Inspired by The Lost 100-Pagers and Super-Team Family: The Lost Issues, I've decided to create my own take on comic book covers. These are all-original art illustrated by me, Reno Maniquis. Thank you and a good afternoon. Excelsior!
Showing posts with label Shazam. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shazam. Show all posts

Friday, August 17, 2018

Billy and Willie


It's been over half a year since I last posted! I was very busy with work but now I've been afforded a bit of a break so I managed to finish a new piece. I dabbled with a modern coloring style, hopefully I still managed to capture the essence of 1970s/1980s comic books with this one.

Captain Marvel is one of my all-time favorites ever since I first picked up Shazam no. 2, with the cover depicting him flying straight out of a comic book, and as a kid I didn't realize that the guy who fought the Man of Steel in Superman no. 276 was not the same guy. That was Captain Thunder, DC's test run to see if readers would want to see Superman and Captain Marvel battle it out. I guess it worked because eventually the two heroes would collide for real a short while later.

It would have been a hoot to see Marvel and Thunder encounter one another. And if you look closely at my depiction above you'll see who's masterminding this fight.

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Whiz Kids


In my opinion, Jerry Ordway's Power of Shazam series successfully retained the Golden Age charm of the Marvel Family, while at the same time bringing a modern sensibility in the stories it told. It's my favorite Shazam series so far. But art-wise, Don Newton will always be at my number one spot.

I absolutely disliked how they were handled in the 2000s, especially that Dark Mary Marvel abomination.