What a tease!
Is there a Bronze Age DC fan out there who hasn’t been clamoring for the publisher to release as a book the much sought-after ’80s DC style guides, with art by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez?
Y’know, the images that look like this:
Artist Cliff Chiang gets it. He produced a pitch-perfect variant cover that homages the art for July’s Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #17.
Check it out — along with the solicitation released Friday by DC:
Chiang
BATMAN/SUPERMAN: WORLD’S FINEST #17
Written by MARK WAID
Art and cover by DAN MORA
Variant cover by CLIFF CHIANG
1:25 variant cover by JAMIE McKELVIE
1:50 variant cover by DIKE RUAN
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE: July 18, 2023
World War A.I. hits its climax, guest–starring dozens of DC heroes in a war against Newmazo and his machines that will determine the fate of humanity—and lay threads for a menace that will soon pop up in the pages of Shazam!
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A few thoughts:
— The cover is Batman and Superman teaming up with Green Lantern and Green Arrow. Out. Standing.
— Boxing glove arrow.
— OK, if we can’t get the style guides, how about a series of variant covers featuring JLGL images from the books?
— Here are the other WF covers released by DC:
Dan Mora main cover
Jamie McKelvie variant. Magpie! Of course!
Dike Ruan variant
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April 21, 2023
These variant covers following the Dan Mora one are all really nice, especially the Cliff Chiang one.
April 21, 2023
I can’t get over what a fantastic artist Dan Mora is – that guy is an amazing talent!