Ooooooooooooooooooooooh.

pat32082 | November 10, 00:19 CET

It's not a Jo Chen cover!? Where'd she go?! Not that the cover is bad, it's just not... Jo Chen, you know?

hitnrun017 | November 10, 00:22 CET

'Ooooooooooooooooooooooh' about covers it.

Dan Corson | November 10, 00:27 CET

Beautiful cover!

samatwitch | November 10, 00:29 CET

Totally cool cover!

Does the tree just to the left of Buffy's head look like it has a face with a big bucktooth?

I still want to see an Alex Ross Buffy cover.

alexreager | November 10, 00:31 CET

I honestly couldn't tell that wasn't a Jo Chen cover. It's that good. One of the best yet.

Cannot wait...and yes, alexreager, an Alex Ross Buffy cover would be well beyond awesome.

UnpluggedCrazy | November 10, 00:34 CET

I'm getting a vision of FLattop Jones speaking to a tied-up and helpless Dick Tracy and letting him go because the contract on Tracy hasn't been agreed upon yet....

DaddyCatALSO | November 10, 00:55 CET

These covers have consistently been beautiful! They give the comic such an epic feel. So exciting.

5X5B | November 10, 00:59 CET

Ummmm.... the new big bad is Rorschach?

Resolute | November 10, 02:14 CET

Ha!

Dan Corson | November 10, 03:15 CET

Nice, but not Jo-Chen-nice.

NotaViking | November 10, 03:19 CET

Lovely cover!

sueworld2003 | November 10, 03:31 CET

This really is a good cover, even if it isn't Jo Chen-quality.

HydeMe | November 10, 03:38 CET

So, the new Big Bad is... a bald guy? I presume we'll see a bit more detail inside the issue itself.

Craig Oxbrow | November 10, 03:49 CET

Looks like everyone should have been nicer to Numero Cinco.

Arabchick | November 10, 03:51 CET

When season eight is all said and done they really need to release a coffee table style book of just the covers. They're great!

Out of Objects | November 10, 04:20 CET

Don't tell me that the blurb writers for comics have gone on strike, too?
There were embarrassing typos in there and heaven forbid that Buffy, even with her arsenal, is 'ill-prepared'.

Cover is pretty enough, but could someone put out an MIA on Buffy's muscle tone?

missb | November 10, 06:15 CET

No one's linked the variant cover?

The One True b!X | November 10, 06:17 CET

I am so tickled to see that the title is "A Beautiful Sunset" because . . .
I CALLED IT!

As soon as Buffy flippantly remarked that the symbol looked like "a beautiful sunset," I knew that had to be what it was.
A). Because it is just like Joss to have a flippant remark turn out to be the truth.
B). Because in a post-Chosen world where Buffy is the new Giles, it should be the Buffster who figures these things out.
C.) Because it looks like a beautiful sunset.

And of course, then with all the talk about darkness and twilight, it made it clear. But it still makes me happy to see that original Buffy line acknowledged.

But seriously, this looks and sounds amazing. It sounds like we'll finally find out who is behind that stinkin' symbol (even if it is standalone). And the juxtaposition of "beautiful sunset" with what looks to be a nasty fight is already giving me the tinglies.

[ edited by sorethumb on 2007-11-10 05:35 ]

sorethumb | November 10, 06:19 CET

bix, I think that's because we've already seen the variant before. At least I know that I have, somwhere.

And sorethumb...nice observation. I would not have remembered that line.

UnpluggedCrazy | November 10, 07:46 CET

Based on the cover, it looks like the Big Bad is also the owner of the mysterious floating boots and trench coat in issue #1...

topolino | November 11, 04:28 CET

Actually I think that makes her the new Xander. Her quips are insight. For someone who think she isn't crazy-good with symbolism, she's pretty good at it. But I think it's because she doesn't overthink it. Like finding Ethan's door.

So who is the Big Bad? Any ideas?

Sunfire | November 12, 04:35 CET