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Blackmark pin-up #1 by Gil Kane, 1972

Artist: Gil Kane (All)

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Blackmark pin-up #1 by Gil Kane, 1972 Comic Art

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Title:	Blackmark pin-up #1 by Gil Kane, 1972
Artist:	Gil Kane (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Pin Up
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	237
Likes on CAF:	6 7
Comments:	3
Added to Site:	8/29/2023
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Wielding the demon sword of the Wizard-King Amarix, Blackmark stands in silent repose before the unlocked ancient manual. A mighty tome that explains how the pre-holocaust weapons work that were needed to defeat the Mind-Demons of Psi-Keep.

When it comes to Gil Kane, there has to be a fair amount of guesswork to some of his pages. He seemed to have a lot of ideas & projects floating about, with orphaned pages often appearing in drips & drabs. IIRC Blackmark was his second foray into self-publishing, behind His Name Is Savage!, which are two of the precursors to all that we call graphic novels. I really liked the two Blackmark stories we did get, and I wonder why the IP wasn't picked up by somebody making Sci-Fi & Fantasy flicks. Maybe not as a big budget blockbuster, it's just too bad we didn't at least get a Roger Corman production of GIL KANE'S BLACKMARK starring John Saxon by the early 80's. I'm sure that would've been a long cherished cult classic by today!

When I first saw these pages, I thought they were most likely skipped over chapter splashes for the 2nd installment "The Mind Demons". But, their lack of the odd-sized format and 7-hole punched paper, plus no chapter stats or glue stains say they probably weren't outtakes. So, a quick search showed there was a scheduled Schanes & Schanes Blackmark portfolio from Gil in the works for 1978 (See Additional Images), but I can't find that it was ever published. I certainly would have picked it up! So, I'm going with unpublished portfolio plates.

Art from 1972 - 11x17.

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Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 8/29/2023

Really fascinating era as that Gil Kane anatomy work was very pronounced coming out of the silver age, and he brought that same energy over to Marvel, and then to these projects expanding comics to be beside prose works.

John C
Member Since 2014

1 - Posted on 8/29/2023

Very Sword of the Atomy. Superb.

Duke Fleed aka #1 Groo Fan
Member Since 2013

1 - Posted on 8/29/2023

So cool! Love the concept and the execution. Big Congrats!

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