Posted By Dan Greenfield on Aug 20, 2026 | 1 comment

HOPE YOU LIKE IT: The ART of DAKOTA ALEXANDER…

By DAKOTA ALEXANDER

Superheroes, especially Marvel and DC legacy characters, will always maintain the trend of the costume change. As the decades pass by, it is often thought that these long-standing heroes will be in need of an update to keep up with the ever-changing times.

Russell Dauterman

And while some of these updates are often modest alterations made to an iconic look, such as Batman, you also have heroes whose costume changes are much bolder, like Spider-Man’s black symbiote suit.

And then you have Wonder Man, a character who, from his first appearance in The Avengers #9 in 1964 to the mid-’90s, had one of the most widely varied array of costumes I can think of (except for the Wasp, of course).

Everyone has their favorite, but in this case we’re going to go with the classic green!

Jack Kirby pencils, Chic Stone inks

Like with so many of the imaginary covers I draw, it’s fun to really dig into the character’s history to pinpoint iconic elements to further explore. Here, I decided to revisit the infamous Grim Reaper, Wonder Man’s brother! For fun, I decided to include some floating Avengers heads, and I even made a mock ad for the series.

Hope you like it.

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Want more of THE ART OF DAKOTA ALEXANDER? Come back next week!

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— SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY — If the Movie Poster Were Based on a Bronze Age Cover. Click here.

— Remarkable and Exquisite: THE DEATH OF GWEN STACY — In Feudal JAPAN. Click here.

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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, which is now available at his Etsy, Drums of the Serpent.