Denys Cowan returns to Deathlok for 50th Anniversary Special

This September, iconic talent Denys Cowan will be making his triumphant return to a character he helped reinvent back in the ’90s as part of the all-star lineup of comic book talent working on the DEATHLOK 50th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL # 1.

Speaking about the announcement, Cowan said “Deathlok will always be an incredible character and very important to me. There were a few comics that I read when I was growing up that had a big impact on my younger self. Luke Cage, Hero for Hire; Jungle Action with Black Panther, and Tales to Astonish featuring Deathlok.”

He continued, adding “All those books were great, but Deathlok captured my imagination with all the concepts explored and the great art and writing! I can honestly say that reading Deathlok definitely changed my life and made me want to draw comics for a living. I thought if I could capture a little bit of what Buckler and Klaus Janson did I might become a good comic book artist.”

An amalgam of reanimated flesh and computer circuitry, former military strategist Col. Luther Manning was locked in a state of living death. Stripped of his family, his humanity, but not his will, Manning became the cyborg, Deathlok the Demolisher—a weapon of war programmed solely for destruction! A bold blend of science fiction, horror, and war, Deathlok’s genre-shattering sagas pushed the limits on dystopian storytelling. Fifty years later, this cyborg hero’s tale is more relevant than ever and readers won’t want to miss where his path takes him next!

You can check out Cowan’s variant cover below and preorder DEATHLOK 50TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL #1 at your local comic shop today before it hits shelves on the 18th of September 2024.