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Spider-Man 123- Luke Cage dynamic battle classic 70s Marvel greatness!

Artists: John Romita (All) , Gil Kane (Layouts)

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Spider-Man 123- Luke Cage dynamic battle classic 70s Marvel greatness! Comic Art

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Title:	Spider-Man 123- Luke Cage dynamic battle classic 70s Marvel greatness!
Artist:	John Romita (All)
Artist:	Gil Kane (Layouts)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	4,056
Likes on CAF:	7 8
Comments:	22
Added to Site:	12/15/2018
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Luke Cage is a dynamic and very interesting Marvel character that burst out in the early 70s, when Marvel created the personality in an effort to diversify their stable of heroes. Black culture was moving to the center of attention on TV (The Jeffersons, Sanford and Son, Good Times) and film (Shaft, Superfly) and Marvel comics joined in..John Romita drew that first iconic Luke Cage cover in 1972 for Luke's own book... But you are nobody in the Marvel universe until you fight Spider-Man! Here is a page from their memorable battle.

Interestingly, Gil Kane's original art was lost and John Romita quickly redrew the entire issue from photostats, I believe. So this page is John Romita pencils and inks based on Kane's always exciting and cinematic layouts. The glorious double center image is the money panel for sure with Luke in his Iconic outfit with chain belt!

Snappy dialogue and great execution all around make this a page I though really represented how exciting it was to collect Marvel comics in the early 1970s and how these strong characters still resonate today, over 35 years later.

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frank x townsondecker
Member Since 2006

Posted on 12/15/2018

WOW!!!

Lance Suarez
Member Since 2004

Posted on 12/15/2018

Great looking page Rob

Dietmar Krueger
Member Since 2010

Posted on 12/15/2018

Excellent!!!

P A
Member Since 2013

Posted on 12/15/2018

Now that is a truly special classic Spidey page! Congrats!

Duke Fleed aka #1 Groo Fan
Member Since 2013

Posted on 12/15/2018

wow! love the action. the drawing and inking is fantastic. great compostion in these old pages too. Huge congrats

Eelco V
Member Since 2004

Posted on 12/15/2018

Wow. Interesting and very cool page!

Stephen F
Member Since 2005

Posted on 12/15/2018

Great page with wonderful action!

REDEMAGNI CLAUDIO
Member Since 2016

Posted on 12/15/2018

Wonderful page, congratulations

Sylvain R
Member Since 2014

Posted on 12/15/2018

Fantastic page!

Sam 06
Member Since 2011

Posted on 12/15/2018

Amazing pick up!!!!! Wow!

Jon B
Member Since 2011
Forum Moderator

Posted on 12/15/2018

Nice page Rob! Congrats !

Jeremy Radisich
Member Since 2004

Posted on 12/15/2018

LOVE this page—dynamic layouts by Kane, gorgeous, textured inks by Romita. Awesome!

Vale DG
Member Since 2014

Posted on 12/16/2018

I can just add..WOOW

MARVIN HOOVER (SPI-D-FAN)
Member Since 2012

Posted on 12/16/2018

a masterpiece rob, congrats!

Gene Park
Member Since 2004

Posted on 12/16/2018

Wow!! Loved this issue!!

Joe Murray
Member Since 2006

Posted on 12/19/2018

Wow, ASM #123 was one of the first Spider-Man issues I remember getting off the stands, always great to see a page added here, big congrats!!

K Gearon
Member Since 2011

Posted on 12/19/2018

WOW! What a great page - really has it all as a Romita Spidey example! I wasn’t able to pick up ASM 123 until a lot later but I had a beat up copy of Marvel Tales 100 (which reprinted this issue) that I flipped through all the time! Was a pretty brutal fight...I remember thinking it was one of the best action scenes I’d seen in comics. Sincere congrats!

Stefan H
Member Since 2003

Posted on 1/2/2019

Now that's some page, just incredible! An abolutely winner, congrats!

Marvelman Excelsior
Member Since 2011

Posted on 3/10/2019

Another absolute beauty, Rob - Kane's layouts are bursting with dynamism and Romita senior's inking is a fine complement.

Bill J
Member Since 2009

Posted on 8/27/2020

Sweet Christmas! Luke Cage vs. Spider-Man! Now that's a dynamite match-up! Love this Romita/Kane page. You can't go wrong with a page drawn by those two titannic talents!

Shaun Crowell
Member Since 2003

Posted on 9/13/2021

Classic 70s Romita/Kane, great page!

CJ Design
Member Since 2018

Posted on 3/16/2023

Another one has me drooling...as a kid ASM and Luke was my jam!

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