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Heroes Unborn Series™: John Byrne’s Ka-Davahr the Resurrected

Artist: Ron Frenz (All)

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Heroes Unborn Series™: John Byrne’s Ka-Davahr the Resurrected Comic Art

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Title:	Heroes Unborn Series™: John Byrne’s Ka-Davahr the Resurrected
Artist:	Ron Frenz (All)
Media Type:	Mixed Media
Art Type:	Commission
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	103
Likes on CAF:	9 10
Comments:	5
Added to Site:	6/11/2025
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I wanted to start a lil’ series here, one that highlights characters that never made it, maybe never got published or somehow barely made it out into the wild. Long lost character ideas that saw print in one or two fanzines, or were just a convention sketch, some model sheet, or forgotten character design, but still captured the imagination. Well, I loved John Byrne’s undeveloped, supernatural character named “Ka-Davahr the Resurrected”! The undead an’ maybe a little stinky antihero was published as the centerfold for Wally Wood’s HEROES, INC. PRESENTS CANNON #2 (CPL Gang Publications, 1976), and I’d always wished we’d got to see a bit more of him (outside of one profile portrait I recall). So, I figured I’d get a lil’ proactive, and today we can finally add a brand new sword-swinging image. I thought Ron Frenz would be a great choice, and man did he do a bang-up job! I provided Byrne’s 1974 pinup image and requested the color scheme, which I hoped would work, and I liked everything so much I ended up writing a short Ka-Davahr story. But, I don’t think CAF could support even a short story—would love to find a way to add it here, but ah well. Also, I hope to explore just a couple more long lost character ideas for this series (with a totally not stolen title), and I’d love to see anyone else’s ideas as well. Go and do likewise, CAF!

Thanks so much to Frenz, Kress & Byrne.
Art from 2025 - 9x12.

The totally not stolen title Heroes Unborn Series™ is Trademarked and Copyright © 2025 Joe Murray, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is uncool! 😉

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Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 6/11/2025

Some Atlas Seaboard could be fun. Most of them were two issues or less. Wreckage by Steve Ditko never saw publication.

Joe Murray
Member Since 2006

1 - Posted on 6/11/2025

Marcus Wai wrote:

Some Atlas Seaboard could be fun. Most of them were two issues or less. Wreckage by Steve Ditko never saw publication.

Ohh Atlas/Seaboard, so interesting, for me that would be Phoenix, Planet of Vampires & Wulf the Barbarian, thx!

Rick W
Member Since 2017

1 - Posted on 6/11/2025

Skeletor meets He-Man!

F M
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 6/12/2025

That's a fun one/idea

John C
Member Since 2014

1 - Posted on 6/17/2025

You don't understand. I coulda had class. I could've been a contender! I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it. It was you, Charley.

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