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Robert White
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I've been on a kick lately where I'm buying all the retro Marvel and DC glasses, tumbler's, etc, that I find. I'm particularly fond of any featuring Jose Luis Garcia Lopez art. I recently picked these up:
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Stephen Bergstrom
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There's a coffee mug at my local comic shop with Jose Luis Garcia Lopez art. I should probably get that.
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John Byrne
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Hmm... Kirby Thor and Cap, Tuska Iron Man, Cockrum Hulk -- but I'm not sure about Spider-Man or Wolverine.
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Joe Hollon
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That's an Art Adams Wolverine. Spider-Man....Romita?
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Greg Kirkman
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I believe that's a John Buscema/Jim Mooney Spider-Man, from one of
the rare late-60s issues that wasn't drawn by Romita.
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Shaun Barry
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That Wolverine is almost certainly Art Adams (from CLASSIC X-MEN #1, I believe), but it's not exactly "vintage" artwork, either. Sticks out a little too much compared to the other artists.
But I'm on board with Robert... these cups and mugs are awesome, lots of fun to keep at my desk at work!
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Stephen Bergstrom
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| Posted: 09 March 2014 at 5:08pm | IP Logged | 7
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Picked up the mug. I BELIEVE it's Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez GL art, but I'm willing to be wrong:
Edited by Stephen Bergstrom on 12 March 2014 at 9:41am
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Steve Ogden
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I finally found this Doc Savage statue from Electric Tiki. I have been looking for this for a long a while. I love it. Amazingly, it is one of the very few statues that looks better than the image on the box. I am so happy with this! The blueish dome represents the Fortress of Solitude, the Doc Savage "logo" is written in the dome on the bottom. That was a neat touch, I thought.
 
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John Byrne
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Strange to see the James Bama take on Doc's hair rendered in 3D.
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Andy Mokler
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Nice pick-up, Steve. I've long wanted this statue as well but it's always $100+ whenever I see it for sale.
It's always kind of interesting to see Doc holding a gun(super-firer) since he usually didn't in the books. I guess it makes for a more marketable image but it really gets the character wrong IMO.
But kudos to Tiki, they've done the best statue of ol' Doc that I've seen. They also made a pretty nice mini-bust if I remember correctly.
If I had to guess, I'd say the inspiration for the design of this statue comes from Bob Larkin's cover to Doc Savage Omnibus #9. I really enjoy Larkin's take on Doc which kept with what Bama had done. Larkin's version had a bit fuller skull cap than Bama's but nothing too far.
Edited by Andy Mokler on 22 March 2014 at 7:52am
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John Byrne
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What Bama, and those who copied him, missed*, is that Doc's "skull cap" is supposed to be SLICKED DOWN hair -- more than a little dab of Brylcreme, there! -- not a buzz cut, or a crew cut. It should also be dark, like bronze.Something more like this Leyendecker. . . 
_______________ * Given the vintage, we cannot know if this was Bama's choice, or instruction from some art director.
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Andy Mokler
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Might lean toward art director. Bama's original painting for the first Bantam paperback was re-done. This is how the original looked:
I'm sure if I'd been introduced to Doc Savage by the Baumhofer covers of the pulps I wouldn't care for the off-model look that Bama(Bantam?) came up with. But in this case, the revision seems to be more iconic. The skull cap that wouldn't seem to exist in nature somehow gives him a super-hero trademark.
Edit: Ahhh, Google. Must always remind myself to check Google first: http://www.thepulp.net/pulp-info/pulp-articles/len-leone/
Len Leone was the art director for Bantam at the time and he confirms what we were talking about, JB.
Edited by Andy Mokler on 22 March 2014 at 9:46am
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