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Official Handbook To The Marvel Universe #9 Cover by John Byrne and Joe Rubinstein!

Artists: John Byrne (Penciller) ,  Joe Rubinsten (Inker)

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Official Handbook To The Marvel Universe #9 Cover by John Byrne and Joe Rubinstein! Comic Art
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Title: Official Handbook To The Marvel Universe #9 Cover by John Byrne and Joe Rubinstein!
Artist: John Byrne (Penciller)
Artist: Joe Rubinsten (Inker)
Media Type: Pen and Ink
Art Type: Cover
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 1,247
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Comments: 22
Added to Site: 12/26/2020
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OK, so was looking at this cover on Bechara's site for the better part of this year. It's John Byrne, it's a wraparound cover, I have great memories of the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe. I've wanted the 2 covers with Daredevil and Sub-Mariner, and would be happy with any of -the great artists that worked on them. Byrne, Hannigan or Frenz, but none have come available that I've been looking for of late. And this has Namorita, The Owl as well as Mystique, Nightcrawler, Nightmare, Mysterio, Nova, Nomad, Moon Knight and more, and finally decided to pull the trigger. And John Byrne was complemented so well by inker Joe Josef Rubinstein! Thanks to Bechara on working with me on this and sending out so quickly.

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Dino Mauricio 
Member Since 2009

Posted on 12/26/2020

Glorious cover loaded with Byrne goodness, great pick-up Nick!

Posted on 12/26/2020

Dino Mauricio wrote:

Glorious cover loaded with Byrne goodness, great pick-up Nick!

thanks Dino

West Stephan 
Member Since 2007

Posted on 12/26/2020

The Official Handbook conics were great! So much background information for my young brain to absorb! Nice pick up!

Posted on 12/26/2020

West Stephan wrote:

The Official Handbook conics were great! So much background information for my young brain to absorb! Nice pick up!

yeah, they had all of the info in one place.  Now that we have the internet, it's pieces here and there for the most part.  And they don't have covers to collect ;-)

E DLS 
Member Since 2005

Posted on 12/26/2020

This is a great one.  Love Nightcrawler especially.

Posted on 12/26/2020

E DLS wrote:

This is a great one.  Love Nightcrawler especially.

yeah, Nightcrawler moving forward is awesome!

Foggy Bottom 
Member Since 2009
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1 - Posted on 12/26/2020

Baller.

Posted on 12/26/2020

Foggy Bottom wrote:

Baller.

agreed! ;-)

Posted on 12/27/2020

Foggy Bottom wrote:

Baller.

thank you sir!

Scott Green 
Member Since 2003

Posted on 12/26/2020

Congrats! One can never have enough Byrne, especially these MU handbook wraparound covers!

Posted on 12/27/2020

Scott Green wrote:

Congrats! One can never have enough Byrne, especially these MU handbook wraparound covers!

thanks Scott!

J. Sid 
Member Since 2004

Posted on 12/26/2020

You left out Nova! (best on this wicked cover IMO)

Posted on 12/27/2020

J. Sid wrote:

You left out Nova! (best on this wicked cover IMO)

I will add in right now!

Mario Losada 
Member Since 2011

Posted on 12/27/2020

Very nice cover

Posted on 12/27/2020

Mario Losada wrote:

Very nice cover

yeah, Byrne and Rubinstein killed it!

Posted on 12/27/2020

Mario Losada wrote:

Very nice cover

yeah, Byrne and Rubinstein killed it!

K Gearon 
Member Since 2011

Posted on 12/27/2020

I remember these run of OHOTMU covers so well - great example here!  Loving the Nightcrawler pose.  Congrats!

1 - Posted on 12/27/2020

K Gearon wrote:

I remember these run of OHOTMU covers so well - great example here!  Loving the Nightcrawler pose.  Congrats!

Nightcrawler is the best pose and gives the cover so much more fun character, so to speak.

Jason Hussa 
Member Since 2017

Posted on 1/6/2021

Spectacular piece filled with GREAT renditions of so many outstanding characters...  Congrats!  Your collection is an amazing display of wonderful art; even in such company, this is still a very special jewel!  Beautiful.

Jason Hussa 
Member Since 2017

Posted on 1/6/2021

(and, DUDE - I can't believe you left Orka off the highlight list on this one...! ;) )

 

1 - Posted on 1/6/2021

Jason Hussa wrote:

(and, DUDE - I can't believe you left Orka off the highlight list on this one...! ;) )

 

And being a Subby fan.  D'oh!

Pepe Oleart 
Member Since 2015

Posted on 2/11/2023

I love the Handbooks and Byrne's covers are so great. A pity he couldn't draw all 15 covers (he missed last four #12-15 because of he leaving Marvel because of the Superman's situation).

I think Byrne was very perfectionist and he wanted to include all the characters (excluding non-powered/depowered ones and teams) but curiously Odin is missing (also M.I.A. at the time)!

Also missing Nimrod (perhaps a later addittion to the contents) and missing Nuklo (perhaps considered as a depowered character as Morbius, also excluded in the cover). Then we have missing Nitro or could he be the character "between"  Moon Knight's legs? And then, under Orka, we have Phastos??? So it seems that originally, this issue extended past letter O but after the cover was done, it was decided it was better to start #10 with letter P.

A tiny Phastos is included in the next cover but Paladin is curiously missing (perhaps he was going to be skipped but Stern using him in Avengers #251 "saved" him, making him a later addition).

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