Sean Clarke :: Gene Colan

Daredevil #81, page 8

Artists: Gene Colan (Penciller) , Jack Abel (Inker)

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Title:	Daredevil #81, page 8
Artist:	Gene Colan (Penciller)
Artist:	Jack Abel (Inker)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	635
Likes on CAF:	6 7
Comments:	6
Added to Site:	1/11/2021
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What can I say about Gene Colan's Black Widow that Paris didn't say about Helen, that Tristan didn't declare about Isolde, that Robert Browning didn't inscribe about Elizabeth Barrett Browning? Gene's Natasha sings in my blood, and finding Colan pages from her brief solo outing in Amazing Adventures is my quest that spans decades and continents.

But, there are only thirty of those, and many more wonderful Black Widow pages from her co-starring run in Daredevil #81-124. This issue begins the Natasha/Matt saga that gave us many cool stories, and abundant opportunities for Gene Colan to apply his considerable penciling talents to depicting the Black Widow.

This page was an objet de d�sir for years before finding its way to the collection that loves it, and checks a number of collecting boxes.

See: Natasha toweling off and changing, included in the narrative for no particular reason (a callback to Amazing Adventures #5, and an established trope by this point)!

See: Natasha saying "Eyes front" to her chauffeur and foster father figure, Ivan Petrovich (a callback to Amazing Adventures #3)!

See: Young writer Gerry Conway's unfledged, inelegant yet well intentioned lurching early attempts to acknowledge the social reality of second-wave feminism in his characterization of Natasha Romanoff. Fifty years later, it's easy to forget that this was a big step in the process of building a unique, three-dimensional character with depth, personality, and clear motivations.

Thanks, Lars!

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Carlos DS
Member Since 2006

1 - Posted on 1/11/2021

Nice page ! love it !!

Lars Teglbjaerg
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 1/11/2021

I am glad that you liked it, Sean. I can think of no better home for this particular page. Top-notch inking by Jack Abel as well.

Filmore W. Bedwick
Member Since 2003

1 - Posted on 1/11/2021

Love,Love,Love this masterpiece with the Widow❣️
it's incredible how much an inker can do with Gene's pencils.

LB Jefferies
Member Since 2003

1 - Posted on 1/11/2021

That second panel ...

bob fish
Member Since 2011

Posted on 1/11/2021

Awesome inking by Abel !

artless artmore
Member Since 2013

Posted on 1/12/2021

Another lovely Colan Widow page in your amazing collection! Enjoyed your remarks and recollections, as always.

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