13 COVERS: A RICH BUCKLER Birthday Celebration

The popular artist would have been 69.

Rich Buckler, who was born Feb. 6, 1949, didn’t revolutionize comics — he just produced clean, eye-pleasing pages and covers over and over again. He was a Bronze Age stalwart for both Marvel and DC and everyone seems to have their own favorite Buckler work. Mine are his Superman/Captain Marvel team-ups, which I highlighted in the 13 COVERS salute published when he died last year. (Click here.)

That was a catch-all retrospective, covering many of the titles for which Buckler was known. For this birthday celebration, however, I’m focusing on just one such title: Fantastic Four.

Enjoy.

Joe Sinnott inks

Dan Adkins inks

Sinnott inks

Sinnott inks

Sinnott inks

Sinnott inks

Sinnott inks

Al Milgrom inks

Sinnott inks

Sinnott inks

Sinnott inks

Sinnott inks

Cover images and credits from the sharp Grand Comics Database.

Author: Dan Greenfield

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  1. Gotta admit, I loved Johnny’s red suit they were briefly doing in the ’70’s. Buckler had a great eye.

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  2. Fantastic Four 159 might very well be my favorite cover of the bronze age. A masterpiece in concept and execution, and the Sinnott inks are a perfect bridge to the FF’s silver age heyday and of course King Kirby.

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