Out this week from Marvel…
Steve “the Dude” Rude has a pair of ginchy homage variant covers this week that may have escaped your notice — one for Daredevil #2 and one for Fantastic Four #10.
Both covers riff on books that came out in early 1966: The Daredevil cover is a tribute to Daredevil #16 by John Romita and Frank Giacoia, which marked the first time Jazzy John drew Spider-Man — basically a tryout to see if he could take over for Steve Ditko. The FF cover honors the landmark Fantastic Four #49, by Jack Kirby and Joe Sinnott, the middle part of the Galactus Trilogy.
Dig the variants and their originals:
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Marvel has not marketed these as 60th anniversary covers but they should have — as well as any more that may be headed our way, I’d say.
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MORE
— 1966’s DAREDEVIL #16: A 60th ANNIVERSARY Salute to the First Time JOHN ROMITA Drew SPIDER-MAN. Click here.
— ALL YOU NEED IS GLOVE: What If Marvel Had Published YELLOW SUBMARINE. Click here.
May 4, 2026
“Ginchy”….. had to look that one up. A 50s slang for cool – always learning here at 13. 😉
I don’t see Rude’s touch in the Spider-Man. Maybe it’s the ink or coloring…. But that FF cover is definitely Rude’s style on full display. Love it.
I wish Marvel and DC would ask Steve to do some new work for them. He’s still 100% still working. New Nexus just got launched on Kickstarter last week. Heck, he does a Saturday painting class LIVE that are very interesting to view (YouTube).
May 4, 2026
Worth checking out the comedy album (now on YouTube) called ‘How To Speak Hip’ by Del Close & John Brent. Cut in about 1962 I believe.
May 4, 2026
Interesting – that Steve Rude FF cover is at least a dozen years old, see: https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1184945
May 4, 2026
Yeah, Marvel does that.