In the third installment of this week’s tribute to Neal Adams’ comic book covers, let’s look at instances where the late artist combined his signature realistic style with a more conceptual approach, including occasional ventures into surrealism. You can see this in some of Adams’ iconic covers from the classic Green Lantern / Green Arrow run in the 1970s as well as in more recent work, like the wonderful Fantastic Four: Antithesis mini-series he drew just a couple of years ago.
The ten covers below show us not just an artist in full command of his craft, but also one willing to continuously experiment, unafraid of creating bizarre effects by juxtaposing remarkably different layers onto each image.
