Miracleman Original Art

[pkveronese]

Hey guys,

I know this is a little O/T but does anybody have any Miracleman art (some of the better pages may be a little too expensive for me, but especially prelims, sketches, etc.) they want to sell or trade? I've got a link to my CAF gallery in my signature line, so let me know if you see anything. Thanks! - Keith

[chrisco37]

Extremely tough to find. I can only recall one Heritage auction with a cover.

 

Hari has a cover (Warrior #2, I think?). Pages hard to find. Rick Vietch sold a page from #15 earlier this year on eBay.

 

Totlebon used to have a few pages for sale (at prices that would be considered a steal today). I've spoken to him this year and he does not have any for sale at the moment. He may still have some in his possession though.

 

Good luck.

[heartened]

Hi,

 

I have the first appearance of Miracleman on a cover, by the original artist Gary Leach (second appearance overall). It was ctually published in Warrior Magazine #2 as Marvel Man three years before his debut here in the States. I also have a nice interior page by Alan Davis, that took me a while to pry out of a friend's collection. I paid an embarrassingly high amount to get it. It's the first appearance/meeting of Big Ben.

 

Totleben pages are more numerous than pages by Leach or Davis, but they are also quite expensive, especially pages from the elusive issue #15. People don't seem to part with them.

 

Keep looking, though, as they do come up from time to time.

 

If I have time, I'll post scans of the above two pieces sometime tonight.

 

Best,

[heartened]

Here's the first meeting between Miracleman and Big Ben. Published in Warrior #4, I think, and in the States as part of Miracleman #3 (?). Art by Alan Davis.

 

 

And, here's the first ever cover appearance of Miracleman, by the original creator/artist Gary Leach. From Warrior #2, large size art, watercolor. Stunning in person!

 

 

Now, if only I could find (or convince someone to sell!) a nice page by Totleben, especially from issue #15......

[pkveronese]

That's pretty cool! Thanks Hari!

 

I got some prelims from issue #14 (the "dancing" border images) from a comic-art L lister earlier this months. I absolutely love them.

[heartened]

Hi,

 

Let's see the prelims, if you have any scans.

[chrisco37]

It was ctually published in Warrior Magazine #2

 

My memory finally worked!

[pkveronese]

Hey Hari,

No problem!! Here they are - you may have seen them before, I bought them brom Aaron Bushey, and he has a gallery on CAF.

 

This is the larger one - 11x13 page, the image area is about about 8x11;

 

 

These two are on the same page,so I scanned them twice so you could get the full image (also on an approx 11x13 page):

 

 

 

From what I can tell, Mr. Totleben pasted them onto convention sketch pages prior to selling them originally.

Thanks! - I hope you like them! - Keith

[chrisco37]

Hey Hari,

No problem!! Here they are - you may have seen them before, I bought them brom Aaron Bushey, and he has a gallery on CAF.

 

This is the larger one - 11x13 page, the image area is about about 8x11;

 

 

These two are on the same page,so I scanned them twice so you could get the full image (also on an approx 11x13 page):

 

 

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From what I can tell, Mr. Totleben pasted them onto convention sketch pages prior to selling them originally.

Thanks! - I hope you like them! - Keith

 

Awesome!

[chrisco37]

Here is the finished product:

 

 

Dunno how to increase the size. Sorry.

[pkveronese]

Here is the finished product:

 

 

Dunno how to increase the size. Sorry.

 

Thanks bud. There are several dancing images like that in the story. Aaron Bushey, who I obtained these two from, still has the one that that page is based on. Thanks! - Keith

[chrisco37]

Here is the finished product:

 

 

Dunno how to increase the size. Sorry.

 

Thanks bud. There are several dancing images like that in the story. Aaron Bushey, who I obtained these two from, still has the one that that page is based on. Thanks! - Keith

 

Yes indeed. One of the most beautiful sequences ever.

 

And, the best story ever in a comic book.

[pkveronese]

Thanks a lot for the compliments. I've wanted some Totleben MM stuff for a LONG time, and when those came up I was sooooo excited.

I love MM #14 - its so much like the calm before the storm that #15 is. Its a great issue.

[matewan1990]

Man, if only you'd have been wanting Miracleman art last year... I had three pages from Miracleman: Triumphant by Mike Deodato, a page by John Totleben from issue 16 (with all eight drawings Totleben used to create the page, which was done with stats and original art). About four years ago, I owned the Jim Starlin cover art to Miracleman 4. I sold and traded everything away pretty cheaply. I also traded away the preliminary cover to issue 12 by Totleben.

[pkveronese]

Man, if only you'd have been wanting Miracleman art last year... I had three pages from Miracleman: Triumphant by Mike Deodato, a page by John Totleben from issue 16 (with all eight drawings Totleben used to create the page, which was done with stats and original art). About four years ago, I owned the Jim Starlin cover art to Miracleman 4. I sold and traded everything away pretty cheaply. I also traded away the preliminary cover to issue 12 by Totleben.

 

 

AAAARRRRGGGHHHH!!!!!!!!!

 

Man, I've got a sick feeling in my stomach now. That sounds like some nice stuff - maybe I'll come across it at some point. You don't happen to strill have an image of the prelim to the cover of issue 12, do you? Thanks! - Keith

[matewan1990]

Unfortunately, I don't have a single scan. Sorry, I deleted them all last year after I'd let everything go. I still miss that Starlin cover...

[chrisco37]

Here's a Con Sketch I had Andy Lee do of MM for me a few years back. Looks more like Young MM....

 

[chrisco37]

And here's a page from the Millar/Jones series Wanted. If you look, the character that the Killer is blasting in the last panel is MM (notice the boots):

 

[pkveronese]

That's really cool! I love JG Jones stuff - I just picked up one of his prelims for the cover of Villains United #5. I'm really looking forward to his covers for the 52 miniseries.

[chrisco37]

That's really cool! I love JG Jones stuff - I just picked up one of his prelims for the cover of Villains United #5. I'm really looking forward to his covers for the 52 miniseries.

 

Thanks! One of the best currently working. Really nice guy to boot!