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Eric Jansen
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I just happened upon my copy of X-MEN ANNUAL #6 which featured the X-Men vs. Dracula in a story by Chris Claremont, penciled by Bill Sienkiewicz and inked by Bob Wiacek. It's almost a shame that Sienkiewicz inked himself so much since he paired so well with many inkers. I fondly remember the MOON-KNIGHT back-up in the HULK MAGAZINE where Sienkiewicz was inked by the great inkers Joe Rubinstein, Klaus Janson, and Bob McLeod (also on STAR-LORD in MARVEL PREVIEW). But I had totally forgotten how good this story inked by Wiacek looked. Sienkiewicz's strengths shine through, but Wiacek firms up BS's trademark sketchiness.
Here's the cover, inked by Sienkiewicz himself (included for reference), followed by some nice-looking Wiacek-inked pages:
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Brian Miller
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Bill/Klaus is a damn fine combo
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Eric Jansen
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X-MEN ANNUAL #6 was a follow-up to UNCANNY X-MEN #159, also by Claremont, Sienkiewicz, and Wiacek. For some reason, this doesn't look quite as good to me as the annual, but it's still really good. (I don't have my copy at hand right now, so I hope that these pages I grabbed from the Internet are all from the right issue.)
Edited by Eric Jansen on 10 January 2023 at 10:16pm
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Eric Jansen
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Back in the late 70's (or so), Dave Cockrum did a number of really nice covers for MARVEL PREMIERE, all inked by different people. With the different inkers, there's a great variety to the finished art, but, underneath, Cockrum's fantastic and effective page layouts/pencils show a very strong foundation.
MARVEL PREMIERE #38 penciled by Dave Cockrum and inked by Rudy Nebres
MARVEL PREMIERE #41 penciled by Dave Cockrum and inked by Joe Sinnott
MARVEL PREMIERE #42 penciled and inked by Dave Cockrum
MARVEL PREMIERE #43 penciled by Dave Cockrum and inked by Joe Rubinstein
MARVEL PREMIERE #48 penciled by Dave Cockrum and inked by Bob McLeod
MARVEL PREMIERE #54 (according to GCD) sketched by Dave Cockrum and finished art by Tony DeZuniga
Edited by Eric Jansen on 13 January 2023 at 9:32am
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Eric Jansen
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Jack Kirby did only one issue of SILVER SURFER, the final issue #18. And it was inked by Herb Trimpe--not a bad mix! A lot of power on that last page especially.
Edited by Eric Jansen on 17 January 2023 at 11:58am
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This is the last one I've got saved--a nice CHAMPIONS pin-up (commission?) by George Tuska and Bob Layton.
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Jose Zulueta
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The Champions pinup by Tuska and Layton is a great find, Eric. Thought the inking might have been Brett Breeding before seeing the signatures.
The date on the artwork threw me for a loop. 2009?! I looked up a biography of George Tuska on the Internet and it seems he was born in 1916—and though semi-retired, his last active comics work was in 2009, the same year he died. What a long, productive life he's had. Always loved his "Iron Man," assorted DC work, and his '50s crime comics of old.
Edited by Jose Zulueta on 21 January 2023 at 4:29pm
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Eric Jansen
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On the 117th anniversary of Robert E. Howard's birth, here's a number of John Buscema CONAN covers inked by various inkers I never saw ink Buscema before (though some might have done one or two more CONAN covers I'm not including).
CONAN THE BARBARIAN #98 by John Buscema inked by Bob McLeod
CONAN THE BARBARIAN #102 by John Buscema inked by Al Milgrom
CONAN THE BARBARIAN #105 by John Buscema inked by Bob Wiacek
CONAN THE BARBARIAN #106 by John Buscema inked by Bob Layton
CONAN THE BARBARIAN #109 by John Buscema inked by Jack Abel
CONAN THE BARBARIAN #112 by John Buscema inked by Joe Rubinstein 
CONAN THE BARBARIAN #125 by John Buscema inked by Terry Austin
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I really enjoy threads like this, because it really emphasizes a love for the medium.
Dave Cockrum has really been a star of this thread, huh? Well, here's 2 more:
Kirby inked by Cockrum! Thor and Namor are real beauties here!
Cockrum inking JB! He told the story once that somehow the Dan Green-inked splash was lost and Dave pitched in on this one page only.
Edited by Vinny Valenti on 23 January 2023 at 4:59pm
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Wow! That looks like Andru- Esposito to my eyes! I would never have known
that was DC!
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Marshall Rogers inked by JB. JB did a great job on the inks!
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Jose Zulueta
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Here's a pairing we don't see every day: Curt Swan and EC/Mad Magazine legend Angelo Torres. This was created for a custom comic, commissioned by a rich British real estate mogul for his son's bar mitzvah and given out to guests. (Source: Tom Brevoort's website.)
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