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BACK ISSUE! Magazine @backissuemagazine.bsky.social · 2h
Revived, possessed and discarded by the Construct, he was thought dead and lost forever. But the spark has helped the soul of the Red Tornado return; and this time, he's staying for good. The women are especially happy about the news and give Reddy some extra love.
Wonder Woman and Black Canary hug a returning Red Tornado.

Justice League of America #146, Sept 1977 by Englehart, Dillin & McLaughlin w/ Tollin
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BACK ISSUE! Magazine @backissuemagazine.bsky.social · 6h
With the portal to Earth permanently closed, the three remaining heroes are as good as dead. There is no need to hold anything back. It is the first true superhero, Kal-L, the Superman of Earth-Two, who deals the killing blow to the Anti-Monitor. - Crisis on Infinite Earths #12, Mar 1986
"I HAVE HAD ENOUGH!" screams Kal-L and throws a punch that disintegrates the weakened Anti-Monitor.

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Crisis on Infinite Earths #12, Mar 1986 by Marv Wolfman, George Perez & Jerry Ordway w/ Tom Ziuko
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BACK ISSUE! Magazine @backissuemagazine.bsky.social · 9h
Happy 100th heavenly birthday to the artist's artist, the legendary Russ Heath. Heath was a premier artist on DC war books (The Haunted Tank, Sgt. Rock) and drew some of the best looking covers of the silver age with his use of greytone and color (G.I. Combat, Sea Devils). Heath passed in 2018.
New York Times photo of artist Russ Heath from his obituary published in 2018.
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BACK ISSUE! Magazine @backissuemagazine.bsky.social · 11h
After the influence of Glorious Godfrey causes the President to ban superheroes in the USA, Infinity Inc is forced to stay in Canada alongside the Global Guardians in order to protect a global business conference. Unfortunately, they encounter a new team of super-villains named Injustice Unlimited.
Cover to #34: Infinity Inc and the Global Guardians clash over a map of North America.

Cover to #35: Yhe members of Justice Unlimited are giants looking over a city as Infinity Inc stares at them from the streets below.

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Infinity Inc. #34-35, Jan-Feb 1987 by Roy & Dann Thomas, Todd McFarlane & Tony DeZuniga. Covers penciled by Todd McFarlane.
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BACK ISSUE! Magazine @backissuemagazine.bsky.social · 16h
As soldiers claim the land and lives of the villagers on the order of their king Deimos, they are confronted by an army of former slaves led by Travis Morgan, a warrior from the outer world. The citizens of Skartaris have named their savior -- The Warlord! - The Warlord #3, Nov 1976
Double page spread of the man named Travis Morgan leading an army of freed slaves on horseback against the king's soldiers. 

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The Warlord #3, Nov 1976; Written & Illustrated by Mike Grell.
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BACK ISSUE! Magazine @backissuemagazine.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"The daring rescue I would like to see Wonder Woman perform is..." [...] D'OH! I missed the deadline! 😫 - "Wonder Woman Contest" from May 1979 cover dates
Image of tv's Wonder Woman as portrayed by Lynda Carter standing next to the rules for a contest in which the grand prize winner will appear on the ABC-TV show!

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"Wonder Woman Contest" from May 1979 cover dates.
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BACK ISSUE! Magazine @backissuemagazine.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
StormWatch were killed by Xenomorphs and disbanded by the United Nations, but from their ashes rises -- The Authority! Led by Jenny Sparks they answer to no one, no government or agency -- no one but themselves. Now that they have come together it's time to kick some super-powered invaders butts.
The Authority members (Swift, The Doctor, the Midnighter, Jenny Sparks, the Engineer, Jack Hawksmoor & Apollo) take to the sky.

The Authority #1, May 1999 by Warren Ellis, Bryan Hitch and Paul Neary.
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BACK ISSUE! Magazine @backissuemagazine.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Slam Bradley. The DC universe's first private eye/detective, debuted in Detective Comics #1 (1937) and was co-created by Superman's Jerry Siegel/Joe Shuster. His final golden age appearance was in 1949 and was reintroduced in Detective Comics #500 (1981).
Slam Bradley profile from Who's Who shows Slam wearing a dark tan trenchcoat, leather gloves and hat, lighting a cigarette.

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DC's Who's Who #21, Nov 1986; 

Slam Bradley; art by Jim Aparo.
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BACK ISSUE! Magazine @backissuemagazine.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Jack Cole did the 'stretch face' on Eel O'Brian decades before Mephisto did it on Reed Richards! Although, this always made me wonder why 'Plastic Man' and not 'Rubber Man'? - Police Comics #1 (1941)
From Police Comics #1 (1941) 

Eel O'Brian (the future Plastic Man) pulls at his face and is surprised it stretches with ease.

"Great guns!! I'm stretchin' like a rubber band!!"
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BACK ISSUE! Magazine @backissuemagazine.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Mephisto takes Reed and Sue Richards into his realm and begins to torture them. Reed calls his captor a petty super-being who gets off on torturing and killing. Mephisto reminds Reed that he is in his realm and he doesn't like to be insulted.
Mephisto tells Reed Richard, Mister Fantastic that he is his plaything and proceeds to grab Reed by his cheeks and proceeds to stretch his face out like an elastic band.

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Fantastic Four #277, April 1985 by John Byrne w/ Jerry Ordway.
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BACK ISSUE! Magazine @backissuemagazine.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
As Superman grieves, an alien named Salkor breaks into the Fortress of Solitude and tells Superman that he is his late cousin Kara's husband. Salkor has learned of her death and is looking to retrieve the last gift he gave her. Superman wonders if his incredible story is true or not.
A somber Superman looks down at a black orb which he holds in his hands. The orb is displaying a hologram of Supergirl kissing an unknown alien man.

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Superman #415, Jan 1986 by Cary Bates, Curt Swan and Al Williamson. Cover by Ed Barreto.
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BACK ISSUE! Magazine @backissuemagazine.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Ted Knight is kidnapped by neo-nazi skinheads during a Wayne Industries conference on alternative energy. Hellboy meets with Batman and explains that Ted's knowledge of planets and alternative energy makes him the perfect tool for a Nazi cult to use for a dark spell. So they team up to find Ted.
Hellboy and Batman leap as a yellow spotlight shines behind them. In the background, an image of the golden age Starman (Ted Knight) holding his gravity rod flying is shown along with headshots of several neo-nazi skinheads.

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Batman/Hellboy/Starman #1, Jan 1999 by James Robinson & Mike Mignola.
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BACK ISSUE! Magazine @backissuemagazine.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Happy Birthday to Weezie! Louise Simonson has had a long and distinguished career as a comic editor/writer; from X-Men, Power Pack, Superman and more. Her first foray into mainstream comics was being the model for Linda Olsen in Bernie Wrightson's classic cover to House of Secrets #92 (1971)
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BACK ISSUE! Magazine @backissuemagazine.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Back when Marvel Girl (Jean Grey) used to get strapped to a machine to feel "the tingles"! I guess "girl martyr month" was her and the x-boys' safe word. - Uncanny X-Men #53 (1969)
Marvel Girl is strapped to a machine crackling with unknown energy.

"So far so good! Mild tingling sensation! Internal vibrations -- beginning to build!"

Cyclops stands nearby and says, "Don't take any chances! Yell the moment you feel the slightest discomfort!"

"Don't worry, this isn't girl martyr month!"

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Uncanny X-Men #53 (1969) by Arnold Drake, Barry Smith & Mike Esposito.

Reprinted in Marvel Comics Presents X-Men (1988 mini comic)
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BACK ISSUE! Magazine @backissuemagazine.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Betrayed by his country and labeled a traitor, Ollie is set to expose the US involvement in a terrorist attack on military ships in the Panama Canal. Then it all falls apart. The US spins the media and admits their involvement -- but on their terms. Ollie is alone again and his spirit is broken.
EX-PATRIOT

Oliver Queen holds an American flag in his hands and views it with scorn and contempt.

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Green Arrow #39, Nov 1990 by Mike Grell, Denys Cowan & Shea Anton Pensa.
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BACK ISSUE! Magazine @backissuemagazine.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Contagion: Pt. 1 Azrael warns Batman that the Order of St. Dumas has discovered an unstoppable, apocalyptic virus and that it is being smuggled in from Africa. Batman needs to find the carrier and neutralize him within 48 hours otherwise Gotham City streets will be lined with dead, twisted bodies.
A man dressed in a red contamination suit and quarantined behind thick glass meets with Batman.

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Batman : Shadow of the Bat #48, Mar 1996 by Alan Grant, Vince Giarrano & Ray McCarthy. Cover by Brian Stelfreeze.
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BACK ISSUE! Magazine @backissuemagazine.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Exploited mine workers ask the hard traveling heroes for help against their employer and his personal army of goons. Green Lantern questions helping them since their boss is the owner of the mine and the ultimate authority in town. This causes Green Arrow to blow a fuse. - Green Lantern #77 ('70)
Green Arrow lectures Green Lantern --

"Oh boy! NOW I've heard it all! Because Soames muscled his way into authority, he's a good guy, huh?

Pal -- Hitler was the "Boss" of Germany, remember? 

And there was Genghis Khan, Nero...

Throughout history, cheap punks have made themselves leaders! Regardless of their titles, they were still cheap punks!"

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Green Lantern #77, June 1970 by Denny O'Neil, Neal Adams & Frank Giacoia.
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BACK ISSUE! Magazine @backissuemagazine.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Is LANTERNS saving the Vulcan Green Lantern for Season Two? - Green Lantern/Green Arrow #90, Sept 1976
On Oa, Hal is given a salute by a Vulcan Green Lantern.

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Green Lantern/Green Arrow #90, Sept 1976 by Denny O'Neil and Mike Grell
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BACK ISSUE! Magazine @backissuemagazine.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Oh, so THAT'S why there are still tenants in the Baxter Building. Power to the tenants! No slumlords!! - Fantastic Four #274, Jan 1985 by John Byrne & Al Gordon
Alicia Masters asks why doesn't Reed expand on the building? She's sure the lower tenants would be happy to vacate.

On the contrary explains Reed.

The tenants signed an ironclad 99 year lease with the previous owners due to all the danger the FF presented; steeply discounted rents and a tenant option to terminate.

Reed has found no one who is willing to give up their deeply discounted Baxter Building apartments in downtown Manhattan.
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BACK ISSUE! Magazine @backissuemagazine.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is the story of Moonshadow; now an old man putting pen to paper. He writes the tale not of his life, but that of his awakening. The tale begins with the boy being born in space in a menagerie to an alien ball of light and a hippy girl. The journey of his awakening begins when he turns 15...
An adult fairy tale.

A child lays comfortably in bed, wide eyed and pensive as the stars and planets of unknown space are displayed behind him.

Next, a young person in a flowing cape stands on a cliff side with outstretched arms as a bright orb with a mischievous look and smile looks down on him.

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Moonshadow #1 (Epic), Mar 1985 by J.M. Dematteis & Jon J. Muth.
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BACK ISSUE! Magazine @backissuemagazine.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Secrets of the Legion Cruiser. - Superboy #219, Sept 1976 by Jim Shooter and Mike Grell.
Cross section of a typical Legion Cruiser supplied by the United Planets and used by members of the Legion of Super-Heroes to travel through long distances in space.

Looks similar to a Klingon Battleship from Star Trek: The Original Series.
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BACK ISSUE! Magazine @backissuemagazine.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Kobra is holding world diplomats hostage and is planning to kill every living person in Portugal with poison gas as a sign of his superiority. Aquaman and Batman (with help from Green Lantern) team-up in an attempt to stop the dastardly plan of the deadliest man alive!
Trapped deep underwater in inescapable netting, Aquaman and a scuba-wearing Batman are addressed by the cult leader Kobra who is standing on a rock wearing a clear diver's helmet and air tank.

"You thought Batman could save but -- but your death will begin my domination of the world!"

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Aquaman #61, May 1978 by David Michelinie, Don Newton & Bob McLeod.
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BACK ISSUE! Magazine @backissuemagazine.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
President Luthor has fractured the country and corrupted the mystical embodiment of America’s spirit who attacks Superman for being un-American. During their battle, Superman reminds it of what America truly is. Realizing its mistake, the true Spirit of America returns -- Uncle Sam has returned.
Superman stands over a weakened Uncle Sam and addresses him.

"That was Lex Luthor corrupting you.

And as hard as it has been for me -- THIS President of the United States -- President Luthor does not speak for all of us. The PEOPLE speak for this country. Like them, you only needed to be reminded of it. 

The world will ALWAYS look to us to do the right thing. But it will never be the right thing for everyone.

I think -- I think we all CAN do is our best and hope folks like what we've chosen."

Uncle Sam rises from the ground and responds.

" [...] I worry, though. It's never been harder to be what we are. The Spirit of America "

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Superman #178, March 2002 by Jeph Loeb, Ed McGuinness & Cam Smith.
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BACK ISSUE! Magazine @backissuemagazine.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
There I was, looking at Gambit on the cover of Uncanny X-Men #266, excited that there was FINALLY a character who wore a zebra-striped, pink body suit with a blue leather string cod piece and tan trench coat... ...and it didn't even make it to the inside!! You failed me Marvel!! 😉
the future x-man gambit is introduced in the story and he wears more conservative clothing (for an x-men in the 90s) than was shown on the front cover.

uncanny x-men #266, aug 1990 by chris claremont, mike collins and josef rubinstein.
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BACK ISSUE! Magazine @backissuemagazine.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The city is being held captive by a group calling themselves, "We...the People". Either pay their demand for six million dollars, or the arson attacks will continue. Captain American makes it his mission to bring the betrayed patriots to justice. Also, portfolios by Kevin Nowlan and Terry Austin.
With a tear running down his eye, Captain America holds up a burned and smoldering American flag in one hand while pointing to the reader with his other.

Marvel Fanfare #18, Jan 1985 by Roger Stern, Frank Miller & Josef Rubinstein; from an idea by Roger McKenzie.
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BACK ISSUE! Magazine @backissuemagazine.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Bart's impulsive approach to crime fighting finally catches up to him; Deathstroke gets the drop on Bart and blasts his kneecap to smithereens. After a quick and painful recovery, Bart decides to grow up and take his destiny more seriously. From now on, Impulse is no more -- call him 'Kid Flash'.
Reintroducing Kid Flash!

Bart Allen decides to take up the mantle of his mentor, Wally West and dons the classic Kid Flash costume. 

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Teen Titans #5 (2003) by Geoff Johns, Mike McKone & Marlo Alquiza (events occur in TT #2-#5)
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BACK ISSUE! Magazine @backissuemagazine.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
On a similar theme... The company Comico (Mage, Grendel, Elementals) is pronounced "co-MEE-ko" not "comic-oh". Yeah, I'm never EVER going to say it the right way. It's comic-oh forever!
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BACK ISSUE! Magazine @backissuemagazine.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
1967: Vietnam. Lt. David Boyd is kept alive after a bombing. 1977: David is used in a military experiment to create enhanced humans. 1984: David begins his training as the Next Man of human evolution. 1985: David discovers his creators secret plan and they place an order to eliminate him.
The cybernetic next man with a helmet visor and purple body suit stands in a rocky desert and realizes he's being watched.

TARGET SIGHTED

: DESTROY

LASER DESIGNATION: DESTROY

: DESTROY

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Next Man #1 (1985), Roger Mckenzie, Vince Argondezzi & Bill Anderson
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BACK ISSUE! Magazine @backissuemagazine.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A drugstore purchase back in the summer of 1979. I had never seen a superhero themed digest before. I was blown away by the collection and little special extras. I realized "The Death of Superman" was an imaginary story but it still made 10-yr old me very sad; a brilliant story, a legit classic.
Water color painting of a smiling Superman flying above the city of Metropolis.

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The Best of DC digest #1 (1979) cover art by Ross Andru, Dick Giordano & Joe Orlando.
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Frank Cho @frankchoartist.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Big Barda, quick draw. Here’s the latest drawing demonstration on my YouTube channel while I prep for Baltimore Comic Con this weekend. www.youtube.com/@frankchoartist
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BACK ISSUE! Magazine @backissuemagazine.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The DC Implosion was tough on a lot of heroes, especially new guys like Firestorm. - Daily Planet, Week of September 25th, 1978 by Fred Hembeck.
Hembeck! comic strip

Firestorm address the reader.

"When you lose your magazine you have lots of extra time on your hands. You learn to pass the time a lot of ways. Okay, kids!"

Kids take out skewers with marshmallows and start to cook them in Firestorm's flaming hair.

There is a slight pause.

"...I want my book back!"

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From The Warlord #16, Dec 1978.
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BACK ISSUE! Magazine @backissuemagazine.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
He was drugged, beaten, humiliated and thrown out onto the Tokyo street with the other trash. With help from Yukio, he regains his strength & returns to confront the father of his true love. Can the indestructible mutant regain his honor from the ruthless crime boss, Lord Shingen of Clan Yashida?
Logan lights up a cigarette with one hand while pointing a crossbow at something off panel with the other.

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Wolverine #4, Dec 1982 by Chris Claremont & Frank Miller and Joe Rubinstein.
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BACK ISSUE! Magazine @backissuemagazine.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Walker Gabriel is a young, brilliant thief. His friendship with the ex-villain Chronos has allowed him to expand his temporal physics research and his vocation allows him to buy the very expensive equipment he needs. One day things get weird; a mutant murderer from the future shows up to kill him.
A man in a black bodysuit with a strange line design holds a glowing dial in his left hand and in the far distance sky, a massive floating city burns and begins to crash down to earth.

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Chronos #1, Mar 1998 by John Francis Moore, Paul Guinan & Steve Leialoha
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BACK ISSUE! Magazine @backissuemagazine.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
An old male college classmate of Dian's has been found murdered; his body orifices sewn shut and drained of blood by a catheter. As the PD investigators search for the woman he was last seen with, the Sandman launches his own investigation -- both unaware that the vamp has selected her next victim.
Photo of an elegant woman for the late 1930s holding a cigarette in her hand.

Inset is the fedora wearing hero Sandman in his WWI gas mask and suit holding his sleep gun.

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Sandman Mystery Theater #13, April 1994; The Vamp by Matt Wagner & Steven T. Seagle and Guy Davis. Cover by Gavin Wilson and Richard Bruning.
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twomorrows.bsky.social @twomorrows.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Here's what's in the Lunar’s Oct. Next Phase catalog (#58). CLICK HERE to download the TwoMorrows section: www.twomorrows.com/media/LunarO... Order by October 26 (FOC 10/26): 1026TM1238 Back Issue #173 1026TM1239 Comic Book Creator #48 1026TM1240 RetroFan #49
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BACK ISSUE! Magazine @backissuemagazine.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The super villains are creating a society to protect themselves from what the heroes did to Dr. Light. But Catman refuses to join; he found peace amongst his pride. Then his pride is slaughtered. A secret faction of six villains under the mysterious Mockingbird extends him an invite. He accepts.
The leaders of the new evil secret society of super-villains; Talia Al Ghul, Black Adam, Lex Luthor, Deathstroke, Doctor Psycho and the Calculator.

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Villains United #1, July 2005 by Gail Simone, Dale Eaglesham and Wade von Grawbadger.
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BACK ISSUE! Magazine @backissuemagazine.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Superman saves a girl from life on the streets and gets her fed at a church. It occurs to Superman that he could gather America’s food surplus and feed the hungry of the world for one day. Congress agrees to his special request. Will his mission to fight hunger succeed in inspiring the world?
Headshot of Superman looking down on Earth.

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Superman: Peace on Earth (1999) by Alex Ross and Paul Dini
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BACK ISSUE! Magazine @backissuemagazine.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
She’s ready to start her criminal career. She steals intel on criminals from the police and begins to recruit them for her gang. She is beautiful, intelligent, athletic and seems to possess some kind of ‘back luck’ power in addition to a huge crush on Spider-Man. She calls herself the Black Cat.
Spider-Man's senses go crazy as he walks on a building wall. He is unable to see a domino masked woman in a black bodysuit with white fur boots, gloves and white hair pouncing on him from above.

Never let the Black Cat cross your path!

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Amazing Spider-Man #194, July 1979 by Marv Wolfman, Keith Pollard & Frank Giacoia. Black Cat designed by Dave Cockrum.Cover by Al Milgrom.
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BACK ISSUE! Magazine @backissuemagazine.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Inhuman Royal Name: Backagar Issuelin Magazineagon
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BACK ISSUE! Magazine @backissuemagazine.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Oh, so THAT'S why there are still tenants in the Baxter Building. Power to the tenants! No slumlords!! - Fantastic Four #274, Jan 1985 by John Byrne & Al Gordon
Alicia Masters asks why doesn't Reed expand on the building? She's sure the lower tenants would be happy to vacate.

On the contrary explains Reed.

The tenants signed an ironclad 99 year lease with the previous owners due to all the danger the FF presented; steeply discounted rents and a tenant option to terminate.

Reed has found no one who is willing to give up their deeply discounted Baxter Building apartments in downtown Manhattan.
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BACK ISSUE! Magazine @backissuemagazine.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The Legionnaires head to Marzal, a self-sufficient land populated by a black race who have isolated themselves from the outside world, and are greeted with hostility from the population. They also encounter their champion, a young man with sonic powers named Tyroc. - Superboy #216 (1976)
"Get out of my city, Legionnaires! My people don't want you here! We despise everything you stand for!"

Curses a black youth standing on the edge of a cliff with the complete population of Marzel cursing along behind him.

He sports an afro, an open chest, low v-neck, white unitard with chain straps and metal belt along with bright, white ankle boots with fins.



Superboy #216, April 1976 by Cary Bates & Mike Grell
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BACK ISSUE! Magazine @backissuemagazine.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I've been seeing posts about Batman all day, but I don't think this is the guy everyone is talking about! "The Birth of a Hero!" by Peter David, Todd McFarlane & Jim Salicrup
Criminals are a cowardly lot a man sits by his window trying to think of a disguise that will strike terror in their hearts. When a kid sends a baseball crashing through his window, he know what he must become.

He becomes Bat-Man, the Park Knight! 

What The - ?! #3, Oct 1988
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BACK ISSUE! Magazine @backissuemagazine.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Having survived a mechanical suicide squad, Iron Man battles the new, reincarnated Mandarin. And if Iron Man fails to win, the Mandarin's missiles will destroy the United States.
Iron Man breaks a girder over his head as he stands in front of a stone statue of the numbers "100".

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Iron Man #100, July 1977 by Bill Mantlo, George Tuska & Mike Esposito. Cover by Jim Starlin.
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BACK ISSUE! Magazine @backissuemagazine.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The Penguin has been murdered by the Joker on live TV. The Joker and dead body are gone before Batman has a chance to arrive. The next day Joker meets with Batman and says an imposter killed The Penguin, not him, and he wants his help finding the real killer. Batman agrees to help. Also, Nemesis.
The Joker stands over The Penguin with a smoking toy pistol with a BANG flag protruding from the muzzle.

The Batman runs into the room and accuses the Joker of murder, the Joker says he's innocent!

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The Brave and the Bold #191, Oct 1982 by Dan Mishkin & Gary Cohn and Jim Aparo.
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BACK ISSUE! Magazine @backissuemagazine.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The Fantastic Four stop Spider-Man from kidnapping two children. They learn he was possessed by a mutant girl, Xi'an. Her uncle is holding her siblings hostage in an attempt to have her work for him and his criminal empire. Also, Storm and Black Panther team up against a bad man from their past.
Spider-Man battles the Fantastic Four while being mind controlled by the mutant, Karma.

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Marvel Team-Up #100, Dec 1980 by Chris Claremont, Frank Miller and Bob Wiacek. Storm/Black Panther by Claremont, John Byrne & Bob McLeod. Cover by Miller & Klaus Janson.
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BACK ISSUE! Magazine @backissuemagazine.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Happy 100th heavenly birthday to the legendary Joe Kubert. A master storyteller and teacher, he was DC's premier war books cover artist and co-creator of Sgt. Rock and silver age Hawkman. Here's his portrait by Bill Sienkiewicz beside my favorite bronze age cover drawn by him.
Pen and ink portrait of artist/teacher Joe Kubert by Bill Sienkiewicz.

Cover to 1976's Ragman #1 published by DC Comics.
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BACK ISSUE! Magazine @backissuemagazine.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Something is causing the sun to increase its radiation and it has affected the powers of Superman and the Metal Men. The villain Ira Quimby (I.Q.) sent a beam into the sun, but instead of increasing his intellect, the sun is going nova. To fix his mistake, he is sending Chemo into the sun's heart.
Chemo, the chemical giants, spits poison at Superman as the giants holds the Metal Men trapped in the palms of its hands.

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DC Comics Presents #4, Dec 1978 by Len Wein & Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez.
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BACK ISSUE! Magazine @backissuemagazine.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Captain America has gathered all the Avengers, both past and present. The heroes has learned that Ares, the God of War is planning to open the earthly gateway between Olympus and Asgard and invade Asgard. It's up to the Avengers to stop the destruction of three worlds.
Captain America leads the charge of all Avengers members, past and present.

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The Avengers #100, June 1972 by Roy Thomas, Barry Smith w/ Joe Sinnott & Syd Shores.
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BACK ISSUE! Magazine @backissuemagazine.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Kuurgo has come to Earth to take The Thing back to his planet, but decides to take The Hulk instead after he learns the Hulk is stronger, but The Leader calls dibs on the Hulk. The villains manipulate the heroes to fight as their respective champions with the victor gaining control of both heroes.
The Incredible Hulk and Ben Grimm (The Thing) fight.

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Marvel Feature #11, Sept 1973 by Len Wein, Jim Starlin & Joe Sinnott. Cover by Starlin & John Romita.
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David Lapham @davidlapham.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Finally did the JSA Mega Cast piece!
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