CONAN THE BARBARIAN (1970-93) #59
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John Buscema cvr/art; Bêlit origin
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John Buscema cvr/art; Bêlit origin
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glossy! ow/white pgs small tear b/c
John Buscema cvr/art; Bêlit originCover pencils by John Buscema, inks by John Romita. The origin of Bêlit in The Ballad of Bêlit, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by John Buscema, inks by Steve Gan; setting: Tigress & flashback scenes; N'yaga tells Conan the origin of Bêlit; adapted from the story "Queen of the Black Coast" by Robert E. Howard. Spider-Man stars in a one-page Hostess ad, The Kidnap Caper. Letter to the editor from Kim Thompson (Comics Journal). The letters page also contains Marvel Value Stamp series B # 33 (background of Dracula by Neal Adams)
Artists Information
'The Michelangelo of comics.' Buscema was one of the mainstays of Marvel Comics during its 1960s and 1970s heyday, best known for his run on the The Avengers and The Silver Surfer, and for over 200 stories featuring the sword-and-sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. In addition, he penciled at least one issue of nearly every major Marvel title, including long runs on two of the company's top books, Fantastic Four and Thor.
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.
John Romita was one of the driving forces behind Marvel's Silver Age, he took up the reins on Spider-Man following the departure of Steve Ditko with issue #38. Romita's run on Spider-Man would be long and significant, introducing characters including Mary Jane Watson, the Kingpin and many others. He would be a major contributor to the entire Marvel line throughout the 1970s including designing the look of The Punisher.
John Buscema cvr/art; Bêlit originCover pencils by John Buscema, inks by John Romita. The origin of Bêlit in The Ballad of Bêlit, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by John Buscema, inks by Steve Gan; setting: Tigress & flashback scenes; N'yaga tells Conan the origin of Bêlit; adapted from the story "Queen of the Black Coast" by Robert E. Howard. Spider-Man stars in a one-page Hostess ad, The Kidnap Caper. Letter to the editor from Kim Thompson (Comics Journal). The letters page also contains Marvel Value Stamp series B # 33 (background of Dracula by Neal Adams)
Artists Information
'The Michelangelo of comics.' Buscema was one of the mainstays of Marvel Comics during its 1960s and 1970s heyday, best known for his run on the The Avengers and The Silver Surfer, and for over 200 stories featuring the sword-and-sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. In addition, he penciled at least one issue of nearly every major Marvel title, including long runs on two of the company's top books, Fantastic Four and Thor.
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.
John Romita was one of the driving forces behind Marvel's Silver Age, he took up the reins on Spider-Man following the departure of Steve Ditko with issue #38. Romita's run on Spider-Man would be long and significant, introducing characters including Mary Jane Watson, the Kingpin and many others. He would be a major contributor to the entire Marvel line throughout the 1970s including designing the look of The Punisher.