: Less importantly, I believe this little girl to be Naomi Sentzke before she
: began Spartan training. That's her helmet (the same one from the cover of
: The Thursday War) and she has blonde hair.

: She could also be Veronica Dare, of course., but that's too easy.

: A resolution on Venezia? NO! I really like it and I want more. Novels,
: comics, anime, games, radio dramas, musicals, anything! Hives of scum,
: villainy, and prosperity are amazing places.

Okay, good point. I was going to get annoyed by a Mark V[B] helmet, but if it's supposed to be a Spartan metaphor it works for me.

It's hard to tell from the cover image size if this is going to be a bad Photoshop job, but at least thematically I like it a lot more than the other one's we've gotten. I am hoping since it looks like we'll be spending a lot of time on Venezia it gives us some good insight into the lives of the civilians.

I'd like the "big issue" of Venezia to be wrapped up, but I do agree that leaving it a place always on the edges of UNSC jurisdiction would offer story opportunities down the line.