One of the cooler constants in comics is the homage cover. A modern artist, seeing that another momentous occasion is impending in a superhero’s life, turns to the work of those who went before. And sometimes, the end result is smile-inducingly brilliant.
In both covers, members of The Flash’s infamous Rogues Gallery loom threateningly over a fallen speedster. On the left, the cover of The Flash #174 from 1967, drawn by Carmine Infantino. On the right, the just-released cover to an upcoming issue of The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive, drawn by … well, I’m not sure. I think it’s Tony Daniel, the fellow who has been doing handling artistic chores up to the most recent issue. And though the press release refers to issue #13 (the next one), this cover doesn’t match the much darker one shown over at the DC Comics website.
Correction: Just found out … the throwback preview cover was not drawn by Tony Daniel, but by another guy named Ryan Sook.
