Daredevil #169, page 12
Artists: Frank Miller (Penciller) , Klaus Janson (Inker)
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DescriptionStop me if you've heard this one. In the early 80's, while incollege, I attended the Chicago Comic Con. At that time, it was small, and the artists basically hung out in a mid sized room. I wandered around getting sketches, and bought my first pieces of comic art. One, I bought from a guy named Frank Miller. He was quiet, but very easy to talk to, and I was loving Daredevil. Anyway, he had a stack of pages (knowing what I know now, I should have given him my tuition check and bought everything I could carry), and I found what I thought to be the best fight scene I had seen involving DD and Bullseye. I bought it for $90, which was not insignificant, and certainly more than the $15 to $20 per commission everyone was charging. Still, I loved that page. I had it framed and it hung in my dorm room all through college, and then after in my apartment. I had a small collection of art - about 8 pages (Byrne X Men and FF, Sienkiewicz FF Cover, Anderson X Men annual cover, Giffen Leigon, and some others - still looking for those!), and some great commissions. I got married five years after graduation, and my wife was generally accepting of the comic book habit, but she just plain thought the artwork was scary. In fairness, the Marshall Rogers commission of Batman chasing the Joker across the rooftops at night in the rain was pretty scary looking. Anyway, I digress. The artwork was too scary to hang up, and she was convinced that if we ever had children it was going to give them nightmares. I liked cartoons too, so animation cels was a compromise. To buy those, I needed cash. So, I sold everything. Roll forward fifteen years, and I get the bug again, and start buying original artwork. Still married, with three kids now, and I've slowly been building my collection with work of newer artists, and stories that I've really enjoyed. I've been lucky to deal with a lot of nice people, CAF is awesome, I enjoy reading every digest of Yahoo messages, and it's been great corresponding with some interesting people, all of which love this nutty hobby. I've recently started looking for older pieces, but all of the time, I've been wondering where that Miller page was. And, the more that I learned about what's out there, the more I realized that finding that specific page would be impossible. Until last week. David Mandel, a teriffic guy to deal with, had the page I was looking for, and was willing to sell it to me - albeit for a small premium over my original $90 purchase price (HA!). And, it's once again home. Here is my Miller DD page. I believe most will agree it's a great fight scene, and a perfect example of Miller at his prime, but it means so much more than that to me. I hope and plan to buy more Miller pages in the future, but this one is special. Enjoy, and thanks for listening. Social/Sharing |
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Timothy Finney
Member Since 2006
Posted on 5/1/2008
Mayday! Mayday! We have a full-on Miller DD vs. Bullseye page. And what a page it is. It also shows DD making one of the worst decisions of his life, not that he could have done anything else. It was, after all, what heroes (used to) do.
Demetrios Williams
Member Since 2005
Posted on 5/2/2008
SAAAWEEEETTT!!! I remember Frank's run on DD...and I enjoyed it alot!! A very nice page with lots of action!! Great addition Ron to your already fantastic collection. Thanks for sharing!!
- Artemaria
Member Since 2007
Posted on 5/2/2008
A great great page from a legendary run, surpassed only by its compelling and unique history. Congratulations on being reunited with one of your first pages!
Alex B 
Member Since 2008
Posted on 10/17/2008
Will stay forever in comics history ! Congrats : it's a grail piece (another one for you!). Thank you for sharing your fantastic collection.
Lars Teglbjaerg
Member Since 2005
Posted on 11/6/2008
A great page and an even better story. Sometimes you are lucky.
Felix Lu
Member Since 2005
Posted on 3/21/2009
Lusted after this page for a long time...but no regrets, this is the collection it belongs in.
The Comic Coffin™
Member Since 2007
Posted on 5/19/2009
Wow... what an incredible piece of art. Sure wish I had a DD vs Bullseye page. Congrats!
Wesley Liu
Member Since 2009
Posted on 5/26/2009
One of the best Miller DD versus Bullseye pages I have ever seen.
George H
Member Since 2009
Posted on 7/17/2009
Great Miller DD page filled with action packed panels!
. BRAUNY
Member Since 2007
Posted on 3/24/2010
This is an incredible page. What more would you want in a Miller DD page? And what a great story..... this page was meant for you! Welcome home!
Mike W
Member Since 2007
Posted on 4/7/2010
Ron, I know I already left a comment on this piece, but I had to leave a second one after reading your wonderful story behind the piece again. It's amazing that you actually bought this from Frank Miller himself, SOLD IT, and then was reunited with the page many years later. It's stories like these that makes me love and appreciate this hobby so much. Thank you for sharing the art, but I must thank you even more for sharing your amazing story.
dom masullo
Member Since 2004
Posted on 8/26/2015
This is just one superb page. For me the daredevil comic that put DD back on the map.
Sean Rutan
Member Since 2012
Posted on 6/29/2017
I'm glad to hear it's back where it belongs, buddy. And kudos to David for helping out the process! Hurry up and finish that time machine, will ya.....$90
Xavier .
Member Since 2010
Posted on 7/9/2017
WOW Ron, what a great action page. I can't believe I haven't commented on this one, and you have a magnificent story to go with it. Congrats!
artless artmore
Member Since 2013
Posted on 2/19/2018
Absolutely amazing page. This issue was among the 2 or 3 that hooked me as a lifetime comic reader, and this is among the very best pages from that book (so many great pages in DD 169...how did Miller do it?). Loved reading your story of how you were reunited with the page --- I'm hoping for some unlikely second chances in the art collection dept. myself!
Gene Park
Member Since 2004
Posted on 12/20/2018
I love these multi-panel fight pages from the Miller DD run - this one is fantastic!
comicinkking. com
Member Since 2004
Posted on 12/20/2018
Great page and great story!! I cringe thinking about how much more than the original $90 you had to pay to get it back! :o
Mark Levy
Member Since 2004
Posted on 12/22/2018
Not sure what took me so long to finally view this fabulous page - great that you could fix the mistake you made as a younger man - and will never make again!
Daredevil david
Member Since 2016
Posted on 6/15/2020
Thank you so much for your anecdote!! Maybe it is a Frank Miller thing but it almost feels looking back we can remember vividly where we were ,what we were doing, when our breath was taken away by the Frank Miller art!! So glad you were able to acquire your long lost page!! Regards David
Scott Williams
Member Since 2004
Posted on 4/15/2021
How did I never comment on this? BEAUTIFUL page from a great issue. I think I tried to get this included in a trade with David many years ago but couldn't make it work (although I did get a nice DD/Bullseye page from the same issue instead). Keeper page for sure.
Canada Jones
Member Since 2017
Posted on 3/19/2022
Primo page here!!! Love the final battle with Bullseye in this issue!
O P
Member Since 2006
Posted on 10/21/2023
Your collection is a masterclass on how to collect comicart properly
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