13 COVERS: A GENE COLAN Birthday Celebration

The fan-fave was born 93 years ago…

The beauty of producing 13th Dimension is that there’s always more: more to spotlight, more to celebrate, more to enjoy.

I bring this up because it’s the late Gene Colan’s birthday — he was born Sept. 1, 1926 — and of all the pieces we’ve done on him over the years, we’ve never highlighted his work on Howard the Duck.

So grab a rumpled fedora, light up a cigar and dig this 13 COVERS birthday salute. And for links to previous celebrations featuring, say, Batman and Daredevil, see below.

Get down, America.

Steve Leialoha inks

Tom Palmer inks

Palmer inks

Palmer inks

Leialoha inks

Palmer inks

Leialoha inks

Palmer inks

Alan Weiss inks

Palmer inks

Al Milgrom inks

Palmer and Josef Rubinstein inks

Leialoha inks. Possible alterations by John Romita.

MORE

— 13 COVERS: A GENE COLAN Birthday Celebration: 2018 EDITION, Starring DAREDEVIL. Click here.

— 13 COVERS: A GENE COLAN Birthday Celebration: 2016 EDITION, Starring BATMAN & DRACULA. Click here.

Cover images and credits from the satirical Grand Comics Database.

Author: Dan Greenfield

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  1. Issue 6 was my introduction to Howard. What a great character by a phenomenal team — Gerber and Colan.

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