07. The Hired Target - 1957 Robert Colby

07. The Hired Target - 1957 Robert ColbyArt by Lou Marchetti.

Cece is attacked

the Black Cat

but only in the sense that it is an absolute conversation starter due to the shocking act depicted and the disbelief that any publisher could possibly have allowed this painting to be published on the cover of a paperback novel at any time in our history

simply for the fact that it has several very nicely drawn face shots on it

as the sleazy Gavin continues to be a thorn in his side

precise and drawn in proper perspective

For you Ram V & Mike Perkins Swamp Thing super fans

Ethan Van Sciver - Pencils & Inks

So while the images of the statues in the comic book have been altered

Is this a clue as to what we can expect to see happen with the thing laying on his operating table

With the Superman Blue idea being an homage to a Silver Age Superman storyline and Ultraman having originally died in the Crisis on Infinite Earths

standing in the parted Atlantic Ocean