Maskarado & Dakila Team-Up

Interrupting the regular Retro Covers for a shameless plug! For my readers in the Philippines, these Maskarado comic books are now available for purchase at Libreria Komiks at Libro for ₱275 each.

Written by David Hontiveros and co-starring his OC superhero, Dakila!

28 pages, 6.625 x 10.25 inches, B&W interior pages, colored covers 

Thighland

 

It was Tuesday. Or, rather, it’s Tuesday and the new Street Fighter movie is opening tomorrow in my corner of the globe. So a Street Fighter cover would be appropriate, right?

Malibu Comics had a short-lived run as comics publisher of the game franchise. They explained in the final issue that Capcom pulled the plug. Did they not get approval for the story first before they started working on the book? Were the first two issues too gory for Capcom? The Ferret guest-starred in the third issue. Did they not want other Malibu characters to interact with theirs? In any case, Capcom was displeased and that was the end.

Daddy Issue

Part two of this imaginary crossover! Korak has come to Opar to rescue his father, but he might be the one who needs to be rescued!

Had a lot of fun drawing these covers. Now who do I pitch this idea to?

La La Land

 

I’ve got another two-parter here. Tarzan rules Opar! Why? How? Has he finally fallen for La’s wiles? Is he here against his will? We may never find out, but… The cover for part two will be out in a few days!

DC’s Tarzan is where I learned to appreciate Joe Kubert’s art. His art style, IMO, wasn’t really a good fit for superheroics, but for every other genre, his art is spot on.

Diaclone Clone

This year is the 40th anniversary of Transformers: The Movie, and it’ll be shown again in cinemas in a few days (at least in the US). I remember it not being released theatrically here in the Philippines, so me and my friends had to rent it on videotape to watch it. We were all emotionally traumatized that day 🫣.

Dead Men Walking

 

The Comet has the distinction of being the first superhero to ever die. Maybe it was karma, since he had no problem unaliving people left and right. He’s been brought back, though, much like his guest star here, Mister Justice, who is literally the ghost of a dead prince who just decided to become a superhero after hundreds of years being trapped in a castle.

Jacking Kirby

 It’s Jack Kirby’s birthday, and it’s commonly known as Jack Kirby Day. To celebrate, I’ve “inked” over some of his DC Comics work. I think I was introduced to his work when he was at DC, I only saw his Marvel work later.

I wasn’t really a fan when I was a kid, but I really liked OMAC and Sandman for some reason. I learned to appreciate his art more as I grew older.

Walk With Yang

Did Charlton Comics ever cross over their characters? I can’t think of any instance that they did. So, here’s my take on that, featuring one of their lesser known characters, Yang, and The Phantom, who Charlton published for a while.

Aw, who am I kidding? This is just an excuse to draw The Phantom again.

Three Men and a Lady

Thunder Illustrated Magasin was an all-action anthology from the late 1980s in the Philippines. The two regular superhero features in its pages was Altaru and Sapot ni Gagamba Kasama si Scorpio. Altaru was newly created for the comic at that time, but Gagamba and Scorpio were characters who originally debuted in the 1960s. You can read more about Altaru here and all about Gagamba and Scorpio here.

Justified

 

J’onn J’onzz, the Martian Manhunter, became one of my favorite Justice League members during the Justice League International era. But the team that came before that had a tragic ending. Two of them ended up dead, Vibe and Steel.

The title was rebooted and became Justice League, then Justice League International, then finally split into Justice League America and Justice League Europe. But what if the original title kept on going? This might be what happened if that was the case.