Giacoia, Frank - DAREDEVIL (1964-98) #115 Cover
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SOLD ON: Tuesday, 11/26/2019 7:00 PM
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PUBLISHER: Marvel
COMMENTS: Gil Kane pencils, Frank Giacoia inks; image size 10" x 15.5"
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Gil Kane pencils, Frank Giacoia inks; image size 10" x 15.5"Coming from the great tradition of young immigrant artists that helped build the nascent comic book industry, Gil Kane cut his teeth at Archie publisher MLJ before working at DC on his epic run of Silver Age Green Lantern and Atom titles and then moving over to Marvel, where he would serve in a journeyman capacity for many years, working on a variety of classic titles. This thrilling Daredevil Kane cover is a quality example of 70s Marvel adventure which really places you at the center of the action through the use of perspective and dramatic framing, enhanced by Frank Giacoia s powerful inks. This cover shows Hornhead precariously balanced over a vat of caustic liquid while being hemmed in by the fearsome Death-Stalker, who makes his debut in this very book, only to be killed off by Frank Miller when he took over the title in issue 158. A few other notable facts about Daredevil 115: the issue features cameos by Man-Thing and Gladiator as well as an ad for Hulk 181, which provided readers with a sneak preview of Wolverine a week before his debut. Simply stated this is a prime example of a SA Marvel cover, iconic and collectible under any circumstances. In years to come the price on this excellent piece of comic art will seem like a steal.
Other than some yellowing and a few stains, art is in excellent condition.
Artists Information
Frank Giacoia (July 6, 1924 – February 4, 1988) was an American comics artist known primarily as an inker. He sometimes worked under the name Frank Ray, Giacoia made the rounds to almost every Golden Age publisher, notably working on Flash and Batman stories, he also worked at Timely during this period. In the Silver Age Frank worked on many Jack Kirby pages, particularly in Captain America, and he also notably inked the first appearance of the Punisher in AMS #129.
Gil Kane was a Latvian-born American comics artist whose career spanned the 1940s to the 1990s and virtually every major comics company and character. Kane co-created the modern-day versions of the superheroes Green Lantern and the Atom for DC Comics, and co-created Iron Fist with Roy Thomas for Marvel Comics. He was involved in such major storylines as that of The Amazing Spider-Man #96–98, which, at the behest of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, bucked the then-prevalent Comics Code Authority to depict drug abuse, and ultimately spurred an update of the Code. Kane additionally pioneered an early graphic novel prototype, His Name Is... Savage, in 1968, and a seminal graphic novel, Blackmark, in 1971. In 1997, he was inducted into both the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame and the Harvey Award Jack Kirby Hall of Fame.
Other than some yellowing and a few stains, art is in excellent condition.
Artists Information
Frank Giacoia (July 6, 1924 – February 4, 1988) was an American comics artist known primarily as an inker. He sometimes worked under the name Frank Ray, Giacoia made the rounds to almost every Golden Age publisher, notably working on Flash and Batman stories, he also worked at Timely during this period. In the Silver Age Frank worked on many Jack Kirby pages, particularly in Captain America, and he also notably inked the first appearance of the Punisher in AMS #129.
Gil Kane was a Latvian-born American comics artist whose career spanned the 1940s to the 1990s and virtually every major comics company and character. Kane co-created the modern-day versions of the superheroes Green Lantern and the Atom for DC Comics, and co-created Iron Fist with Roy Thomas for Marvel Comics. He was involved in such major storylines as that of The Amazing Spider-Man #96–98, which, at the behest of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, bucked the then-prevalent Comics Code Authority to depict drug abuse, and ultimately spurred an update of the Code. Kane additionally pioneered an early graphic novel prototype, His Name Is... Savage, in 1968, and a seminal graphic novel, Blackmark, in 1971. In 1997, he was inducted into both the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame and the Harvey Award Jack Kirby Hall of Fame.