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Mike Esposito
Mike Esposito was a Silver Age artist and inker best known for his long run on Wonder Woman and for extensive work across DC and Marvel superhero titles, often in collaboration with Ross Andru. His name is closely associated with Silver and Bronze Age superhero books that collectors track for character-focused cover art, sustained title runs, and the visual continuity of widely collected mainstream series.
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Top Mike Esposito CPVs
Mike Esposito is credited with 118 CPVs in this guide, led by Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #8, the origin of the alien symbiote that eventually becomes Venom, and Marvel Team-Up #141, which ties Amazing Spider-Man #252 for the first appearance of the black costume; Marvel Team-Up #131 adds the first White Rabbit with high-grade scarcity tied to its black cover and notable CPV demand. Other standouts include Transformers #3 for its early black-costume Spider-Man vs. Megatron story, Transformers #14 for Jetfire joining the Autobots and several first appearances, Marvel Team-Up #150 and A-Team #3 as last issues, plus Archie's Love Showdown Special #1 with a DeCarlo poster and Archie's Super Teens #1 with a Joe Staton and Esposito cover.
