COMICS: Variant Covers For ASTONISHING X-MEN #50 And BATMAN INCORPORATED #1

COMICS: Variant Covers For ASTONISHING X-MEN #50 And BATMAN INCORPORATED #1

Hit the jump to check out John Cassaday's Astonishing X-Men #50 variant (which pays homage to the first issue he worked on with Joss Whedon) and Frank Quitely's take on the dynamic duo on the cover of Batman Incorporated #1.

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By JoshWilding - Apr 25, 2012 02:04 AM EST
Filed Under: Comics

This May, with fans all over the world wondering who will say “I Do” – Marvel is proud to present your first look at superstar artist, John Cassaday’s jaw-dropping variant to "Astonishing X-Men" #50! Join us for this momentous occasion as this landmark issue not only celebrates an anniversary, but sets up a major turning point for two characters!




ASTONISHING X-MEN #50
Written by MARJORIE LIU
Pencils by MIKE PERKINS
Variant Cover by JOHN CASSADAY


• BATMAN, INCORPORATED makes its NEW 52 debut with an all-new first issue!
• The series hits the ground running as BATMAN and ROBIN face off against the assassin GOATBOY!
• LEVIATHAN’S sinister mission revealed!




BATMAN, INCORPORATED #1
Written by GRANT MORRISON
Pencils by CHRIS BURNHAM
1:25 Variant Cover by FRANK QUITELY


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Ceejay
Ceejay - 4/25/2012, 2:30 AM
Frank Quitely still draws the most ugly and unfavourable looking characters in comics!
Jolt17
Jolt17 - 4/25/2012, 2:37 AM
Two of my favorite comic book artists, in one article...oh, my.
felixxx
felixxx - 4/25/2012, 2:41 AM
Not impressed with either
Sparrowsabre7
Sparrowsabre7 - 4/25/2012, 3:18 AM
Nice callback to Cassady's first Astonishing cover, although, what's with Logan's new suit? Eyeholes instead of white lenses? ick... Also the only other changes seem to be the gloves and boots and belt... why alter it at all if it's going to be so minor?
JDUKE25
JDUKE25 - 4/25/2012, 5:30 AM
yeah...neither are really that good
BenRileyLives
BenRileyLives - 4/25/2012, 6:13 AM
Cassady is an awesome interior artist. I admit I first hated Quitely's art with New X-Men, but it grew on me with All Star Superman. You eventually learn to like the chubby faces and Jay Leno chins.
MrE
MrE - 4/25/2012, 6:17 AM
Quitely is just a great artist. I understand why he doesn't tickle the taste buds of everyone, but my word! The man can flat out draw some stuff. The realism he brings to human form are the best part of it. His characters don't look stylized. They look like they have joints that actually move and can only do certain things.
MrE
MrE - 4/25/2012, 6:21 AM
The chick in Cassady's is Warbird. Alien warrior. His cover isn't bad either.
comicb00kguy
comicb00kguy - 4/25/2012, 6:27 AM
Quitley may not be photo-realistic like Alex Ross, but I still really like his art. His characters are always realistically posed (one place I do like realism in comics is in the art- I don't like characters that are contorted in ways the human anatomy was never meant to be contorted or that are violating basic laws of physics), and he has an excellect storytelling style. I'll grant that his style is a little quirky, but in a good way. I really enjoyed his run on X-Men.

Cassady is another of the best artists around today. but I don't like eyeholes instead of white lenses on Wolverine. His whole costume just looks off- is that some new thing he's doing? He looks like an old '70s masked wrestler.
thalidomide
thalidomide - 4/25/2012, 6:29 AM
imnotwearinghockeypants
imnotwearinghockeypants - 4/25/2012, 6:55 AM
Not my favorite drawing of his, but you're really missing the boat if you think Frank Quitely is a horrible artist. He's one of the best all-time.
SpiderBat209
SpiderBat209 - 4/25/2012, 7:41 AM
What happened to the Good Ol' Days of McFarlane, Jim Lee, Silvestri, Valentino, Portacio, Erik Larson, Simon Bisely, Tony Daniels, Alex Ross, etc.

No Liefeld, though. lol
REDSTORM
REDSTORM - 4/25/2012, 8:43 AM
That Batman looks more like Grayson than Bruce.
BezierCurve
BezierCurve - 4/25/2012, 9:13 AM
That is Quite Frankly one of the best Batman and Robin illustrations of all time.
Bark4Soul
Bark4Soul - 4/25/2012, 9:40 AM
No disrespect to anyone who likes them but BOTH artists have crap styles to me. Can't stand it, Astonishing X-Men is the X-book that does not fit, look at that roster! Also how is Wolverine running this team, X-Force, his school, his solo stuff, AND...however many Avenger team's he's currently on...at the same time? They have whored him out to where there is no feasible contuinity with him, end this book asap...my two cents, /rantoff
thereverendjonnynemo
thereverendjonnynemo - 4/25/2012, 9:42 AM
@BezierCurve

Hah! I see what you did there....
RexDartEskimoSpy
RexDartEskimoSpy - 4/25/2012, 9:56 AM
I think we're all missing the bigger issue here:

GOATBOY? *sigh* Get Grant Morrison the f*ck away from Batman.
manymade1
manymade1 - 4/25/2012, 3:00 PM
I honestly don't understand how anyone can like Quietly's art.
LegendaryOutlaw
LegendaryOutlaw - 4/25/2012, 3:14 PM
Robin looks like the toy in his cereal wasn't the exact racecar he wanted!
AUSSYACE
AUSSYACE - 4/26/2012, 1:44 AM
That X-Men team looks GAY...
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