Ever wonder what would happen if there was a Marvel-DC crossover event that was more on the romantic side? Fred Hembeck did, back in 1981 for this cover to The Comic Reader 188.
I think it's very funny--especially with Hembeck's design which makes the couples mirror images of each other. You have to wonder what other Marvel-DC swaps would work. A Hawkeye/Black Canary and Green Arrow/Mockingbird pairing might be interesting.
Check out Hembeck's website for more lovable cartoons. Nuff Said!
Another John Byrne pic to tickle your funny bone, from The Comic Reader 128 in 1976.
Howard the Duck—who was launched into his own title in 1975—gets kicked in the tail by Rog-2000. Rog-2000 was a creation of Byrne’s that appeared in the back of Charlton Comics E-Man. Far from an emotionless robot, Rog-2000 suffers from a bad case of comic-strip envy. Nuff Said!
The Comic Reader featured a couple of good Doctor Strange covers during the 1970s…
This one by Frank Brunner in 1974 appeared during the period Marvel re-launched Doc in his own comic. Brunner and Steve Englehart took Doctor Strange and Clea to new heights of cosmic consciousness.
Here’s one by Kerry Gammill in 1978. Gammill penciled once issue of Doctor Strange, issue #46, in 1981. In this pic, Doc is once again entering new doorways of Ditko consciousness! Nuff Said!
Here's a big laugh courtesy of John Byrne, from The Comic Reader 143, circa 1977. It was around this period when Iron Fist was set to become Luke Cage's best buddy--and share the masthead when Power Man was re-titled Power Man and Iron Fist with issue #50. Claremont and Byrne were the creators behind this odd couple pairing.
The signature reads: John Byrne, from an idea by Roger Stern, with apologies to Don Martin. Don Martin was one of the premiere artists from Mad Magazine, who drew funny characters with elongated features. Why not take a visit to the Don Martin Shrine today? Nuff Said!
Captain America hurls his might shield in this 1982 cover to The Comic Reader #204 by Bill Sienkiewicz (in his Neal Adams period) and Bob Layton. You must YIELD! Nuff Said!
Beginning...a week of covers from one of the most famous fanzines of all time: The Comic Reader!
Launched by Paul Levitz in the 1960s, and later published by Street Enterprises, TCR was a prime source of insider news on the comics world.
TCR was a digest-sized mag published in black and white for the first few years. The magazine switched to color covers after the first 100 issues, and they were often able to snag superstar artists to draw them...like this Ghost Rider cover to issue 154 by Jim Starlin. This cover references a story that Starlin wrote and drew for Ghost Rider #35 (1979), titled "Death Race". I've often wondered if this image was a rejected cover that Starlin had intended for that issue. Nuff Said!
