Archie #1 remainder copy restored

[Hero Restoration]

Hey all, it has been a long while since I have posted any work, and thought this would be a good one to post. I am doing very exciting things with remainder copies, and thought it would be fun to share this particular book. The pages are not done yet, so I only have pictures of the cover flat ATM.

 

So here is what I had to work with:

 

 

 

So, I washed the cover, leaf-casted in new paper to fill in the area missing, and then re-created all the art.

 

 

On the front outside I first drew all the line work, then filled in the color with paint. If you look close enough you can tell it was hand done, as there are plenty of line mistakes, but I am still happy with the results considering the level of work involved doing something completely by hand.

 

The picture below is to show how naturally flexible it turned out, another thing I am really happy with, as it was hard to develop a process that would be that flexible.

 

 

The inside had to be done a totally different way.

 

 

 

There was no way I could do this by hand, too much detail, and text involved. So how I did this was to paint the off-white, and then use my proprietary ink transfer method to apply the black.

 

Again, it isn't perfect, but well enough that I am satisfied with the results.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[faster friends]

[tjanse]

Wow I'm always amazed by your work. Well done

[DavidTheDavid]

Whoa, and I thought were just ace pressing and cleaning my comics, no idea you could do this, too. Very nice, sir.

[Chadwick]

Amazing work, sir! I would love to see more

 

[divad]

Awesome MC! (thumbs u

[comicdonna]

Very nice!

[JollyComics]

What a beautiful job!

 

What happened to all loose pages?

[Wilson3d]

Great work!

[thehumantorch]

Great job

[PovertyRow]

From what you had to work with you did a heck of a job!

[Comicdey]

Most excellent

[THB]

W0W

[Marvel Zombie]

 

ya gonna slab it ?

[Hero Restoration]

What a beautiful job!

 

What happened to all loose pages?

 

The pages are currently getting washed and repaired.

[Hero Restoration]

ya gonna slab it ?

 

Sadly the owner is not going to have it slabed.

[Illustrious]

I am doing very exciting things with remainder copies

 

[medusanyc]

you have really come a long way !! beautiful work!

[Marty Mann]

Truly an incredible job!

Do you think my remainder copy of DETECTIVE #168 would benefit substantially

from a similar "face-lift"?

 

 

mm

[Mark 1]

Really impressive!