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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).
- 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...
Kane was the artist on the early Green Lantern serial in the short-lived anthology Action Comics Weekly from issues #601–605 with writer James Owsley, and illustrated the Nightwing cover for issue #627 in 1988.
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Apr 6, 2021 · Kane was born 95 years ago on April 6, 1926, so it’s a perfect time to re-present it. Oh, and for the TOP 13 GIL KANE SPIDER-MAN STORIES, click here .) —. Arlen’s The Silver Age of Comic Book Art is revised and back in print, a lustrously illustrated hardcover, coffee-table book.
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, 2016 · Gil Kane was born April 6, 1926 — 90 years ago. Here are 13 COVERS of the Tiny Titan! Kane , who died in 2000, is one of my absolute favorites, a staple of the Silver and Bronze ages, an all-time great.
Writer, Penciler, Inker, Cover Artist. First Work. Unknown. Contents. 1 Professional History. 2 Work History. 3 Images. 4 See Also. 5 Links and References. 5.1 References. Professional History. Kane was a writer and a penciler during the Silver-Age of comic books for Marvel Comics. Work History. 182 subject (s) created by "Eli Katz"
