THE ART OF WALTER SIMONSON

Batman, Hercules, Dr. Fate, The Metal Men,  all these characters were, in the early 1970s, graced with a new dynamism and power when their adventures were illustrated by a young artist named Walter Simonson, who, over the next fifteen years, helped turn the comic book medium on its ear. Reprints you'll find here are: Detective Comics (1937) #450, Hercules Unbound (1975) #11, Hercules Unbound (1975) #12, Metal Men (1963) #45, Metal Men (1963) #46, Metal Men (1963) #47, Metal Men (1963) #48, Metal Men (1963) #49 and Star Spangled War Stories (1952) #180. Walter Simonson is an American comic book writer and artist, best known for a run on Marvel Comics' Thor from 1983 to 1987, during which he created the character Beta Ray Bill. He is also known for the creator-owned work Star Slammers, which he inaugurated in 1972 as a Rhode Island School of Design thesis. He has also worked on other Marvel titles such as X-Factor and Fantastic Four, on DC Comics books including Detective Comics, Manhunter, Metal Men and Orion, and on licensed properties such as Star Wars, Alien, Battlestar Galactica and Robocop vs. Terminator. Out of Print. Condition: Very Fine.