The great Nick Cardy using a non-traditional layout on this 1968 TEEN TITANS cover. Editorial Director Carmine Infantino began to experiment with cover layouts during this period, so the layout of this piece may have come from him. In either case, it’s eye-catching, and beautifully rendered by the always-expert Cardy.
comicbookcovers: The Spectre #8, February 1969, cover by Nick Cardy
The striking purple background really makes this Nick Cardy TEEN TITANS cover pop, and adds to the drama of the situation. Couple that with the dramatic word balloon and the act of the heroes leaving their costumes behind, and it’s a winner.
A great Nick Cardy AQUAMAN cover, from a sketch by Carmine Infantino. This was during a period when DC was getting bold and aggressive with its covers, and one of the innovations that Infantino played with was to integrate the series logo into the image in the style of Will Eisner. It’s a great triangular … Continue reading Great Covers – AQUAMAN #42
comicbookcovers: Secret Six #2, July 1968, cover by Nick Cardy
What a wonderfully shocking and twisted SUPERBOY cover by Nick Cardy. This wasn’t at all the kind of image you expected to find on an issue of SUPERBOY. I’d be willing to bet that somebody at DC got cold feet, and that’s why the logo area is a solid blue banner, to help obscure the … Continue reading Great Covers – SUPERBOY #189
comicbookcovers: Aquaman #42, December 1968, cover by Nick Cardy
Nice PHANTOM STRANGER cover by Nick Cardy, likely over another Carmine Infantino sketch. A good concept, and fine composition–see how the converging gunfire draws your attention right to the figure in the center–and a nice use of color on this one.
Variations on this WITCHING HOUR cover by Nick Cardy were common on the weird/mystery titles published by DC in the early 1970s. But on this one, the stark red face of the demon as well as the expression on the boy’s face and the white of his turtleneck really help to sell it. The red … Continue reading Great Covers – WITCHING HOUR #45
From the days when Nick Cardy was DC’s house cover artist, doing most of the covers in a given month. This FLASH cover was pretty clearly laid out by editorial director Carmine Infantino, which is something he did for a lot of Cardy’s covers. That cloudy ghost figure is so clearly Infantino-based. The strong diagonal … Continue reading Great Covers – FLASH #224
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