Cover Up 9: Punk vs. Prime

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Covers, Covers, Covers… Prime Robots and Punk Mutants!

This week on the podcast Johnny and Brian are talking about comic book covers again. This time around Johnny has Optimus Prime and Brian has Quentin Quire! Plus Chuck Bartowski is SHAZAM! Thor opens to a huge overseas box office! Mark Hamill’s personality explodes into different parts in a Justice League Action short.

News Bites

Zachary Levi cast as Shazam
Thor: Ragnarok Opens to Thunderous $107.6M Overseas
Mark Hamill appears as himself in this Justice League Action short

Cover Up

Optimus Prime – Johnny

The Transformers (2009 IDW) #1
(RI cover) Artist – Tim Doyle

The Transformers Dark Cybertron #1 (Virginia Comicon Convention exclusive)
Artist – Romulo Farjardo Jr., Rob Liefeld

The Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #1 (Yesteryear Comics ex.)
Artist – Urszulla Mos, Jamie Tyndall

The Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #10
Artist – Tim Scioli

Transformers Generation 2 (Marvel) #1
Artist – Derek Yaniger

Transformers Timelines #7 (Fun Publications) (Diamond ex.)
Artist – Thomas Deer, Dan Khanna

Quentin Quire – Brian

First appearance: New X-Men #134
Created by:
Grant Morrison
Frank Quitely

Summary:

Quire made his first appearance in New X-Men #134 (January 2003). His first appearance as Kid Omega and the first appearance of the Omega Gang were in New X-Men #135 (February 2003). Grant Morrison has cited The Sekhmet Hypothesis as an influence on the story as well as Quire’s angry punk rock aesthetic, referring to it in his book, Supergods. Quire becomes a student at the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning in X-Men: Regenesis (December 2011).

Wolverine and the X-Men: Alpha and Omega #1
Written by: Brian Wood
Art by: Roland Boschi & Max Brooks

A+X #4
Written by:
Kaare Kyle Andrews
Jason Latour
Art by:
Kaare Kyle Andrews
David Lopez
Cover Artist(s):
Mark Brooks

Wolverine and the X-Men Vol. 1 #3
Written by: Jason Aaron
Art by:
Chris Bachalo
Duncan Rouleau
Matteo Scalera

Inks by:
Mark Irwin
Jaime Mendoza
Victor Olazaba
Tim Townsend
Al Vey

Colored by:
Jason Keith

Wolverine and the X-Men Vol. 2 #4
Written by: Jason Latour
Art by: Mahmud A. Asrar
Cover by: Mahmud A. Asrar

Wolverine and the X-Men Vol. 1 #3
Written by: Jason Aaron
Art by: Chris Bachalo
Cover by: Chris Bachalo and Tim Townsend

New Comics This Week

Johnny

GRAVEDIGGERS UNION #1
GREEN LANTERNS #34
NIGHTWING #32
NO 1 WITH A BULLET #1
PAPER GIRLS #17
STAR WARS DARTH VADER #7
VOLTRON LEGENDARY DEFENDER VOL 2 #2
VOLTRON LEGENDARY DEFENDER VOL 2 #3
WALKING DEAD #173

Brian

ARCHIE #25 CVR B
ASTONISHING X-MEN #5
BATMAN #34
BATMAN WHITE KNIGHT #2
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #146
NIGHTWING #32
OPTIMUS PRIME #12 CVR A
PAPER GIRLS #17
STAR WARS DARTH VADER #7
VOLTRON LEGENDARY DEFENDER VOL 2 #2
VOLTRON LEGENDARY DEFENDER VOL 2 #3
WALKING DEAD #173

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