The Faces of Glory - Alan Moore's Glory #2 [Park Variant, Avatar Press]

The last of my covers from my store, and definitely one of my favourites. This, it seems to me, is Glory the superhero doing something righteous. I know it sounds silly, but given the pose, the speed-line-like background, the slightly out of it look on Glory's face, it's like she's welling up some all mighty punch to deliver to a demon that's about to eat the Earth, or something.

Y'know. Or something.

I really like Andy Park's covers. He's got one more variant that, glancing at the thumbnail, I'm not totally sold on, but I'll wait to see it for real before making any judgment.

This is the Andy Park variant of issue #2, published by Avatar Press. I know that my interpretation of the various themes I see in these covers very much elides the fact that all of the covers really have been of a scantily-clad woman conforming to the societal norms or expectations of feminine beauty. Please know that I know.

The Faces of Glory - Alan Moore's Glory #0 [Park Variant, Avatar Press]

Andy Park's Glory is the most superheroic of the bunch. This is a very important facet of the character, a remembrance of Wonder Woman from whence she sprang. I like this interpretation of the character - there's something of that Supermanesque nobility to her demeanour.

This is the Andy Park variant of issue #1 of Avatar's series. It apparently comes in a platinum foil edition, which I have to admit would look kind of cool. Fingers crossed.

The 40 Years of Comics Project - Day 1243: The Magdalena / Blood Legacy Preview #1, 2000

I do find preview issues like this to be interesting. It's neat to see what the page looks like at particular parts of the production process. And this looks like an interesting series, to be honest. I'm always curious to see the ways that people integrate the Christian faith into magical/superhero universes. What I'm pretty floored by, however, is the pricetag on this one, which is $7.80 CDN!! That's nuts for a pencil-only preview of two new series. I'm pretty sure I got this as a benefit of being a retailer when it came out, as with the M.Rex Preview from a few days back. Perhaps had I sold them at these prices, I might have stayed in business.

More to come...