Kavi H :: Die Hard

Die Hard: Year One #1 Cover

Artist: John Paul Leon (All)

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Title:	Die Hard: Year One #1 Cover
Artist:	John Paul Leon (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Cover
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	693
Likes on CAF:	22 23
Comments:	18
Added to Site:	12/19/2022
Comic Art Archive:	Die Hard: Year One Issue: 1 Page: variant cover View

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Die Hard: Year One #1 Cover (Cover C) by John Paul Leon

A published 2009 cover example by the late great JPL from the 8 issue prequel series to the film "Die Hard" published by Boom! Studios and written by Howard Chaykin. NYC attitude from a throwback era, feels like a cover to an epic Scorsese film to me. RIP JPL

Die Hard is a movie/series I would regularly rewatch when I was younger (along with some of the sequels) in its unofficial Christmas movie adjacent status (for me it IS a Christmas movie ha), often with replaced dialogue to cover curse words on network tv, but I'd find other ways to watch it eventually and even now it remains a personal favorite.

Happy holidays

Yipee Ki Yay

John McClane

Song choice:

Beastie Boys - "Sabotage"

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	Kavi H ( 15 ) Premium Gallery Owner
Joined:	November 2018
Last Login:	September 2025
Ebay Id:	panelspagespixels
Country:	UNITED STATES
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Mark V
Member Since 2021

1 - Posted on 12/19/2022

Yippie-ki-yay, Mister Falcon.

Eranga Devasurendra
Member Since 2020

2 - Posted on 12/19/2022

OH. YES! Anything from JPL is worth its weight in gold, Congrats, man!

Jason Richardson
Member Since 2022

1 - Posted on 12/19/2022

Great Christmas Time post for a great Christmas franchise :)

Rick W
Member Since 2017

1 - Posted on 12/19/2022

Dig those impactful heavy inks!

Duke Fleed aka #1 Groo Fan
Member Since 2013

1 - Posted on 12/19/2022

Has a real stencil graffiti feel to it. Very nice!

Bill J
Member Since 2009

1 - Posted on 12/19/2022

Fabulous Die Hard cover from John Paul Leon! Love the powerful composition and the thick dark inks! It has a strong poster-like look!

Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008

1 - Posted on 12/19/2022

Bro, you're killing me. This cover art is magnificent. I'm finding it hard to find the right words to express how great this piece is. Suffice it to say that stuff like this transcends the superhero genre. I mean I love that stuff as much as most of us do, but if I was ever going to use up one of the very few spots on my wall I still have available to frame and hang comic book art, a piece like this would get the call over just about most superhero pieces. Then you add Sabotage by the Beastie Boys to the mix and all I can say is, it's a trip! It's got a funky beat, and I can bug out to it!

Kavi H
Member Since 2018

1 - Posted on 12/19/2022

Ruben DaCollector wrote:

right there with ya, def one of my personal favorites. I haven't been as big on displaying stuff on the walls versus portfolios for pieces in the last few years but this one def deserves a spot somewhere.

F M
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 12/20/2022

Great cover by such a great artist.

Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

2 - Posted on 12/20/2022

Nakatomi Plaza
Nakatomi love songs
You Hardly Die for me anymore
When I come through the door with the Yippee-Ki-Yay

I remember when
You couldn't Nakatomi
Miss McClane would leave me

Now mother effin me late at night
When it's Gruber too
And you're feeling alright
Well, you just Hans Gruber and fall from the height
From Nakatomi Plaza evermore

George H
Member Since 2009

1 - Posted on 12/20/2022

Killer cover from JPL and great song choice.

Comic Art Channel
Member Since 2018

1 - Posted on 12/20/2022

JPL + NYC! Amazing combination!

Ian Saint
Member Since 2021

1 - Posted on 12/20/2022

Love the music choice and a perfect piece for the holidays. A fine match for the holiday special coming up. I think I may have to rewatch these this year its been a while, but loved them as a kid.

John C
Member Since 2014

2 - Posted on 12/20/2022

Hot Take. Carl Winslow best character in that movie.

" I shot a kid. He was 13 years old. Oh, it was dark, I couldn't see him, he had a ray gun"

Sure John saved a building full of people but Carl saved the planet. Stopped an alien invasion.

Michael McIsaac
Member Since 2020

1 - Posted on 12/21/2022

Masterful work by the great JPL. And "Sabotage" remains one of the best music videos ever made.

Matt Dicke
Member Since 2006

2 - Posted on 12/21/2022

You don't get a much bet JPL piece thatn this. Great blacks, composistion and background details, exactly what I love about his work. Great pick up, very envious.

Jason Hussa
Member Since 2017

1 - Posted on 1/22/2023

Thought I had already commented on this beauty! A stunner of a cover forged from the incandescent talent of John Paul Leon. A masterwork of lighting and composition - all of it, everywhere, is JUST ENOUGH and PERFECT. Like you, I generally go with portfolio storage over framing, but this piece may just require a trip to the shop for a fitting, just to be able to hang it and look at it every day... Congrats on the stellar pick up, Kavi!

Some Collector
Member Since 2017

1 - Posted on 7/25/2025

Like a movie poster! Congrats!

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