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Marvel Comics Presents #72 ~ Weapon X, Chapter 1, Page 3 by Barry Windsor-Smith (March 1991) w/ Wolverine

Artist: Barry Windsor-Smith (All)

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Marvel Comics Presents #72 ~ Weapon X, Chapter 1, Page 3 by Barry Windsor-Smith (March 1991) w/ Wolverine Comic Art
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Title: Marvel Comics Presents #72 ~ Weapon X, Chapter 1, Page 3 by Barry Windsor-Smith (March 1991) w/ Wolverine
Artist: Barry Windsor-Smith (All)
Media Type: Pen and Ink
Art Type: Interior Page
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 3,388
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Favorited on CAF: 1
Comments: 13
Added to Site: 4/6/2017
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Description

This is the 3rd page of BWS's classic 90s Wolverine story, 'Weapon X'.

This was always one of my favorite pages. The rendering on Logan and his clothing mesmerizes me to this day.

A casual, early page that always stuck with me, before Logan entered the program. It's not as flashy as later pages filled with claws and blood and calculator-loincloths, but I felt the earliest pages were incredibly strong, showing Barry's excitement to putting in the design and effort he wanted.

I got this direct from the BWS Studio in 2017. I had asked about 4 pages from the series, and they offered me this one, plus a couple of pages I'd asked about from Storytellers. I waffled for a month before finally settling on this one.

This page does a lot of slick work with leading the eye. The direction of the rain leads from panel 1 to panel 2, the eyelines in p3 and p4 manage to pull you over to p5. P6 is facing the same direction as p5 to pull you along. The gun is lined up with a wire that pulls you up to the top of the final panel.

The choices of blacks and whites and rendering are incredibly well chosen. It creates an illusion of the hanging light in p3 illuminating the rest of the page below.

A masterclass in layout.

It is signed BWS in two places.

Fun Oddity: Whatever ink he used, this may be the blackest-ink art I own.

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Mike W 
Member Since 2007

Posted on 4/6/2017

ANY page from this classic is a great one!!!!!!! Well done, my friend!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gregg and Amanda Spatz 
Member Since 2010

Posted on 4/6/2017

A very cool classic page!

Mario B. 
Member Since 2004

Posted on 4/6/2017

OMG...OMG...A GEM...congratulation!!!

frank x townsondecker 
Member Since 2006

Posted on 4/6/2017

Nice!

Carlo M 
Member Since 2006

Posted on 4/7/2017

I also find this page very strong artistically. The layout and the inking are particuarly striking. Excellent addition!

Jeremy Radisich 
Member Since 2004

Posted on 4/7/2017

Great page from an iconic story--and one of the few where we get to hear Logan speak (or think at least). Very cool!

George H 
Member Since 2009

Posted on 4/8/2017

BWS is such a talent and it's easy to see a lot of artistic choices in this page design and in his technique.

Dave Kopecki 
Member Since 2008

Posted on 4/8/2017

Very cool page by the master! So striking! Congrats!

Emanuele Peveri 
Member Since 2011

Posted on 4/9/2017

..just another piece of Marvel Comics history...in you hands!

Jyrki Vainio 
Member Since 2005

Posted on 9/19/2017

These first pages with lots of small panels are my favorite part of the series. And this is a great one, with very iconic BWS touches all over. This is a great find!

Dermot D 
Member Since 2012

Posted on 12/5/2020

What a wonderful page > so much to soak up.

Canada  Jones 
Member Since 2017

Posted on 6/18/2022

Fantastic early Weapon-X page!!

Maicol Senzacqua 
Member Since 2015

Posted on 1/14/2024

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