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The Flash No. 282 Cover by Andru & Giordano
September 26, 2023
The Flash No. 282 Cover by Andru & GiordanoSeptember 26, 2023|In Comics, DC Super-heroes have enough trouble with the villains. So…
Green Lantern No. 29 Cover by Kane & Anderson
September 24, 2023
Green Lantern No. 29 Cover by Kane & AndersonSeptember 24, 2023|In Comics, DC It was certainly a more innocent time. It would be a…
Green Lantern No. 112 Cover by Mike Grell
September 23, 2023
Green Lantern No. 112 Cover by Mike GrellSeptember 23, 2023|In Comics, DC In the back pages of The Flash, Green Lantern had found a home…
Green Lantern Covers by Brian Bolland
September 21, 2023
Green Lantern Covers by Brian BollandSeptember 21, 2023|In Comics, DC There's a lot to be said about the lad from Lincolnshire, Brian…
Strange Adventures No. 159 Cover by Murphy Anderson
September 20, 2023
Strange Adventures No. 159 Cover by Murphy AndersonSeptember 20, 2023|In Comics, DC Who doesn't like astronauts and dinosaurs? And gosh…
Green Lantern by Bender & Giella
September 14, 2023
Green Lantern by Bender & GiellaSeptember 14, 2023|In Comics, DC When veteran artist Howard Bender posted this 1976 pin-up that he…
Limited Collectors’ Edition No. C-39 Secret Origins of Super-Villains Cover by Dick Giordano
September 13, 2023
Limited Collectors’ Edition No. C-39 Secret Origins of Super-Villains Cover by Dick GiordanoSeptember 13, 2023|In Comics, DC Here…
The Flash TV Special Cover by Williams & Robinson
September 12, 2023
The Flash TV Special Cover by Williams & RobinsonSeptember 12, 2023|In Comics, DC The 1990 Flash TV series only lasted one season,…
DC Marketing Art by Dick Giordano and Neal Adams
September 10, 2023
DC Marketing Art by Dick Giordano and Neal AdamsSeptember 10, 2023|In Comics, DC Giordano and Adams were the 'look' of DC's brand…
Hawkman by Mike DeCarlo and Scott Dutton
September 9, 2023
Hawkman by Mike DeCarlo and Scott DuttonSeptember 9, 2023|In Comics, DC Mike DeCarlo made his name as an inker who worked primarily for…
Brightest Day No. 14 Cover by Ivan Reis and Hi-Fi
September 8, 2023
Brightest Day No. 14 Cover by Ivan Reis and Hi-FiSeptember 8, 2023|In Comics, DC There have been a lot of great depictions of Deadman…
Deadman No. 1 Cover by Neal Adams
September 7, 2023
Deadman No. 1 Cover by Neal AdamsSeptember 7, 2023|In Comics, DC It was the perfect showcase for Neal Adams to work on as his first…
Limited Collectors’ Edition No. C-27 Shazam! Cover by Bob Oksner
September 4, 2023
Limited Collectors’ Edition No. C-27 Shazam! Cover by Bob OksnerSeptember 4, 2023|In Comics, DC, General Was there anything bigger…
Captain Marvel Adventures No. 151 Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger
September 2, 2023
Captain Marvel Adventures No. 151 Cover by Kurt SchaffenbergerSeptember 2, 2023|In Comics, DC, General Anyone who visits this site knows…
Sword of the Atom by Jan Strnad & Gil Kane
August 4, 2023
Sword of the Atom by Jan Strnad & Gil KaneAugust 4, 2023|In Comics, DC The Atom had initially done well in the early 1960s as part…
The Atom No. 29 Cover by Gil Kane
August 2, 2023
The Atom No. 29 Cover by Gil KaneAugust 2, 2023|In Comics, DC You have to wonder about The Thinker. That helmet looks like it might give…
Doorway to Nightmare No. 3 Cover by Michael Wm Kaluta
July 29, 2023
Doorway to Nightmare No. 3 Cover by Michael Wm KalutaJuly 29, 2023|In Comics, DC Another haunting depiction of Madame Xanadu by Kaluta.
The Fury of Firestorm No. 1 Unpublished Cover by Pat Broderick
July 28, 2023
The Fury of Firestorm No. 1 Unpublished Cover by Pat BroderickJuly 28, 2023|In Comics, DC Firestorm had debuted during that misty time…
The Best of DC Digest No. 48 Cover by Bender & Giordano
July 26, 2023
The Best of DC Digest No. 48 Cover by Bender & GiordanoJuly 26, 2023|In Comics, DC The digests were DC's reprint program during a…
The Doom Patrol vs MODOK by John Byrne
July 23, 2023
The Doom Patrol vs MODOK by John ByrneJuly 23, 2023|In Comics, DC, Marvel I've never been big on the Mechanized Organism Designed Only…
Underoos Concept Art by Alex Toth
June 3, 2023
Underoos Concept Art by Alex TothJune 3, 2023|In Comics, DC, Marvel Alex Toth was one of the true visionaries in the development of the…
Detective Comics No. 415 Cover by Adams & Giordano
March 19, 2023
Detective Comics No. 415 Cover by Adams & GiordanoMarch 19, 2023|In Comics, DC Behind this great cover by Neal Adams and Dick…
Swamp Thing No. 25 Unpublished Cover by Ernie Chan
March 16, 2023
Swamp Thing No. 25 Unpublished Cover by Ernie ChanMarch 16, 2023|In Comics, DC Those first 10 issues of Swamp Thing by writer Len Wein…
Detective Comics No. 473 Cover by Marshall Rogers
March 12, 2023
Detective Comics No. 473 Cover by Marshall RogersMarch 12, 2023|In Comics, DC With Neal Adams no longer drawing stories for DC, Batman in…
Doorway to Nightmare No. 1 Cover by Michael Wm Kaluta
March 7, 2023
Doorway to Nightmare No. 1 Cover by Michael Wm KalutaMarch 7, 2023|In Comics, DC Designed by cover illustrator Michael Wm Kaluta, Madame…
DC Super-Heroes UK Annual 1982 by Brian Bolland
February 26, 2023
DC Super-Heroes UK Annual 1982 by Brian BollandFebruary 26, 2023|In Comics, DC In 1980, British comics didn't exist for me beyond the…
Star Hunters No. 8 Unpublished Cover by Buckler & Giordano
January 6, 2023
Star Hunters No. 8 Unpublished Cover by Buckler & GiordanoJanuary 6, 2023|In Comics, DC Star Hunters had been cancelled as part of…
Mythelinies – The Connected DC Universe of David Michelinie
December 31, 2022
Mythelinies – The Connected DC Universe of David MichelinieDecember 31, 2022|In Comics, DC Back in the mid 1970s, David Michelinie had…
The House of Mystery No. 182 Cover by Neal Adams
December 28, 2022
The House of Mystery No. 182 Cover by Neal AdamsDecember 28, 2022|In Comics, DC If there were hundreds of covers like these by Adams I'd…
Christmas with the Super-Heroes No. 2 Cover by DeStefano & Mahlstedt
December 26, 2022
Christmas with the Super-Heroes No. 2 Cover by DeStefano & MahlstedtDecember 26, 2022|In Comics, DC I highly recommend this cover if…
Strange Adventures No. 149 Cover by Murphy Anderson
November 29, 2022
Strange Adventures No. 149 Cover by Murphy AndersonNovember 29, 2022|In Comics, DC, Sci Fi While this one is from 1963, it has all the…
Time Warp No. 1 Cover by Michael Wm Kaluta
June 12, 2022
Time Warp No. 1 Cover by Michael Wm KalutaJune 12, 2022|In Comics, DC, Sci Fi It was this comic from the summer of 1979 with my 14th…
The Legion of Super-Heroes No. 282 Cover by Jim Aparo
May 27, 2022
The Legion of Super-Heroes No. 282 Cover by Jim AparoMay 27, 2022|In Comics, DC Jim Aparo wasn't known for his work on the Legion, but he…
Batman No. 296 Cover by Amendola & Milgrom
May 24, 2022
Batman No. 296 Cover by Amendola & MilgromMay 24, 2022|In Comics, DC Sal Amendola has had a long career as a comic book artist and…
The New Teen Titans No. 1 Alternate Cover by George Pérez
May 12, 2022
The New Teen Titans No. 1 Alternate Cover by George PérezMay 12, 2022|In Comics, DC In 1980 I was in my first years of regularly…
Tales of the Unexpected No. 10 Cover by Mort Meskin
May 1, 2022
Tales of the Unexpected No. 10 Cover by Mort MeskinMay 1, 2022|In Comics, DC A prolific and skilled artist working in comics Golden and…
Batman by Rob de la Torre
April 30, 2022
Batman by Rob de la TorreApril 30, 2022|In Comics, DC Rob de la Torre is a Spanish artist who has done work for Marvel Comics. When he…
Superman The Secret Years No. 4 Cover by Frank Miller
April 30, 2022
Superman The Secret Years No. 4 Cover by Frank MillerApril 30, 2022|In Comics, DC Miller was at DC. While Ronin had found an audience, it…
DC Comics Presents Pin-Up by George Pérez
April 20, 2022
DC Comics Presents Pin-Up by George PérezApril 20, 2022|In Comics, DC DC Comics Presents was modelled after The Brave & the Bold,…
Wonder Woman No. 258 Cover by Delbo & Giordano
April 16, 2022
Wonder Woman No. 258 Cover by Delbo & GiordanoApril 16, 2022|In Comics, DC José Delbo was the penciller on Wonder Woman from…
Detective Comics No. 443 Alternate Cover by Walt Simonson
April 2, 2022
Detective Comics No. 443 Alternate Cover by Walt SimonsonApril 2, 2022|In Comics, DC I was just a few years too young to get comics…
Justice League of America No. 193 Cover by George Pérez
March 28, 2022
Justice League of America No. 193 Cover by George PérezMarch 28, 2022|In Comics, DC A fellow on facebook reminded me that another great…
The New Teen Titans No. 16 Cover by Pérez & Tanghal
March 27, 2022
The New Teen Titans No. 16 Cover by Pérez & TanghalMarch 27, 2022|In Comics, DC Not a lot new to say this time out, except it's…
Wonder Woman by José Luis García-López
March 13, 2022
Few artists can convey the romance, drama and power of a character like Wonder Woman better than García-López. While much of his work for…
Superman No. 338 Cover by Andru & Giordano
March 5, 2022
Superman No. 338 Cover by Andru & GiordanoMarch 5, 2022|In Comics, DC As a part of the mythos of Superman's world, the city of…
Superman No. 186 Cover by Swan & Klein
February 26, 2022
Superman No. 186 Cover by Swan & KleinFebruary 26, 2022|In Comics, DC As adult readers of comics, the lure of nostalgia can be…
Batman No. 251 Cover by Neal Adams
February 22, 2022
Batman No. 251 Cover by Neal AdamsFebruary 22, 2022|In Comics, DC Neal Adams had arrived in comics in the mid 1960s, bringing art skills…
Batman No. 291 Cover by Jim Aparo
February 20, 2022
Batman No. 291 Cover by Jim AparoFebruary 20, 2022|In Comics, DC David V Reed was a notable Batman writer, first writing the character in…
DC Special Series No. 27 Cover – Batman and the Incredible Hulk by José Luis García-López
February 19, 2022
DC Special Series No. 27 Cover – Batman and the Incredible Hulk by José Luis García-LópezFebruary 19, 2022|In Comics, DC, Marvel It was…
The House of Mystery No. 175 Cover by Neal Adams
February 17, 2022
The House of Mystery No. 175 Cover by Neal AdamsFebruary 17, 2022|In Comics, DC Kids in peril was an effective theme Adams used for his…
Limited Collectors Edition C-37 Cover – Batman by Jim Aparo
February 12, 2022
Limited Collectors Edition C-37 Cover – Batman by Jim AparoFebruary 12, 2022|In Comics, DC Another solid volume of Batman stories, these…
Limited Collectors Edition C-43 Cover by Swan & Oksner
January 31, 2022
Limited Collectors Edition C-43 Cover by Swan & OksnerJanuary 31, 2022|In Comics, DC DC's 1970s tabloids were great treasures of…
Watchmen: Tales of the Black Freighter Cover by Dave Gibbons
November 16, 2021
Watchmen: Tales of the Black Freighter Cover by Dave GibbonsNovember 16, 2021|In Comics, DC I'm guessing I don't need to tell readers…
Sword of Sorcery No. 1 Unpublished Cover by Jeffrey Catherine Jones
October 28, 2021
Sword of Sorcery No. 1 Unpublished Cover by Jeffrey Catherine JonesOctober 28, 2021|In Comics, DC The early 1970s saw an influx of new…
Stalker No. 1 Cover by Steve Ditko and Wally Wood
October 23, 2021
Stalker No. 1 Cover by Steve Ditko and Wally WoodOctober 23, 2021|In Comics, DC Another of DC's short-run comics of the 1970s, this one…
Super DC Giant S-20 The House of Mystery Cover by Neal Adams
October 20, 2021
Super DC Giant S-20 The House of Mystery Cover by Neal AdamsOctober 20, 2021|In Comics, DC Throughout the 1960s and 70s, DC Comics…
Starfire Poster by Mike Vosburg
October 17, 2021
Starfire Poster by Mike VosburgOctober 17, 2021|In Comics, DC Starfire was another creation of writer David Michelinie – creator of Claw…
Claw the Unconquered Nos. 13, 14 and 15 – Unpublished
October 11, 2021
Claw the Unconquered Nos. 13, 14 and 15 – UnpublishedOctober 11, 2021|In Comics, DC Following up on a post discussing Claw's origins, we…
Green Lantern No. 110 Cover by Mike Grell
September 5, 2021
Along with writer Denny O'Neil, artist Mike Grell had taken Green Lantern from being a back-up in The Flash and relaunched into his own mag…
Green Lantern No. 56 Cover by Kane & Anderson
September 4, 2021
A great cover to a great issue of Green Lantern from 1967. The creature is reminiscent of Jack Kirby's Thing for Marvel's Fantastic Four…
The Justice Society of America by Anderson and McCorkindale
September 1, 2021
Editor Julius Schwartz did a brilliant thing when he had Gardner Fox write "The Flash of Two Worlds" for The Flash No. 123. Bringing back…
The Arthurian Era by Brian Bolland
August 12, 2021
Crisis on Infinite Earths had concluded, turning the DC Comics multiverse into a supposedly coherent universe. The History of the DC…
Detective Comics No. 481 Unpublished Cover by Jim Aparo
July 22, 2021
Books come and books go, and in the latter half of 1978, DC Comics was in the throes of The DC Implosion and nearly half their titles…
Batman Family No. 20 Cover by Jim Starlin
July 19, 2021
It was the best Batbook of its era, and it had gotten there with new talent like Marshall Rogers, Mike Golden, Joe Staton and others…
Superman Pin-Up TPB Cover by Neal Adams
July 16, 2021
Neal Adams is recovering from an illness that nearly claimed him, and we're all reminded that those whose work we love won't be around…
Batman No. 313 Cover by José Luis García-López
July 1, 2021
This is an amazing symbolic cover. On the surface, it's merely a clever division of Two-Face's hideout, but if you extend the idea to the…
BEM No. 28 Cover by Brian Bolland
June 19, 2021
BEM No. 28 Cover by Brian BollandJune 19, 2021|In Comics, DC, General BEM – or Bemusing Magazine was a British comics fanzine of the…
Batman No. 340 Cover by Jim Aparo
June 5, 2021
Jim Aparo became so strongly associated with DC heroes like Aquaman and Batman that we sometimes forget that he was a solid horror artist…
Time Warp No. 4 Cover by Michael Wm Kaluta
April 16, 2021
As ever, I'm a sucker for a Time Warp cover drawn by Michael Wm Kaluta. How the trumpet player ended up with demons/angels on a rock in…
The Phantom Stranger No. 33 Cover by Jim Aparo
March 13, 2021
In the early 70s, both DC and Marvel went to a cover format that put solid colour behind the masthead and boxed in the cover art below it.…
The Brave & the Bold No. 122 Cover by Jim Aparo
March 10, 2021
Swamp Thing was a great comic, and the issues done by creators Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson are classic horror tales, but the book's sales…
The Brave & the Bold No. 116 Cover by Jim Aparo
March 7, 2021
Another of Aparo's inset covers for a 100-page The Brave & the Bold. A creepy idol comes to life in a supernatural team-up of Batman and…
The Brave & the Bold No. 112 Cover by Jim Aparo
February 13, 2021
In early 1974, DC Comics decided to turned part of its line into 100-page comics for 60¢ after previously releasing specials and one shots…
Wonder Woman No. 184 Cover by Sekowsky & Giordano
February 9, 2021
Coming in the middle of the New Wonder Woman run – where Diana lost her powers and resembled Emma Peel more than an Amazon princess – we…
The Brave & the Bold No. 87 Cover by Sekowsky & Giordano
February 6, 2021
I've always loved this cover with Batman driving a Formula One car of the era. But it wasn't until I found a scan of the original art that…
Wonder Woman Pin-Up by Neal Adams
January 30, 2021
I'm less of a fan of the Wonder Woman as warrior than I am of her original conception with bracelets she used to bounce bullets off of, and…
Madame Xanadu Pin-Up by Michael Wm Kaluta
January 27, 2021
Michael Wm Kaluta has been associated with Madame Xanadu from her first appearance in Doorway to Nightmare No. 1 in 1978.
World’s Finest Cover by Jim Aparo
January 8, 2021
Jim Aparo spent most of his comics career at DC Comics, associated with Batman, Aquaman, Spectre and a plethora of team-ups in The Brave…
Wonder Woman by Colleen Doran
January 7, 2021
For the better part of 40 years, Colleen Doran has had a diverse career in comics, encompassing her own epic saga A Distant Soil,…
DC Special Series No. 26 Superman and His Incredible Fortress of Solitude Cover by Andru & Giordano
January 5, 2021
One of DC's best tabloid editions was nearly its last. An all-new tale by Roy Thomas, Ross Andru, Romeo Tanghal, Gaspar Saladino and Jerry…
Batman by Alex Toth
January 4, 2021
It's just a sketch. 40 years old and fading. But nothing of its power has diminished. Few people could distill a drawing down to its…
Wonder Woman and Donald Trump by Ramona Fradon
January 3, 2021
Ramona Fradon was one of the few female artists working in professional comics in the late Golden, Silver and Bronze Ages. She had a great…
Time Warp No. 6 Cover by Michael Wm Kaluta
November 4, 2020
Time Warp lasted five issues in 1979-1980 before DC Comics cancelled it. But it's well-remembered among a certain era of readers for its…
Green Lantern by Marcio Takara
October 23, 2020
For this colouring and packaging commission, the client wanted this ink-wash drawing turned into a vintage Green Lantern cover.
Claw the Unconquered by Michelinie, Chan, Giffen et al
September 20, 2020
Claw the Unconquered was a DC Comics title that debuted in 1975. DC wanted to get a piece of the market Marvel had established with…
Salvation Run No. 7 Cover by Neal Adams
June 20, 2020
I came across the pencils for this 2008 cover by Neal Adams, loving the energy. So this time out we're going to go backward from the…
Star Hunters No. 1 Cover by Rich Buckler and Bob Layton
June 5, 2020
One of the casualties of the DC Implosion was this science fiction swashbuckler which debuted in DC Super Stars No. 16, and then continued…
Celebrating the 80th Anniversary of Robin, the Boy Wonder
February 29, 2020
Debuting in 1940, Dick "Robin" Grayson changed Batman from a vengeful, lone creature of the night into a parent with a young ward. At the…
The New Teen Titans v1 No. 21 Cover by George Pérez
February 9, 2020
From its launch in 1980, The New Teen Titans was a hit for DC Comics – arguably bringing some Marvel-style storytelling and energy to a…
The Barren Earth by Gary Cohn & Ron Randall
February 6, 2020
Throughout its run, DC Comics' The Warlord – created by Mike Grell – was the anchor of the publisher's fantasy books. It also meant a…
Wonder Woman No. 249 Cover by Buckler & Giordano
December 14, 2019
It's a great Wonder Woman drawing by Rich Buckler and Dick Giordano. Plus Hawkgirl is fluttering about like a pigeon, and some assassin…
Superman No. 344 Cover by José Luis García-López
October 24, 2019
It's most likely unique in the history of Superman covers. Superman, bright and happy, gets his powers from our yellow sun, at the mercy of…
Swamp Thing No. 6 Cover by Bernie Wrightson
October 20, 2019
Swamp Thing is one of the great American comic book horror characters. During its initial run at DC Comics in the early 1970s, each issue…
House of Mystery No. 231 Cover by Bernie Wrightson
October 15, 2019
Bernie Wrightson had just come off his groundbreaking run with writer Len Wein on Swamp Thing. He would move onto other projects, like the…
Hawkman Pencils by Patrick Olliffe
October 5, 2019
A little over a year ago, the latest Hawkman series began, this time with writer Robert Venditti and artist Bryan Hitch. After many a year…
Adventure Comics No. 469 Unpublished Cover by Jim Aparo
August 4, 2019
Covers get drawn and re-drawn all the time. For Adventure Comics No. 469 from March 1980, Jim Aparo drew both the Plastic Man and Starman…
DC Special Series No. 1 Cover by Neal Adams
August 3, 2019
DC Special Series was a catch-all for the one-off specials DC released over the following years, beginning with Five-Star Super-Hero…
Adventure Comics No. 477 Cover by Andru & Giordano
August 1, 2019
Regular readers of these posts will know my affection for this run of Adventure Comics, with Levitz and Ditko's Starman as one of the…
A Batman Cover That Was Never a Batman Cover by Jim Aparo
July 20, 2019
In 1976, Jim Aparo was known for being the regular artist on The Brave & the Bold. So, finding this scan of a cover he did that year for…
The Secret Six No. 1 Cover by Frank Springer
July 13, 2019
E Nelson Bridwell and Frank Springer co-created The Secret Six, and the characters first appeared in this No. 1 issue of their comic. The…
Ronin Colouring Commission
June 22, 2019
About a year ago, a client approached me through the site to colour a Rōnin figure he'd commissioned from Frank Miller, and I was glad…
Wonder Woman No. 306 Unpublished Cover by Gil Kane
June 9, 2019
Towards the end of the Bronze Age, Wonder Woman's popularity was at a low, the book better known for The Huntress back-ups than the main…
Christmas with the Super-Heroes No. 1 Cover by John Byrne
December 29, 2018
John Byrne had come to DC Comics to relaunch Superman in 1986 in the wake of Crisis on Infinite Earths. He also contributed to other…
Earth III Crime Syndicate by Bob Layton
December 24, 2018
A few years back, Bob Layton posted this commission based on the cover to Justice League of America No. 29 by Murphy Anderson. I accurised…
Adventure Comics No. 467 Alternate Cover by Dave Cockrum & Dick Giordano
December 2, 2018
Published in January 1980, Adventure Comics No. 467 brought back Plastic Man and introduced a new Starman. However, before that issue hit…
Strange Adventures No. 144 Cover by Murphy Anderson
November 21, 2018
Who says DC Comics of the early 1960s were dull and boring? The Atomic Knights wore medieval armour and rode Dalmatians across the…
Detective Comics Annual No. 4 by Tom Grindberg
November 18, 2018
Published in 1991, 'Tec Annual No. 4 was a showcase for young Tom Grindberg, then emulating the bronze-age Batman work of Neal Adams, in…
Super Powers No. 2 Cover by Jack Kirby
June 10, 2018
In 1984, DC moved their toy licensing from Mego and awarded it to Kenner. The result was The Super Powers Collection. A successful toy…
Superman Family Colouring Commissions
June 9, 2018
The 1960s Superman books were the last time superheroes could be as innocent and corny and fun as they were. The world was changing, and…
The New Adventures of Superboy No. 51 Cover by Frank Miller
May 10, 2018
During his Ronin period, Frank Miller produced this great cover for The New Adventures of Superboy. The comic was a throwback to the…
Darkseid – Master of Death No. 1 Cover by Jim Lee
May 6, 2018
As an artist, Jim Lee has made a career on good draughtsmanship backed up with superior rendering skills. Recently, he did this Darkseid…
Mister Miracle No. 24 Cover by Marshall Rogers
May 2, 2018
While Marshall Rogers is rightfully remembered for his groundbreaking run on Detective Comics with Steve Englehart and Terry Austin, his…
Batman No. 234 Cover by Neal Adams
April 17, 2018
Two-Face is one of those characters that is fantastic when he's written well. In August 1971, Denny O'Neil and Neal Adams (with Dick…
Black Canary No. 1 Cover by Trevor Von Eeden
April 13, 2018
By 1983, Trevor Von Eeden had matured into a bold, expressive style that was all his own. From Batman Annual No. 8 to the Green Arrow…
The Shadow No. 1 Cover by Michael Wm Kaluta
April 7, 2018
The early 70s enjoyed a renewed interest in pulp magazines, and Conde Nast owned more than one popular character which would appear in…
Time Warp No. 2 Cover by Michael Wm Kaluta
April 2, 2018
Time Warp No. 2, January 1980, with a cover by Michael Wm Kaluta showing his Art Nouveau and Art Deco influences, plus some science fiction…
Time Warp No. 5 Cover by Michael Wm Kaluta
March 26, 2018
Time Warp was a science fiction anthology series published by DC Comics in 1979 and 80. Each 64-page issue had stories by seasoned pros and…
Ronin No. 4 Cover by Frank Miller
March 23, 2018
I missed most of Frank Miller's first run on Daredevil (though I would later acquire them as back issues). Being a DC fan, the news of…
Green Lantern No. 71 Cover by Gil Kane
March 10, 2018
A simple and powerful composition by artist Gil Kane for this issue cover dated September 1969. Kane's cover design abilities were…
Green Lantern No. 104 Cover by Mike Grell
March 4, 2018
Mike Grell saved DC Comics from itself. He came along just as DC made things very unwelcome for Neal Adams, the artist who had modernised…
Green Lantern No. 158 Cover by Keith Pollard
February 28, 2018
In between Green Lantern No. 151 – when Marv Wolfman and Joe Staton left after one of the best runs on the title – and Green Lantern No.…
Interlac: The Language of the 30th Century
November 16, 2017
Interlac – the intergalactic universal language of the 30th century and the Legion of Super-Heroes – was first referenced in Adventure…
The Legion of Super-Heroes Logos
November 14, 2017
When Superboy left the Legion in No. 259 of his former book, Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes was retitled to Legion of Super-Heroes…
The Best of DC Digest No. 40 Cover by Gray Morrow
September 19, 2017
Beginning just as the 1970s ended, DC Comics' digest-sized comics followed on the success of the format at Archie Comics and Gold Key…
Green Lantern No. 74 Cover by Gil Kane
September 5, 2017
At the end of the first era of the Hal Jordan Green Lantern, Gil Kane – the series' first artist – had gone from a reserved, unremarkable…
Green Lantern No. 141 Cover by Dick Giordano
August 29, 2017
Dick Giordano's last Green Lantern v2 cover as a solo artist went unpublished. Instead George Pérez's illustration – teasing the first…
Green Lantern No. 124 Cover by Dick Giordano
August 27, 2017
The late Dick Giordano had a solid association with Green Lantern, notably for his collaboration with Neal Adams at the beginning of the…
Ghosts No. 59 Cover by Luis Dominguez
August 24, 2017
Luis Dominguez was born in Argentina in the early 1920s and has had a long and distinguished career in comics in Argentina and the US. For…
DC Special Series No. 2 Swamp Thing Cover by Bernie Wrightson
August 21, 2017
The late Bernie Wrightson made his name on the first 10 issues of DC Comics' Swamp Thing before moving on to Warren Publishing and other…
Batman No. 255 Cover by Neal Adams
July 23, 2017
At the end of his industry-changing run at DC Comics, Neal Adams turned in this solid cover. However, with Batman then running 100-page…
Wonder Woman No. 108 Cover by Andru & Esposito
June 12, 2017
For my money, one of the best Wonder Woman covers ever. From early in the Silver Age, cover dated August 1959 and drawn by long-time WW art…
Action Comics No. 500 Cover by Andru & Giordano
December 1, 2016
As the Seventies were drawing to a close, the long-running Action Comics and its star Superman were celebrating the comic's 500th issue.…
The Secret Six No. 2 Cover by Nick Cardy
September 27, 2016
Nick Cardy is one of best DC cover artists of all time. From Aquaman to The Brave & the Bold and Superman, his work is noted for the power…
The Secret Six No. 4 Cover by Jack Sparling
September 11, 2016
An interesting cover design most likely sketched by Carmine Infantino and then passed to Jack Sparling – The Secret Six's regular artist –…
The Secret Six No. 3 Cover by Jack Sparling
September 4, 2016
It was a small series of only seven issues beginning in early 1968 and running bi-monthly. The Secret Six was created and plotted by E.…
Detective Comics No. 379 Cover: Novick or Novick?
September 3, 2016
Just because you do a good drawing doesn't mean it's going to make the best cover, at least in the eyes of the art director or editor. Case…
The Demon No. 1 Cover by Jack Kirby
September 1, 2016
With his Fourth World books at DC Comics cancelled, Jack Kirby moved on to a second series of books which included Omac, Kamandi, Kobra and…
Batman No. 210 Cover: Novick or Adams?
August 20, 2016
As can happen, one artist draws a cover, and the editor chooses to have it redrawn by another artist. Case in point the cover for Batman…
Wonder Woman by HG Peter
January 25, 2016
HG Peter was Wonder Woman's original artist, and this piece by him was a rejected cover from the 1940s. A perfect illustration to colour…
Batman No. 351 Cover: Colan or Colón?
January 2, 2016
Gene Colan was the penciller on Batman in 1982, and he did up a cover for No. 351, inked by Frank Giacoia. Perhaps wanting a larger, more…
The Doom Patrol Covers III
December 26, 2015
Following up on a previous post and this one too, here are three more interpretations of The Doom Patrol done by current artists, with…
The Doom Patrol Covers II
December 5, 2015
Following up on a popular post, here are three more interpretations of The Doom Patrol done by current artists, with cover layouts by…
DC Comics Presents No. 26 Cover by Jim Starlin
December 2, 2015
DC Comics Presents No. 26 is more often remembered as the first appearance of The New Teen Titans, but it also marked the first appearance…
The Doom Patrol Covers I
November 29, 2015
The original Doom Patrol was a comic book series from DC Comics in the 1960s. Created by Arnold Drake and Bruno Premiani, they first…
Batman Year One
August 8, 2015
From 1986, this house ad was the first piece we saw from what was going to become a classic Batman storyline by Frank Miller and David…
Wonder Woman No. 269 Cover by Andru & Giordano
August 2, 2015
From July 1980, we have a great cover by Ross Andru and Dick Giordano, a prolific cover team for many DC titles during this period.
Justice League of America No. 66 Cover: Dillin or Adams?
March 12, 2015
From November 1968, two versions of the cover to DC Comics' Justice League of America No. 66 have survived. The first, drawn by Dick Dillin…
Hawkman and The Justice Society of America by Joe Kubert
March 2, 2015
From 1970, Joe Kubert provided this powerful illustration for The Steranko History of Comics 1. Here it is in colour, and with trade dress…
Green Lantern No. 114 Cover by Saviuk & Giordano
February 1, 2015
From March 1979, Alex Saviuk and Dick Giordano knock Green Lantern and Green Arrow off their feet for DC Comics.
Secrets of Haunted House No. 39 Cover by Buckler & Giordano
January 5, 2015
From August 1981, Rich Buckler and Dick Giordano put a new spin on a horror icon for DC Comics.
The Warlord No. 82 Cover by Jurgens & Giordano
June 14, 2014
Another Warlord cover. Cary Burkett and Dan Jurgens' run was a good successor to Mike Grell's.
The Warlord No. 76 Cover by Jurgens & Giordano
June 14, 2014
Another Warlord cover. Cary Burkett and Dan Jurgens became great stepafathers to the series.
Superman vs. Spider-Man Cover by Andru, Giordano & Austin
May 14, 2014
When this came out in 1976, fans went apeshit. And rightfully so. For the first time, rivals DC and Marvel teamed up for mutual profit.…
The Warlord No. 31 Cover by Mike Grell
May 7, 2014
I'm a long-time fan of Mike Grell's The Warlord. It started with me finding issue Nos. 30 and 31 on the stand.
Starman by Darren Goodhart
February 8, 2014
I saw this and knew I had to colour it. Darren Goodhart shared this art over on facebook and he was kind enough to send me a copy. Levitz…
DC Comics Presents No. 36 by Levitz & Starlin
October 5, 2013
With DC Comics recently releasing the second volume of DC Comics Presents in its black & white Showcase line, we now move into a number…
Charlton Comics Cavalcade Weekly
May 20, 2013
Charlton Comics Cavalcade WeeklyMay 20, 2013|In Charlton, Comics, DC As Charlton Comics' managing editor in the 1960s, Dick Giordano put…
Batman Family No. 19 Cover by Michael Wm Kaluta
April 16, 2013
Batman Family stands out among the late 1970s Batman books. The last few issues, oversized dollar comics, featured the work of Michael…
Batman : The Brave & The Bold
January 31, 2009
If you want to have a whole lot of fun packed into 30 minutes or less, watch an episode of the new Batman: The Brave & the Bold TV…
Defending Skartaris
January 28, 2007
If you blinked, relatively speaking, you probably missed it. Beginning in February 2006 with an April cover date, DC revived The Warlord.…