-14 12:11 am UTC (link)

http://marvel.com/news/comicstories.1467.October_2007_Is_Zombie_Month_At_Marvel~excl~

In October of 2007, Marvel declared it "Zombie Month" and decided to throw in some variants of the non-zombie titles of the characters as zombies. And yeah, it's pretty much all about being "collector's items". Marvel Zombies were all the rage back then, so you can expect that they milked every drop dry from their cash cow. I think they made five variant covers for the hardcover. I can understand getting the same issue a couple of times from a collector's standpoint, but a 20$ hardcover? Seriously?

I just really don't see the appeal of it anymore, and this is coming from a fan of zombies.

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	khamelea 2009-09-14 02:02 am UTC (link)
	"I just really don't see the appeal of it anymore, and this is coming from a fan of zombies." I thought you were just of a fan of Howard Sherman. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cyberghostface 2009-09-14 02:32 am UTC (link)
	He was the best part of the film. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	kusonaga 2009-09-13 10:03 pm UTC (link)
	To answer your question: Pixie on the first cover, Rockslide on the second. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	ficticons 2009-09-13 10:49 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you! I thought that might be Pixie but I wasn't sure, and I had no idea who Rockslide was. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	suzene 2009-09-13 10:12 pm UTC (link)
	These covers are giving me flashbacks to the 90's -- Lobdell, Madureira, and fifteen different mini-series a week, oh my! I kinda like it. (Reply to this)

	mugiwara 2009-09-13 11:19 pm UTC (link)
	Pixie featured on the 1st cover is good. Rockslide on the second cover is just awesome. I hope it's an indication of which characters will be in this comics (I feared it would just be the classic X-Men) (Reply to this)

	aaron_bourque 2009-09-13 11:40 pm UTC (link)
	Why does Humberto Ramos keep getting work? Yuck yuck yuck. And that "Zombie" variant isn't very zombie, really. Clothing damage doesn't say "undead" to me. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	cyberghostface 2009-09-14 12:14 am UTC (link)
	I guess it depends on how fresh the zombie is. In George Romero's Night of the Living Dead, they looked like regular people. But yeah, I agree--part of the appeal of the zombie variant covers is seeing the artists go all the way with the gory details. Not much imagination here. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	arilou_skiff 2009-09-14 08:58 am UTC (link)
	I find Ramos oddly appealing. Yes, it's ugly, but in a not-bad way. He's no Scott Young or anything, but I don't really mind his stylized art-style. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	halloweenjack 2009-09-14 08:07 pm UTC (link)
	At least he's toned down the googly eyes a little bit. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	wonderwomanhero 2009-09-13 11:43 pm UTC (link)
	what do the two covers look like combined? you can clearly see part of Jimmy's arm by Storm. (Reply to this)

	mullon 2009-09-14 12:24 am UTC (link)
	Why does Humberto Ramos keep getting work? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	colonel_green 2009-09-14 12:53 am UTC (link)
	Someone apparently likes his stuff (I don't get it, but I don't get why Greg Land is still employed either). (Reply to this) (Parent)

	scottyquick 2009-09-14 01:20 am UTC (link)
	People liked him on Impulse and thought he'd be a good fit otherplaces? Which is a bit like saying "mmmmm popcorn. this would go great with my pasta meat loaf" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aaron_bourque 2009-09-14 03:33 am UTC (link)
	He wasn't so stylistic on Impulse. His art was pretty good . . . for a light-hearted series starring a prepubescent/growing teen. His style is ATROCIOUS for adults, and he's just gotten more and more excessive with his artistic flourishes. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	deepspaceartist 2009-09-14 12:53 am UTC (link)
	Oh man. Cyclops, Iceman, Colossus and Rockslide. The guy with the guns is screwed. 3/4 of his opponets are immune to bullets. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	aaron_bourque 2009-09-14 03:34 am UTC (link)
	1)Colossus 2)Rockslide 3)??? Jimmy Woo is still good enough to take 'em out. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	suzene 2009-09-14 05:29 am UTC (link)
	Iceman's reformed from being shattered before. Bullets probably aren't that big a deal for him if he's not all fleshy and squishy. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	deepspaceartist 2009-09-14 11:24 am UTC (link)
	Iceman. He is organic ice when in iceform, and even when shattered or completely vaporised he can just reform himself. Really, Bobby is immune to conventional methods of attack alltogether. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	buttler 2009-09-14 04:16 am UTC (link)
	Funny how I was thinking exactly the opposite: "Jeez, those kids are SO outclassed." (Reply to this) (Parent)

	kamikazescot 2009-09-14 05:29 am UTC (link)
	Storm is looking very boobalicious up there. (Reply to this)

	comicoz 2009-09-14 03:57 pm UTC (link)
	Let's see...I need to do mouths for Cyclops and Colossus. Oh, lets see, here's a handy tiger picture I can copy. Cut, paste ,resize for other mouth. Done! When's lunch? (Reply to this)