Friday, May 30, 2014

Spider-Man and The Six Million Dollar Man



I have really been enjoying the artwork of Earl Norem lately.  He matches lush painting with a comic book sensibility of staging and action that I find to be incredibly appealing.  His art looks great in any genre, too - whether it's superheroes, horror, sword & sorcery, even the Planet of the Apes, he always composes a memorable image that presents its characters in the best way possible.

11 comments:

  1. misty knight vs bionic woman or wonder woman jamie sommers or cyborg steve austin all would be cool

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  2. Great cover, love it!

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  3. I agree with my colleagues! Ever thought of a Spidey/Webb(MLJ) team-up?

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  4. Do you remember a short-lived science fiction/detective TV series from 1988 called Probe? It starred Parker Stevenson as Austin James. He should be included in this crossover, so he could meet Parker, Jameson, and Steve Austin.

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  5. MLJ was the original name of Archie Comics. I think Anonymous is referring to The Web from the Archie superhero line.

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  6. I remember Norem's artwork from the time... and like you, I was really captivated by it. He really did a great job of bring high-quality illustration to comic book covers. In my teens, I had never seen anything like this. Now, of course, I know he was referencing the great pulp artists like George Rosen and others. Great work on this cover, by the way!

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  7. I can just picture the mistaken-identity slugfest being initiated by a Chameleon impersonating a secretly abducted Oscar Goldman. Great job, all around!

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  8. How about a classic team-up of M.A.C.H.1 from the British comic 2000A.D with the Six Million Dollar Man?

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  9. How about a classic team-up of M.A.C.H.1 from the British comic 2000A.D with the Six Million Dollar Man?

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