THE FLASH 75th Anniversary Variant Cover Art by Joshua Middleton
The 75th anniversary of DC Comics' The Flash is upon us, and to celebrate, artist Joshua Middleton created an incredibly fun piece of variant art. According to the artist, to mark the 75th anniversary of the superhero, DC has The Flash running through the covers of a bunch of other comics. The artist ended up using the the cover art from Detective Comics' 67th issue as his inspiration. He explains,
"I was asked to look through all of the classic Detective Comics covers to find a good one for The Flash to run through, and we wound up with issue #67. As soon as I saw that ostrich, I knew we had a winner. Man, comics used to be some crazy fun.
"So here is the original Jerry Robinson cover and my follow-up. I wanted to keep some of the classic feel of the old cover, so I played it pretty straight- pencils, inks, and relatively simple color utilizing the same palette as the original."
I included the original Detective Comics cover art below so that you can compare the two. I love what MIddleton did with it.