Remembering Artist Darwyn Cooke

Remembering artist Darwyn Cooke on his birthday (November 16, 1962 - May 14, 2016).  

An incredibly talented artist and writer, with a love of comics...remembered here by the first four issues of Catwoman, which he did the covers for.

Catwoman #1 and #2, (January and February, 2002)

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Catwoman #3 and #4, (March and April, 2002)

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Remembering Artist Darwyn Cooke

Remembering artist Darwyn Cooke on his birthday (November 16, 1962 - May 14, 2016) with a look at his covers for DC: The New Frontier...

...a six issue mini-series that tells of the secrets behind the formation of the Justice League of America, involving the heroes of the early 1960s as well as others to combat invading aliens with the Martian Manhunter at the forefront, all while police scientist Barry Allen deals with his new lightning speed in becoming the Flash and pilot Hal Jordan comes to terms with becoming Earth's Green Lantern.

New Frontier #1 and #2 (March and April, 2004)

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New Frontier #3 and #4 (May and July, 2004)

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New Frontier #5 and #6 (September and November, 2004)

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New Frontier collections #1 and #2 (February and June, 2005)

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Justice League: The New Frontier Special and DC: The New Frontier (May, 2008 and August, 2016)

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A wonderful story, with the charter members of the Justice League of America (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Martian Manhunter, Flash and Green Lantern), along with a few others like the Losers, the Suicide Squad, the Challengers of the Unknown, the Blackhawks, Robin, Green Arrow, Adam Strange, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen and members of the Justice Society...all based loosely on a secret origin of the JLA from long ago...

Batman Day 2023

Celebrating Batman Day in 2023 with a more recent classic cover, this, the Darwyn Cooke variant of Detective Comics #37 (February, 2015), with a very tired Bruce Wayne, resting after a hard night's work, being taken care of by his friend and butler, Alfred Pennyworth.

Remembering Artist Darwyn Cooke

Remembering artist Darwyn Cooke on his birthday (November 16, 1962 - May 14, 2016), with a look at a few covers to an often overlooked series...

...that of Star Spangled War Stories, featuring the G.I. Zombie, soldier Jared Kabe, who fights and dies for his country, again and again, aided by fellow soldier, Carmen King.

Star Spangled War Stories #1 and #2 (September and October, 2014)

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Star Spangled War Stories #3 and #4 (December, 2014 and January, 2015)

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Star Spangled War Stories #5 and #6 (February and March, 2015)

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For Memorial Day

For this Memorial Day, along with saluting the troops who gave their all for us, I also salute artist Darwyn Cooke, an incredible talent taken from us too soon, with this cover from Justice Society of America #50 (June, 2011).