Adam Strange Cover by Mike Zeck
Fanzine culture was a great place for young artists to build an audience while developing their craft, and this cover by Zeck for the Rocket’s Blast Comicollector (RBCC) No. 132, December 1976 is a great example.
While Adam Strange’s early 1960s heyday was part of the past, this piece shows characters like his were still on readers’ minds. Here it is layed out with 1976 DC trade dress.
Colour by me.
As published. Rocket’s Blast Comicollector (RBCC) No. 132, December 1976.
Zeck’s piece is an homage to Mystery in Space No. 65 by Carmine Infantino & Joe Giella.
Original art scan from Heritage Auctions.
Art made production ready. Removing halftone dots from an art scan is tedious and it sucks.
Colour version.
Re-created 1961 trade dress added.
Re-created 1976 trade dress added.
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