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Tag Archives: David Michelinie
Spotlight on The Unknown Soldier, 1988-1989 – part 2
As I started to discuss last week, 1988-9’s exhilarating The Unknown Soldier limited series is miles apart from Joe Kubert’s original iteration of the character. For one thing, instead of a fully-committed agent of an unquestionably righteous American war effort, … Continue reading
Spotlight on The Unknown Soldier, 1975-1976
In the early 1970s, the Unknown Soldier feature of Star Spangled War Stories told exciting spy adventures set in World War II, starring a disfigured operative turned master-of-disguise who undertook secret missions under direct orders from Washington. As I explained … Continue reading
Posted in SPYCRAFT & WARFARE
Tagged Cold War, David Michelinie, espionage, Gerry Conway, Gerry Talaoc, Joe Orlando, politics, Unknown Soldier, World War II
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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (January 2019)
I had so much fun doing these last year that I’ve decided to carry on… Here are another three pulpy splash pages to remind everyone that comics can be awesome: The Unknown Soldier (v2) #10 The Hands of Shang-Chi, Master … Continue reading
Posted in GLIMPSES INTO THE PAST
Tagged Agustin Mas, Bill Mantloi, Carl Gafford, David Michelinie, Doug Moench, James Owsley, John Costanza, Marcos Pelayos, martial arts, Master of Kung Fu, Nestor Redondo, Paul Gulacy, Phil Gascoine, Sal Trapan, Swamp Thing, Tatjana Wood, Unknown Soldier
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Awesome Swamp Thing splashes by Nestor Redondo
Taking a break from Batman comics for a moment… Artist extraordinaire Bernie Wrightson deservedly gets a lot of praise for his work on the original Swamp Thing series – a true horror/fantasy classic! – but his successor, Nestor Redondo, did … Continue reading
Posted in ART OF HORROR COMICS
Tagged David Michelinie, horror, Len Wein, Marcos Pelayos, Nestor Redondo, Swamp Thing, Tatjana Wood
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Non-Batman gothic comics – part 3
If you read the last posts, you know what’s going on. Here are another couple of awesome gothic comics: STRANGE EMBRACE Strange Embrace and other nightmares It’s hard to do justice to David Hine’s nightmarish tour de force, Strange Embrace. … Continue reading
Posted in FANTASTIC ADVENTURES
Tagged Alan Moore, Bernie Wrightson, Brian K. Vaughan, David Hine, David Michelinie, Dick Foreman, Doug Wheeler, Gerry Conway, Grant Morrison, horror, James Robinson, John Ostrander, John Totleben, Len Wein, Mark Millar, Martin Pasko, Nancy A. Collins, Neil Gaiman, Nestor Redondo, Rick Veitch, Rob Steen, Stan Woch, Stephen Bissette, Strange Embrace, Swamp Thing, Tom Yeates, Walt Kelly
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