Uncanny X-men 175 Pg 27 Paul Smith and Bob Wiacek
Artists: Paul Smith (Penciller) , Bob Wiacek (Inker)
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DescriptionThe word grail gets tossed around a lot in this hobby… and I think that’s because it means something different to everyone… to some people it is the most expensive… the biggest status symbol… to others it is how important it is to you , and that could be because of the importance of the artist character or story… I tend to use word grail for something important to me. And to me this is a grail!! I am a 45 year old man who collects comic art , specifically X-men comic art. And this can all be traced back to a fateful day in 1983 when 6 year old me was given a copy of X-men 175 by Chris Claremont and Paul Smith … it was the perfect issue to catch my young imagination… I often say had it been 174 or 176 I may have been a Spiderman or avengers fan.. or not a comic fan at all! When I started collecting OA a page from this book was my ultimate goal.. but as you know Paul Smith X-men pages are not easy to come by… and specifically a couple issues near the end of his run are impossible… well this wonderful page now is in my home and will not be going anywhere!! Thank you so much to Zane for allowing me the chance to buy it… and to Ankur who’s voracious searching found it and remembered my thirst for a page!Social/Sharing |
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Michael McIsaac 
Member Since 2020
1 - Posted on 3/17/2022
Huge congrats! I know how much this means to you!
Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008
1 - Posted on 3/17/2022
A killer page from a killer issue, well done, Jason!
Eric B
Member Since 2014
1 - Posted on 3/17/2022
It's a great page from the villain's speech and characterization as well. He almost persuades you to empathize, until you remember he's glossed over the fact that what she did to him was completely his fault.
Mark Levy
Member Since 2004
1 - Posted on 3/17/2022
Hen's Tooth - these are so tough and 175 quite memorable, congrats!
Steve N. Comic/Fantasy Art
Member Since 2017
1 - Posted on 3/17/2022
This is what it's all about, Unstoppable aka Old Man Jason !!
Ryan Barrett
Member Since 2019
1 - Posted on 3/17/2022
Beautiful, sleek linework from a master artist in Paul Smith and classic inker Bob Wiacek.
Very happy for you on this glorious new pick-up. Congrats!
James Dornoff
Member Since 2019
1 - Posted on 3/17/2022
This page is absolutely epic, so great and huge congrats on a grail piece such as this. What a way to start reading the X-Men world, must have been intense for a young mind to get right into the thick of it for X drama. , so many great things to get hooked on. Absolutely UNCANNY!
Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005
1 - Posted on 3/17/2022
A great Dark Phoenix page from the special double sized Paul Smith farewell issue! It points back at those fateful Issues when Dark Phoenix was born out of Mastermind's manipulation.
Rick W
Member Since 2017
1 - Posted on 3/17/2022
Very happy for you! Congrats!
(love that 4th panel!)
Carlo M
Member Since 2006
1 - Posted on 3/17/2022
Exquisite and rare. PMS's art on Uncanny was balanced and classy, with impeccable storytelling and characterisation. This is a great example. Well done!
Dave W
Member Since 2006
1 - Posted on 3/17/2022
ConGrailtulations Jason. Getting a page from THE issue (whatever it may be for each person) is an ultimate achievement in this hobby. So happy to hear that one of these has landed in your colleXtion my friend! This page has landed and will be well admired for a very ling time, I'm sure. Congrats!!!
Dan P
Member Since 2009
1 - Posted on 3/17/2022
Very nostalgic for me, too. Congratulation on both tracking down a page & managing to buy it!
M L
Member Since 2015
1 - Posted on 3/17/2022
I <expletive> LOVE this <expletive> page! You lucky <expletive> <expletive> <expletive> guy! Great story and great <expletive> community! Not to mention Paul Smith's <expletive> beautifully delicate touch - these characters are full of <expletive> life! Congrats!
Dino Mauricio
Member Since 2009
1 - Posted on 3/17/2022
Paul Smith X-Men page is always a treasure and this one is a superb example with the Phoenix 'one with the cosmos' image!
Fisch Benz
Member Since 2019
1 - Posted on 3/17/2022
Beautiful page! Beautiful story! Your collection keeps leveling up again and again. Slow down, buddy! Stay in your lane, bro!
Brian Lake
Member Since 2015
1 - Posted on 3/17/2022
great to see your thirst quenched. This is really a great page for sure, it reminds you of why you wish Smith had a longer run on the series.
Paul Brzegowy
Member Since 2010
1 - Posted on 3/17/2022
Paul Smith in his prime made the Xmen a must read every month. Congrats on a great page from an exciting X run.
Tyler T
Member Since 2020
1 - Posted on 3/17/2022
Congrats Jason! Awesome to see you track down a page from one of your first comic books. Reinforces why this is such a great hobby.
James S
Member Since 2017
1 - Posted on 3/17/2022
You took on the cabal and got you a page!! Congrats...and nice knowing you!
J. Sid
Member Since 2004
1 - Posted on 3/17/2022
Congrats! Paul Smith was the guy who got me hooked on X-Men as well. So beautiful.
Kavi H
Member Since 2018
1 - Posted on 3/17/2022
great art and even greater meaning to who you are as a person/collector at the core...can't think of a better kind of pickup, congrats on a grail Jason!
K Gearon
Member Since 2011
1 - Posted on 3/17/2022
Hells YES, Jason! HUGE congrats, man! A page from the book that started the X addiction - can't get much better. You gotta love the line work throughout, and that 4th panel is next level. Love the inks. I'm sure you'll be poring over for weeks and weeks!
J L
Member Since 2005
1 - Posted on 3/18/2022
Congrats on achieving this grail. Nice to read why it's so meaningful.
Jason D'Ambrosio
Member Since 2018
Posted on 3/18/2022
J L wrote:
Congrats on achieving this grail. Nice to read why it's so meaningful.
Hi JL! I appreciate the comment... I have been drooling over your splash from the book since the day I started my CAF account.. I think that was the first piece I searched for! A mutual friend told me you may have more pages from this book.. I would LOVE to see them if you ever feel like posting them. Thanks
Kin Wong
Member Since 2007
1 - Posted on 3/18/2022
Congrats on acquiring your grail piece! Great PMS page, and that fourth panel is just lovely.
Kirk Dilbeck (3-Wishes and Patron-of-art)
Member Since 2006
1 - Posted on 3/18/2022
Paul had such a great run!! Great page!
J H
Member Since 2019
1 - Posted on 3/18/2022
When the highest levels of nostalgia meet up with cool art, you certainly have got yourself a grail. I wish every collector could get a page from the first book that they read. And what a sweet page! I especially like that fourth panel. Very dynamic. Big, nostalgic congrats!
Byron B
Member Since 2018
1 - Posted on 3/18/2022
Congrats! It must be a very satisfying feeling obtaining a grail piece that has such reverence. Collecting these sorts of pages is why I love this hobby.
Amir E
Member Since 2020
1 - Posted on 3/19/2022
Jason this page is incredible. Congrats on this achievement! Paul Smith's run on X-Men was legendary.
I D
Member Since 2004
1 - Posted on 3/24/2022
COngrats!!!!!!!!!
The best issue from the PMS uncanny run!!!!!!!!!
Timothy Finney
Member Since 2006
1 - Posted on 9/2/2022
Cheers on getting a page from such a meaningful issue. Smith's art is so elegant and fluid, even on a dialogue-heavy page like this. In fact, Smith, who drew such wonderfully expressive faces, may have been the best X-Men artist when it came to giving visual appeal to Claremont's more exposition-heavy pages.
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