He was never a superstar artist like Neal Adams et. al. but Cardy's artwork was instantly recognizable and much-loved by me and many other comic book kids who grew up seeing it. The late 60's into the 1970s saw Nick Cardy at the height of his powers and he was very prolific during that time; cranking out superb covers as well as interior artwork for our favourite DC heroes. Particularly associated with Aquaman and the Teen Titans, Cardy probably drew almost every character and/or book DC published during that era and drew some of its most iconic covers as well (some of which you will see below). Cardy was particularly adept at the "new look" covers DC was producing in the late 60's utilizing his graphically-strong, pop art style as well as his later 70's output of more straight-ahead, modern superheroic action. The artwork of Nick Cardy is an integral part of my childhood comic book memories and his covers were so good and so numerous that I had to cut out a WHOLE LOT of favourites or else this post would've gone on for ages! However, I'd like to present now just a small portion of the great comic book art of the late Nick Cardy in the following cover gallery:
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