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Moebius' preliminary pencils for the cover of Marvel Tales #253 Source
The image works best without indicia. Morbius lurks hugely in front but we’re drawn to our hero, Spidey. He’s poised for action. Perfect composition. Loses something after inks by Sylvain Despretz, and then logo. Best to enjoy the master here, then later.
Original cover inks printing key. Inks by Sylvain Despretz. Source
Colorist unknown. Source
I keep going back to the pencils. They’re “preliminary” but something’s lost. The art of a European Bande dessinée artist lost to two headers, corner box, “special giant size issue” “50 years…” ad nauseam.
I’m thrilled that I can see these at all. I’ve seen Mona Lisa (from a distance), and Van Gogh (up close, much to the chagrin of the guard at Musée d'Orsay) but this is art in its inception. A few hours of sketch time and we’re talking about it decades later.
Moebius is special. His work rings bells in me like few others, like Bill Everett, Wally Wood. He can be vile, surreal, magical and often rude, but he’s distinctive. Rare honor for an artist at his level to guest on a reprint.
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BHOC: MARVEL TALES #101
This issue of MARVEL TALES presented me with a slightly more manageable conundrum. I didn’t own a copy of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #124, the issue that was reprinted here, but I had read it. I believe my school buddy Don Sims had a copy, and I’d read it at his place at some point. Consequently, this issue would hold very few surprises for me. But it was still a relatively simple choice to drop 35 cents…
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Marvel Tales Vol 2 237 / Published: May 1990 / Artist: Todd McFarlane
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Marvel Tales #106 - Atlas, April 1952. Cover art by Russ Heath.
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Marvel Tales 253 Cover by Moebius
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Comic - ROM And The X-Men: Marvel Tales TPB
Art by Nick Bradshaw
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Breakfast at the Xavier Institute!
Storm and Nightcrawler were created by Len Wein, Dave Cockrum, and Chris Claremont!
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(1979)
#Marvel Tales#comic book#1979#Spider-Man#The Kangaroo#John Romita#cover#Spiderman#comics#1970s#comic books
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Marvel Tales Vol.2 #26 (The Amazing Spider-Man #33)
by Stan Lee; Steve Ditko and Artie Simek
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Spider-Man meeting the all-new, all-different X-Men is just a small part of HOMECOMING (1975-1977) - these interconnected stories introduce more Infinity Gems, begins to establish the Elders of the Universe, sends Drax the Destroyer and sets up Adam Warlock’s ‘final’ showdown with Thanos!
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MARVEL TALES #235 (1990) - reprinting the first half of MARVEL TEAM-UP ANNUAL #1 (1976) by Todd McFarlane
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BHOC: MARVEL TALES #100
Despite the fact that it was a reprint title, MARVEL TALES didn’t miss the opportunity to go oversized for its 100th issue, a trend that had started with the centennial issues that Marvel and DC were putting out. It’s kind of a mixed bag, in that one of the secondary features doesn’t have any relation to the lead character, Spider-Man. But it was still entertaining, even if it cost more coin than…
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#Amazing Spider-Man#Gerry Conway#Gil Kane#Hawkeye#John Romita#Luke Cage#Marvel#Marvel Tales#Mike Nasser#Scott Edelman#Stan Lee#Steve Ditko#Terry Austin#Two-Gun Kid
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Marvel Tales Vol 2 238 / Published: June 1990 / Artist: Todd McFarlane
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Marvel Tales #124 - Atlas, June 1954. Cover art by Harry Anderson.
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Another Tales, another throw away story...
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