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Thunderbird by Paul Smith

Artist: Paul Smith (Penciller)

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Title:	Thunderbird by Paul Smith
Artist:	Paul Smith (Penciller)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Pin Up
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	524
Likes on CAF:	14 15
Comments:	8
Added to Site:	4/15/2022
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Thunderbird the forgotten new X-man! John Proudstar was always a character that fascinated me … I think the earliest recollection of him I have is from the old Spiderman and his Amazing friends cartoon when I was a kid. I remember always wondering about him when I started reading the X-men comics not knowing he was killed off so many years before my dive into comics until later. When I caught up on his story with classic X-men it caught me even more. What a great but tragic character … I understand the redundancy of him and Wolverine but always wondered what could have been! Really happy I was able to snag this fantastic rendering by Paul Smith as I had never seen his version of the character before.

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Steve N. Comic/Fantasy Art
Member Since 2017

1 - Posted on 4/15/2022

I remember him being in the show Gifted... PMS glory!

Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

2 - Posted on 4/15/2022

I for one didn't see redundancy as they could have introduced things like the Demon Bear saga many years earlier with him. If anything, he was ahead of his time. It's a great character design by Cockrum that is pure 70's cool. Paul Smith does a great job making his look dynamic and heroic in full sprint towards us asking us to call that telephone number to save him. Oh, wait, he wasn't even given that courtesy.

James Dornoff
Member Since 2019

1 - Posted on 4/15/2022

X-cited to see what they do with him in the current series, great PS commission.

Michael McIsaac
Member Since 2020

2 - Posted on 4/15/2022

I also first saw him in the Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends cartoon, so I was disappointed when I found out that in the comics he couldn't turn into a bear. Maybe if they gave him bear powers in Giant-Sized X-Men #1, they could have kept him around? At any rate, killing him off gave us countless moments of Professor X guilt for decades to follow. PMS does his usual amazing work here.

K Gearon
Member Since 2011

2 - Posted on 4/15/2022

Ooh, loving seeing Native characters get some play! Just gotta love Thunderbird's design, particularly here when given the Paul Smith treatment! His lines are sublime, and I dig the choice of the charging pose. Congrats, Jason!

Paul Brzegowy
Member Since 2010

1 - Posted on 4/15/2022

That is a beauty by PMS. Congrats

Brian Norton
Member Since 2006

1 - Posted on 4/15/2022

thunderbird was my favorite new Xman. the over all costume design was fantasic. I hated the fact that they killed him off in such a sensless way in issue 95. I think he could have played off against Wolverine just like Hawkman and Green Arrow did. He had to much of a back story to be told to waste him the way they did.

Carlo M
Member Since 2006

Posted on 4/16/2022

Agreed great character. PSmith rules!

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