Cool Michael Golden pin-up

Found this pin-up at http://ferrandelgado.blogspot.com/2012/02/original-de-un-pinup-inedito-de-los-x.html. (Hey Ferran, look I'm actually referencing my source!)

Looks to be inspired by Golden's Uncanny X-Men Annual #7 if we assume that the "Galactus" in the background is actually the Impossible Man. However, the costumes look awfully strange and don't recognized them from any X-Men era. Cyclops is absent and Rogue in this pin-up looks a little more like Rachel Summers? Perhaps a commission?

Here's the original cover for Uncanny X-Men Annual #7 drawn by John Romita Jr, but it really doesn't shed any light on this piece though...

1984 - Anatomy of a cover - Rom #50

(http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=729955&gsub=81477)

It's interesting to see how the cover was cropped, particularly on the right hand side.

Love that caption: 

"Warning: Surgeons Have Generally Determined That Assistant Editor's Month 

Is Dangerous To Your Health!"

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1983 - Dr. Strange Classics #3 pin-up by Art Adams

(http://comics.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=809&lotNo=4074)

1985 - X-Factor preliminary designs by Bob Layton

Some 1980s inspired art by Tom Raney

Avengers #300 homage by Simonson

Hero Initiative cover by Walt Simonson

Left to right, the characters are: Iron Man (boiler plate version), Giant-Man, Thor, the Hulk, the Captain (Captain America in an alternate identity from back in the day), Sue and Reed Richards (Reed is holding the Ultimate Nullifier), Gilgamesh (the Fogotten One from the Eternals), and the Wasp

1989 - Captain America movie poster by Joe Jusko

1985 - Marvel Comics Try-Out Contest Award Certificate

Hulk covers by Lee Weeks for May 2012 miniseries

1984 - X-Men and the Micronauts

Here's the original art for the first two covers of the X-Men And The Micronauts limited series.

And here's a cool unpublished house ad by Guice.

1981 - Daredevil unpublished page

Found this over at: http://themarvelageofcomics.tumblr.com/post/17752145442/heres-an-unprinted-page-by-frank-miller-and-klaus

This unpublished page was from the controversial "Angel Dust Murders" story line which was rejected by the Comics Code Authority and finally saw print in Daredevil #183-184. Not sure why it was cut though.

Patricio Oliver's Superherde Mania - The New Mutants

From http://patriciooliver.blogspot.com/. Very cool tribute to the New Mutants.

Simonson's cover to Mighty Thor #14

1979 Micronauts #8

From Bob McLeod's Facebook page:

1979 Micronauts #8 written by Bill Mantlo, pencils by Michael Golden, lettering by Diana Albers. 

"The editors weren't happy with sales on this book, and blamed the art. They thought previous issues looked too "weak". They told Golden to add more blacks and draw it more like Kirby. They took Rubinstein off the book and had me ink it, which was ridiculous, because Rubinstein would have inked it very close to the pencils, which were much bolder than the previous issues, and I'm sure it would have looked fine."

 And here's the published version:

Marvel Comics Solicitations for May 2012

Here's some the 1980s goodness!

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: PARALLEL LIVES #1
GERRY CONWAY (w) • ALEX SAVIUK (a)
Cover by BOB LARKIN
• He’s Peter Parker: a shy, introverted teen whose life changed forever when a radioactive spider bit him.
• She’s Mary Jane Watson: product of a broken home, concealing her pain with an outgoing party-girl persona.
• They meet, fall in love and get married. This is their story.
• The classic 1989 graphic novel returns!
64 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

AVENGERS: THE CONTEST TPB
Written by MARK GRUENWALD, BILL MANTLO, STEVEN GRANT, STEVE ENGLEHART & TOM DEFALCO
Penciled by JOHN ROMITA JR., AL MILGROM & BOB HALL


“I am the Grandmaster! Never, in a thousand games on a thousand worlds, have I quit the table ere the game was through!” Marvel’s first miniseries, an event so big it required every hero Earth has! Time and again, the Grandmaster sets heroes against heroes in cosmic games with billions of lives at stake! Daredevil vs. Iron Fist! Captain America vs. Mockingbird! Iron Man vs. She-Hulk! Black Knight vs. Moon Knight! Wolverine vs. Black Panther! Thor vs. Wonder Man! Plus: Bucky, Mar-Vell, Dracula, Drax, the Green Goblin, the Red Guardian and so many more! Collecting CONTEST OF CHAMPIONS #1-3, WEST COAST AVENGERS ANNUAL #2 and AVENGERS ANNUAL (1967) #16.
168 PGS./Rated T …$16.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-6199-8

X-MEN: ICEMAN PREMIERE HC
Written by J.M. DEMATTEIS & JO DUFFY
Penciled by ALAN KUPPERBERG, ALFREDO ALCALA & GEORGE PEREZ
CoverS by MIKE ZECK
Bobby Drake, the X-Men’s coolest hero, gets the spotlight all to himself in a fun-filled, time-tripping adventure taking him from the safety of his parents’ home to a point in time decades before he was born. Family issues, alien beings, miniature time machines, and a struggle against the deadly and enigmatic being known as Oblivion all play a part in a story illustrating just how powerful a force of nature Iceman can be on his own! Collecting ICEMAN (1984) #1-4 and material from BIZARRE ADVENTURES #27.
120 PGS./Rated T …$24.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-6275-9
Trim size: standard
X-MEN: ICEMAN PREMIERE HC — VARIANT EDITION VOL. 101 (DM ONLY)
120 PGS./Rated T …$24.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-6276-6

STRIKEFORCE: MORITURI VOL. 3 TPB
Written by JAMES D. HUDNALL
Penciled by MARK BAGLEY
The war against the Horde is over, and mankind is victorious — so what do the Morituri do now? As the Earth heals from its lengthy occupation, the surviving Strikeforce members must come to terms with their own looming mortality, even as new and deadly dangers arise on the post-war planet — including a group of Morituri-empowered assassins targeting the Prime Minister, and a secret conspiracy threatening to sunder Earth’s united government. And what is the sinister hidden agenda of the alien VXX199? The epic sci-fi sensation of the ’80s concludes here! Collecting STRIKEFORCE: MORITURI #27-31 and STRIKEFORCE: MORITURI — ELECTRIC UNDERTOW #1-5.
384 PGS./Rated T …$34.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-6474-6

NEW MUTANTS CLASSIC VOL. 7 TPB
Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT
Penciled by JACKSON GUICE, BRET BLEVINS, KEVIN NOWLAN, RICK LEONARDI, SAL BUSCEMA & ALAN DAVIS
The New Mutants fast-forward to the world of tomorrow, and it ain’t pretty! Join Cannonball, Cypher, Karma, Magik and the rest of the best that young mutantkind has to offer as they face evil future versions of themselves, mutant-hunting Sentinels, a rebellion in Limbo, the Hellfire Club and their teenage Hellions, and more! Guest-starring Professor X, the Starjammers, Emma Frost and the infuriating Impossible Man! Collecting NEW MUTANTS (1983) #48-54 and ANNUAL #3.
232 PGS./Rated T …$29.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-5971-1

1984 - Anatomy of a cover - The Falcon #3

More details on DAVID MAZZUCCHELLI'S DAREDEVIL BORN AGAIN: ARTIST'S EDITION

Here's the official solicitation write-up:

Daredevil Born Again. That title strikes a chord with comic fans who know what it means. Fans who know that it represents two of the finest creators at the absolute peaks of their game. David Mazzucchelli's superhero work had reached an artistic apex when this series was released, and the same is true for Frank Miller's writing. Together they combined to craft a story of extraordinary impact that is still regarded as a true masterpiece. 

Collecting the entire storyline of Born Again, this book will feature the complete issues of Daredevil numbers 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232 and 233, plus covers and extras. Each page was personally scanned by Mazzucchelli from his own original art. This is the largest Artist's Edition yet, weighing in at a rock solid 200 pages of beautiful Mazzucchelli art in the way you've always wanted to see it—the next bet thing to holding the actual original art! 

HC * BW * $95.00 net discount item * 200 Pages * 12” x 17” * ISBN: 978-1-61377-238-6 

Bullet points:
* What is an Artist’s Edition?
AN ARTIST'S EDITION PRESENTS COMPLETE STORIES WITH EACH PAGE SCANNED FROM THE ACTUAL ORIGINAL ART.
While appearing to be in black & white, each page has been scanned in COLOR to mimic as closely as possible the experience of viewing the actual original art—for example, you are able to clearly see paste-overs, blue pencils in the art, editorial notes, art corrections. Each page is printed the same size as drawn, and the paper selected is as close as possible to the original art board.

1986 - Black Cat by Joe Jusko

Some John Byrne love

I'd love to get my hands one any of these commissions...