Friday, May 28, 2010

Batman and Mary Marvel



A pretty simple one this time out, but I love both of the images so much that I didn't want to mess with this cover too much. I believe they are both originally from covers to Amazing Heroes, one of the earlier comic-themed magazines.

Mary Marvel, along with the rest of the Marvel Family has seen better days. For some reason DC seems intent on corrupting her and frankly that is a plot element that I am quite tired of. Currently, Shazam has taken away Mary and Billy's powers and the characters are getting a bit of a rest. When they do return, I hope it will be in their more traditional appearances and personalities.

Mary in this cover was illustrated by the late, great Don Newton - a stellar artist taken far too young. I loved his work on the Shazam characters in World's Finest. He was also known for his rendition of Batman.

3 comments:

Shazamaholic said...

Nice one. I really wish there would have been some Batman-Marvel Family team ups in B&B.

Ross said...

Agreed - Batman and Captain Marvel was the main team up that never appeared that I with I could have seen - especially after seeing Aparo's rendition of him on the back covers of World's Finest.

LuckyDay said...

Its unfortunate that Bruce Wayne, millionaire playboy, is in an awkward position behind poor Mary.

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