For the Summer of 1987, Silverwolf had plans to release 10 new color titles, one of which was to be called ‘Silver Wolf Tails‘. During my interview with Dane McCart he was showing me some of the art that he had from those days, covers to The Eradicators 3 and 4, a ‘Vampires’ piece he collaborated on with Tim Vigil, and some other odds and ends…then he casually mentions that he has this cover for what would have been a Silverwolf color book…and would I be interested in it?
I should have asked him “Is a Frog’s Ass Watertight?” but instead I just said something stupid like “Yeah, wow, that’s great!”, or something.
So I thought about it, for about 1/100th of a second, and said yes, I would definitely be interested. At the start of this series of posts, originals from Silverwolf and/or Greater Mercury were near impossible to find, and here Dane had two great covers, and this unpublished gem. It was a very good day.
The cover for the unpublished Silver Wolf Tails. Artwork by Dane McCart.
I can only wonder how much art was completed for the planned Summer books but is now lost. Is it in a box somewhere, perhaps a stack or two in a closet turning yellow with age? Who knows, but it’s sure nice to see this unpublished cover and see a bit more of what ‘might-have-been’.
Again, a huge thank you goes out to artist Dane McCart.
Howdy,
Looks like early Wrightson. Very cool.
Brian Riedel
Wow! Brian James Riedel is here. I have multiple copies of your entire Edge run from GMC (there is little that Silver published which I don’t own.). I am one of those wacky ‘Mystery Science Theater 3000’ fan types and have always collected indie comics, be they good, bad or downright ugly. I have always considered Silver to be the ‘ed Wood’ of comic books (been saying this for years and years at various forums on the net).