TITANS UNITED: BLOODPACT #4 cover artwork by MATT HALEY featuring Supergirl, Batgirl, Joker, and Luthor

TITANS UNITED: BLOODPACT #4 variant cover artwork penciled and inked by MATT HALEY featuring Supergirl, Batgirl, Joker and Lex Luthor. 11 x 17 inches

Have you ever stumbled upon cover artwork that was never in your radar, let alone even knew existed, but once you saw it, you just knew you had to have it? You then hope it falls under the radar of other comic art collectors so that it ends up in your hands? This was one of those covers for me. As corny as this might sound, the playful vibe of this cover struck an emotional chord that I haven't felt about superhero comics in a long while. Supergirl and Batgirl exchanging a gift-wrapped Joker and Lex Luthor. Love it.

In a time when so many covers are either dark, gritty, or posey (not that there's anything intrinsically wrong with that as I own a few myself), this cover presented like such a breath of fresh air to me. It's fun, playful, joyous, and gives off this sometimes all too forgotten jovial vibe we often saw in golden and silver age covers where you didn't feel like the end of everything was cast upon us.

This "what did you get me?" cover artwork was also used as the DC Comics Christmas card sent out that year. Very happy to own it.

I don't usually post thoughts or feelings about a cover but made an exception here as it checked off many of the right boxes for me. Matt Haley is a delightful artist.