Best Comic Book Covers of the Week: 10/3/14

Welcome back to Best Comic Covers of the Week! As you may have guessed from the title, this is a weekly piece where we briefly discuss what covers made our socks blow right off of our feet. It may not have said that in the title, but you knew it was happening. The staff of Comic Vine has a few books picked out for you and we put it in this nice little package. Let's get started.

AMERICAN VAMPIRE: SECOND CYCLE #5 by Rafael Albuquerque

First up is AMERICAN VAMPIRE: SECOND CYCLE #5 by Rafael Albuquerque.

THOR #1 by Russell Dauterman

Next is THOR #1 by Russell Dauterman.

BUCKY BARNES: THE WINTER SOLDIER #1 by Steve Epting

Here's BUCKY BARNES: THE WINTER SOLDIER #1 by Steve Epting.

GOTHAM ACADEMY #1 by Becky Cloonan

Next up is GOTHAM ACADEMY #1 by Becky Cloonan.

SPIDER-MAN 2099 #4 by Francesco Mattina

Finally, here's SPIDER-MAN 2099 #4 by Francesco Mattina.

Sadly, there is no Twitter pic this week, since the whole hashtag thing on Twitter is still not letting us see your picks. We'll try again next week.

There you have it! Let us know in the comment section below what covers you loved! Also, check us out on Twitter and let us know on Wednesdays and Thursdays what covers you loved using #CVCovers. Maybe next week, Twitter will be actually working correctly! See you folks next week!

I miss the reasoning.

I dig the Spider-Man 2099 cover.

good covers, but none of these stand out to me that much. I don't why the main Winter Soldier #1 cover wasn't included. There were also other amazing covers

@dagmar_merrill said:

Me too.

@pikahyper: those are awesome. Dream Thief cover is beautiful and Adventure Time cover is adorable. BMO is my favorite. Cap and DOW covers are also great.

I thoroughly enjoyed the retro stylings of

...as do I, because the inclusion of Gotham Academy is bewildering.

Anyone seen that thor 1 hastings deadpool cover? Is awesome, some post pic.

@madeinbangladesh: I, like the authors, prefer the variant to the Direct Edition of Winter Soldier.

...But that Death of Wolverine variant you shared is the business.

@madeinbangladesh: That is the best cover Dream Thief has had, I was stunned when I first saw it :P I love BMO and seeing him rock out is awesome :D The Cap cover is breathtaking and Wolverine is very unique especially when looking at the full size image and seeing the intricate details that make up the costume.

Grayson cover was better than Thor

Justice League #34 cover is amazing

@dagmar_merrill: Me too, bro...me too

What happened to the explanations for each cover?

@overlander said:

I thoroughly enjoyed the retro stylings of

@dagmar_merrill said:

I miss the reasoning.

...as do I, because the inclusion of Gotham Academy is bewildering.

Not a book I buy but a great retro cover, the best cover I've seen this week. Out of the books that I do buy my favorite was Nailbiter #6.

This "Best Comic Book Covers of the Week" felt like the writer rushed.

Armor Hunters: Aftermath was another that deserved to be on here.

Dat BMO cover doe!