Tagged: the best comic covers of the 80s
Halloween Comic Cover of the Week: Ben Grimm Meets the UNDEAD!
I was such a gigantic fan of The Thing as a kid (and still today) and would buy pretty much any comic book he appeared in if my mom would buy it for me! All of my time seeing him in the Fantastic Four had always made me wish he’d get his own solo book. In a way he’d already gotten in with ‘Marvel Two in One’ which featured him and a revolving cast of wild often times unknown characters from the Marvel Universe. But the real deal series for him came right after in 1983-a solo comic series written by John Byrne. Anyway it was one of my favorite comic books and it got really interesting when he quit the Fantastic Four (was replaced by She-Hulk) and went off planet for a bizarre series of adventures. one of my favorite covers was from THIS awesome simplistic spooky tale that’s perfect for Halloween. The Thing #19 continues his wild solo adventures and picking this cover to showcase really inspires me to go back and re-read this series from the start! Ron Wilson was the perfect artist for the series second imo only to John Byrne himself….
Comic Cover of the Week: The Most TOTALLY 80s Cover of the 1980s!!
Bill Sienkiewicz just NEVER disappoints (I dare you to try to prove me wrong!) and today here’s the real proof of that-especially if you’re a true fan of 1980s nostalgia. The character of ‘Dazzler’ alone is one of the ultimate superheroes of the era- that’s for sure. She’s always had such cool style & wild fashion so when she was given her own series, Bill Sienkiewicz made sure to give you some of his best freakin’ cover art of his career. Issue #33 from 1984 has just got to be the most totally 80s jam of the decade, a play on Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’, this one’s a true masterpiece, ‘Chiller’ features a Dazzler story for comic and pop fanatics alike – check it! I NEED this as a poster on my damn wall!


