Tsk, tsk! Some covers are just poorly executed and thus are held up for public execution. This month's victim? Wolverine #4 (2010) by Tim Bradstreet.
I mean, the cloud renderings are pretty while being undistracting, and the attitudes depicted on their faces are fine. The size relationship is perfect, too.
But it's weird that the musculature on Colossus is so wrong, bubbling up in all the wrong places. And his arms seem truncated and out of proportion, just so that his hands could end up in the right position. But what position are those hands? Are they meant to be grabbing Wolverine's neck? And why is Wolvie's neck so elongated when you consider the distance of his chin? Are Wolverine's claws meant to be stabbing Colossus? Because the left hand one is angled weird to really emphasize soemthing that should be so shocking, and the right hand one has suddenly grown an extra foot. Speaking of an extra foot, I think Colossus' legs might be out of proportion, too, but it's difficult to say as the artist deliberately hid the feet of his characters. Then there's the inconsistent light source. If you are going to have realistic rendering, you might as well have a realistic light source, or at least one that is deliberately used. There are shadows falling all over the place here!
Also-- Colossus needs a distinctive costume. But that's neither here nor there.
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