Zeck, Mike - MASTER OF KUNG-FU #59 Interior Page
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Mike Zeck & John Tartaglione Master of Kung Fu #59 Original Story Art , page 30 (Marvel Comics, 1977); image size 10" x 15"
Original comic art of “Shang-Chi,” “Leiko Wu” and “Clive Reston”
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Mike Zeck & John Tartaglione Master of Kung Fu #59 Original Story Art , page 30 (Marvel Comics, 1977); image size 10" x 15"
Original comic art of “Shang-Chi,” “Leiko Wu” and “Clive Reston”
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A 15% BUYER'S PREMIUM WILL BE ADDED TO THIS ITEM AT CONCLUSION OF THE AUCTION
Mike Zeck & John Tartaglione Master of Kung Fu #59 Original Story Art , page 30 (Marvel Comics, 1977); image size 10" x 15"
Original comic art of “Shang-Chi,” “Leiko Wu” and “Clive Reston”“The Phoenix Gambit Part I: The Temples of Time”
Shang-Chi might be burned in the aftermath to the “Phoenix Gambit!” Plus, the Angel of Doom is revealed!
Mike Zeck’s second issue as penciler on Master of Kung Fu! Original comic art of “Shang-Chi,” “Leiko Wu” and “Clive Reston.” The vintage years of Marvel’s Bronze Age!
The art is accomplished in ink over graphite on Bristol board, measuring approximately 10 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches and is in very good condition.
Images of cover and published page are for reference only.
Read More about this piece at earthshinestudios.com
Artists Information
Mike J. Zeck (born 1949) is an American comic book artist. He is best known for his work for Marvel Comics on such series as Captain America, Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars, Master of Kung Fu and The Punisher, as well as the “Kraven’s Last Hunt” storyline in the Spider-Man titles. He attended the Ringling School of Art in 1967 and after graduation worked at the Migrant Education Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Zeck began his comics career in 1974, doing illustration assignments for the text stories in Charlton Comics’ animated line of comics, which led to work on their horror titles. During this period, he lived briefly in the Derby, Connecticut area where Charlton was headquartered. In 1977, Zeck started working for Marvel Comics on Master of Kung Fu with writer Doug Moench. In 2010, Comics Bulletin ranked Moench and Zeck’s work on Master of Kung-Fu sixth on its list of the “Top 10 1970s Marvels.” Zeck later worked on Captain America and drew covers for G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero. Zeck illustrated the Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars limited series in 1984. For this series, he designed a new black-and-white costume temporarily worn by Spider-Man. The plot that developed as a result of Spider-Man’s acquisition of the costume led to the creation of the Spider-Man villain known as Venom. In 1986, Zeck collaborated with writer Steven Grant on a Punisher miniseries which was later collected as The Punisher: Circle of Blood and an original hardcover graphic novel of the character three years later. Zeck illustrated the 1987 Spider-Man storyline “Kraven’s Last Hunt” written by his former Captain America collaborator J.M. DeMatteis, which is considered to be one of the quintessential stories in Spider-Man’s history, as well as the definitive Kraven the Hunter storyline. DeMatteis remarked, “Because Mike nailed the plot elements so perfectly in his pencils - every action, every emotion, was there, clear as a bell - I didn’t have to worry about belaboring those elements in the captions or dialogue. I was free to do those interior monologues that were so important to the story. If any other artist had drawn “Kraven’s Last Hunt” ... it wouldn’t have been the same story.” In 2004, Zeck’s cover of Web of Spider-Man #32, which depicts Spider-Man escaping the grave into which he has been interred by Kraven, was recreated as a 12-inch-tall resin diorama statue by Dynamic Forces. Zeck has worked for DC Comics as well. He contributed to Who’s Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe in the mid-1980s. Zeck drew the covers for the “Ten Nights of the Beast” storyline in Batman #417–420 (March–June 1988) and these covers were later collected in a portfolio. His other credits for the publisher include; Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, Legends of the DC Universe, and covers for Deathstroke, The Terminator. In 1999, he collaborated with writer Mark Waid on The Kingdom (illustrating issue #2, with Ariel Olivetti illustrating issue #1), a sequel to Kingdom Come.
John Tartaglione (born 1921) was an American comic book artist best known as a 1950s comic-romance artist; a Marvel Comics inker during the Silver Age of comic books; and the illustrator of the Marvel biographies The Life of Pope John Paul II and Mother Teresa of Calcutta, the first of which at least sold millions of copies worldwide in several languages. Raised in Brooklyn, New York, Tartaglione studied at that borough’s Pratt Institute and at the Traphagen School of Fashion in Manhattan. Comics-creator credits were not routinely given in the early days of comic books, up through the 1960s, making a comprehensive listing of Tartaglione’s credits difficult to compile. His first confirmed work as a comic-book inker is the six-page story “The Mad Monk!” in Amazing Detective Cases #6 (May 1951), from Atlas Comics, the 1950s forerunner of Marvel Comics. His first confirmed pencil art is the six-page story “The Man Who Walked the Plank” for the same publisher’s Young Men #11 (Oct. 1951). Tartaglione thus began a long association with Marvel that found him penciling suspense, adventure, sports and crime stories - signing his work a variety of ways including “Tartag,” “Tar,” “Leone” and “JT” - though he was most prolific in romance titles, illustrating more than 120. Tartaglione also freelanced for DC Comics, Charlton Comics and for and for Gilberton Publications, where he illustrated the Classics Illustrated adaptations; Won by the Sword and Tom Brown’s Schooldays. From 1963 to 1966, he penciled several Movie Classic Adaptations for Dell Comics – from Jason and the Argonauts to Beach Blanket Bingo – as well as TV series tie-in comics (Ben Casey, Burke’s Law, The Defenders, Dr. Kildare) and other, including the presidential biographies; John F. Kennedy (inked by Dick Giordano) and Lyndon B. Johnson (1964). Back at Marvel - where he sometimes went by “John Tartag” with and without a period - the wide-ranging Tartaglione had a long run inking Dick Ayers on Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos #27-42 (Feb. 1966 - May 1967) and other issues, plus two annuals. Following this, interspersed with other titles and characters across the Marvel line, Tartaglione spent a year as the regular inker for one of Gene Colan’s signature series, Daredevil, embellishing issues #29-35, 37, and 40-41 (June 1967 - June 1968), plus Daredevil Annual #1 (Sept. 1967). His work as a Marvel inker includes three stories with the highly influential penciler Jim Steranko. Writer-artist Steranko’s final Nick Fury story, “What Ever Happened to Scorpio?” in the much-reprinted Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #5 (Nov. 1968) and the Arnold Drake-written X-Men #50-51 (Nov.-Dec. 1968). With the exception of an occasional item such as the cover of Dazzler #12, Tartaglione returned to penciling for the first time in years with the 64-page Marvel Comics biography The Life of Pope John Paul II (1982), written by Steven Grant and Mieczyslaw Malinski, and inked by Joe Sinnott. A 1984 follow-up profiled Mother Teresa, with the same artists and writer David Michelinie. Comics historian Mark Evanier wrote that Tartaglione at Marvel “became the ‘go-to’ guy when a project came along that required historical research and/or spiritual themes. He was therefore the perfect artist when, in 1982, Marvel issued a comic-book biography of Pope John Paul II that through various religious channels sold well into the millions, leading to a follow-up book on Mother Teresa.” Tartaglione’s last known comic-book work was inking Ron Randall on the cover and in the 22-page story of Marvel’s Wonder Man #29 (Jan. 1994). The artist, who circa 1980 had assisted Alex Kotsky on the newspaper comic strip Apartment 3-G, then turned to inking The Amazing Spider-Man daily comic strip in 2003. That November he died at home from throat cancer, which had left him unable to speak. The day before his death Tartaglione had mostly finished inking a week of Spider-Man strips. According to family friend and comics creator Billy Tucci, Tartaglione’s artist daughter, Mary Beth, “actually finished this week’s inks on the Spider-Man strips today and sent them out, closing out his last job.”
Mike Zeck & John Tartaglione Master of Kung Fu #59 Original Story Art , page 30 (Marvel Comics, 1977); image size 10" x 15"
Original comic art of “Shang-Chi,” “Leiko Wu” and “Clive Reston”“The Phoenix Gambit Part I: The Temples of Time”
Shang-Chi might be burned in the aftermath to the “Phoenix Gambit!” Plus, the Angel of Doom is revealed!
Mike Zeck’s second issue as penciler on Master of Kung Fu! Original comic art of “Shang-Chi,” “Leiko Wu” and “Clive Reston.” The vintage years of Marvel’s Bronze Age!
The art is accomplished in ink over graphite on Bristol board, measuring approximately 10 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches and is in very good condition.
Images of cover and published page are for reference only.
Read More about this piece at earthshinestudios.com
Artists Information
Mike J. Zeck (born 1949) is an American comic book artist. He is best known for his work for Marvel Comics on such series as Captain America, Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars, Master of Kung Fu and The Punisher, as well as the “Kraven’s Last Hunt” storyline in the Spider-Man titles. He attended the Ringling School of Art in 1967 and after graduation worked at the Migrant Education Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Zeck began his comics career in 1974, doing illustration assignments for the text stories in Charlton Comics’ animated line of comics, which led to work on their horror titles. During this period, he lived briefly in the Derby, Connecticut area where Charlton was headquartered. In 1977, Zeck started working for Marvel Comics on Master of Kung Fu with writer Doug Moench. In 2010, Comics Bulletin ranked Moench and Zeck’s work on Master of Kung-Fu sixth on its list of the “Top 10 1970s Marvels.” Zeck later worked on Captain America and drew covers for G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero. Zeck illustrated the Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars limited series in 1984. For this series, he designed a new black-and-white costume temporarily worn by Spider-Man. The plot that developed as a result of Spider-Man’s acquisition of the costume led to the creation of the Spider-Man villain known as Venom. In 1986, Zeck collaborated with writer Steven Grant on a Punisher miniseries which was later collected as The Punisher: Circle of Blood and an original hardcover graphic novel of the character three years later. Zeck illustrated the 1987 Spider-Man storyline “Kraven’s Last Hunt” written by his former Captain America collaborator J.M. DeMatteis, which is considered to be one of the quintessential stories in Spider-Man’s history, as well as the definitive Kraven the Hunter storyline. DeMatteis remarked, “Because Mike nailed the plot elements so perfectly in his pencils - every action, every emotion, was there, clear as a bell - I didn’t have to worry about belaboring those elements in the captions or dialogue. I was free to do those interior monologues that were so important to the story. If any other artist had drawn “Kraven’s Last Hunt” ... it wouldn’t have been the same story.” In 2004, Zeck’s cover of Web of Spider-Man #32, which depicts Spider-Man escaping the grave into which he has been interred by Kraven, was recreated as a 12-inch-tall resin diorama statue by Dynamic Forces. Zeck has worked for DC Comics as well. He contributed to Who’s Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe in the mid-1980s. Zeck drew the covers for the “Ten Nights of the Beast” storyline in Batman #417–420 (March–June 1988) and these covers were later collected in a portfolio. His other credits for the publisher include; Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, Legends of the DC Universe, and covers for Deathstroke, The Terminator. In 1999, he collaborated with writer Mark Waid on The Kingdom (illustrating issue #2, with Ariel Olivetti illustrating issue #1), a sequel to Kingdom Come.
John Tartaglione (born 1921) was an American comic book artist best known as a 1950s comic-romance artist; a Marvel Comics inker during the Silver Age of comic books; and the illustrator of the Marvel biographies The Life of Pope John Paul II and Mother Teresa of Calcutta, the first of which at least sold millions of copies worldwide in several languages. Raised in Brooklyn, New York, Tartaglione studied at that borough’s Pratt Institute and at the Traphagen School of Fashion in Manhattan. Comics-creator credits were not routinely given in the early days of comic books, up through the 1960s, making a comprehensive listing of Tartaglione’s credits difficult to compile. His first confirmed work as a comic-book inker is the six-page story “The Mad Monk!” in Amazing Detective Cases #6 (May 1951), from Atlas Comics, the 1950s forerunner of Marvel Comics. His first confirmed pencil art is the six-page story “The Man Who Walked the Plank” for the same publisher’s Young Men #11 (Oct. 1951). Tartaglione thus began a long association with Marvel that found him penciling suspense, adventure, sports and crime stories - signing his work a variety of ways including “Tartag,” “Tar,” “Leone” and “JT” - though he was most prolific in romance titles, illustrating more than 120. Tartaglione also freelanced for DC Comics, Charlton Comics and for and for Gilberton Publications, where he illustrated the Classics Illustrated adaptations; Won by the Sword and Tom Brown’s Schooldays. From 1963 to 1966, he penciled several Movie Classic Adaptations for Dell Comics – from Jason and the Argonauts to Beach Blanket Bingo – as well as TV series tie-in comics (Ben Casey, Burke’s Law, The Defenders, Dr. Kildare) and other, including the presidential biographies; John F. Kennedy (inked by Dick Giordano) and Lyndon B. Johnson (1964). Back at Marvel - where he sometimes went by “John Tartag” with and without a period - the wide-ranging Tartaglione had a long run inking Dick Ayers on Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos #27-42 (Feb. 1966 - May 1967) and other issues, plus two annuals. Following this, interspersed with other titles and characters across the Marvel line, Tartaglione spent a year as the regular inker for one of Gene Colan’s signature series, Daredevil, embellishing issues #29-35, 37, and 40-41 (June 1967 - June 1968), plus Daredevil Annual #1 (Sept. 1967). His work as a Marvel inker includes three stories with the highly influential penciler Jim Steranko. Writer-artist Steranko’s final Nick Fury story, “What Ever Happened to Scorpio?” in the much-reprinted Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #5 (Nov. 1968) and the Arnold Drake-written X-Men #50-51 (Nov.-Dec. 1968). With the exception of an occasional item such as the cover of Dazzler #12, Tartaglione returned to penciling for the first time in years with the 64-page Marvel Comics biography The Life of Pope John Paul II (1982), written by Steven Grant and Mieczyslaw Malinski, and inked by Joe Sinnott. A 1984 follow-up profiled Mother Teresa, with the same artists and writer David Michelinie. Comics historian Mark Evanier wrote that Tartaglione at Marvel “became the ‘go-to’ guy when a project came along that required historical research and/or spiritual themes. He was therefore the perfect artist when, in 1982, Marvel issued a comic-book biography of Pope John Paul II that through various religious channels sold well into the millions, leading to a follow-up book on Mother Teresa.” Tartaglione’s last known comic-book work was inking Ron Randall on the cover and in the 22-page story of Marvel’s Wonder Man #29 (Jan. 1994). The artist, who circa 1980 had assisted Alex Kotsky on the newspaper comic strip Apartment 3-G, then turned to inking The Amazing Spider-Man daily comic strip in 2003. That November he died at home from throat cancer, which had left him unable to speak. The day before his death Tartaglione had mostly finished inking a week of Spider-Man strips. According to family friend and comics creator Billy Tucci, Tartaglione’s artist daughter, Mary Beth, “actually finished this week’s inks on the Spider-Man strips today and sent them out, closing out his last job.”