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Daredevil #8, page 12 (Wally Wood)

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Artist: Wally Wood (All)

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Title:	Daredevil #8, page 12 (Wally Wood)
Artist:	Wally Wood (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
Views:	420
Likes on CAF:	50 51
Added to Site:	10/5/2025

Description

For some of us, it was still possible to obtain really amazing pieces of original artwork in days gone by. Even then, it was difficult; incomes were lower but prices were still (relatively) reasonable. With time payments and a little belt-tightening, we could obtain the occasional “big” piece. Alas, those days are now gone for most of us – including myself. Although this is of course only a very personal view, the prices for most top-level original comic artwork are just far too high to justify spending hard earned money on them. Unfortunately, we all lapse from time to time and this is one such occasion. Even then, the amount spent on the present piece is by no means high when compared to some of the sums spent by other collectors. But, as the saying goes, to each his or her own.

Insofar as the present piece is concerned, there were a few specific reasons that I used to rationalize spending what was – to me – a sum of money that I would otherwise never have contemplated spending (and which also means more belt-tightening through the remainder of this year as well as the next!).

I have tried to obtain at least one representative piece from each of the (only) seven issues of Daredevil which the late great Wally Wood was involved in (BTW, he pencilled and inked only four of them, issues 5 through 8). Pages from issues 7 and 8, in particular, have been as rare as hen’s teeth. Lately, though, pages from issue 8 have been appearing on Heritage. Like buses, they all came briskly together in successive auctions. There were two pages that I really wanted – and this was the one I preferred. Unfortunately, it was bid up so high that many have justifiably said that it was overpriced. Indeed, I was myself on the verge of tapping out when the underbidder – thankfully – finally relented.

This may be mere rationalization on my part, but it seems to me that this is one of the best pages in the book. I wanted a page with Stilt-Man in costume and with both him and DD in action. Coupled with the fantastic perspectives that Wood brought to bear (see, especially, the final panel), there were what I considered to be sufficient “intangibles” to justify going to the mat for it. Amongst other things, the movement and motion in the panels are integrated so holistically on the page itself.

I am not banking on the fact that I will ever recover what I paid for this page but, as I have mentioned a number of times in the past, while we (who are not that well-heeled) must try our best to be financially prudent, there are also occasions when the sense of wonder felt is so overwhelming that a sacrifice must be made. This is one such occasion.

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