Reunited, and it feels so good 2 2

[RBerman]

When artists sell their pages, books get broken up from the get-go, sold to different people piecemeal. This is unfortunate from an artistic perspective since each narrative was intended to be taken as a whole. But the economics of the industry ensure that it almost always happens that way and is both difficult and expensive to reverse.

Have you ever been able to reunite pages from a single issue, especially consecutive pages? I just brought back together two Geof Isherwood/Ricardo Villamonte pages from the 1986 Marvel space pirate series Swords of the Swashbucklers -- a DPS, no less, which amazes me that it was separated between the two artists in the first place, but that's what Marvel's randomization system caused back then.

[grapeape]

DPS should never, ever, be separated. Glad the pages are reunited.

[jjonahjameson11]

Yeah, I tried to put back together the Romita Jr Peter Parker Spiderman #75 double sized issue.  Was two-thirds completed but had to stop because owners of the remaining pages wanted crazy, Stoopid money.

likewise, I tried to put together the complete interiors for DD: Man Without Fear mini series by Miller/Romita Jr and Williamson.  Got 100 pages out of 144 after about a dozen years of shaking pages out of collections, auctions, etc.  got bored of the chase and sold them all

[JadeGiant]

Wow, you don't see DPS pages split often, and putting them back is a monumental task. Congrats!

[JadeGiant]

My reunited story is from my favorite comic, Hulk 227. I managed my third and fourth pages this year which coincidentally completed a 4 page sequence. I was thrilled! 

https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=1922342

Edited July 8, 2023 by JadeGiant

[alxjhnsn]

In the thread Themed Art Collections, you will find a section on people who are re-assembling books. That's a task that I find both daunting and amazing.

[Garf]

Oooh... I could play but I don't have any pictures to hand. I recently found and bought a Batman page over 9 years after I originally bought the one that follows it. They make a nice little story sequence too, was a pretty easy purchase decision

[Will_K]

I think this topic surfaces every once in a while.  Congrats to people who are able to achieve their desires of assembling a story or book.  Condolences to people who were not able to achieve their goal.  Good luck to those who are still trying to achieve this feat.

I have a few complete stories that I bought intact.  But my 8 page Senorita Rio story from Fight Comics 52 (Oct 1947) was assembled from separate pages over multiple transactions.  My recollection is it took 5 transactions over roughly 10 years (sometimes multiple pages).  And the page 1 splash was the last page acquired to complete the story.

I didn't set a goal for assembling the story.  Rather it was my obsessive desire to acquire as much Nick Cardy art as I can.  It's just dumb luck that the pages were still moving around in the market after so long.

https://www.comicartfans.com/galleryroom.asp?gsub=45919

Edited July 8, 2023 by Will_K

[Brian Peck]

I have reunited one issue, X-Men #30 by Andy Kubert and Matt Ryan including the cover.

I am one page away from reuniting Uncanny X-Men #308 by John Romita Jr and Dan Green

[Aahz]

Wasn't done intentionally, but managed to re-unite the two intro pages from Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction #6 - Colan/Adkins

Edited July 9, 2023 by Aahz

[Hockeyflow33]

I have a bunch of sequential pages, it's always fun putting them together. I'm working on a few complete issues;

Batman Issue 595 - have 17 out of 22 pages plus I have the cover! Another collector has one page that I haven't been able to get but don't know where the rest are.

Sandman Mystery Theatre Issue 64 - 18 of 22 pages. No idea where the other four are. 

Green Arrow (Vol 1) Issue 89 - 13 pages - Picked up a few pages here and there so now I feel the drive to complete. 

Green Arrow (Vol 2) Issue 70 - 12 pages - Same as above, have lucked into a bunch of pages and they'e in my price range so I'll grab them as I find them. 

[Rick2you2]

Does anyone know how to reach DC Man on CAF? Several years ago, at a comic art show in Secaucus, I spotted a page which interested me a lot. It was the second page of the first issue of the second series of Phantom Stranger stories. But, apart from the Seller only having a copy with him, the page had serious problems. Most importantly, it was only the first page a two page spread. Second, as the seller freely explained, it had also been modified (a lot). Someone had cut out the logo, and inserted a miniature copy of it. The seller was perfectly honest about this, by the way, which I appreciated. This is what it looks like on CAF:

Afterward, I decided to hold off,  but I kept looking for the second page. Then, I found it and bought it. When I went to try and find his email address, I had lost it.

I would like to buy the piece (if he still has it and the price is fair), hire a restorer, and fix the two. The second page also has inking on it to hide the cutting, so I will probably need an artist as well. The art is by Bill Draut, and I doubt fixing it would be an economically wise thing to do, but, what the hell. So if anyone knows how to reach him, it would be appreciated. 

[RBerman]

I also reunited two consecutive pages from Pat Broderick's run on Legion of Super-Heroes.

 

[grapeape]

On 7/9/2023 at 9:25 AM, Rick2you2 said:

Does anyone know how to reach DC Man on CAF? Several years ago, at a comic art show in Secaucus, I spotted a page which interested me a lot. It was the second page of the first issue of the second series of Phantom Stranger stories. But, apart from the Seller only having a copy with him, the page had serious problems. Most importantly, it was only the first page a two page spread. Second, as the seller freely explained, it had also been modified (a lot). Someone had cut out the logo, and inserted a miniature copy of it. The seller was perfectly honest about this, by the way, which I appreciated. This is what it looks like on CAF:

Afterward, I decided to hold off,  but I kept looking for the second page. Then, I found it and bought it. When I went to try and find his email address, I had lost it.

I would like to buy the piece (if he still has it and the price is fair), hire a restorer, and fix the two. The second page also has inking on it to hide the cutting, so I will probably need an artist as well. The art is by Bill Draut, and I doubt fixing it would be an economically wise thing to do, but, what the hell. So if anyone knows how to reach him, it would be appreciated. 

 

Rick that's happened to me more than you know. I have a piece that I sold to a guy twenty years ago. About 5 years later he offered to sell it back at a modest 30% markup. I hemmed and hawed. Changed email providers.

Decided I wanted the art back but now I couldn't retrieve the email info. Have absolutely no clue, other than the state he lived in, how to contact him now.

Also when CAF gallery's go cold. Art that was available or at least open to a discussion, but now the gallery owner no longer participates. No longer posting. No longer answering emails or leaving comments on other gallery's.

Thats such a neat piece for a PS collector like you. Economic sense be damned. I know how much you love PS, so investing in the preservation of that piece sounds like a solid love of art decision.

 

[MIL0S]

I’m a big fan of John Buscema’s work  and he typically did full size prelims for pages that he pencilled and I’ve been able to reunite several pages with the corresponding prelim. So satisfying when you’re able to do that…

this was the first page of art I ever purchased (for five bucks!), and came across the prelim ten years later: 

 

Another page where the prelim cost me more than the inked page:

 

and probably my favorite Buscema piece:

[Rick2you2]

On 7/9/2023 at 3:47 PM, grapeape said:

Rick that's happened to me more than you know. I have a piece that I sold to a guy twenty years ago. About 5 years later he offered to sell it back at a modest 30% markup. I hemmed and hawed. Changed email providers.

Decided I wanted the art back but now I couldn't retrieve the email info. Have absolutely no clue, other than the state he lived in, how to contact him now.

Also when CAF gallery's go cold. Art that was available or at least open to a discussion, but now the gallery owner no longer participates. No longer posting. No longer answering emails or leaving comments on other gallery's.

Thats such a neat piece for a PS collector like you. Economic sense be damned. I know how much you love PS, so investing in the preservation of that piece sounds like a solid love of art decision.

 

It totally sucks as it is probably gone by now. The first three issues of PS (second series) were partial reprints from the first series with additional pages added. So, in the first series, 5 of the pages were published as part of a story (I think issue 4, but I don't remember off-hand), and then DC added 3 more pages in the second series, for a much better graphic and story. These were 2 of them. It's as close as I will ever probably get to a PS page from the 1952 run. 

And a lot of work is needed, too, on the page I have. I'm not sure why I am having so much trouble downsizing the pixels for posting, but it has a big 4 x 5 inch cutout in the middle. What is cool, however, is that the additional lettering and art were made to mimic Infantino/Barry from the first series. Draut, who I am guessing did the work, did an excellent job. Still a complete mystery why it was done. The existing final pages were not published as modified.

Edited July 9, 2023 by Rick2you2

[Will_K]

I follow some people (including DC Man) that post very infrequently.  And when they do post, it is worth the wait.  DC Man may not be responsive to e-mail in general.  The gallery where that PS piece resides is a little bit of a mish-mash, it's titled "Art Sale" but includes his want list pieces, for trade pieces, for sale pieces and NFS pieces.  And in general, it's a great DC and JLA collection.  My guess is if you e-mail him politely once a year or so, he'll get back to you if he ever feels like parting with the PS piece.  Otherwise, you're always on the hunt for PS anyway.

[Will_K]

Here's a great 2 page fight sequence from Detective Comics 454 (Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez / Ernie Chan).  It's not a DPS, you'd have to turn the page of the comic to see the 2nd page.  But I posted them on CAF as a DPS.  The memory is vague but I think I got them from Garcia-Lopez at the same time.

[brettfes]

i had a dream.

then i woke up. lol. i had managed to put together very close to all of 4 consecutive issues of peter parker spect spidey 39 to 44. it was all humberto ramos art and i think out of the 88 pages i had 70...i think. there were 2/3 floating around caf that could not be begged borrowed ot stolen and there was one guy who would not respond even when there was a price on page. it was a good little story, but i expected many pages may have been in mexico or singapore... i heard the covers and many of the first issue pages may have ended up there... and just got too tired of constant searching. 

i kept the one cover i could find, and do still search for the other covers.

[MAR1979]

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Edited July 22, 2023 by MAR1979