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Steel Claw by Jesus Blasco 3/9/66 Valiant

Artist: Jesus Blasco (All)

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Steel Claw by Jesus Blasco 3/9/66 Valiant Comic Art

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Title:	Steel Claw by Jesus Blasco 3/9/66 Valiant
Artist:	Jesus Blasco (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	242
Likes on CAF:	3 4
Comments:	4
Added to Site:	12/8/2021
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The Steel Claw started in the first issue of Valiant, a British comic that debuted in 1962. The Steel Claw was widely popular and continued until 1970 and then quickly returned as the Return of the Claw until 1973. The series was reprinted several times and saw distribution in Germany, India and Sweden. Blasco's art is top notch and I believe you can see how it might have influenced may of the British artists including David Lloyd. The Steel Claw saw several modern day revivals under different names and made some cameo appearances in other works by Alan Moore and Grant Morrison.

The basic story is Louis Crandell lost his hand in a lab accident and so a prosthetic hand was created. In a later accident he found that he could turn invisible with the exception of his hand. Initially he used these powers to steal and commit crimes but later began to use these powers to fight crime. The claw comes with some special weapons like being able to fire missiles and release gas. Although I have yet to read any of these (I'd love to), I thought it was a fun, goofy character like Archie Robot and the imagery of this metal hand running around and fighting crime was fun. It reminded me of Thing from the Addams family.

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Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 12/8/2021

That first panel is where an artist proves their worth! Nice timeless quality about the page.

artless artmore
Member Since 2013

1 - Posted on 12/8/2021

Dramatic page! Love the lighting in the 1st and final panels

Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008

1 - Posted on 12/8/2021

Beautifull stuff! I see David Lloyd all over this.

Max Comic Box .
Member Since 2006

1 - Posted on 4/24/2025

Such great use of shadows lights

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