Wizard Magazine Front Cover.

The magazine 'WIZARD' is a well known magazine in the 'comic' world. The head- mast  is big and bold, making it stand out and grab the readers attention. The colour of the font is white, with a red outline. This helps the writing appear more eye catching and important as it out lined. The fact the magazine can afford to have part of the name covered up, shows once again how well known the magazine is, for people to recognise the name. The head- mast goes well with the colour scheme of the cover and contrasts the background well as it shows up clearly.

The main feature of the magazine is clearly the 'Hulk' as  he takes up most of the cover. I think the image of the hulk really catches your eye and almost looks 3D which would really appeal to the readers. The magazine looks interesting to readers who are into comic books, as there is a lot going on in the cover, as the background connotes that an explosion of some sort. The reason this makes me think that is because the hulk is a marvel character, and gets angry very quickly, and the more angry he becomes and the more you try to hurt him the more stronger he gets and goes around destroying whatever comes in his path. The fact his clothes are all ripped also suggest this, and the flames coming off of him show that they do not hurt him and that he is somewhat invisible.

The colour scheme the artist has chosen displays a lot of anger and power. This will entice the readers, as they will want to know why the hulk is like this. The hulk is typically green and for some reason shown as being red in this magazine, therefore this shows that something unusual has happened to the hulk maybe, and the readers may want to find out inside what it is about. However this could just be the way the artist has chosen to design the magazine this time to try and make it look different and to appeal to the readers more, instead of seeing a 'typical hulk', that people are used to seeing. Making him look different, creates all different types of stories in the readers head, for example, has he turned bad, has he changed for good and whats happened. All of these thoughts in a readers head, will make them want to buy the magazine to find out all about it.

The words ' red  hulk' stand out clearly in black font, this is so it doesn't blend in with any other colours on the cover. The rest of the texts on the magazine are all placed on the left hand side to make sure the cover doesn't look too busy or to get in the way of the main feature. The way they have arranged all the text still looks neat and very professional. The use of the bold writing makes it all seem more exiting, as well as the use of the explanation marks, emphasising on the text. At the very top of the magazine it says ' secret  invasion' in bold red letters, this will excite the reader and make them want to read on and find out what this 'secret' is. The fact its in bold letters too at the top of the page suggest it could be an important invasion and a pretty big one too. Next to it in smaller letters, talks about the favourite skrull stories of Bendis. Only comic readers would understand what that means, and therefore it wouldn't appeal to any other audience.

The target audience would stereotypically relate to men in their 40s or younger who collect these magazines and that are interested in the marvel characters and have followed it for a long time. Another audience that this magazine may appeal too is to young boys or teenage boys who are also into this kind of stuff and watching the films. The barcode is also presented on the magazine too at the bottom so that it is out of the way. The small writing around the magazine too, shows that it is less important to the readers as it doesn't stand out at all, and is hard to read and to notice, if you were to just look at the magazine at a glance.