SHEER SHARK ATTACK!

Sharks and comic books have a long and glorious partnership. A shark on a cover is visual dynamite and when combined with a muscular hero or svelte heroine you should have a publication that flies off the shelves.

My all time favourite comic cover is Guns Against Gangsters number 6 by legendary artist L.B. Cole which is peak Shark Comic Cover. The frightening jaws of doom menacing a fearless femme fatale brandishing a knife and Red ankle-strap Stilettos.

The glory days of Shark Comic covers was the Fifties when pulp titles went for sensation on the cover to sell the contents within and these covers have a raw power that has been diluted through commerciality over the years.

It was inevitable that with the growth of Marvel and DC we would see the humble shark adorning all sorts of covers in all sorts of situations.the art, probably more polished, the colouring more expansive due to technological advances but for me, you just can't beat the old covers where the apex predator shared top billing with the star