10/30 - Hitting the bottom

If the last couple weeks were not all that great in terms of sexy covers, this last Wednesday hit rock bottom. There is not a single cover that one can confidently say it's a sexy cover, at least not  without some qualification. A fact to be sadly noticed is that after last week's Mary Jane bonanza, Marvel didn't make our selection. A comic book house famous for some of the most sexiest characters ever - the Scarlett Witch, Dazzler, Dagger, Crystal, Ms. Marvel, She-Hulk, Gamora, the list goes on and on - couldn't provide a single cover for this week's roundup.

DC, on the other hand, provides three covers; but all of them featuring female characters covered from head to toes in Kevlar-like bodysuits - even the usually more undressed Wonder Woman. Katana, on the cover of BATMAN AND THE OUTSIDERS ANNUAL #1, looks quite boobalicious, although Dexter Soy and his collaborators didn't resist the old sword/phallus semiotic substitution. Freud seems to be alive and kicking in this post-modern politicaly correct cultural atmosphere. Top marks goes to the best cover of the week - DCEASED #6 - that boasts three wonderfully bodacious anti-heroines (although one of them is a zombified Catwoman). Harley's costume's decoration marks merit a special reference, as they help our subconscious to substitute Quinn's nipples for the enticing star and diamond.

Closing this week's meager selection comes Image's KICK-ASS #18 whose cover dares to bare some cleavage, although in a bloody scenario that somehow seems to lessen the erotic impact of the cover illustration, when it should do the exact opposite.

Covers for: DCeased by Mark Brooks; Wonder Woman Annual by Tyler Khirkham & Arif Prianto; Batman and the Outsiders Annual by Dexter Soy, with Arif Prianto & Riley Rossmo; Kick-Ass by Marcelo Frusin.