After looking at hundreds of comic book covers, it becomes quickly apparent that not every cover is 100% original. Whether done intentionally or even underhandedly, there’s something about uncovering these “swipes” that adds a new element of fun to reading and collecting comics.
Megaton is one of those truly influential and important indy titles. The lead feature was an afrocentric hero named Megaton by Gary Carlson & Mike Gustovich. There were many back-up features in the series, which could almost be called an anthology. Carlson’s Berzerker was illustrated by Angel Medina (early in his career), underground artist Grass Green provided Wildman strips and Rob Liefeld debuted the look of Youngblood (years before #1 was published by Image). Erik Larsen debuted his Vanguard character in a strip that went on to introduce many other characters that he’d later use including Mighty Man and the Savage Dragon. Although the Dragon debuted in an issue #2 cameo, his first main (and cover) appearance took place in issue #3.
 Megaton #3 February 1986 Erik Larsen |
 Savage Dragon Archives #3 December 1998 Erik Larsen |
 PvP vol. II #11 September 2004 Scott Kurtz |
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