Even SPIDER-MAN Got Stuck on BATMANIA in the ‘60s

HOPE YOU LIKE IT: The Art of DAKOTA ALEXANDER…

By DAKOTA ALEXANDER

It went something like this:

Dan:  “Uh… could you do something Marvel this week? Site’s been DC-heavy of late.”

Ask and ye shall receive.

Understandably, 13th Dimension has been very Bat-oriented with the 60th anniversary of the 1966 Batman TV series this month. So, what Marvel hero could possibly be the appropriate counterbalance?

YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN, that’s who!

And, coincidentally, I actually made a piece years ago that played on the famous LIFE magazine cover featuring the ’66 Batman TV show.

This mock cover takes place in September of 1967, when the Grantray-Lawrence Spider-Man cartoon first premiered on ABC — the same network that aired Batman.

Intended to depict a sort of “new superhero on the block,” we see our favorite web-slinger reading the famous 1966 issue with Adam West on the cover.

Hope you like it.

MORE

It’s Time for MARVEL (and DC) to Give Us a New Run of BLACKLIGHT POSTERS. Click here.

The Ongoing BATMAN ’66 Animated Series We Want to See. Click here.

DAKOTA ALEXANDER is an American artist living in Japan. He’s worked on many projects, such as The Liberty Brigade, The Masters, Charon 13, and G.H.O.S.T. Agents. His latest is his love letter to Bronze Age superhero-horror comics, The Hunter. Click here for more info. You can also visit his Etsy, Drums of the Serpent.

Author: Dan Greenfield

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  1. I do like it very much! Cool and amusing concept.

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