It's really not much of a "Manhunter" gallery as it turns out, but these are the seven issues of Detective Comics which ran the fantastic Archie Goodwin-Walt Simonson back-up series, the "All-New Manhunter".
MANHUNTER CHAPTER 1
MANHUNTER CHAPTER 2
MANHUNTER CHAPTER 3
MANHUNTER CHAPTER 4
MANHUNTER CHAPTER 5
MANHUNTER CHAPTER 6
MANHUNTER CHAPTER 7 & CONCLUSION
I've talked about that series on this blog before here.
These 100-pager jewels (with the exception of the debut issue) feature outstanding Batman covers by Jim Aparo. (The two exceptions are #438 by Mike Kaluta and #439 by Neal Adams.) Goodwin was trying to change the feel of the Batman stories too while he and Simonson traced the saga of Paul Kirk in the back of the book. Also in each of these comics are some delicious reprints from across DC's vast history. Great comic books indeed! I well remember luxuriating in these fantastic tomes.
These excellent Manhunter stories have been collected several times. But they've shown up online. Below each cover above you will find a direct link to the Manhunter story from that issue at Grantbridge Street & Other Misadventures where Joe Bloke has scanned these gems in.
And below is the original artwork by Jim Aparo for the one issue of Detective which actually did feature Manhunter on the cover.
Enjoy!
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good man, y'self!
ReplyDeleteI wanted to add those great stories to my blog and add some "fresh" content too. This seemed a neat way to get the stories with a bit of new too.
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting those classics. The more I read them, the more they impress me.
Someone called those stories "evergreen" and I couldn't agree more.
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Great stories, but I think Janson missed the boat with his colorization. He too frequently obliterated Simonson's wonderful pen work and design. For its greater transparency the original coloring was better, but best by far was a trade which reprinted the series gloriously UNcolored a few years before Janson just went too far.
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