1991 - Anatomy of a Cover - Captain America #387

By Ron Lim and Danny Bulanadi

1989 - Anatomy of a Cover - Dinoriders #1 by Don Perlin and Danny Bulanadi

1987 - D.P. 7 House Ad

1982 - Micronauts #48 script

Micronauts #48 - "Ressurection!"
Written by Bill Mantlo
Art by Jackson Guice/Danny Bulanadi

Scripts grabbed from David Yurkovitch's Mantlo: A Life In Comics.

You can grab your copy here:

http://www.wowio.com/users/product.asp?BookId=3387

1984 - Daredevil #208

Daredevil #208 - "The Deadliest Night Of My Life"
July 1984
Writers: Harlan Ellison/Arthur Byron Cover
Penciler: David Mazzucchelli
Inker: Danny Bulanadi

Daredevil #208 stands as one of those comic books I’ve read far too many times. I still have the issue I bought off the shelves of the local convenience store. It’s beat-up and its spine is worn, but its all signs that it was a comic book I loved, and still love.

The outspoken and award-winning author, Harlan Ellison, whose work has transcended the writing medium into movies and television, stepped in to fill in for regular DD writer Dennis O’Neil. Ellison had also written a few issues of the Avengers and the Incredible Hulk in the 1970s. Arthur Byron Cover adapted Ellison’s story to fit the comic book medium.

This issue has Daredevil lured into an complex series of death-traps. What Ellison managed to do within these pages was really tap into Daredevil’s enhanced senses and add an almost additional texture to the story. As Daredevil progresses through these death-traps, they become more and more deadly and finally at the breaking point, he has to turn to his training and focus beyond the strain and the pain and find the strength needed to foil this elaborate revenge plot.

The storytelling in this issue is superb, delivering dynamic action sequences that grab you from the very beginning and don’t let you go until you’ve reached page 22. What’s also amazing about this issue is that there’s isn’t any fight sequences, but rather Daredevil vs the environment obviously built to kill him. The plot itself is thin and doesn’t have much depth, but it doesn’t have to as it succeed as a great thriller.

The art is by David Mazzucchelli and Danny Bulanadi. It’s some of Mazzucchelli’s earliest work, but the panel construction and flow seems to be the work of a veteran. Unfortunately, I felt that Bulanadi's heavy inks tended to overpower Mazzucchelli's art

1984 - Mazzucchelli's pencils for Daredevil #208

Daredevil #208, “The Deadliest Night Of My Life” still stands as one of my favorite Daredevil issues. Written by Harlan Ellison and Arthur Byron Cover and drawn by David Mazzucchelli and Danny Bulanadi.

The issue features the still-developing talents of David Mazzucchelli and I always felt that his art was being held back by Bulanadi’s heavy inks. Well, here are Mazzucchelli’s penciled art from that issue.

I found these beautiful images at Attack at Don! Blog (http://dchudson.blogspot.com).

1983 - Hawkeye

The Avengers' Ace Archer on his own!

Hawkeye (4 issue miniseries)

September 1983 - Dec 1983

Writer: Mark Gruenwald

Artists: Mark Gruenwald/Brett Breedings/Danny Bulanadi

  

A great way to show character is through deconstructing. Mark Gruenwald, in a single issue, takes Hawkeye down to one of the lowest point in his career. At the beginning of the issue, he’s the security head for a Cross Technological Enterprises and by the end of it, he barely survives a toxic waste death trap, gets fired, and is dumped by his girlfriend.

Hawkeye does find an ally in Mockingbird and with her help, he sets about on the road to recovery. He even gets a new costume out of the deal. With issue #2, they fend off the assassin called the Silencer.

“I [Mark Gruenwald] wanted to make a few minor modifications on the practical side. For instance, all archers wear a leather forearm guard on the arm which holds the bow in order to protect it from the chafing caused by released bowstring. (…) The vertical straps on Hawkeye’s tunic, which used to be studded with ornamental rectangles, Brett [Breeding] suggested should be lined with small compartment containing spare arrowheads. In that way, Hawkeye could draw a regular arrow from his quiver, flip open a pouch with a customized arrowhead (such as a smoke bomb), stick it on the arrowhead and voila! have a customized trick arrow.”

The miniseries gets a bit out of hand with issue #3 and #4 when two ridiculous assassins, Oddball and Bombshell, defeat and capture Hawkeye and Mockingbird. The evil mastermind behind this secret project turns out to be an obscure villain named Crossfire. Crossfire gloats over the captured heroes and reveals his master plan to eliminate the Avengers and other heroes that would attend Hawkeye’s funeral.

Hawkeye and Mockingbird conclude their whirlwind romance by getting married at the end of issue #4.

There’s nothing really innovative in this miniseries. This effort pales in comparison to Gruenwald's magnus opus, Squadron Supreme. The story throughout this miniseries is pretty much a paint-by-numbers job, but does succeed in giving Hawkeye a bit more of the spotlight. Even to this day, Hawkeye is still a secondary character with a string a failed ongoing series.

Mark Gruenwald not only wrote this series, but provided the penciled art. From Marvel Age #6:

“I first began thinking about a limited series featuring Hawkeye in the fall of ’81. Having completed a year of cosmos-creaking exploits on Thor, I was in the mood for something literally more down to Earth, so I approached Jim Shooter with the concept. We kicked around ideas about the archer’s past and future and I kept getting more psyched up by the minute. Just before I left, Jim asked who I had in mind for an artist. I told him I didn’t really know. Jim suggested that if I couldn’t find anyone, that I should take a crack at the panel breakdowns myself.”

Gruenwald's art seems to loose energy by the end of the miniseries. The first issue really shines and a lot of the artistic credit goes to Brett Breedings.

Unfortunately, Danny Bulanadi replaces Breedings as the inker on the miniseries with issue #3. I really enjoyed Breedings’ inks as I felt he truly lived up to the name embellisher. Bulanadi’s inking efforts in my opinion overpower Gruenwald’s penciled art. You can see a similar effect in the Price Namor Sub-Mariner miniseries.

Jay's Notes:

- Hawkeye and Mockingbird are next seen in Avengers #239.

- Mockingbird first appeared in Marvel Team-Up #95.

- This miniseries introduces Hawkeye's rocket sled which he takes with him into the West Coast Avengers miniseries.