What makes the best comic book covers? It’s a great topic for debate. For us as individuals there is no wrong answer, of course. It’s purely subjective. But with a little thought, it is frequently possible to explain what it is about a particular image that grabs you
In the pages of the “Steel Nation” arc that originally ran in Magnus Robot Fighter #1-4, Shooter and artist Art Nichols introduced Magnus to a whole new audience and reintroduced him to older fans.
When writer-artist Graham Nolan and writer Chuck Dixon’s Joe Frankenstein first hit from IDW Publishing in 2015, I somehow missed the first issue, so I ended up not reading the four-issue series. Then I compounded my mistake by completely missing IDW’s hardcover collected edition as well.
The second Eagle Comics issue of Judge Dredd takes readers to the moon, specifically the colony of Lunar 1, where the political tensions on Earth have clearly extended their entangling reach. US and Soviet tensions run high and contribute significantly to the tales.
For The Avengers #200, a real landmark issue for Marvel when it was released in 1980, Pérez got to once again handle not only The Beast and Wonder Man, but also Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Hawkeye, Ms. Marvel, Scarlet Witch, The Vision, The Wasp, Yellowjacket and Jocasta.
On any list of distinctive, game-changing works from that period must be Dean Motter’s Mister X, a brilliant blend of crisp design sensibilities, early German cinema, the art deco movement, and the concept of “retro futurism” and mysteries wrapped in further mysteries.
While he’s certainly more widely known for co-creating Spider-Man and Doctor Strange, or even for his work on other Marvel, DC, and even Charlton titles, Steve Ditko’s creator-owned Mr. A earned him an additional special place in the hearts of his fellow artists.
As with the previous two issues of this remastered edition of Rob Liefeld’s original Youngblood series, the material benefits from the impressive format and readers benefit from the reasonable cover price.
As a comics publisher, Charlton was something of an also-ran, but they certainly had their moments. In addition to some solid war comics and intriguing superhero offerings, they also had this post-apocalyptic tale from 1975.
Back in the days when each character didn’t always have their own title – or six of them – series like Marvel Two-in-One and Marvel Team-Up often brought together top selling icons, but they also occasionally served to introduce lesser known characters to the larger audiences of The Thing and Spider-Man, respectively.
