Sunday, January 23, 2011

Marvel Annuals



Some early Marvel Annuals...



Avengers Annual #1, September 1967. Cover by John Buscema.





Avengers Annual
#2, September 1968. Cover by John Buscema.




Avengers Annual #3, September 1969. Cover by Sal and John Buscema.




Journey Into Mystery Annual
#1, 1965. Cover by Jack Kirby.




Strange Tales Annual #1, 1962.




Strange Tales Annual #1, 1963. Cover by Jack Kirby.




Fantastic Four Annual #1, 1963. Cover by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers.




Fantastic Four Annual #2, 1964. Cover by Jack Kirby and Chic Stone.




Fantastic Four Annual #3, 1965. Cover by Jack Kirby and Mike Esposito.




Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1, 1964. Cover by Steve Ditko.




Amazing Spider-Man Annual #2, 1965. Cover by Steve Ditko.




Amazing Spider-Man Annual #3, November 1966. Cover by Johnny Romita and Don Heck.

6 comments:

  1. Re; The Avengers covers-
    #1 is penciled by John Buscema, probably inked by George (Bell) Roussos and #2 is inked by Frank Giacoia. I love all these covers! Like looking at my childhood. :-)

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  2. Thank you Joe, I have bowed to your more discerning eye and made the correction.

    Thanks for stopping by.

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  3. I was thinking that the Avengers number one looked like it was inked by Don Heck

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  4. It does look a lot like Heck, actually, and since he drew the book it's a great possibility.

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  5. Actually, credits for those Avengers Annual covers 2 and 3 seem reversed. Those are clearly Sal's inks on 2 and John's on 3. Sal's inks looked more organic, less streamlined than Giacoia. They also looked better than his pencils ever did, IMHO.

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  6. There is something Sal Buscema-esque about the cover of Avengers Annual 3, though. Could it be the layout? Has anyone ever seen John Buscema's inks over another artist before?

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