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Avengers Character Sheet - John Buscema circa 1967: Hercules,Quicksilver,Hawkeye,Captain America, Goliath

Artists: John Buscema (Penciller) , George Roussos (Inker)

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Avengers Character Sheet - John Buscema circa 1967: Hercules,Quicksilver,Hawkeye,Captain America, Goliath Comic Art

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Title:	Avengers Character Sheet - John Buscema circa 1967: Hercules,Quicksilver,Hawkeye,Captain America, Goliath
Artist:	John Buscema (Penciller)
Artist:	George Roussos (Inker)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	1,967
Likes on CAF:	14 15
Comments:	14
Added to Site:	3/27/2022
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Description

As many fans know, John Buscema took over from Don Heck on the Avengers in 1967 beginning with issue #41. John had returned to Marvel after a long hiatus from comics working as a commercial artist. This page is affectionately known as the Avengers "tryout" page, most likely penciled before he started on the Avengers title. It is a character sheet showing the male Avengers featured in the title at the time, including Hercules, Captain America, Quicksilver, Hawkeye and Goliath. This page was printed in The Avengers Epic Collection Volume 3:Masters of Evil and previously in an issue of Roy Thomas' Alter Ego fanzine. I haven't been able to locate that particular issue of Alter Ego, but my internet research suggests that in the accompanying article he was proposed to pattern the likeness of the characters on various actors: Hercules=Steve Reeves;Quicksilver=Fred Astaire;Hawkeye=Anthony Quinn;Goliath= Robert Culp; Captain America= Burt Lancaster.

I would really welcome comments from anyone who may have more insights on the provenance of this page.

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The AvengersFan
Member Since 2004

1 - Posted on 3/27/2022

Wow...and geez....Wow! This is a great part of Marvel history. Very glad you have it.

Ted Latner
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 3/27/2022

Amazing! It's just too bad they ddn't let John Buscema ink this himself!

Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 3/28/2022

I've seen it at a dealer's booth before. Very nice piece as the style did match Marvel of the time period.

REDEMAGNI CLAUDIO
Member Since 2016

1 - Posted on 3/28/2022

Wonderful, I love it's, congratulations

West Stephan
Member Since 2007

1 - Posted on 3/28/2022

Nicely done!

Mark Howland
Member Since 2004

1 - Posted on 3/28/2022

Well, that didn't take long! (Thankfully.) Great score, Andy. Congratulations!

Andrew Rallis
Member Since 2019

Posted on 3/28/2022

Mark Howland wrote:

Well, that didn't take long! (Thankfully.) Great score, Andy. Congratulations!

Thanks for your help Mark, and great catching up with you!

Duke Fleed aka #1 Groo Fan
Member Since 2013

1 - Posted on 3/28/2022

Process art like this is really great to see. You really notice differences between characters..love it!

Jeremy Radisich
Member Since 2004

1 - Posted on 3/28/2022

Always thought this piece was very cool--basically from corner to corner it's filled with Buscema Avengers, love how big they are on the page. And while I don't always love Roussos as an inker, the inks are very solid here--and the inkwork on Hawkeye in particular is awesome. I bet if you contacted Roy Thomas (who I think can still be reached through Alter Ego), he would know the full story behind this.

Malcolm Bourne
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 3/28/2022

Excelsior!! Mazaltov!!

robert frey
Member Since 2004

1 - Posted on 3/28/2022

nice pick up!

Kenn Owens
Member Since 2008

1 - Posted on 3/28/2022

Astaire, huh? No wonder Pietro always looked so much older than Wanda! I thought the artists just latched onto white hair = old. These are great and bring back great memories of that time!

Miki Annamanthadoo
Member Since 2003

1 - Posted on 3/16/2024

This is pure gold!

Mario B.
Member Since 2004

1 - Posted on 12/16/2024

wooooooooooooooooooooow

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