Unca Ben

On 10/6/2020 at 7:29 PM, catman76 said:

Not all comics but still oddly similar or really just copied...

"First Man discovered fire, then he began cave-painting and shortly thereafter came the light table."

 "Never draw anything you can copy, never copy anything you can trace, never trace anything you can cut out and paste up."  -Wally Wood, I'm told.

On 9/23/2021 at 7:36 PM, s-man said:

Could be a known amateur 

With a lot of potential.  When the artist gets as comfortable at drawing figures and drapery as they clearly are at drawing facial features and hair (the hat's really good,too) they'll turn out some pretty slick work.

Behind this drawing, I envision lots and lots of sketch pages of mostly heads and faces with not a lot of emphasis on figure drawing or drapery.  Which is a great start.  

-just my opinion, i could be wrong.

Oh, and Marvel Tales #9 has a Subby cover appearance in a reprint of a Human Torch story in Strange Tales.

I'd say amateur.  Too much inconsistency in lineweights on the MJ figure. 

Too much evidence of back-and-forth and filling-in on the MJ outline, rather than the "single-stroke" that an experienced professional could accomplish.

There's a couple Not Brand Echh covers with the Sunk-Mariner if you wanna include parodies.  There's a couple Fantasy Masterpieces covers if you wanna include s.a. reprints of the Golden Age Subby.  And there's more than a couple Marvel Collectors Item Classics covers featuring Subby in s.a. FF reprints on the cover.

I guess it depends on your parameters.

and it was the Lee/Colan team that did the first Marvel crossover story in TTA and TOS with Iron Man and Sub-Mariner.  For the time, that was really cool.

On 8/26/2021 at 1:56 AM, Larryw7 said:

Yeah, but on the flip side, what creative endeavors from Stan can compare to his work with Jack and Steve? Unless we consider something like Stripperella to be a work of genius.

Stan's work with John Romita on their Spidey run.  That was pretty successful.
Stan's work with Heck on Iron Man (created Hawkeye, Black Widow, Titanium Man). 
Stan's work with Romita and then Colan on Daredevil.
Stan with Colan ( and later Everett) on Sub-Mariner in TTA.  I recall anxiously awaiting the next monthly installment of "The Quest" serialization that began Subby's tenure in TTA.  Classic.

all this stuff was very popular at the time - and I believe that the Lee/Romita ASM run outsold Kirby/Lee's FF and anything that Ditko was doing at the time.

On 7/25/2021 at 6:38 PM, aokartman said:

Now this one is bugging me a little bit, with the image off-center from the published version, so the final shot cover must have been a mechanical with art added on the left.  Curious about the 1984 Marvel copyright stamp on the reverse, too.  Still great.  David

Looks to me like Colan penciled the page with the intent for the cover blurb to be on the vacant right hand side. When it became clear that "To Fight the Impossible Fight" needed to be at the bottom, Lee just had it corrected by moving stats around and adding art in production.  You can see where the cover blurb at the bottom of the original art goes below the bottom horizontal crop mark.  Without measuring, I can see that with the added lower blurb, the aspect ratio is too long.

It's a great cover from a memorable storyline.  It's still the original art that the production version was made from.
Given the work done to dress it up, does that give hint to provenance?

Boy, so many great pieces!  
If I were a rich man, Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.  All day long I'd biddy biddy bum.

And I'd buy that cover.  And that Steranko.
 

Speaking of the cover, ever notice how many times Kirby's FF covers had an oversized Doom looming over the FF?  I love 'em all (and partial to #16 and Annual 2).  ('course he used that device a lot with other villains on other covers, too)

1 hour ago, Wipple said:

im 6ft tall- for reference

I think this collection shows that bagging and boxing comics may offer pretty good protection.  Odors, and moisture damage aside.  Let's hear it for those brave boxes and bags that gave their all to protect these books.

IBTL 

33 minutes ago, Bookery said:

Since I'm even more of a rare book person than a comic book one, I'll introduce a factoid some might not know.  The title was changed almost simultaneously as the British edition came out in 1939.  Christie did not come up with the phrase... it's the title of what was a popular nursery rhyme at the time (in England, not here), which of course plays into the whole plot of the novel.  The original title was actually not generally considered offensive in Britain, seen more as a quaint colloquialism than an intentional attempt to denigrate.  But in America, that was a different thing entirely.  Even in 1939 the term was considered extremely offensive here, and so the title was changed to accommodate that.  Christie was obviously very much alive in 1939, and would have given her permission to the title change.  The book went on to become her single most famous individual work, even without the presence of Hercule Poirot or Miss Marple! 

Yep.  Kinda like the way that Geisel of his own volition changed one of his books when he was still alive.  

11 minutes ago, Bird said:

I was talking about this one the other day with wifey...funny that the name they changed it to in order to be more politically correct back in the day is now also offensive

you can't make this stuff up...well George Carlin could maybe!

Yep.  Thing is, things change.  Stuff comes and goes.

My "good old days" were someone else's "awful modern times, with all these terrible changes nowadays".

Wash, rinse, repeat.

Just now, Unstoppablejayd said:

SOLD!   Thank You!  gimme a few minutes for a PM 

Avengers 28 page 12 TWICE UP Large Art -  Don Heck on pencils and Frank Giacoia on inks.  Silver Age Page from 1966,  image size 18½" X 12½",  featuring Captain America, Hawkeye and the Scarlet Witch battling the Beetle. 

It's a nice, clean  SILVER AGE TWICE - UP Battle Page.  Panel one is a doozy!

Nice. large 4 panel action page.
Very clean, white page;  some minor whiteout affecting the art and word balloons. Panel 4 has the most whiteout on the Beetle's shoulders.    See picture.  The pic gives a good representation of page whiteness.

$5350 SHIPPED (Continental US) FedEx Priority w/ sig. req. CONUS.  Buyer will pay for full insurance if desired.  Art will ship sandwiched between 2 pieces of masonite or in a sturdy FedEx poster/artwork box.
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Tales of Suspense #90 pg. 7 - the great Gil Kane on pencils and the great Joe Sinnott on inks.  Twice-up, large silver age art from 1967, image size 18½" X 12¾",  featuring Captain America and his arch-nemesis the Red Skull!
NOTE*  The ground and building in panel one is a production stat of the original art underneath.  It appears that the building was enlarged a bit and re-positioned upwards so the Red Skull's energy bubble could be better shown lifting the building off the ground. 

Panels 2, 3 and 4 are gorgeous, with slick Sinnott inks over Kane's distinctive pencils.

Page is slightly toned. The page has a crease along the width of the page about 5 inches from the top, with other minor creases (see pictures). There is whiteout for corrections in panel 1, and slight whiteout text corrections in panels 3 and 4. There is tape along the bottom right to hold down the "Continued After Next Page" blurb. Pencil and production notes in the margins.  Joe Sinnott signature on the back of the page. See scans.  Additional photos or scans upon request.
A nice, twice-up silver age Tales of Suspense page from 1964 featuring Captain America and the Red Skull.

SOLD! $2450.00 shipped USPS Priority w/ sig. req. CONUS.  Buyer will pay for full insurance if desired.  Art will ship sandwiched between 2 pieces of masonite. 
Outside Continental USA, contact me via PM first, as there will be additional shipping fees and art will ship FedEx International.
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SOLD! Marvel Super-Heroes # 1 Spring Special 1990 Speedball story page with Steve Ditko pencils and Chris Ivy inks.    Image size 10" by 15".
Nice page with Speedball in action with pencils by the legendary Steve Ditko.
The page is toned, except for outside margins.
It looks like (possibly) red ink was used for "speedball" effects in all panels and it has faded.  See photo.
There are just a few dabs of whiteout in the lettering and word balloons.  Signed in the upper margin and in overall very good condition.

SOLD! shipped (Continental US) USPS Priority w/ sig. req. CONUS.  Buyer will pay for full insurance if desired.  Art will ship sandwiched between 2 pieces of masonite. 
Outside Continental USA, contact me via PM first, as there will be additional shipping fees.

Avengers 32 page 11 Large Art -  Don Heck on pencils and inks.  Silver Age SEMI - SPLASH Page from 1966, page size 21" X 13¾ image size 18½" X 12½",  featuring Goliath, the Sons of the Serpent, and Bill Foster. 

It's a nice, clean semi- splash SILVER AGE TWICE - UP page depicting an angry Goliath finding an injured Bill Foster.  From the great Sons of the Serpent story line.

Pure Don Heck.   With a great big image of Goliath.
Very clean, white page;  little whiteout affecting the art except for a small amount on Goliath's under-arm and chin and a small amount in background branches in panels 1 and 2.  Small whiteout in 2 dialogue balloon outlines and 1 panel border.  Does not affect lettering or art.    See scan and pic.  Any yellowing in the scan is an artifact of the scan.  The pic gives a good representation of page whiteness.

$9075 SHIPPED (Continental US) FedEx Priority w/ sig. req. CONUS.  Buyer will pay for full insurance if desired.  Art will ship sandwiched between 2 pieces of masonite or in a sturdy FedEx poster/artwork box.
Outside Continental USA, contact me via PM first, as there will be additional shipping fees and Paypal fees for international transactions.

Personal check, Cashier's check or MO are welcome and preferred.
PayPal is great, no friends & family to circumvent fees. 

Buy it, make an offer via PM, or  seals the deal and trumps ongoing PM's.  Payment due within 7 days unless other arrangements have been made.
Thanks for looking! 

Hi all,

Hope everyone is well.  

Usual rules.

Unless otherwise specified, price will include Continental US shipping - FedEX w/ sig. req.  Buyer will pay for full insurance if desired.  Art will ship sandwiched between 2 pieces of masonite and/or or in a sturdy FedEx poster/artwork box.
Outside Continental USA, contact me via PM first, as there will be additional shipping and PayPal fees.

PayPal is great, no friends & family to circumvent fees. 

Personal check, Cashier's check, MO, or Bank Wire are welcome and preferred.

Buy it, make an offer via PM, or the  seals the deal and trumps ongoing PM's.  Payment due within 7 days unless other arrangements have been made.
Thanks for looking! 

On 2/22/2021 at 11:59 AM, Wipple said:

This thread motivated me to go to the framer. Will update when complete. 

That is beautiful.  

59 minutes ago, Garystar said:

Interesting. The bottom right copyright indica is identical so both pertain to be originals (yours has a shop stamp/sticker which I assume was put on by seller). The only dayglo ones I have seen are modern reprints without the Personality Posters indica. 
I don’t believe heritage would sell reprints/copies without listing as such, I wonder if the dayglo effect is due to the lighting when photographed (blacklight?) or perhaps it’s a rare oddity. 
I’m going to keep an eye out for other dayglo ones. 

I put the shop stamp sticker on the Hulk poster that I bought as a souvenir as a reminder of the trip to the French Quarter.

To be clear, the indicia on my poster and the non- "day-glo" one on Heritage are identical.  The Day-Glo one on Heritage has the different indicia.  Look at the text centering on each line and how the 3 lines of text line up to each other.  But all have 1966 copyrights, so I'm guessing neither are the modern reprints.  And I agree, heritage wouldn't knowingly sell reprints without listing as such.

And yeah, I think the one is intended for backlight viewing, but it was photographed or scanned under regular light otherwise the white background would have a violet hue.  So I believe that's how it looks under regular light.  My backlight posters (back in the day) colors looked similar to the Hulk day-glo when viewed under normal lighting.