Dave's Comic Heroes Blog

Amy Winston was just a normal teenager...or so she thought.

Celebrating artist Kevin Maguire on his birthday (September 9, 1960) with a small group of his covers with the Justice League... ...as he made his fame drawing the Justice League as a group with attitude (especially Guy Gardner) starting with Justice Leag…

Celebrating Star Trek at 60!

Celebrating the birthday of artist Mike Zeck (September 6, 1949) with a couple of his Deathstroke the Terminator covers (#10 and #11, May and June, 1992) featuring the new Vigilante (Pat Trayce), who took over the identity after the death of Adrian Chase.

Celebrating the birthday of artist Scott Shaw!

Celebrating the birthday of artist Walt Simonson (September 2, 1946) with a batch of his covers featuring the New Gods (from #12 to #15 of the series)... ...before the series became Jack Kirby's Fourth World (and before he took over the series with a focus

The land of Skartaris was a dangerous one...a land of ancient Atlantean technology, but also one of magic.

Kirby had some strange ideas when he worked for DC in the 1970s, and fewer were odder than his hippie inspired group of the Forever People....until, by editorial edict, he added Deadman (Boston Brand) to the mix (reintroducing the idea of Deadman hunting…

Remembering the King, Jack Kirby, on his birthday (August 28, 1917 - February 6, 1994) with a couple of his Captain America covers, with Cap reflecting on his life in the 1940s and the 1960s.

Here, a couple of Jack Kirby covers from Tales To Astonish (#48 and #53, from October 1963 and March 1964), where in Ant-Man/Giant-Man (Hank Pym) and the Wasp (Janet Van Dyne) face the Porcupine (Alex Gentry).

Remembering artist Jim Aparo on his birthday (August 24, 1932 - July 19, 2005) with the Masters of Disaster!

A couple of fatalistic covers by Jack Kirby for Strange Tales, #96 from May, 1962, with a man dreaming of a doom....to #97 from June, 1962, with doom coming to the whole planet!

Celebrating the birthday of artist Alex Saviuk (August 17, 1952) with a couple of his covers to Web Of Spider-Man (#47 and #48, February and March, 1989), where Spider-Man faces Hobgoblin and Demogoblin.

Remembering artist Jim Mooney on his birthday (August 13, 1919 - March 30, 2008) with a couple of covers with punch, as Robin delivers the haymaker in Star Spangled Comics #80 (May, 1948) and gets one in Star Spangled Comics #82 (July, 1948).

Alien menaces were all over the pre-hero Marvel Universe, as the hapless humans of Earth had to deal with Zarkorr from Tales of Suspense #35 (November, 1962) and Haag (name misspelled on the cover as Hagg) from Tales of Suspense #37 (January, 1963) in the…

Celebrating the birthday of artist Rick Leonardi (August 9, 1957) with his covers to the first Vision and Scarlet Witch mini-series... ...which resulted in a big revelation about Wanda's dad!

Celebrating the birthday of artist Ed Hannigan (August 6, 1951) with his covers for the second Annuals for the Question and Green Arrow from July, 1989, focusing on another team up of these streetwise heroes.

Here, a couple of random Amazing Adventures, with covers by Jack Kirby, (#3 and #4, August and September, 1961), featuring humans dealing with a prehistoric age with dinosaurs and cavemen, and a village dealing with robotic invaders.

Celebrating National Sisters Day with Wonder Woman and Troia.

A couple of Journey Into Mystery (#77 and #78, February and March, 1962) with covers by Jack Kirby, with a slightly supernatural bent, as Marvel's super heroes were just starting to settle on the line.

Two covers by Jack Kirby featuring the Two Gun Kid, facing off against some fantastic villains in the 19th Century...The Fox in Two Gun Kid #67 (January, 1964) and the Purple Phantom in Two Gun Kid #68 (March, 1964).

Celebrating artist Chris Sprouse on his birthday (July 30, 1966) with a couple of classics...Spider-Man Classics, that is (#12 and #13, March and April, 1994)...featuring a lengthy early battle between Spider-Man and Doctor Octopus.

Remembering artist Dick Sprang on his birthday (July 28, 1915 - May 10, 2000) with a couple of covers with the Dynamic Duo going medieval...Detective Comics #89 (July, 1944) featuring the Cavalier, and Batman #32 (December-January, 1945/1946), as Batman a…

Celebrating the birthday of artist Trevor Von Eeden (July 24, 1959) with a couple of his Black Lightning covers (#4 and #5, September and November, 1977), with Superman and Jimmy Olsen joining in, to fight the Cyclotronic Man.

Remembering artist Dick Giordano on his birthday (July 20, 1932 - March 27, 2010) with a couple of his covers to the Justice League of America (#118 and #119, May and June, 1975), wherein, the JLA has to deal with an alien invasion.