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Michael Andrew Gonoude
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The late Mr. Kane was responsible for what I consider to be perhaps the single greatest splash page in the history of comics - not the flashiest, or most action-packed, but the most anatomically-impeccable - the first page of the issue of Marvel Premiere that introduced "The Power of...Warlock" series. The full-page figure of Adam Warlock clearly shows that Gil was an indisputable master of anatomy.
If any of you technically-proficient board members could post a scan or link for those unfamiliar with the image to which I refer, I think we'd all be grateful...
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Eric Lund
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His Action comics run in contrast to Curt Swan was akin to what I imagine people felt the first time they saw color film or color TV....
It just blew your mind away
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Geoff Gibson
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I hope you are not elevating Gil Kane's status at the expense of Curt Swan -- he was an absolute MASTER. Like Gil Kane, Curt Swan was easily one of the finest artists to ever work in comics.
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John Harris
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John Harris
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John Harris
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Eric Lund
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I love Swan on Superman... Gil Kanes version was so different that it was like nothing anyone had ever seen...just mind-blowing
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Bill De Simone
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Great thread.
Ted, I saw your scan of the Blackmark paperback--wasn't this one originally paperback also?
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Michael Andrew Gonoude
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Thanks, John, those panels are the exceptional artistry typical of Gil, but the illustration I was thinking of was a full figure of Adam Warlock, with arms outstretched. Maybe I'm misremembering the issue or the page (it was thirty-five or more years ago!), but I could have sworn I cited it correctly. Oh, well, they say the memory is the first thing to go...who says? I forget...
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Randy Heaps
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I bought both Blackmark and Savage when they originally came out. I remember well how Blackmark was a paperback. It surprised me to see a paperback comic original. Up to that time I can only remember the occasional paperback reprint collection.
But, and it's been a long time, I seem to recall that Savage was a magazine sized publication. Also think it was originally called 'His Name Is...Savage!"
But, whatever format, Gil Kane was definitely one of the comic book gods.
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