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Apr 6, 2022 · In the 1970s, Gil would become the “look” of Marvel as one of their primary cover artists, and he continued to show us kids how it was done until his death in 2000. Here then, MY 13 FAVORITE GIL KANE COVERS AND STORIES, m’boy: — Showcase #36 (January/February 1962).
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Gil Kane was born Eli Katz on April 6, 1926. He died in 2000...
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- 10 Iron Man #54 Is A Classic Marvel Slugfest
- 9 Power Man #17 Depicts A Three-Dimensional Hero
- 8 Ghost Rider #19 "Get Thee Behind Me, Satan" Shows Off Kane's Best Inks
- 7 Champions #8 Volume 1 Captures Power and Anguish
- 6 Jungle Action #15 Shows Black Panther in Peril
- 5 Star Wars #3 Brings The Rebel Charge to Life
- 4 For Conan #41, Kane Drew A Horrifying Massacre Beneath A Tree
- 3 Micronauts #40 Has A Micronaut Evade The Grasp of The Thing
- 2 Amazing Spider-Man #129 Introduces An Emerging Assassin
- 1 Giant Size X-Men #1 Showed A New Team For A New Era
The cover art for Iron Man #54 hearkens back to the classic battle issues of Marvel's Silver Age. Here the reader sees Iron Man surprised as Namorbursts from the water. This illustration exemplifies Kane's work when he handles his inks; his figures are clean and detailed with sparing use of shadows. Kane also clarifies the movement of water as the ...
One recurring image from Gil Kane's covers for Marvel is the hero charging toward the reader's point of view. Power Man#17 captures Luke Cage mid-stride as he plows through a cinder block wall, his gaze directly on the reader. His stare is fixed and unwavering while his shirt is in tatters from an earlier melee. RELATED: Marvel: 10 Things Everyone ...
Kane drew several Ghost Rider covers during the Bronze Age, including the cover for Ghost Rider #1 in 1973. But perhaps Kane's most accomplished and finely detailed illustration of the possessed biker graces the cover of issue #19. Johnny Blaze pilots his motorcycle from left to right, jumping from a crumbling cliff. In the background, Satan looms ...
One of the traits of Gil Kane's art is his ability to communicate the pain and anguish of characters. The cover of Champions #8 in 1976 depicts the team caught in the unexpected explosion of Rampage's costume. Kane places the powerful blast in the middle of the image with the concussion radiating in all directions. The surprise bombing hurls the Ch...
Before Black Panther starred in his own title, the king of Wakanda appeared in a 19-issue run of Jungle Action,volume 2. Gil Kane drew 12 covers for that series, including #15, which saw a scraped and battered Black Panther drop from the talons of a pterodactyl. This image holds the most tension and menace among Kane's Jungle Actioncovers, includin...
Current Marvel fans might not know about the original Star Wars comic book series, but in 1977, it was part of the craze surrounding the success of Episode IV: A New Hope. The title ran for 107 issues, not including the Return of the Jediminiseries. RELATED: The 10 Strongest Characters From Star Wars Comics Howard Chaykin penciled the interior art ...
Marvel's Conan the Barbarian was the first officially licensed comic book featuring the Robert E. Howard hero. Gil Kane was among those Marvel artists who worked on the Conan book and Marvel's magazine-sized Savage Sword of Conan. Kane produced several covers for Conan, but issue #41 had the most horrific image. The barbarian struggles against the ...
Micronauts #40 appeared in 1982 when the volume of Gil Kane's Marvel output began to decline. Kane penciled seven issues of the Bill Mantlo-helmedseries. The cover for issue #40 illustrated some of Kane's time-worn techniques: thin, clean lines depicting active characters in dynamic poses, menaced by some enormous threat. In this image, the apparen...
One of the most collectible comics of Marvel's Bronze Age is Amazing Spider-Man #129, notable for the first appearance of the Punisher. Gil Kane's illustration of the assassin calmly aiming at Spidey contributed to the issue's success. This image was the reader's first glimpse of the now infamous skull logo synonymous with the Punisher and his brut...
The death of Gwen Stacy represented a definitive departure from Marvel's Silver Age. Similarly, Giant Size X-Men#1 introduced a new, uncanny team that moved Marvel towards the future. Len Wein and Dave Cockrum developed the new X-Men lineup, which was a diverse, colorful group that contrasted with the more uniform squad of the 1960s. To help relaun...
The Grooviest Covers of All Time: Gil Kane: "Inside the Box" In late 1971-early 1973, Marvel Comics experimented quite a bit with their cover format. They changed their trade dress, updated many logos, and placed the cover art inside a box to separate the illustration from the copy.
Apr 6, 2021 · 13 COVERS: A GIL KANE Birthday Celebration | 13th Dimension, Comics, Creators, Culture - […] In years past, we’ve highlighted the Atom, Green Lantern, Spider-Man and Superman. (And for an overview of Kane’s career,…
Gil Kane (/ ɡɪl keɪn /; born Eli Katz / kæts /, Latvian: Elija Kacs; April 6, 1926 – January 31, 2000) was a Latvian-born American comics artist whose career spanned the 1940s to the 1990s and virtually every major comics company and character.
Gil Kane was born Eli Katz on April 6, 1926. He died in 2000 but today we celebrate the birthdate of one of our all-time favorites with a 13 COVERS Salute!
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Mar 8, 2018 · Classic bronze age Gil Kane cover from the Avengers issue introducing the new Hellcat. This cover is packed with classic BA Avengers stars. More importantly, it is classic BA Gil Kane, with a typical upward camera angle and great layout.
