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Howard Porter - AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1996)

Artists: Howard Porter (Penciller) , Howard Porter (Inker)

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Howard Porter - AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1996) Comic Art

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Artwork Details

Title:	Howard Porter - AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1996)
Artist:	Howard Porter (Penciller)
Artist:	Howard Porter (Inker)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Pin Up
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	1,719
Likes on CAF:	0 1
Comments:	14
Added to Site:	12/7/2013
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Description

Howard Porter is one of those "true" artists who never stop learning and
reinventing themselves.

His style has shown a real growth over years;
just check his work of 1994 and compare it to his stuff of 1995 and 1996 and
then to his stuff of 1998 and so on... and be sure to check the amazing work
he's doing these days on JLA 3000 !

Now to this piece;

Thanks to a CAF saint, by the name of David A Kopecki (who's bid and paid
on my behalf), I was able to win it via an auction from a seller who didn't ship
to my country and wasn't even reachable.

Not only does this piece comes from a key period in Howard Porter's career
(the time he did the JLX one-shot and was preparing for his star-making work
on JLA), it also features a MARVEL character !

Porter's work on MARVEL characters is rare and even more so from the period
before 2000. It's actually the first classic Spider-man piece I'd seen from him
aside from a few con sketches.

I really like this pose. It's McFarlane-sque but not as over the top.
In this piece he'd inked himself and put an incredible amount of detail in the
webbing (I'll try to add a closeup soon).

Please click on the image (or the additional images) to see it up close.

Sorry if it sounds blasphemous, but I consider Porter's Spidey to be even
better than Todd McFarlane's.

I'm sure that Marvel would have snagged Howard if they'd seen this piece.

If you guys have ANY info on any other Spiderman or X-men piece by Porter
(even if NFS), please let me know.

As always, comments are welcome and appreciated.

Thanks :)

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	Gal Schwartz
Joined:	May 2005
Last Login:	September 2025
Ebay Id:	galschwartz
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Jovi Neri
Member Since 2011

Posted on 12/7/2013

Nice mention of McFarlane influence, but let's not forget also the eyes - very Ditko-ish. And if you make that image into a silhouette it would actually be close to a spider. Nice acquisition!

J M T
Member Since 2011

Posted on 12/7/2013

Congrats on this amazing acquisition!

Dean Abraham
Member Since 2008

Posted on 12/7/2013

Fantastic..amazing piece.

Troy C. Punswick
Member Since 2008

Posted on 12/7/2013

Very cool Gal!

Mike W
Member Since 2007

Posted on 12/7/2013

Awesome Porter piece, my friend!!! And a huge shoutout to Dave Kopecki for his help in your acquisition - he's one of the GREAT guys!!!

Ben Bressel
Member Since 2003

Posted on 12/8/2013

Mike W wrote:

Awesome Porter piece, my friend!!! And a huge shoutout to Dave Kopecki for his help in your acquisition - he's one of the GREAT guys!!!

I agree with Mike both on this piece and on Dave!

Little John
Member Since 2011

Posted on 12/8/2013

This is a great piece by Porter. Congrats on the addition to your collection!

Duane Murray
Member Since 2005

Posted on 12/8/2013

This is a great piece for sure. One of the great things about it is seeing Porter ink himself. So used to him and Dell together, but this is incredible. Congrats.

E DLS
Member Since 2005

Posted on 12/8/2013

Nice design work. Love all the little spiders on the border.

Matt McAllister
Member Since 2011

Posted on 12/8/2013

Wow Gal this is absolutely amazing. What a great image and new acquisition

Nicolaj Borch
Member Since 2012

Posted on 12/9/2013

Congrats with a wonderful Spidey!

aric shapiro
Member Since 2006

Posted on 12/16/2013

Absolutely PERFECT!!!! I mean wow!!!!

Jonathan H
Member Since 2005

Posted on 12/31/2013

This is a great looking piece! Congrats!!

George 1
Member Since 2011

Posted on 1/18/2014

Very nice piece

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