1981 - Frank Miller and Klaus Janson's Bulleye

Saw this lovely item up on eBay.

A couple of cool Jim Starlin pages

Drax vs Thanos!

A brooding Adam Warlock

1983 - Marvel Super-Heroes Fantasy Jigsaw Puzzle

Put out by Western Publishing Company (Whitman) in 1983, this puzzle features 300 extra large, fully interlocking pieces. It's roughly 23"x35" in size and stars over 130 Marvel characters in "A Marvel Comics Family Portrait".

The art is hard to pin down. It seems like it was done by one artist, but I can't really tell who.

Update: Thanks to one of my readers, P, who uncovered the identity of the artist... Paty Cockrum!

"No, it is not Dave [Cockrum]'s, although it does have some of Dave's characters in it. It is a montage of characters that I put together for, I believe, a jigsaw puzzle. that was one of the things I did at marvel...early merchandising art, with poses gleaned from the books, usually, although some art was done specifically for some projects. But I put this one together... and may have even drawn it. All I remember is that I had to fit in all these characters, taking into consideration all the costume colors and such to give us a decent jigsaw puzzle...LOLsheesh! they told me which heroes they wanted and I forget how many but i believe it was over a hundred! LOL"
   - Paty Cockrum

And here it is on the wall in my comic book room. I've had it seen 1983 and it's missing the bottom right piece as it's moved along with me wherever I've gone!

I'll be moderating the Alpha Flight panel at Fan Expo 2011!!!

Fan Expo variant cover for Captain America #1 by Dale Eaglesham

Great news: I've been asked to moderate the Alpha Flight panel at Fan Expo 2011 here in Toronto Canada!

GREAT WHITE NORTHSTARS:  ALPHA FLIGHT 

WITH FRED VAN LENTE, DALE EAGLESHAM & CHRIS CLAREMONT.

FRIDAY, 1 PM - ROOM #717

MODERATOR: JASON SHAYER

1984 - Marvel Patches

From what I could piece together, there was a main set that included the Avengers, New Mutants, and the X-Men, as well as spin-off, like Alpha Flight and Fantastic Four (set of 4 of course). Interesting to see that Alpha Flight ranked well enough to be included. These patches were 4" wide.

 

1982 - Sienkiewicz Moon Knight sketch

With Bill Sienkiewicz being one of the guests at Toronto's Fan Expo at the end of this month, I thought I'd post a very cool Moon Knight sketch from 1982. Can anyone name the three MK foes?

Mignola's Classic X-Men covers

Absolutely love these 1980s covers re-interpreted by Mike Mignola...