Black Cat
Character » Black Cat appears in 1398 issues.
Former cat burglar Felicia Hardy became a crime fighter when she became romantically attracted to and involved with Spider-Man. Felicia has the ability to instill "bad luck" around others - this comes in handy when fighting crime!
Marvel Unveils J. Scott Campbell's Black Cat Variant Cover
As Spider-Man is being stalked in the Grim Hunt, the world's slyest, smartest and sneakiest jewel thief's latest heist puts her face-to-face with the family that's been terrorizing Spider-Man's dream and threatening those closest to him.
This may be a case when deciding between the regular cover and the variant will be a hard choice. Amanda Conner and J. Scott Campbell are both excellent artists. There's no official word on the ratio of the variant. Unfortunately, often you rarely get the chance to even see the variant cover at a comic shop. When they are available in smaller quantities, they often end up going straight to ebay. Comic retailers need to eat too, you know.
Black Cat is an underrated character, in my opinion. I really have high hopes for this series but we'll have to see whether or not it delivers. If you need or want a refresher on Black Cat before this series comes out, don't forget we did a PSA video on Ms. Felicia Hardy a few months back.
Kinda reminds me of Adam Hughes' Catwoman covers... but rushed... and not as good... Sorry, I know I sound catty (no pun intended) but J Scott Campbell will only impress me when he can be bothered to regularly work on internal art instead of covers. Plus, I actually think the Amanda Connor cover is much nicer :)
That's a very nice image. It's sexy without being very sleazy. The color work makes for some really impressive depth.
Her neck looks a bit long though. It's stuff like this that also kind of irritates me that he only does covers now.
Actually I agree with most of the above... although that is a good cover I prefer the Amanda Connor cover... JScott does a good Black Cat... in his own time:
Seriously? I prefer the Campbell cover, though all the work I've seen on this thread is incredible. As an artist myself, non-artistic people who think this s**t is easy, need to put a lid on it. It's easy to sit back and pick on something when you have no idea what went into it or how hard the artist actually works at it. I have a HUGE amount of respect for comic book artists whether they do whole issues or just covers. Comic book artists have to know how to draw EVERYTHING and a TON of work goes into it, things you don't even think about when reading a comic: Choice of lighting, angle, moment, depth of the shot... it's more work than directing a movie, it's all five senses boiled down to one: sight. Anyone who bought the Danger Girl series knows Scott Cambell is a master.
I completely agree Black Cat is deffindly underated. I'm really excited for her mini series. hopefully this will take off well and she'll get an on going. And/or a spinoff movie.
I think it's the coloring that's throwing me off...I love Campbell's work...LOVE IT!! but I'm used to seeing his stuff look more polished after coloring
The 2 page spread of Black Cat in a recent issue of ASM (630 I think) was awesome. Pretty sure it was penciled by Chris Bachalo..? But with Pulido's recent work on the title I'm sure the art in this is gonna be top notch.
i like both covers but the campbell one looks as if he was trying to imitate adam hughes technique. the conner one is alot more interesting and makes use of the text really well.
If it came down to purchasing one or the other I would choose the J.S. Campbell variant. There is a certain sensuality his art portrays that other artists fail to interpret.
@sora_thekey: oh yeah I like both of those. I like the Amanda Cover aside from the TAcky Balck Cat written on her outfit.
The other one just looks too Jessica Rabbit Cartoony.
Please Log In to post.
This edit will also create new pages on Comic Vine for:
Beware, you are proposing to add brand new pages to the wiki along with your edits. Make sure this is what you intended. This will likely increase the time it takes for your changes to go live.Comment and Save
Until you earn 1000 points all your submissions need to be vetted by other Comic Vine users. This process takes no more than a few hours and we'll send you an email once approved.
Log in to comment