The Scorpion No. 1 Cover by Howard Victor Chaykin
The prototype for Howard Chaykin’s Dominic Fortune was an Atlas Comics character that only lasted two issues.
The Atlas line was a few years before I started collecting regularly, so I read these after seeing Chaykin’s work at Marvel, Heavy Metal and with Byron Preiss. They’re enjoyable, but Dominic Fortune was a better book, and Chaykin would continue to evolve and polish his rogue-ish leads until they peaked with American Flagg.
Colour by me. No AI was used.
As published.
Original art scan from somewhere on the web.
Art made production ready.
New colour version.
Re-created trade dress added.
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Looks beautiful, Bravo sir!