Rader, Bradley C :: "Let me show you my etchings"

Avengers #95, Page 2, by Neal Adams (penciller) and Tom Palmer (inker)

Artists: Neal Adams (Penciller) , Tom Palmer (Inker) , Roy Thomas (Writer)

14 Comments - 871 Views - 6 Likes

Avengers #95, Page 2, by Neal Adams (penciller) and Tom Palmer (inker) Comic Art

Artwork Details

Title:	Avengers #95, Page 2, by Neal Adams (penciller) and Tom Palmer (inker)
Artist:	Neal Adams (Penciller)
Artist:	Tom Palmer (Inker)
Artist:	Roy Thomas (Writer)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	871
Likes on CAF:	6 7
Comments:	14
Added to Site:	5/26/2021
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Description

This is page 2 from the third issue of Neal Adams' historic 5 issue run on 'Avengers Vol !", and the 7th installment of the 9 issue "Kree/Skrull War" story arc. This page is of special sentimental value to me because it is one of the pages that inspired me to become a comic book artist when I first saw it as a 14 year old in 1973. I was "impressed" (too droll a word, what I really mean is, "religiously inspired" or "spiritually/aesthetically gob-smacked) not only by the art itself ("They're telling a whole story without words... you can DO that?") but by the droll terseness of Roy Thomas' 3 narrative captions.

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	Bradley C Rader
Joined:	December 2015
Last Login:	April 2025
Ebay Id:	pinnochio2000
Website:	http://www.bradrader.net
Country:	UNITED STATES
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Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 5/26/2021

Neal Adams sure knew how to destroy the mundane with an incredible flourish of action! This is a magnificent 12 panel fast paced sequence from a historic storyline. The way Triton is drawn within such small panels still communicates to us that he is prey desperately trying to escape the xenophobic mob.

Al Simpleton
Member Since 2013

1 - Posted on 5/26/2021

What a page! Neal Adams really outdid himself on that one, demonstrating his storytelling virtuosity with a very classic grid! Shivers guaranteed!

Steven Filosa
Member Since 2006

1 - Posted on 5/26/2021

Great page and glad you can pick-up, touch and see your "inspiration".

Congrats!

Bradley C Rader
Member Since 2015

Posted on 5/26/2021

Steven Filosa wrote:

Great page and glad you can pick-up, touch and see your "inspiration".

Congrats!

If memory serves, I bought it from a dealer at San Diego Comic Con (before it went "International") in 1989. I vaguely recall paying $90 for it, but I didn't make a record of it at the time.

Peter Sullivan
Member Since 2006

Posted on 5/27/2021

Bradley C Rader wrote:

If memory serves, I bought it from a dealer at San Diego Comic Con (before it went "International") in 1989. I vaguely recall paying $90 for it, but I didn't make a record of it at the time.

I will triple that ninety....possibly quadruple that figure. Imagine that? Four times what you paid. Swimming in cash profit. Now that you have your career you no longer need this to inspire anyway, so allow it to inspire someone else. Bet you anything, virtual or otherwise, that you do not take up this generous offer.

Bradley C Rader
Member Since 2015

Posted on 5/27/2021

Peter Sullivan wrote:

Peter,

I still need all the inspiration I can get. But thank you for the offer.

Peter Sullivan
Member Since 2006

Posted on 5/26/2021

This is clearly not an etching! Lol. Are you just another artist trying to tempt others to your private rooms by offering to show them your etchings?

Bradley C Rader
Member Since 2015

Posted on 5/26/2021

Peter Sullivan wrote:

This is clearly not an etching! Lol. Are you just another artist trying to tempt others to your private rooms by offering to show them your etchings?

That was sort of a joke. When I was setting up my gallery today, I needed a name. That's what occurred to me in the moment. Generally, that's the idea. If I show people my cool artwork on this site, maybe they'll let me into their virtual pants. Metaphorically speaking.

Aaron N.
Member Since 2009

Posted on 5/26/2021

What an incredible run that was! And what a cool page to have from it. I remember thinking, "Wow, I didn't know Triton was that strong."

Andrew Rallis
Member Since 2019

Posted on 5/27/2021

One of my favorite issues of all time! Between Thomas' writing and Adams' art this sequence added to the drama - almost palpable dread - why was Triton so desparate and what was the Inhumans connection to the Kree and Skrulls? It was what a universe-spanning crossover always should have been. Today, our heroes are all too familar with each other, almost any story could be written with any combination of characters.

Nils E
Member Since 2014

Posted on 6/17/2021

Cinematic

Bradley C Rader
Member Since 2015

Posted on 6/17/2021

Nils E wrote:

Cinematic

If I were to pick a single comic page to serve as an exemplar of the descriptive "cinematic", it might be this page.

John C
Member Since 2014

Posted on 8/16/2023

Fred never forgave Shaggy for leaving the keys in the ignition.

Brian Mulcahy
Member Since 2004

Posted on 12/3/2024

A tour deforce of story telling.

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