Rich Buckler (1949 – 2017).
I’ll always have a soft spot for Rich Buckler, because he drew these two Roy Thomas-scripted issues of DC Comics Presents teaming Superman with the Marvel Family and I must have read ’em a million times:
In fact, Buckler drew a lot of comics around that time that made quite the impression on a Young Mike still trying to figure out this whole funnybook thing. I particularly enjoyed All-Star Squadron, another book he worked on.
My condolences to his family, friends, and fans. So long, Rich.
So, who could defeat King Kull then? That cape looks like Red Tornado?
I’m going to guess it was Uncle Marvel.
David and Travis, I will not spoil the surprise, but you have guessed wrong. The Marvel Family was vast, as was the original DC multi-verse!
I’m betting the Karate Kid. Am I right? What do I win?
Wasn’t it Uncle Marvel and the Marvel bunny teaming up?
I started reading comics in the fall of 1985 after buying Marvel Secret Wars figures. I had bought the black Spider-Man figure and wanted to know why he had a new costume, so I picked up a copy of “Peter Parker the Spectacular Spider-Man”; it was the second issue of the “Death if Jean DeWolff” storyline. I haven’t looked at those issues going on 30 years, but Buckler’s images are so burned into my memories from reading and re-reading that run on PPTSSM, that he’s one of the building blocks of what superhero comics are supposed to look like for me.
I thought it was Ra’s al Ghul…
I do like those issues. I’ll leave aside the discussion of how Roy Thomas’s understanding of the Marvel Family concept seemed to go completely off the rails in later years.