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Steve Coates
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Posted: 19 June 2020 at 5:40pm | IP Logged | 1 post reply

Just around the corner of 1974 and 1975 was a young guy with a lot of potential. Looking back at his early work on the Man-wolf feature in Creatures on the Loose it seems rushed and inconsistent. He almost got lost under Klaus Janson's ink in issue #33, but much stronger and recognizable in issue #34. There must have been something underlying to draw my attention and want to see more of his work.

I met George a few years ago, he was super busy, so we did't get to chat much, but he did add a commission to my book. I'd say he was a very nice guy , but almost all of the comic book creators I've met were very nice.
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I think I had a strong interest in the martial arts when I was a young.

I am not sure if I would have noticed the writer on the story and although I liked some inkers more than others, knowing the strengths of the pencil artist allowed me to appreciated the inker more. Certainly I purchased this issue of Marvel Premiere off of the spinner, back in May 1975 and I remember the story and the art and perhaps I noticed Chris Claremont's and Bob McLeod's names.
I met Bob a couple of times and he also contributed a commission in my book and talked about his days as a Crusty Bunker. I've also met Chris.
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Final installment for me... And where best to end it?
John Byrne!
Marvel Premiere #25 of July 1975 is my earliest recollection of John's work, I purchased.
I liked what I saw form the opening splash page. Very dynamic composition and well portrayed anatomy.
The drawing of the big guy really made me want to see what he could do with the Hulk. His style reminded me of John Buscema and Gil Kane's influence was easy to spot, especially in the hands.
I might have been a little frustrated with all the panels, balloons and exposition marring the underlaying image, but I thought this was cool...
It seemed I waited a great long time for him to do my favourite Marvel hero, Captain America! And he remains my second favourite artist to ever draw Captain America.

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So Many great young artists, many of them mentioned here, that I enjoyed in the 70's -

Frank Brunner (Doctor Strange, Howard the Duck)
Rich Buckler (Deathlok)
John Byrne (Iron Fist, Champions, Marvel Team-Up, X-Men)
Howard Chaykin (Star Wars)
Dave Cockrum (Legion of Super-Heroes, X-Men)
Keith Giffen (Defenders)
Billy Graham (Hero for Hire, Black Panther)
Mike Grell (Legion of Super-Heroes)
Paul Gulacy (Master of Kung Fu)
George Perez (Avengers, Man-Wolf, Inhumans, Fantastic Four)
Marshall Rogers (Batman)
P. Craig Russell (Killraven)
Walter Simonson (Hercules)
Jim Starlin (Captain Marvel, Warlock)
Bernie Wrightson (Swamp Thing)

Perez was probably the first artist whose work I really sought out - I remember tracking down titles like Logan's Run and Creatures on the Loose simply because he had drawn them.




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