Chaykin Stevens

On 2/15/2023 at 6:18 PM, Carlo M said:

Anyway at that time UXM was hugely popular, was it already at 700k circulation?

According to the statement of ownership in Uncanny X-Men #205, average paid circulation was 450k.

GCD says:

-script Whilce Portacio (plot); Jim Lee (plot); Scott Lobdell (-script)

Pencils Whilce Portacio (layouts); Jim Lee (layouts); Scott Clark

Inks Scott Williams (pages 1-6, 8-15, 21); Joe Rubinstein (page 18); Bill Sienkiewicz (page 16)

Colors Joe Rosas

Letters Tom Orzechowski (credited as Task Force X); Lois Buhalis (credited as Task Force X)

 

Indexer Notes

Scott Clark pencils and inking credits from Facebook post by Scott Williams.

On 12/2/2022 at 3:30 PM, The humble Watcher lurking said:

Here is two that may fit the criteria.

First Squadron Supreme.

 

First Nighthawk.

I thought Avengers #85 was the first Squadron Supreme and Avengers #69 was the first Nighthawk.

On 10/21/2022 at 5:40 PM, Will_K said:

Here is Wonder Woman 204 p 21 by Don Heck / Vince Colletta.  This issue featured the first appearance of Nubia (known as the black Wonder Woman).  For a larger pic, go to my CAF https://cafurl.com?i=28196

This doesn't look much like Colletta's work to me.  GCD suggests Giordano might have inked it.

On 9/30/2022 at 5:46 AM, OtherEric said:

It's too bad they had Sal Buscema redo the face, but still a great cover.

I think it was more a case of someone pasting a Buscema head over what Bolland had drawn than Sal Buscema redoing the face. Here's the unmodified version, which I wouldn't say was one of Bolland's finest.

Marvel Two-In One #51 was the zenith of Miller's Thing.  Like John Carter #18, it had the benefit of Bob McLeod's inking.

On 9/24/2022 at 1:27 AM, drdonaldblake1 said:

How did the captain chest image get past the editors to be published?

I thought that image was unpublished.  A similar but slightly less egregious pose was used for the cover of Captain America #6.

On 9/9/2022 at 9:10 PM, sfcityduck said:

Looks almost like Syd was tracing Kirby. Kirby had bad leg problems back then.

GCD previously credited the cover to Syd Shores, but following a discussion on the Timely-Atlas Facebook group they're now suggesting Mort Lawrence for the penciller, with inker unknown.

I'm not sure why Roger Stern would have the page.  I think in  the early days of art being returned, two pages of each issue tended to be given given to the writer, but according to John Byrne, Stern disapproved of this and voluntarily gave his pages to the penciller and inker.

Marvel Age Spider-Man #1-20, cover dated May 2004 to March 2005 rehashed the plots from Amazing Spider-Man #2-21 by Lee and Ditko.

On 8/19/2022 at 7:45 PM, Ares said:

I have this page he inked over Herbe Trimpe

Tom Morgan finished that page over Herb Trimpe's breakdowns.  Morgan was influenced by Palmer but not in the same league.

Is it known how far in advance of its April 1977 cover date Heavy Metal #1 would have been released?

GCD says of the Whitman variant of DC Comics Presents #22: "This is an exceedingly rare variant, only rumored to even exist at all until 2012 when some copies started surfacing. There are less than ten known extant copies."

The character in Nick Fury #15 was called Bulls-Eye.  He dies at the end of that comic, when Dum Dum Dugan shoots him in the bull's eye of the target on his chest.

On 7/30/2022 at 8:55 AM, sfcityduck said:

For a promo and overall, I'm going with Supergear (I've only seen one, and I should have hit the BIN on eBay but I was a fool):

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GCD says that according to Diamond's Scoop website 500 copies were produced but over half were destroyed.  Lois Lane is said to have a comment in the story: "What terrific outfits! That gear looks super! Clark, why don't you buy some new ski clothes like those kids have?"

How much was the BIN?

On 7/18/2022 at 3:39 PM, Ecclectica said:

Hi all,

 

In Russ Cochran last auction, I stumbled on this page labelled :

"Infantino - Unknown Title #?, Pg 2, DC, Original Comic Book Art (1994)"

https://russcochranauction.auctionanything.com/Bidding.taf?_function=detail&auction_uid1=6303715

At reverse, there is a label : "Carmine Infantino - Possible 'Flash' art"

 

What surprise me is the year of the DC stamp at the back : 1994, and the fact it should come from a #2.

I thought the lastest major contribution of Infantino for DC was the "Danger Trail" MS done in 1993, his last DC work DC Comics Presents: Batman #1 in 2004, and nothing, in sequential mode, in the decade between (except some pin-ups).

Does somebody know something about this art ?

It seems to be from Infantino indeed, but somewhat downplayed by the inker (?)

It says page 2 not issue #2.  Here's another page from it.  Apparently it's King Faraday, and the inker was Marshall Rogers.

link

On 7/12/2022 at 4:46 AM, Readcomix said:

I enjoyed reading the DD run when it came out, and Miller’s layouts were inspired, but I wondered then and still cannot help wondering how much better it would have looked under a less heavy-handed inker than Klaus Janson. It didn’t have to be Al Williamson or Joe Sinnott, just a solid Marvel house style guy e.g. Joe Rubinstein, Bob Wiacek, Dan Green etc. … Would love to see alternate takes on some of that if copies of pencils still exist.

Rubinstein inked most of Daredevil #163 after a couple of Janson pages, and it looked pretty good.  What If #35 included a couple of pages that reprised layouts from DD #181, now inked by Terry Austin, but I didn't think they were an improvement.  I don't think Bob Wiacek's inking got good until after Miller's DD run had ended, and I didn't rate their collaboration on Marvel Team-Up #100.

On 7/9/2022 at 12:47 PM, RBerman said:

Billy Graham's family sold some of his Sabre pages recently. I got this interesting one depicting Sabre's original meeting with his girlfriend Melissa.

I see the inking on Sabre #4 was credited to Georges F and P.  Most of the art, including your page, seems to be inked in the style of George Freeman, but does anyone know if George P would have been George Pratt?

Shadow Annual #2 was definitely Baxter, but I think Dragonlance #1 was in the cheaper "New Format".

On 6/5/2022 at 10:59 AM, Tri-ColorBrian said:

Nice cover, but isn't it by Nick Cardy?

My favourite Human Fly issue was #14, with Frank Robbins inked by Steve Leialoha instead of the usual Esposito or Springer.

On 6/4/2022 at 7:42 AM, Tri-ColorBrian said:

The Monster-type guy in the background has appeared a lot, but I think this was the only appearance of the girl... 

Someone who looked like her appeared in Superman: the Wedding Annual #1, Marvel Fumetti Book #1 and X-Men Annual #10.

On 6/3/2022 at 12:29 PM, Pantodude said:

If this dude ever makes an appearance in any way, shape or form....

I think Jim Owsley was said to have commented that the above comic was written, penciled, inked and lettered by Alan Kupperberg and untouched by human hands.  Does anyone know which comic featured Obnoxio's first appearance?

On 6/3/2022 at 2:37 AM, MAR1979 said:

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were you unable to find an image for Steel #1, or is it Swamp Monster you're suggesting?  I loved the pages from the unpublished Steel #6 that were incorporated into All-Star Squadron #8 & 9, re-inked by Jerry Ordway.  Perhaps the best looking Don Heck artwork this side of X-Men #64.

Daredevil #150 - Paladin

Marvel Spotlight #33 - Devil-Slayer

Marvel Premiere #32 - Monark Starstalker

Weird Worlds #8 - Iron Wolf