Bill Reinhold, Badger issue 5 page 22 First 1985

"Hello, Larry"

What more to add to a classic Badger pose in an early issue? Threatening while being somehow absurd at the same time.

Several themes made the Badger realistic and different from even the mid 1980's alternative comics fare: mental illness, child abuse, environmental issues, animal rights. Baron and Reinhold also portrayed some of the most true martial arts scenes made - Baron was a practitioner and took pride in his fight scenes being (mostly) possible.

Unrelated - it is a mystery where pages from Badger issues 1-4 live, if they still exist at all. None are on CAF, I believe. Pages from issue 5 are the oldest public Badger art, with the exception of some original art from First marketing materials. Does anyone know where the early Jeff Butler pages are???