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Howard Chaykin, Scorpion 1, 1975

Artist: Howard Chaykin (Penciller)

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Howard Chaykin, Scorpion 1, 1975 Comic Art

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Title:	Howard Chaykin, Scorpion 1, 1975
Artist:	Howard Chaykin (Penciller)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	699
Likes on CAF:	5 6
Comments:	5
Added to Site:	8/27/2019
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Description

Atlas/Seaboard announced its 1974 entry into comic book publishing with plenty of talent and plenty of marketing. Founded by former Marvel Comics publisher Martin Goodman and featuring marquee names like Neal Adams, Steve Ditko, Wally Wood and many up-and-comers, it seemed the possibilities for the new company were endless.

But… those possibilities ended just 23 issues later (no individual title lasted more than four) in late 1975. Many of the titles had rebooted midstream, providing a capricious and confounding publishing strategy.

Howard Chaykin’s Scorpion was easily one of the better Atlas titles — so naturally, after two issues, Seaboard canned Chaykin, hired Alex Toth, and never actually published the pages Toth produced. (They turned up later, elsewhere.)

Even though Chaykin’s Scorpion actually only lasted two issues, Howard quickly morphed the character into Dominic Fortune at Marvel, where he has lived on and off for the last 40 years.

This great page captures Chaykin inventive and dynamic sense of storytelling. Are you familiar with the phrase “Think out of the box?” Here, Chaykin flies the airplane right through the outer panel walls, and somehow Atlas’ production dept. made it work — years before full bleed pages were practical in comic book printing.

(Related — there are a few videos available on-line on the short history of Atlas/ Seaboard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzhcYa23PI0 ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJn7NlnjLy8)

And, as Luke says in the recent Star Wars Last Jedi trailer, “No one’s ever really gone.” Atlas just made another comeback of sorts:

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ghost-rider-producer-buys-atlas-comics-library-teams-paramount-1211185

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/who-owns-atlas-comics-1212677

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David K
Member Since 2008

Posted on 8/27/2019

Awesome!!

My NAME IS LEGION
Member Since 2004

Posted on 8/28/2019

an outstanding Dominic page. The underbidders do weep....

Rick W
Member Since 2017

Posted on 8/28/2019

Way cool.

CJ Design
Member Since 2018

Posted on 6/9/2024

Early Howard is GREAT...Atlas...crazy

David Roach
Member Since 2012

Posted on 10/13/2024

A fabulous page from my favourite period of Howard's career (though I suspet he would disagree). The Atlas comics line was a big part of my childhood so it's great to see a page from their brief moment in the sun.

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