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Vinny Valenti
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| Posted: 13 October 2025 at 1:48pm | IP Logged | 1
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What's realy bugging me is the placement of characters facing right (She-Hulk, Wolverine, etc) on the LEFT side of the page. Why not move them to the right side, or flip the images?
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Robert Bradley
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| Posted: 13 October 2025 at 3:21pm | IP Logged | 2
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That might be the first time I've seen Frank Robbins art used for mechandizing.
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Robert Bradley
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| Posted: 13 October 2025 at 3:35pm | IP Logged | 3
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Yeah, I would say that calendar page was drawn no later than March of '77, after that Marvel no longer had the licensing to Doc Savage.Yeah, I would say that calendar page was drawn no later than March of '77, after that Marvel no longer had the licensing to Doc Savage.
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And Carl Danvers made her first appearance as Ms. Marvel in January of 1977, so that may narrow it down even more.
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 13 October 2025 at 3:54pm | IP Logged | 4
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Just figure out the year of the calendar. The art would have been done about a year earlier.
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 13 October 2025 at 4:04pm | IP Logged | 5
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Looks like the calendar was for 1978, so probably drew it in early 1977. They’d have wanted it in stores for Fall-ish.
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John Byrne
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1977/1978. We had no idea how much the world was about to change!
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Vinny Valenti
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I wonder where that Black Widow image came from. I usually have a good eye for identifying distinctive inkers and I'm thinking....Bill Everett?
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Colin Ian Campbell
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| Posted: 13 October 2025 at 8:20pm | IP Logged | 8
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I think it's from Marvel Fanfare #10 by Luke McDonnell and Brett Breeding.
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Robert Bradley
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| Posted: 13 October 2025 at 11:55pm | IP Logged | 9
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It is. Good call Colin.
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“ That might be the first time I've seen Frank Robbins art used for mechandizing.”********** Which figure did Robbins draw?
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| Posted: 14 October 2025 at 1:17am | IP Logged | 11
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Robbins drew the Captain America (pretty sure Colletta inked it).
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Vinny Valenti
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Wasn't that MARVEL FANFARE by Perez?
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