Before There Was Star Hawks by Gil Kane

About a decade before Star Hawks, Kane did this Cap'n America, and gave Cap an amazeballs ride that woulda fit smoothly into Star Hawks (maybe THAT shoulda been his name in the Marvel credits-Gil "Smooth" Kane)

 

New Cover by Jack Kirby!

Yeah, yeah, just new to me, but my favorite part about doing a new cover with it mainly the cover of Fantastic Four #72-it looks just like the vintage cover itself, even the colors.  I also dig the recent comics on the spinner racks, like Conan #1 and Swamp Thing #1, for the same reason.  Retro is the way to go!  (I feel like I think and sound like Big Bear sometimes, but luvit)

 

Sherlock Holmes by Jim Steranko

After examining all the pertinent evidence gleaned over the past 16 years (#I typed in Sherlock in my search box), one is led to the inevitable conclusion that I've never posted the pencils to this iconic image.  From this, one can deduce who this mystery Cap'n is.  He's obviously the old gent standing on the corner who, when asked how to get to the local famous restaurant by a visitor, always pauses for a moment, and then says, "from here?"  Yep, that's me

 

The Thing Of The Swamp by Berni Wrightson

Me gusta mucho, but I guess technically, this should be The Thing Of The Marsh

 

Always Bet Green by Steve Ditko

  

The ancient (1965) fanzine cover to all stars! is che great, but I love the fully colored version I found on a Spanish blog.  If you know who colored it, please holla.  We've only mentioned 2 or 3 colorists on here, and I am always indebted to some cool shades.  Shoulda said the roulette phrase always bet red, like the original monochrome cover, but the new colors look cool on the dino, too, and I actually do always bet green on roulette.  Course, I go home broke like everybody else, but it's fun while it lasts

 

4 X Bob Kline

Okay, move along, move along!  Noth'n new to see here, but that first one pops this time (please embiggen), and these are all four Kline Fanzine Prime:  Fantastic Fanzine, I'll Be Damned, Anomaly, and RBCC

 

Coupla OG Barry Smith

First is the Warrior of Lemuria poster, but biggerbetterfasterstronger than my waybacks of this, then a try-out page by Barry that I just saw, then the Kirby inspiration for young Barry (except it didn't exist until several years later-so it's Deja Vu in reverse, or my old buddy Vuja Dave)