Ed Benes SUPERMAN/WONDER WOMAN #16 Cover Revealed

SUPERMAN/WONDER WOMAN #16 is out on February 11. The issue was originally solicited with a cover by interior artist, Doug Mahnke. DC has sent us the new cover by Ed Benes to share with everyone.

SUPERMAN/WONDER WOMAN #16

(W) Peter J. Tomasi (A) Doug Mahnke, Jaime Mendoza (CA) Ed Benes

Superman and Wonder Woman come face-to-face with the newest arrival to The New 52: MAGOG!

Item Code: DEC140315 In Shops: 2/11/2015 SRP: $3.99

Here's the cover originally solicitied:

That's a lot of bad guys!

Minotaur Madness!

Why does Circe looks alike Harley Quinn?

@mak13131313:

It is Circe and her beastmorph army of course there will be lot of minions.

This got released a whole month ago

Thought it was Discord on a throne of Gats. But, then I remembered the awesome version from Azarello.

It's great to see circe but why magog? They should hav left him off dead.

Glad to see back Magog. He is no joke.Add Circe in the mix and this shall be good.

Because that's what happens when you skip the services of a character designer. Am I the only one who thinks American comics have a big aesthetical problem, especially since their big Japanese competitor is so strong in that department

I thought it was some vampiress. lol

Cool to see Magog. Wonder if he's all-new or the one from KC

There is a lot (A LOT) of anime and manga that makes use of "only six faces" to avoid that problem, though.

Ha!

Old news is old G-Man.

@foamborn:

Well manga/anime also have aesthetical problems sometimes. I have notice this before but i never saw a explanation why she looks alike that specially since she looks very different from New Earth Counterpart. I also notice that Bruce Wayne, Jason Todd and Billy Batson have sometimes same short black hair with blue eyes but with different ages.

@meatwadf:

Sure Circe looks alike one. But Minotaurs and Boars and cyclops vampire army would be the awesome thing that someone could think or stupidest thing that someone could think.

@foamborn: lol, seriously? Japan is usually awful with aesthetics. When I was younger I use to think they had the best art/animation around, but after growing up with it and then being exposed to comics I can defiantly say comics have much much better aesthetics.

Six is still way better than one. It's not usual to see homogenous looking characters, with nigh-indistinguishable personalities and a blank inscrutable countenance in comic books.

different strokes for different folks I guess.

Oh, don't get me wrong. I enjoy anime and manga, just pointing out that they have different tricks they employ to keep things consistent.

@foamborn: I suppose so

I would make the argument that it's far more common to see limited faces in manga and anime than in stuff in the states, if only because of the different schedules that manga and anime have to keep to (and different budgets). I enjoy both, but it's just another trick that they use to keep things rolling, much like artists in US comics have a variety of tricks they use to keep on schedule.

Actually he was, since he was designed as a parody of everything Waid/Ross disliked about character designs from the 90'ties. Which ofc hurt Liefeld's feelings because Magog looks a heck of a lot like Cable.

@outside_85: I am talking about his powers.Who he looks does not change how powerful he is.

This looks very interesting. Im a new 52 reader and im exited to see Mangog in action.

Those covers look beautiful btw.

Yet manga outsells american comics by a sizable margin so they must be doing something right.

@foamborn: Yeah, almost every manga series has a well made animated series to go with it. What do comics have? virtually nothing. If American comics got that same treatment then they'd be doing just as well. maybe even better.

Why is he carring a gun?

HA! Didn't even notice the gun...

I'm guessing those numbers are from Japan. They also sell used girl panties and have air sex contests.... Japan ain't right at all.

and a knack for creating immersive, captivating stories that are usually fantastically well designed and easy on the eyes. I think comics could benefit greatly from the insight of professional character designers. The half-assed character designs and the less than perfect mise en scnène can be quite off putting.

Yea. The new cover is more pleasing. Cluttered but pleasing.

Is....Is that Circe if so....I'M HAPPY, however this is my favorite art as her

@foamborn: It's not an American thing per se. It is an Ed Benes thing. All his faces look the same no matter who he draws.

circe was always my favorite Wonder Woman. They had the same views(somewhat), but went about them differently.

Cool covers