Daredevil and Spider-Man 2099 by Dan Mora

Usually I hate it when classic costumes are redesigned. This piece by artist Dan Mora is a little different.

Daredevil, still in a red costume, but a little more practical than just a big red jumpsuit. You can see this working better in a TV show. DD has a collar, leather wrappings around his wrist / forearms, a cool belt, knee pads. Yet it still stays true to the roots of the Wally Wood costume. I like it a lot!

Spider-Man 2099. Here's one costume that I don't think should be changed, it's fantastic, and Marvel for some reason decided to change it to a white and blue monstrosity - to not confuse readers with Miles Morales? Hard to say. Mora does a great job capturing Spider-Man 2099 in a futuristic setting, and you can still see his costume even though the background buildings are colored with blue tones!

You can find more of Dan Mora on his Deviant Art page. Nuff Said!

Daredevil 84 Cover faked pencil re-creation

UPDATE September 2019:

Over six years ago I wrote this blog post featuring a Gil Kane pencilled cover to Daredevil 84. Several commenters told me this was a fake (see the bottom of this post) and I resisted that idea for years.

I was bamboozled into thinking this was a genuine Kane piece. The actual Daredevil 84 color cover was done by Gil Kane. But the pencilled image below is a copy, traced over the original inked cover. I finally believe this after a long discussion on the Gil Kane: Raising Kane group on Facebook.

Al Bigley owns the original art to Daredevil 84.

A few things led me to agree with the opinion this is a fake:

• Few original art covers from this time period exist with the markup over the pencils. Usually the pencils were done and inks applied over the original art board. Word Balloons and logos pasted on top of the artwork.
• The pencils on the left image indeed look like tracing over the inked cover. When Kane did pencils they were not done in outline format. It was either done in layout format (with geometric shapes for the figures) or with shaded pencils.
• There are various differences between the left and right images. On Al Bigley's cover you notice a TM next to Marvel Comics Group on top; the word Daredevil written in pencil on top of the masthead. These are not on the pencilled cover.

Original blog post from 2012:

In 1971, Gil Kane drew a number of Daredevil covers.  I came across Daredevil #84 in various stages of production.

Pencilled version (now verified as a FAKE). 

Inked Version.  Notice that Daredevil's face has been touched up a bit.

Actual cover with colors.  Wouldn't it be great to see an Artist's Edition with Gil Kane's artwork?  Nuff Said!

Frank Miller Daredevil cover for Amazing Heroes #4

Here's a cover scan that I've searched for years and finally found it!  Frank Miller's 1981 cover to Amazing Heroes #4, featuring Daredevil.

I always admired this one for the composition.  There's something about DD rotating on that clothesline, suspended in mid-air between two buildings in the city that seemed thrilling.  The composition is simple but seems to capture the character perfectly.

You know how some songs get stuck in your head because you heard that when you read a comic.  The one I associate with this cover is Under Pressure by David Bowie and Queen.  Nuff Said!

Frank Miller cover to Daredevil Marvel Comics Index

In 1982, George Olshevsky snagged Frank Miller for the cover to the Marvel Comics Index featuring Daredevil.

This dynamic cover features Daredevil and Elektra on a NYC rooftop, ready to fight the Hand.  Black Widow, in her new Miller-designed costume, hangs off the building on the side.

What’s really incredible is that this index also covered Black Goliath, Black Panther, Dazzler, and the Human Fly!  I could not believe fans were dying to know who wrote/drew each issue of the Human Fly!  Miller does his best with these side characters—his rendition of Black Goliath makes that character cool.

Not only did Miller draw this cover, Joe Rubenstein inked it, and Steve Oliff did a superb color job.  Nuff said.