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Rafael López Espí: Cover FANTOM Vertice Vol. 1 nº3 (King Size)

Artist: Rafael Lopez Espi (All)

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Rafael López Espí: Cover FANTOM Vertice Vol. 1 nº3 (King Size) Comic Art

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FANTOM vol.1 nº 3 - Vértice

Cover Fantom#1 vol. 3 (King Size)

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Title:	Rafael López Espí: Cover FANTOM Vertice Vol. 1 nº3 (King Size)
Artist:	Rafael Lopez Espi (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Cover
For Sale Status:	Permanent collection
Views:	932
Likes on CAF:	3 4
Comments:	6
Added to Site:	11/10/2019
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Cover "King Size" with a Dracula masterfully painted by Rafael López Espí for the Spanish edition of FANTOM VOL.1 N°3 published by Vértice in 1972, an edition of materials from the magazine "Chilling Tales of Horror vol.1 nº 6" (10/70) by Stanley Publications, which in turn reissued several materials from American Comics Group and Key Publications. This issue is specifically titled "El Diablo de la Televisión" and its content corresponds to Weird Chills No. 3 (1st History) - Key Publications; Out of the Night No. 1 (1st History) - American Comics Group; Adventures into the Unknown No. 3 (1st History)". 24 (2nd History) - American Comics Group; Soldiers of Fortune No. 10 (4th History) - American Comics Group; Adventures in the Unknown No. 34 (5th History) - American Comics Group; Adventures in the Unknown No. 28 (2nd History) - American Comics Group; Forbidden Worlds No. 14 (2nd History) - American Comics Group. (These stories do not belong to Marvel Publishing.)

As you can see, in general the quality of the covers that the artist made for the horror series is much higher than that of the superheroes (except in vol. 1 and some numbers 1 "King Size" of vol. 2).

In the additional images, a comparison between the giant size of the cover (50x36cm) with respect to the rest of the normal covers (35x25 cm).

An important addition to this work is that historically it is the first cover of terror that Lopez Espi makes for Vértice, since the two previous numbers were in charge of Enrich (as it happened in the collection of Spider-Man).

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Portada "King Size" con un Drácula pintado magistralmente por Rafael López Espí para la edición española del FANTOM VOL.1 N°3 publicado por Vértice en 1972, una edición de materiales de la revista "Chilling Tales of Horror vol.1 nº 6" (10/70) de Stanley Publications, que a su vez reeditó varios materiales de American Comics Group y Key Publications. Este número se titula específicamente "El Diablo de la Televisión" y su contenido corresponde a Weird Chills No. 3 (1st History) - Key Publications; Out of the Night No. 1 (1st History) - American Comics Group; Adventures into the Unknown No. 3 (1st History)". 24 (2ª Historia) - American Comics Group; Soldiers of Fortune No. 10 (4ª Historia) - American Comics Group; Adventures in the Unknown No. 34 (5ª Historia) - American Comics Group; Adventures in the Unknown No. 28 (2ª Historia) - American Comics Group; Forbidden Worlds No. 14 (2ª Historia) - American Comics Group. (Estas historias no pertenecen a la editorial Marvel).

Como se puede ver, en general la calidad de las portadas que el artista realizó para la serie de terror es mucho mayor que la de los superhéroes (excepto en el vol. 1 y algunos números 1 "King Size" del vol. 2). En las imágenes adicionales, una comparación entre el tamaño gigante de la portada (50x36cm) con respecto al resto de las portadas normales (35x25 cm).

Una adición importante a este trabajo es que históricamente es la primera portada de terror que López Espi hace para la editorial Vértice, ya que los dos números anteriores estaban a cargo de Enrich (como sucedió en la colección de Spider-Man).

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J M
Member Since 2010

Posted on 11/11/2019

I absolutely love this artist and a big fan of Dracula congrats

Ambros Carrion
Member Since 2011

Posted on 11/12/2019

ESTE ES EL TIPO DE PORTADAS QUE, PARA CONSEGUIRLAS, HAY QUE DEJAR CADÁVERES POR EL CAMINO. JA JA JA.

LA PRIMERA PORTADA DE TERROR DE LÓPEZ ESPÍ PARA VÉRTICE. AHÍ ES NA.

¿QUIEN DA MÁS?

Mario Losada
Member Since 2011

Posted on 11/12/2019

Preciosa. Enhorabuena

Michael Kenyon
Member Since 2008

Posted on 11/13/2019

Creepy old school Drac as examined by the master.

S Riz
Member Since 2014

Posted on 12/6/2019

Great piece!

Juan Mego
Member Since 2022

Posted on 5/20/2022

Una maravilla que me encantaría tener en mi colección.

Gracias por compartirla.

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