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Captain America vs. Vindicator/Guardian (Marvel tryout page: Sample Two)

Artists: John Byrne (Penciller) , Duffy Vohland (Inker)

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Captain America vs. Vindicator/Guardian (Marvel tryout page: Sample Two) Comic Art

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Title:	Captain America vs. Vindicator/Guardian (Marvel tryout page: Sample Two)
Artist:	John Byrne (Penciller)
Artist:	Duffy Vohland (Inker)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	88
Likes on CAF:	3 4
Comments:	1
Added to Site:	12/12/2025
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I didn�t actually expect to ever find another page from Byrne�s college days sample art for his Canadian character�s battle with the star-spangled Avenger. So, I was on the shocked side to link up this page 2 with page 3 of Byrne�s Vindicator versus Captain America unpublished debut. AIso, I was half expecting it to be hand colored like Sample Three was�even if those colors were of a� limited palette. Then, so starts the hunt for the Sample One page, and to find out if there�s a Sample Four page!

Here�s Byrne�s short quote about their creation, "Vindicator goes back to my college days, when he was called the Sentinel, and then the Guardian... I created him in 1970 or 1971... In fact, somewhere Duffy Vohland, I think, has a badly colored page that has Vindicator battling Captain America that dates from those early days."

On this page, it looks like Vindicator previously evaded a Cap slung shield attack that sent his shield flying out the window, but Cap still pressed the attack and landed a WHAM! across the Canadian�s jaw. While, it looks like James MacDonald Hudson was secretly manipulating Cap�s shield, as a speeding indestructible projectile. Unaware of the imminent danger, the shield-slinger takes a moment to confront Vindicator in what I imagine as a perfect Roger Stern moment, when KRANG! the veteran of a thousand battles is felled by the newcomer�

Now, for the colored page 3, I added my own dialogue just for fun. This time I leave the script to you or Roger Stern!

Art c. 1970/71 - 11x17.

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1 - Posted on 12/13/2025

Beautiful!

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