2000AD #2468 p.05 - Face to Face at Last! Natasha Romanov

2000AD #2468 p.05 - Face to Face at Last! Natasha RomanovIn this fifth page of Prog 2468, Mike Perkins masterfully handles the tense, face to face transition from a high speed pursuit to a deadly confrontation. The top panels feature a cinematic sequence of Judge Dredd and the suspect arriving at the shadowed, desolate Mako complex, with Perkins' signature use of heavy contrast and light pools perfectly setting the "noir" stage. The page reaches a dramatic peak as the suspect is unmasked, revealing a

high-impact splash page from Superman #151 (1999)

which is perfectly complemented by Austin’s clean

Sweet page featuring a view of the mass destruction caused by the thousands of Sentries running rampant through the city

While comic book cover art from the same era commands astronomical prices

his Cloak of Levitation billowing behind him as he steps through a mystic gateway

life & career I had recently been researching thanks to a feature on him in Illustration Magazine written by Daniel Storm

and then compare it bit by bit to the inked version to see what subtle changes may have occurred in the inking stage

more than 35 years later

he creates a lived-in

written by Clare Hamilton in 1973

to the final product

choked on her own vomit and with pills in her hand