Perkins, Mike - El Cazador: The Ballad of Blackjack Tom #1 Cover! Natasha

Perkins, Mike - El Cazador: The Ballad of Blackjack Tom #1 Cover! NatashaBack in 2016, Mike Perkins was tasked with relaunching Deathlok a Marvel. The publisher decided they wanted to go a different route and feature a different visual look for the character. With that in mind, Perkins was asked to design new head gear, which he did with fully finished illustrations on the second board you see here at bottom. As with most artists doing design work, Perkins could have simply done looser sketches or perhaps tighter pencil

featuring a standout panel of Judge Ronald taking decisive action to secure a covert transport features some of Perkins’ most atmospheric architectural and vehicle work from the entire arc

Perkins spares no detail in depicting Wayne’s private lab

The Gray Gargoyle

making both characters feel larger than life

yet grounded and human rather than triumphant

Mike Perkins illustrated this very poignant Fantastic Four Christmas story written in rhyming couplets by the wonderful Mike Carey

Not only is this an action packed page

Perkins doesn’t just draw characters

Larry and Rita's journey out of Manhattan through the Lincoln Tunnel begins

Bret Blevins’ 2005 Sketchbook Original Cover Art

With its cross-market appeal

as has been the case throughout the series so far