One of my all-time favorite comic book artists is Eduardo Barreto. I first discovered his work when he took over the art chores of DC Comics' New Teen Titans title, back in the late 80's, and I soon fell in love with his clean, old school, adventure strip style.About a decade later, I had the great good fortune to work with him at Tekno•Comix, when I was his editor on the Max Allan Collins-scripted Mickey Spillane's Mike Danger. We always got on well, and I found him to be a pleasure to work with, so I've tried to stay in touch with him in the years since.
When Ape Entertainment suggested the possibility of offering variant covers on Perils On Planet X as a sales incentive, I agreed – but only if they allowed me to pick artists that I thought were appropriate to the material.
Eduardo was the first artist I thought of. Fortunately, he agreed to contribute a cover, and the line art for that cover is presented here.
Man, I love his stuff!
