Two More Tips

While George Perez was working at Marvel Comics in the late 1970s on The Fantastic Four, The Avengers and a slew of other ‘team’ titles rumor had it that he was approached or wished to work at DC Comics on The Justice League Of America.

Evidently the title was a favorite of his. 

DC Comics welcomed him with open arms under one condition.  He was given the ’temporary ’assignment to draw the fledgling New Teen Titans title. 

After the title ended its short run (or so DC staffers believed) George would move on to the Justice League.  Of course the New Teen Titans became a hit and George a hot commodity.

George proved his talent and while working on the Titans he produced a number of JLA stories, #184 being the first.

What makes this issue so special is not only the fact that it was George’s first pencil work on the title but it also reintroduced Darkseid in an exciting tale where he was pitted against the Justice League.

For Perez and Darkseid fans this is a ’must-have’ issue and I believe in the coming years it will become a much sought after issue.




Over at Marvel fellow penciller Frank Miller was making a name for himself with his work on Daredevil. 

Marvel offered him  the opportunity to draw Doctor Strange. 

Unfortunately those plans did not pan out.  Work on a possible James Bond new series and his current assignment on Daredevil curtailed his planned work on Doctor Strange.

But, Frank did get the chance to draw Doctor Strange in the Amazing Spider-Man Annual #14.

In it Doctor Strange and Spider-Man take on Doctor Doom and thwart his diabolical scientific and magical plans.

It’s classic Miller work on a character most would not associate with his grim and gritty style.

Miller fans are sure to want this issue.

Both of the JLA and Spider-Man titles deserve to be classics as I’m sure they will be as comic book enthusiasts take notice of them.