Dead Universes Project: "Rebirth" by Ian Richardson & Bob Almond: Blueline Commission

A recent commission, my 10th inks over Ian Richardson, this time over an 11"x17" blueline on 2-ply board. For the client Damon Owens, my 122nd commission, this theme was for his Dead Universes Project where he uses super-heroes from defunct comic book publishers, in this case from parallel Earths in the greater Omniverse, Earths where characters like the Continuity Comics heroes, the Harvey Comics heroes, the THUNDER Agents, Malibu Comics's the Protectors, and the Atlas-Seaboard heroes all lived? Basing this concept after the Marvel Amalgamation Earth event ruled by Dr. Doom several years ago (deja-vu much) he asked Ian to do an homage of the cover to DC Universe: Rebirth by Gary Frank and to replace those characters with these from various universes to become Dead Universes: Rebirth. I had a blast with this one and finished it January 6, 2024.

Damon also shared the identities of the characters used in place of the DC ones when I posted this on my Facebook feed: Bob -- from left to right -- Aura (from Malibu Comics The Protectors -- top left); The Grim Ghost (from Atlas Comics below Aura's right arm); Man of War (from Malibu Comics The Protectors, below Aura); Megalith (from Continuity Comics, below Man of War); The extended arm of Jigsaw (from Harvey comics, behind Megalith); Tiger-Man (from Atlas Comics, bottom left); Magicmaster (from Harvey Comics, below Aura's right arm); Valeria the She-Bat (from Continuity Comics, below Magicmaster); Samuree (from Continuity Comics, below and slightly to the right of Valeria); The Glowing Gladiator (from Harvey Comics); Raven (of the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents, below Glowing Gladiator); Lightning (of the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents to the right of Raven); Ms. Mystic (Continuity Comics); Demon Hunter (Atlas Comics); NoMan (of the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents).