Amazing Adventures (third series) #3, page 3

Is there such a thing as a runner-up grail or a grail consolation prize?



As a child of six, before I started "formally" collecting comics a few years later, I had a copy of Amazing Adventures #5, among a handful of then-current books. The stories, and especially the artwork by Adams/Palmer and Colan/Everett made a strong impression on me. The strongest impression of all was page 3 of the Black Widow "And To All A Good Night" story, which featured lusciously rendered Natasha showering and then drying off with a towel. This was one of those pages that imprinted on my youthful DNA, as did, say, the moon landing or the way my grandparent's basement smelled. In retrospect, the page doesn't really advance the story and was likely just included as a tease page to sell comics and profoundly influence malleable children to grow up and marry healthy and potent redheads, which I did as soon as I got the opportunity.



Recently, I came across my collection of Amazing Adventures comics and decided to see if I could find the grail page from #5, and barring that, a nice sample from any of the three Colan/Everett Black Widow stories, which are all lovingly and sensuously illustrated by these two masters. This is the page I was lucky enough to purchase.



Check out the original colors on this page ... it's beautiful in print, too. And, if you can find any Colan/Everett Black Widow pages in your "for sale or trade" column, drop me a line! I still want page three from issue #5, and I'm told that it sold on ebay a few years ago. Hope and ravishing redheads spring eternal!