These look sweet…
Oh, hooray!
June’s George Perez ’80s postcard-set variant covers from DC now have their nifty trade dress. They’ve also been re-colored by Trish Mulvihill.
There are 10 in all — but only nine have the trade dress so far. (Batman #161 has been delayed from June to July.)
So dig these, along with the release dates and prices. Birds of Prey #22 will fly first out of the gate, this Wednesday, June 4.
Rad.
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AQUAMAN #6: $4.99, June 11
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BIRDS OF PREY #22: $4.99, June 4
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GREEN ARROW #25: $4.99, June 25
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GREEN LANTERN #24: $5.99, June 25
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JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED #8: $4.99, June 25
Reminder: This image wasn’t a postcard. It’s from the cover of 1986’s Official Justice League of America Index #1, published by ICG.
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SUPERMAN #27: $5.99, June 25
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THE FLASH #22: $4.99, June 25
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WONDER WOMAN #22: $5.99, June 18
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ZATANNA #5: $4.99, June 18
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Plus, here’s a reminder of what the basic Batman art looks like. Batman #161 is now slated for July 23. The variant lists for $5.99.
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MORE
— EXCLUSIVE: Rare GEORGE PEREZ 1980s DC POSTCARDS to Be Reprinted as Variant Covers. Click here.
— DC Sets Dates and Prices for June’s GEORGE PEREZ ’80s POSTCARD Variants. Click here.
May 31, 2025
So, Barry Allen is wearing his Flash costume *over* his civilian clothes?!?
If these were drawn in 1984, then it’s amazing how much better Perez got as an artist in just one year. As much as I love Perez’s artwork (he was my favorite cartoonist as a kid in the 1980s), as an adult I find his early work (including these postcards) to be really, really stiff and over-rendered (and way over-designed). It wasn’t until The Judas Contract, and then especially Crisis on Infinite Earths, that he matured into a great artist. My personal hypothesis is that Dick Giordano had a lot to do with that. Giordano inked Perez on Judas as well as the first two or three issues of Crisis, and he really simplified and streamlined Perez’s work compared to what came before. Less detail, less rendering, more naturalistic poses, a more confident line. Jerry Ordway further refined his artwork on the second half of Crisis. And I think (without any evidence supporting this) that Perez must have seen the results and modified his drawing style to reflect this in his pencils. For my money, peak Perez is Crisis, History of the DC Universe, and the first 24 issues of Wonder Woman (that was an amazing four-year output).
(To be sure, Romeo Tanghal also simplified Perez’s rendering on the first several years of Titans, but I’m of the opinion that Perez and Tanghal were not at all a compatible pairing and were always struggling against each other. Giordano, Ordway (and Kesel on History and Patterson on WW) complimented Perez and enhanced and embellished his work, and didn’t try to pull it in another direction like Tanghal did.)
June 1, 2025
I agree with this. Although I like his stuff, here it looks sort of beginner, and indie. Like he hadn’t hit his stride quite yet. The better inkers do sell it. I also feel that he must have been looking at Miller, etc, because by the time of the Titans Brother Blood stuff he was really composing his panels
May 31, 2025
If onl.y he had d0ne the same for Justice society characters.
May 31, 2025
Dunno if this will come true but here is an effort 🙂
https://www.facebook.com/groups/664083247096026/posts/2792095454294784/
May 31, 2025
Love it. 80’s Perez was Peak Perez…
June 1, 2025
Where’s Martian Manhunter, Hawkman, Hawkwoman, The Atom, Elongated Man and Firestorm? It would be a shame if those weren’t reprinted as well?