2 Sharpe's Collecting

On 6/28/2023 at 9:52 PM, Kryptic1 said:

Seems like the standard Dueling Dealers markup these days:

Some work has been done on the original since it first sold:

Thanks for all of the feedback. In lieu of said "information", I have decided to give the ECCC a pass

Thinking of going, would be my first time. I would be coming from Wisconsin, is it worth it? Thanks!

On 8/28/2022 at 2:50 PM, pemart1966 said:

You've posted in the wrong forum...

Shoot! I don't post a lot, is there a way to move or remove my post? Thanks.

On 8/28/2022 at 8:45 AM, Chaykin Stevens said:

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.

I did not know this. Thank you so much for the information.

Thanks Grapeape!

If anyone owns this page or knows of it's whereabouts, I'd like to add it to my collection. I've wondered if Roger Stern might have it, but I don't if he sells his art and I haven't been able to find his contact information. Any and all help in this quest would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

On 4/16/2022 at 5:20 PM, Timely said:

No, I’d say it was priced right on the money.

Thanks! Always difficult to walk away from a piece you find in the wild.

Saw this page today at a local show: Jack Davis, Tales From the Crypt #25, 1951. Ask price was $5,000, but, it's not in my wheelhouse of collecting, (and he wanted cash), so I passed. Did I err?

Thanks Glen, had not considered that.

Does this look like an original Schulz and if so, its value? Thanks!

Congratulations on your weight loss! Very impressive. I hope you find that strip. Best, Jeff

Printed:

Great thread! I have never been able to find out if this Jim Mooney / Frank Giacoia ad was published. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Not a lot of specific pages that I am looking for, but, here are a few that I've never seen on the market:

John Buscema - Avengers 82 - any page!

Don Heck - Avengers 23, page 3

Gil Kane - ASM 90 page 12

Romita Jr. - Iron Man 126 - last page splash

And, on the, "I'll probably never be able to afford it", list is:

Gil Kane - ASM 105 cover

Best,

You got that peice? I was going to bid on it but I asked for a larger scan of it. It seems odd to me to have a two page spread on one art page with no borders and word balloons. I asked the seller about it and if it had a Marvel copyright stamp on the back but he told me he didn't have time to look at it and answer my questions. So I didn't bid. I am missing that particular issue so I could not compare the line work with the book to see if it was the real deal. or a shadowboxed commission piece. What can you say about the piece I am curious.

I did some research before I purchased this art. Here is what Tony Isabella, (who worked for Marvel at that time), had to say:

"What you have is an attempt by Marvel to cut the actual story page count of their comics without making it obvious that they had done so. All of the issues produced during that period, which I think lasted less than a year, had a page like this.

Editorial didn't want to cut the story count to 16 pages of our 32-page comic books.

We were told to plot our stories designating two pages which the artists would draw on a single board. Then the production department would blow them up to full size and run them as two seperate pages.

Some of us did double-page spreads. Some of us plotted so that the two pages would not appear next to each other and make it obvious that there was something not quite right about them.

Eventually, someone figured out that all the extra production work was costing Marvel as much as it was saving by paying for one less page."

Since this art was handled differently during the production stage, it's entirely possible that Giocoia inked it. It's also possible that Giacois assisted Mike Esposito with the inks. I have eMailed Mike Esposito about this and hope to have an answer soon.

Thanks,

MTIO

The comic credits Mike Esposito as inker, but, the page is signed by Frank? Is anyone familiar enough with his style to tell if he did indeed ink the page?

Thanks in advance.