by tombatiuk | Sep 9, 2017 | Komix Thoughts
Next up in the cover gallery is a beauty by Russ Heath. I had talked to Russ at Comic-Con about doing a cover and had even suggested one riffing off of two of his signature strips, The Silent Knight and The Haunted Tank, where we would see a knight jousting with a...
by tombatiuk | Aug 26, 2017 | Komix Thoughts
With this really fun western cover, Rick Burchett becomes the second artist to create more than one Batom Comics cover. Truth be told, however, this is really more of a Rick Burchett cover than a Batom cover. When Rick and I were wrapping up the Moon Mile Meek cover,...
by tombatiuk | Aug 12, 2017 | Komix Thoughts
When I asked Rick Burchett to create the Moon Mile Meek (don’t ask me what that means, I was in the fifth grade when I came up with it for Jimminy’s sake) Batom Comics cover, he said that he had been reading the Tales to Astonish compendiums from Marvel...
by tombatiuk | Jul 15, 2017 | Komix Thoughts
Don Perlin is one of two Batty Batom Bullpen artists to do two covers and in both cases the second cover was a western. I described the circumstances behind this cool Perlin cover in an earlier post so instead I’ll just let you enjoy the color version while I...
by tombatiuk | Jul 8, 2017 | Komix Thoughts
What can I say about Neal Adams that hasn’t already been said? I can say he did the Jupiter Moon cover for Batom Comics, that’s what! It’s the latest cover revealed in the gallery section on this site and it’s a gem. A battle between Jupiter...
