Top 5 Marc Silvestri comic-book runs

Happy birthday to Top Cow’s Marc Silvestri!  Silvestri has proven his management skills with his quality team at Top Cow.  But before that, he was a celebrated penciler for Marvel and DC.  As one of the Image Comics founders, he created Cyberforce and co-created Witchblade and the Darkness. To celebrate, Silvestri’s birthday. I’m counting down my favorite 5 of his comic-book runs.

1. Wolverine 31-50, 52-53, 55-57

My favorite of his work is his 1990s run on “Wolverine” with Larry Hama.  Silvestri, as shown here, can get a lot of characters on a cover and still clearly delineate what’s happening.  His Wolverine was bestial yet honorable, and I enjoyed the storytelling throughout.

2. The Darkness 0-7

With Garth Ennis (“Preacher”), Silvestri creates Top Cow’s most-famous anti-hero, and, with Witchblade, the core of their supernatural comics.  Silvestri was a great artist to create mob hitman Jackie Estacado’s dark world.