The New Justice League Dark

Batmobile "The Winged Warrior," 1989. The Tom Burton era Batmobile was based on a 1967 Chevrolet Impala with components from a Rolls-Royce jet engine usually be found in a Harrier VTOL jet. Designed by Julian Caldow (illustrations) and Keith Short (final body sculpt) referencing design queues from the Salt Flat Racers of the 1930s and 1950s Sci Fi concepts. It featured an emergency "Batmissile" mode that shed all bodywork outside of the central fuselage and reconfigured the wheels and axles to fit through narrow openings. Once deployed, the mode defenestrated the car's exterior, which required rebuilding afterwards.

SUPERMAN & BATMAN By JK Moore & Burcham (1983)

Mad Max by Paul Shipper

Captain Rex

Art by Robert Shane || FB

Wondering why there hasn’t been a post in awhile? Haha well here is why: I capped off the individual figures for 1988 with Voltar, and now am entering into the VEHICLE drivers.

As has always been the case with the vehicle art, there are some vehicles that are fairly easy, and some that are EPIC and super complex. For example, the one I am working on currently! ROLLING THUNDER. With epic vehicles that are basically “playsets” I often try to do something a bit more special with the art so as to pay homage to the piece.

Hilariously the figure that comes with the Rolling Thunder is unbelievably simple, but man oh man the vehicle. Phew! So, yeah, I will try and post art updates as I go but it’s one of those pieces where I spend time thinking about a lotta aspects of it and studying it, etc. But not playing, no, definitely not, I swear. 😇

SIDENOTE: about my Rolling Thunder is that a) i have yet to clean it up (sorry), b) I am usually pretty good about having all the pieces to my childhood collection but I am missing ONE of the big red missiles, which is bad for the OCD, and c) I’m missing the thingy that holds the gun turret below the drivers. On the bright side, all the seatbelts are still in place? 🤔 Safety first! 😃 . . .

Jessica Cruz in Green Lanterns (2016) #7

for @whathappenedwasthat

Dark Knight by Darwyn Cooke

Remember the time Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man got some snazzy new threads….. which turned out to be a symbiotic…..Venom… Yeah good times. Art by Ron Frenz and Brett Breeding. #thecosmiccomicbookbroadcast #marvelcomics #theamazingspiderman #venom #ronfrenz #brettbreeding

The Batman Who Laughs by Francesco Mattina