Man-Thing #1 - Frank Brunner cover
Man-Thing #1, 1974 - After a ten issue run in the mystery series Fear, the Man-Thing finally gets his own title. It continues the storyline from Fear #19, and features a cameo by Howard the Duck (only his second appearance). Frank Brunner had drawn two previously adequate covers, but this simple, elegant image of the Man-Thing within his swamp environment is a classic. This image of the monster is much more hideous and frightful than his DC comics counterpart, the Swamp Thing. This is the only Man-Thing series cover by Brunner. See today's posts or more Brunner or Man-Thing issues.
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Brunner cover pencils and inks = ****
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an OUTSTANDING piece of art. i bought this off the stand as a kid and simply stared at the cover for what seems like hours. I would actually prefer this piece to his Dr Strange stuff, and that is saying something.
And it should be said, for the limited nature of the color back then, this cover would not be improved at all by the use of modern computer color. It would be muddied up horribly and lose depth. This is an excellent technical example of what the colorists could do back then on a great day.
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