Black Widow and Nightshade

 

Nightshade still has a lot of untapped potential.  She's one of the Charlton characters that DC acquired back in the 80's, and still has not done enough with yet.  I have liked the brief moments where she has shown up and her appearances on various teams over the years - but it would be nice to see her truly get a moment in the spotlight.

Spider-Man and Nightshade

 

Nightshade was one of the more interesting characters that DC Comics acquired from Charlton - but they never seemed to really know what to do with her.  She served time on The Suicide Squad and made various guest appearances over the years, but after a while I lost track of her.  Perhaps a long stint with The Birds of Prey or Justice League of America would have given her more recognition.

Captain America and The Suicide Squad

 

Upon completing this entry, I made one new rule for myself going forward: No more barbed wire and chain link fences!  Man, this was a tough one to do.  Separating the fencing from the background was very painstaking and took much longer than I had expected.  Then I realized it wasn't working to just stick the Squad members behind that layer, and I wound up having to digitally separate them and add back in to make sure nobody was too obscured by any foreground elements or each other.  This turned out to be a pretty challenging cover, but I am happy with the final results.

Venom joins Suicide Squad

 

Now we are hearing rumors of Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock/Venom joining in on the action of the in-development third Marvel/Sony Spider-Man movie.  With Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange, Jamie Foxx and Electro and possible even Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire as interdimensional Spideys, this film looks to be jam-packed.  The current theory is that Wanda/Vision on Disney+, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and the third Spider-Man film will combine to make a Marvel multiverse epic story line.

The Shroud Vs. Nightshade

Putting together a cover as intricate as this one is pretty complicated, but only the best for the visitors of this blog, that's what I say!  Thanks to Bob Greenwade, a Patron of this blog for inspiring this masterpiece!

Nightshade and Dagger

I have been meaning to feature Nightshade on a cover ever since I began this blog, and I am just now getting around to it.  I have always been fond of the Charlton/DC character as she was the very first superhero that my favorite artist, Jim Aparo, ever worked on (if I am not mistaken). She didn't sport the above look very long - in fact she seems to get a whole costume overhaul every time she is reintroduced.