Sword Of Conan

Conan the Barbarian, easily the most famous of fantasy's sword slinging heroes, slashed swords with the best of them, here, with Red Sonja in Marvel Feature #7 (November, 1976, with art by Frank Thorne), and with King Kull in Conan The Barbarian #68 (November, 1976, with cover art by Gil Kane, John Romita and Pablo Marcus).

Celebrating Artist Bob Layton

Celebrating the birthday of writer/artist Bob Layton (September 25, 1953), with a couple of his earliest Iron Man covers (Iron Man #120 and #121, from March and April, 1979), which also feature the Sub-Mariner!

Celebrating Artist Dan Day

Celebrating the birthday of artist Dan Day (September 23, 1956) with a trio of his covers featuring the Vigilante, Adrian Chase, featuring action shots of the titular hero of the title as he wages a battle against someone who had taken his mantle and did not use it for good.

Vigilante Annual #1 (September, 1985) and Vigilante #24 (December, 1985)

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Vigilante #25 (January, 1986)

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Sword Of The Warlord

The Warlord (USAF pilot Travis Morgan, stuck in the savage land of Skartaris) had to use a sword to defend himself against monster and magician, here in two issues of Warlord (#29 and #34, January and June, 1980) with covers by Mike Grell.

Batman Day 2025

Celebrating Batman Day this year by showing Batman wasn't the loner that he was portrayed as by the movies, with a couple of Best of DC Digest covers by Jim Aparo, featuring Batman and some of the other stars of Brave and the Bold (issue #26 of July, 1982, with Deadman, Viking Prince, Robin Hood, the Suicide Squad, Cave Carson and the Silent Knight) and some of his fellow Detective Comics stars (issue #30 of November, 1982, with Martian Manhunter, Jason Bard, Mysto, the Elongated Man, the Human Target, Robin, Batgirl, Captain Compass and Roy Raymond).

Remembering Artist Joe Kubert

Remembering artist Joe Kubert on his birthday (September 18, 1926 - August 12, 2012) with a couple of incredible Batman covers he did, featuring the Gentleman Ghost....for Batman #310 (April, 1979) and Batman #319 (January, 1980).

Celebrating Artist Mike Mignola

Celebrating the birthday of artist Mike Mignola (September 16, 1960) with a little of his cover art for DC, featuring the ghostly guardian, the Spectre, teaming up with Zatanna and Madame Xanadu, facing Wotan and Death!

Spectre #7 and #8 (October and November, 1987)

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Spectre #9 (December, 1987) and Tales of the Unexpected #1 (December, 2006)

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