From Vu
Updated some Whitman & British Variants, information from:
FANTASTIC FOUR #172 (British)
FANTASTIC FOUR #194 (Whitman),
AVENGERS #161 (Whitman),
AVENGERS #164 (Whitman),
AVENGERS #181 (British), and
AVENGERS #185 (British).
FANTASTIC FOUR #172 (British)
(Jul 1976)
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FANTASTIC FOUR #194 (Whitman)
(May 1978)
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AVENGERS #161 (Whitman)
(Jul 1977)
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AVENGERS #164 (Whitman)
(Oct 1977)
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AVENGERS #181 (British)
(Mar 1979)
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AVENGERS #185 (British)
(Jul 1979)
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From WIZARD #160
CREATOR PICKS
Comic Pros reveal the books that shaped them.
AVENGERS #161
(Jul 1977)
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AVENGERS #181
(Mar 1979)
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If there's one writer in comicdom who can't be pinned down, it's Joe Casey. With stins on mainstream books like Uncanny X-Men, you'd think Casey would be happy at the Bit Two. But the scribe has an edgy side as well, as shown in his groundbreaking work on WildC.A.T.s and Automatic Kafka. In addition to launching WildStorm's latest superteen team, The Intimates, Casey's also taking a crack at the Avengers with Marvel's Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes. Check out the issue that shaped him!
AVENGERS #161 "Beware the Ant-Man!" by Jim Shooter and George Pérez. "MY favorite single issue from when I was a kid. And it still holds up tfor me today. A great story that gave you a sense of the history of the Avengers, but was still modern in its execution. Fantastic characterization, and their greatest nemesis, Ultron, in one of his coolest appearance. NM Value: $9
AVENGERS #181 "On the Matter of heroes" by David Michelinie and John Byrne. "Michelinie is such an underrated writer and this issue, where NSC Agent Henry Gyrich actually dictates teh Avengers' membership, is my favorite from his run. I loved how Pérez did a cover that was exactly like the Bryne splash inside. Or was it the other way around?" NM Value: $7
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May 31, 2004 12:00 am | Avengers #181 Recreation Inked |
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From Avengers Comicboard
speaking of........
Posted by MB on Sunday, May 30 2004 at 22:41:51 GMT
Here's a recreation piece I just finished for someone....I figures the original George drew would have gotten a couple votes.
MB
850 × 1164
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May 10, 2004 08:07 pm | Avengers #181 Recreation Cover |
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From Tim Hall
| February 28, 2002 |
Top 100 Covers |
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From Vu
WIZARD #127 (it came out yesterday) ran a feature "Top 100 Covers of all Time", in which the following George Pérez covers made it:
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AVENGERS #181
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99. AVENGERS #181 (1978)
From the very first time, cover penciler George Pérez indulged his love for super-detail by craming in 24 characters on a single cover. "That was the first time I'd drawn that many characters on one cover," says, Pérez. He then deadpans, "Later, though, I'd surass that number by multiples!" (No kidding - Pérez packed 562 characters on the Crisis on Infinite Earths hardcover cover 20 years later.)
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NEW TEEN TITANS #39
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23. NEW TEEN TITANS #39 (1984)
There's no doubting the message of this George Pérez cover: Robin and Kid Flash quit. "I had to get permission from DC, which was a little antsy about having the logo obscured," says Pérez. "Part of the inspiration for that cover was John Romita's cover to Amazing Spider-Man #50, with Spider-Man walking away."
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CRISIS #7
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11. CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS #7 (1985)
Whoa. This cover gesture of a saddened character holding another has been used since Michelangeo's Pieta statue (most notably, Thor #124's Odin holding Thor, and Uncanny X-Men #136's Cyclops holding Phoenix), but George Pérez's riveting cover stands out because it's Superman grieving over the lifeless body of Supergirl.
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Incidentally, NEW TEEN TITANS #39 cover's inspiration AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #50 made number one cover of all time, according to Wizard Magazine.
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