13 COVERS: An ED HANNIGAN Birthday Celebration

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

MORE

— Why ED HANNIGAN Is One of the Greatest BATMAN Cover Artists Ever. Click here.

— MARVEL EPIC COLLECTIONS: Groovy SILVER AND BRONZE AGE Editions Coming in Early 2023. Click here.

Author: Dan Greenfield

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  1. He does some nice Ditko channeling on the Spider-Man covers, especially on PPSS #69.

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  2. 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

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  3. My 3 favorite series in the 80s were ASM, PPTSSM, and Avengers. Thanks for some great covers, Ed Hannigan! And happy birthday!

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