Tuesday, April 23, 2013

1982 - Flash #320 Unpublished Cover


http://www.romitaman.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=16736&ArtistId=861

Here's the published version by Ed Hannigan, kind of anti-climatic compared to the unpublished one.


Glenn (as he mentioned in the comments section) has pointed out this cover is an homage to a tradition of villains holding up a Flash costume. Here's an example...




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3 comments:

  1. Doc SavageApril 23, 2013 at 3:16 PM

    I was gonna say exactly what you did! The unpublished version is striking! looks like an Infantino design with that moon encircling the main figures.

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  2. UnknownApril 24, 2013 at 6:52 AM

    I think the published cover is a throwback to the Silver Age with various villains holding an empty Flash uniform aloft. Grodd springs immediately to mind. Flash fact - Flash cover tradition.

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  3. Jason ShayerApril 24, 2013 at 6:56 AM

    Thanks Glenn, I've updated the post with an example of that tradition.

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