Speaking of Templeton and Parobeck, did anyone pick up the Superman & Batman Magazine that came out in ’93–94? They both did a lot of work for it, and it featured original stories in the Batman Adventures style, but included other DC heroes like the Atom and Captain Marvel. I got the first few issues, but then it became harder to find, and I missed the last three or four. Good stuff though.
Cover by Templeton.
I had a couple of those; I wonder if I still have them tucked somewhere? I'll have to search and see.
I like the inking of the giant hand in this one, but, man, that is one busy background. And the three-point perspective of the ceiling doesn't match the three-point perspective of the floor.
I saw this cover and thought, “Cool! Death by mystical elephant trampling!” so I went to check it out. Guess what? No elephant—mystical or otherwise! Then I thought, “Maybe the story was late or something and the pushed it back to another issue.” Nope. No elephants to be seen. Boo!
Plus, I didn’t get to see if he got his upholstery from a green zebra or a green tiger. (Otherwise a very nice coloring job.)
Speaking of Templeton and Parobeck, did anyone pick up the Superman & Batman Magazine that came out in ’93–94? They both did a lot of work for it, and it featured original stories in the Batman Adventures style, but included other DC heroes like the Atom and Captain Marvel. I got the first few issues, but then it became harder to find, and I missed the last three or four. Good stuff though.
Cover by Templeton.
I had a couple of those; I wonder if I still have them tucked somewhere? I'll have to search and see.
I went back to see which issues I was missing, and I had it backwards. I’ve got all eight issues except for the first two. I do remember it being harder to find towards the end though, but that may have been because it was a quarterly and I was never really sure when it would be shipping.
The Judge Dredd covers made me hungry for some of Brian Bolland's covers, so here's a quick sampling. First, his famous Joker image from The Killing Joke (written by Alan Moore). I remember how fast the collector prices swelled when this book first came out. During an online conversation about the book -- online, at that time, meant through the old BBS systems -- someone asked me my opinion of what the book was worth. I said the book, as good as it was, was worth the cover price only, and that it was far too soon to worry about collector prices.
It was the last time anybody asked my opinion about prices.
Mike W Barr's and Brian Bolland's opus major, the reawakening of King Arthur in a future England besieged by aliens. One of the few times Bolland actually did a whole story -- an entire maxi-series (as they were called then) for that matter. Bolland is a terrific artist, but an incredibly slow one, which is probably why he does covers more than anything else. Camelot 3000 suffered for that slowness at the end of its run when the last few issues took months to appear, and the last issue nearly a year. Cover by Bolland, but I believe that Ross Andru helped out on the layout.
I don't know that I would have chosen Bolland for regular cover artist for Flash, but he did put in a strong showing, and his drawings of Wally and the Rogues were very strong, and very solid.
Wonder Woman, on the other hand, seemed like a character just made for Bolland: classic, iconic, beautiful. His series of WW covers were just terrific, and this was one of the best of the group.
Speaking of Templeton and Parobeck, did anyone pick up the Superman & Batman Magazine that came out in ’93–94? They both did a lot of work for it, and it featured original stories in the Batman Adventures style, but included other DC heroes like the Atom and Captain Marvel. I got the first few issues, but then it became harder to find, and I missed the last three or four. Good stuff though.
Cover by Templeton.
I have the 1st issue. It's a great wrap around cover of DC heroes attacking their various rogues.
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Plus, I didn’t get to see if he got his upholstery from a green zebra or a green tiger. (Otherwise a very nice coloring job.)
It's coming from IDW!
Warren Kremer
Al Avison
The Judge Dredd covers made me hungry for some of Brian Bolland's covers, so here's a quick sampling. First, his famous Joker image from The Killing Joke (written by Alan Moore). I remember how fast the collector prices swelled when this book first came out. During an online conversation about the book -- online, at that time, meant through the old BBS systems -- someone asked me my opinion of what the book was worth. I said the book, as good as it was, was worth the cover price only, and that it was far too soon to worry about collector prices.
It was the last time anybody asked my opinion about prices.
Mike W Barr's and Brian Bolland's opus major, the reawakening of King Arthur in a future England besieged by aliens. One of the few times Bolland actually did a whole story -- an entire maxi-series (as they were called then) for that matter. Bolland is a terrific artist, but an incredibly slow one, which is probably why he does covers more than anything else. Camelot 3000 suffered for that slowness at the end of its run when the last few issues took months to appear, and the last issue nearly a year. Cover by Bolland, but I believe that Ross Andru helped out on the layout.
One of the hallmarks of Grant Morrison's Animal Man run, besides the stories, was Bolland's covers. The first issue is, again, an iconic image.
I don't know that I would have chosen Bolland for regular cover artist for Flash, but he did put in a strong showing, and his drawings of Wally and the Rogues were very strong, and very solid.
Wonder Woman, on the other hand, seemed like a character just made for Bolland: classic, iconic, beautiful. His series of WW covers were just terrific, and this was one of the best of the group.
Warren Kremer