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most valuable piece of comicbbok artwork?

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Hi,

 

50K for the cover to X-Men 50? That would have been appropriate a couple years ago, but I'm sure it would be closer to 75K today (or more). Steranko only did 3 covers for the X-Men, and #50 is probably the finest. Interior pages run around 10K if they have decent shots of the X-Men in them.

 

The Hulk 1 Special (famous cover) sold for something like 70K about two years ago, and (knowing the present owner) would not leave that collection (if ever) for anything less than 100K.

 

We're starting to talk about crazy prices, but such is the nature of addiction!

 

Best,

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Many of the classic Steranko, Adams and BWS covers exist and are in private collections. These rarely trade hands, as the folks who own them typically don't need the cash!

 

Chris Foss told me he has the cover to X-Men 50 and was - IIRC, which is always a craapshoot these days - offered in excess of 50K for it and turned it down.

 

which of course immediately made me want to kill him. others may have different reasons, but that one's mine

You wanted to kill him because he owns the X-Men 50 cover or because he turned down $50K for it?

 

the former. of course, this conversation happened in Charlotte, and the book was in Columbia, SC so killing him wouldn't have done me any good. i still would have had an hour and a half drive, and what's the point of that?

 

Dr. Naidu: yes, this was in reference to an offer he had recieved some years back. the details are sketchy...i attribute this to the fact that I was still trying to assimilate the sweet sweet National #7 he was listing in Heritage

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According to Gary C. up in the General forum, a major Golden Age art collection has surfaced which contains at least one piece that certainly deserves mention in this thread: the cover to Batman #11!

 

http://boards.collectors-society.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=838542&page=0&fpart=1&vc=1&nt=3

 

It also includes covers to Action #45 & #51. gossip.gif

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Hi,

 

50K for the cover to X-Men 50? That would have been appropriate a couple years ago, but I'm sure it would be closer to 75K today (or more). Steranko only did 3 covers for the X-Men, and #50 is probably the finest. Interior pages run around 10K if they have decent shots of the X-Men in them.

 

The Hulk 1 Special (famous cover) sold for something like 70K about two years ago, and (knowing the present owner) would not leave that collection (if ever) for anything less than 100K.

 

We're starting to talk about crazy prices, but such is the nature of addiction!

 

Best,

 

Hari,

 

Which Hulk 1 Special are you referring to? Is that the King Size Annual 1 with Hulk under a bunch of rocks from circa 1969? Can you post a pic?

 

Krazy

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Unfortunately, yes, it's for real. The same editors that scrapped using Steranko's brilliant Tower of Shadows #1 cover in favor of the boring one that was published. Here's the TOS #1 cover that Steranko wanted to use: http://www.steranko.comics.org/comics/marvel/tower1-orig.jpg

 

Here's the original Hulk head by Steranko: http://www.geocities.com/hulkman53/STERHULKANN1.JPG

 

And the Severin one:

http://www.geocities.com/hulkman53/Hulkann1.jpg

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Unfortunately, yes, it's for real. The same editors that scrapped using Steranko's brilliant Tower of Shadows #1 cover in favor of the boring one that was published. Here's the TOS #1 cover that Steranko wanted to use: http://www.steranko.comics.org/comics/marvel/tower1-orig.jpg

 

Here's the original Hulk head by Steranko: http://www.geocities.com/hulkman53/STERHULKANN1.JPG

 

And the Severin one:

http://www.geocities.com/hulkman53/Hulkann1.jpg

 

I prefer the original Steranko myself. And the Tower of Shadows cover too! confused-smiley-013.gif

 

The Tower of Shadows was much more innovative, IMHO.

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Steranko's Hulk is more beastly. I like Severin's better. Thanks for the info.

 

Yeah, Steranko's Hulk looks more psychotic and deranged, whilst Severin's looks heroic and far more in keeping with the Marvel House Style. She did a good job though, although I can imagine that Steranko couldn't have been exactly pleased with having his work redrawn - shades of Kirby's Superman faces being redone by Pablo Marcos......

 

And no, I never knew about this - thanks also for the info!!

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If you bring a Hulk Special #1 to Steranko to sign, he will certainly mention it to you, so I imagine that he was pretty steamed at the time it was redrawn.

 

I must admit I really don't blame him, especially as the rework wasn't necessary.

 

Shame on Marvel for treating their superstar artist like that (and make no mistake, as you know they hyped him heavily at the time......).

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They made these types of changes all the time, to make the images less horrific for their readership. There are other examples, like the Red Skull image on Cap 101. The owner of the original art removed the redrawn Red Skull image and uncovered the original, (and, in my opinion) much better illustration. I'll see if I can find a link.....

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Do you know if the entire original Steranko illustration to the King Size Annual 1 is intact? The original head by Steranko on that cover was replaced by one drawn by Marie Severin.

 

DON't KNOW ABOUT WHAT THE ART LOOKS LIKE AS I HAVE NEVER SEEN IT.

 

I WOULD LOVE TO

 

THAT IS ONE BOO-TI-FUL COVER tongue.gif

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They made these types of changes all the time, to make the images less horrific for their readership. There are other examples, like the Red Skull image on Cap 101. The owner of the original art removed the redrawn Red Skull image and uncovered the original, (and, in my opinion) much better illustration. I'll see if I can find a link.....

 

Hi Hari,

 

So is this King Size Annual, the same piece you mentioned as having sold for 70k?

 

KK

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