Hulk # 139 Pg. 19
Artists: Herb Trimpe (Penciller) , Sam Grainger (Inker)
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DescriptionThis is the companion page to the Avengers # 67 page I recently reacquired; here is the background story for those who did not read the write up on the Avengers page...Over 25 years ago my fiancee (now wife) Lynn and I drove to Charlotte, North Caroline to sit with Mike Zeck and help sell some of his artwork at one of Shelton Drumm's great Heroes Conventions. Mike was the first artist whose artwork I sold and it was always a fun time to hang out with him whenever I could. Upon our arrival at the venue, Lynn and I found Mike's table and sat down by him. At the table next to us was Sam Grainger and I saw he had a stack of artwork available for sale, so I went over to have a look. Sam had an amazing assortment of pages that Marvel had recently returned to him; included were several vintage Hulk pages he inked over Herb Trimpe, Iron Man pages from # 25 he had inked over Johnny Craig, a Barry Smith page featuring Kazar from Astonishing Tales, and at least one page from Avengers # 68 he inked over Sal Buscema. I asked him for prices of the pages and he said $10 each! At the time, comic art had not taken off in value, but even then, I knew $10 a page was a good deal! I think I had $100 to spend at the show, and I gave it all to Sam. He was really surprised that folks wanted to buy the pages as he had not associated any value with them; Marvel had only recently begun to return artwork and they sent him a bunch of pages from the 1960's and 70's and they were taking up space at his place! I am pretty sure he gave me a couple of extra pages for free since I bought so many. I asked him to personalize a handful of the pages I really liked and walked away a happy collector! Over the years, I sold or traded off many of the pages I had picked up from Sam (I have limited resources for comic art and could not keep everything!); among the pages I let go was this Hulk page. Flash forward to a few weeks ago and an art customer from many moons ago contacted me to see if I was interested in helping them sell some pieces they had bought from me back in the 1980's and 1990's. I was happy to do so and one of the pieces fetched a hefty sum; rather than taking cash as a commission, I asked if I could get back a couple of the pages they had bought from me all those years ago. They agreed to this payment option and everyone involved was very happy with the deal! I am very happy to have this cool page back in my collection although I must say the Hulk seems a little too set on killing The Leader! Social/Sharing |
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Lee Benaka 
Member Since 2004
Posted on 10/11/2015
A great page, and an even greater story. Thanks for sharing Jim! I'm glad you got this amazing page back.
Filmore W. Bedwick
Member Since 2003
Posted on 10/11/2015
What a Phenomenal piece of Classic Art!!!!
glen gold
Member Since 2004
Posted on 10/11/2015
Very satisfying when the prodigal pages return. Nice job. And this is a great page. BTW, am I insane or is this a Hulk 139 page? I haven't read the book in years, but I thought 139 ended like this.
Jim Warden
Member Since 2003
Posted on 10/12/2015
glen gold wrote:
Very satisfying when the prodigal pages return. Nice job. And this is a great page. BTW, am I insane or is this a Hulk 139 page? I haven't read the book in years, but I thought 139 ended like this.Thanks for the comment and for the correction! Yep, this one is from Hulk # 139, not # 131!
Bill Thomson
Member Since 2004
Posted on 10/12/2015
FANTASTIC PAGE!!! I always loved that little shot of the Hulk in the third panel!
J. Hollon
Member Since 2006
Posted on 10/12/2015
Cool page and an even better story of its history! Thanks for sharing, Jim!
Damon Wright
Member Since 2008
Posted on 10/12/2015
Very cool, what a great way to have regained a great page!
George H
Member Since 2009
Posted on 10/12/2015
Thanks so much for sharing the story behind acquiring this fantastic page!
Scott Green
Member Since 2003
Posted on 10/12/2015
Great page and even better story! Congrats Buddy!
Mark Howland
Member Since 2004
Posted on 10/12/2015
As others have said, a very nice story. The page came home!
Michel Maillot
Member Since 2005
Posted on 10/10/2017
Nice story and page Jim, Loved Herb on the Hulk, he was the definitive artist on this character. Great page, congratulations !
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