Francesco Mattina has a certain flair about his art.  Most of it is dark shadowy work that has you straining to see more details.  But he frequently adds these spectacular wisps of orange, lime green or red.  The Batman Who Laughs cover is a good example.  The cover is composed of very dark tones of black and blue and then this pink light emanating from below.  His art is appealing to several different kinds of collectors.  He pulls the casual observer in with bright color pops that draw attention to certain areas of the cover.  A person studying the cover stares at the shadowy areas trying to let their imaginations fill in the blanks.  That is the greatness of Mattina, it looks fantastic either way you look at it.

Mattina is currently working on variant covers for three DC titles: Batman, Deathstroke, and Suicide Squad.

Action #1000-FRNK-A – June 2018 – Frankie’s Comics Exclusive that was limited to 3000 copies
Action #1000-FRNK-B – June 2018 – Frankie’s Comics Exclusive Virgin Variant that was limited to 1000 copies

Azrael (vol. 2) #4 – March 2010 
Azrael (vol. 2) #5
– April 2010
Azrael (vol. 2) #6 – May 2010
Azrael (vol. 2) #7 – June 2010
Azrael (vol. 2) #8 – July 2010
Azrael (vol. 2) #9 – August 2010
Azrael (vol. 2) #10 – September 2010

 

Batman (vol.3) #50-TCM-A – September 2018 – The Comic Mint Exclusive Variant
Batman (vol.3) #50-TCM-B – September 2018 – The Comic Mint Exclusive B&W Variant
Batman (vol.3) #50-TCM-C – September 2018 – The Comic Mint Exclusive Virgin Variant
Batman (vol.3) #55B – November 2018 – Variant
Batman (vol.3) #56B – December 2018 – Variant
Batman (vol. 3) #56-NYCC – New York City Comic Con Exclusive
Batman (vol.3) #57B – December 2018 – Variant
Batman (vol. 3) #58B – January 2019 – Variant
Batman (vol. 3) #59B – January 2019 – Variant
Batman (vol. 3) #60B – February 2019 – Variant
Batman (vol. 3) #61B – February 2019 – Variant

Batman Confidential #34 – December 2009
Batman Confidential #35 – December 2009

Batman who Laughs #1-Frank-A – February 2019 – Limited to 3000
Batman who Laughs #1-Frank-B – February 2019 – Limited to 600

Batman: Europa (2015) #3A – February 2016 – Limited 1 for 25

Deathstroke (vol.3) #32B – August 2018 –
Deathstroke (vol.3) #33B
– September 2018 –
Deathstroke (vol.3) #34B – October 2018 –
Deathstroke (vol.3) #35B – November 2018 –
Deathstroke (vol.3) #36B – December 2018 –
Deathstroke (vol.3) #37B – January 2019 –
Deathstroke (vol.3) #38B – February 2019 –

Flash (vol. 5) #38B – March 2018 –
Flash (vol. 5) #46B – July 2018 –
Flash (vol. 5) #47B – July 2018 –
Flash (vol. 5) #48B – August 2018 –
Flash (vol. 5) #49B – August 2018 –
Flash (vol. 5) #50B – September 2018 –
Flash (vol. 5) #51B – September 2018 –

Green Lantern (vol. 6) #1-Frank – January 2019 – Limited to 3000 copies
Green Lantern (vol. 6) #1-Frank-B – January 2019 – Limited to 600 copies
Green Lantern (vol. 6) #2B – January 2019 –

Heroes in Crisis #1F – November 2018 – 1 for every 200 regular issues
Heroes in Crisis #1-NYCC – November 2018 – Silver Foil Edition

Joker’s Asylum II: Killer Croc #1 (2010) –

Justice League (vol. 4) #11B – January 2019 – Aquaman Movie Variant

Justice League of America (vol.5) #1-TCM – April 2017 – Limited to 3000 copies
Justice League of America (vol.5) #1-TCM-B – April 2017 – B&W Limited to 1500 copies
Justice League of America (vol.5) #1-TCM-C – April 2017 – Virgin Limited to 600 copies

Red Hood: The Lost Days #1B August 2010 – 1:25 Cover

Suicide Squad (vol. 4) #40B – June 2018 –
Suicide Squad (vol. 4) #41B – July 2018 –
Suicide Squad (vol. 4) #42B – July 2018 –
Suicide Squad (vol. 4) #43B – August 2018 –
Suicide Squad (vol. 4) #44B – September 2018 –
Suicide Squad (vol. 4) #46B – November 2018 –
Suicide Squad (vol. 4) #47B – December 2018 –
Suicide Squad (vol. 4) #48B – January 2019 –
Suicide Squad (vol. 4) #49B – February 2019 –

Super Sons #1-TCM – April 2017 – Limited to 3000 copies
Super Sons #1-TCM-B – April 2017 – B&W limited to 1500 copies

Here are the other checklists for Francesco Mattina Covers

Mattina Checklist for Alternative Publisher books
Mattina Checklist for Marvel books  

 

by Ron Cloer
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