The fan-fave Bronze Age artist turns 71…
Given my particular obsessions, the first time I encountered Ed Hannigan’s work was when he was the Batman cover artist in the ’80s. He remains one of the best ever.
Of course, he also had a healthy run at Marvel with a string of memorable covers across a variety of titles. (He also co-created Cloak and Dagger with Bill Mantlo.)
So with Hannigan turning 71 — he was born Aug. 6, 1951 — this year’s 13 COVERS birthday salute is a tip of the pencil to his time at the House of Ideas.
Right on.
Al Milgrom inks
Walt Simonson inks
Klaus Janson inks
Milgrom inks
Milgrom inks
Joe Rubinstein inks
Janson inks
Janson inks
Milgrom inks
Janson inks
Terry Austin inks
Rubinstein inks
Janson inks
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August 6, 2022
Wishing a very happy birthday to Mr. Hannigan.
August 6, 2022
One that a lot of people don’t realize was Ed Hannigan was Fantastic Four 170. It’s a GREAT cover. If you’re not familar with it, this is a link (copy and paste)…
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/d/d2/Fantastic_Four_Vol_1_170.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20180525001249
August 6, 2022
Well, that link didn’t work. How about this one – just click on the cover and it enlarges…
https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Fantastic_Four_Vol_1_170
August 6, 2022
He does some nice Ditko channeling on the Spider-Man covers, especially on PPSS #69.
August 6, 2022
Ed Hannigan is great and that cover for FF 170 is classic. Unless I’m mistaken I thought he did layouts for all of issue 1 of the Cloak and Dagger 1983 limited series. He did the cover roughs for FF. 140 &144 too
August 7, 2022
My 3 favorite series in the 80s were ASM, PPTSSM, and Avengers. Thanks for some great covers, Ed Hannigan! And happy birthday!