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New Teen Titans (1984) Annual #7 #1 Splash Page with pencils by Tom Grindberg, inks by Willie Blyberg, Ian Akin and Al Vey!

Location: My Eclectic Collection
Artists: Tom Grindberg (Penciller) ,  Willie  Blyberg (Inker) ,  Ian Akin (Inker) ,  Al Vey (Inker)

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Location: My Eclectic Collection
Title: New Teen Titans (1984) Annual #7 #1 Splash Page with pencils by Tom Grindberg, inks by Willie Blyberg, Ian Akin and Al Vey!
Artist:  Tom Grindberg (Penciller) ,  Willie  Blyberg (Inker) ,  Ian Akin (Inker) ,  Al Vey (Inker)
Media Type: Pen and Ink
Art Type: Splash Page
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 288
Likes on CAF: 16
Favorited on CAF: 1
Comments: 10
Added to Site: 4/27/2025

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Description
I've had this Teen Titans Annual #7 splash for more than 33 years as part of the Armageddon 2001 crossover. I picked it up because I loved the way that Tom Grindberg with Willie Blyberg, Ian Akin and Al Vey was fantastically splash page featuring so many characters. including a great and impactful shot of Monarch and Waverider, and especially Batman and Green Lantern with such a fantastic Neal Adams vibe.

Armageddon 2001 crossover was an cool cross-over. It was fun. The thing that threw it off was that fans figured out that the "big bad", Monarch, was going to be Captain Atom, and so DC pivoted to have Monarch being Hawk in the future. Threw the story off as it didn't make sense considering the issues leading up to the grand finale, but DC did later retcon this in JSA #14 as Mordru manipulated Hank into becoming Monarch.

History
This Possible Future took place in the then-future year of 2001, hence the title. In the year 2030, Matthew Ryder, a scientist sent into the Timestream as a part of one of Monarch's experiments, becomes imbued with temporal superpowers and journeys into the past as Waverider to attempt to learn more about Monarch and determine who he is so he can be thwarted. On his journeys, Waverider investigates the possible futures of almost every superhero in the DCU, some even multiple times. As the tale reaches its conclusion, the identity of Monarch is revealed as he appears in the present time to destroy all superheroes in order to make his future reign be certain.

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Ruben DaCollector Member Since 2008
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Posted On 4/27/2025

Ah yes, Grindberg when he was still in his faux Neal Adams stage!

Miki Annamanthadoo Member Since 2003
1    
Posted On 4/27/2025

Ruben DaCollector wrote:
"  Ah yes, Grindberg when he was still in his faux Neal Adams stage!
 "

With a little Kirby thrown in!

Marcus Wai Member Since 2005
1    
Posted On 4/27/2025

The brush inking is what makes this splash pure energy! 

Gal Schwartz Member Since 2005
Posted On 4/27/2025

Love it ! Grindberg created a really dynamic page with his creative composition and the heroes and villain look awesome as well ! If you decide to part from it at some point, please keep me in mind. Thanks, Gal

John C Member Since 2014
Posted On 4/27/2025

Every warrior has to be summoned for one final battle.

Rick W Member Since 2017
Posted On 4/27/2025

Kickass page!

Kavi H Member Since 2018
1    
Posted On 4/27/2025

oh man what an amazing title splash, and a title that pays tribute to Stanley Kubrick and 2001. With pencils this nice, it took 3 inkers to perfect the presentation I suppose - I'm always curious about which inker did what on the page (or if they split up duties over different pages in the book and this was only inked by 1 or a specific combination of them)...but regardless it looks really great. 

Ruben DaCollector Member Since 2008
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Posted On 4/27/2025

Kavi H wrote:
"  oh man what an amazing title splash, and a title that pays tribute to Stanley Kubrick and 2001. With pencils this nice, it took 3 inkers to perfect the presentation I suppose - I'm always curious about which inker did what on the page (or if they split up duties over different pages in the book and this was only inked by 1 or a specific combination of them)...but regardless it looks really great. 
 "

99% of the time they are working on their own pages. On rare occasions, books with multiple inker credits might have more than one inker working on the same page, and that would likely happen if the inkers were sharing a studio. One guy might be tasked with doing all the backgrounds while another one handles the human figures, for example.

1    
Posted On 4/27/2025

Kavi H wrote:
"  oh man what an amazing title splash, and a title that pays tribute to Stanley Kubrick and 2001. With pencils this nice, it took 3 inkers to perfect the presentation I suppose - I'm always curious about which inker did what on the page (or if they split up duties over different pages in the book and this was only inked by 1 or a specific combination of them)...but regardless it looks really great. 
 "

I don't know who inked which pages, so posted all 3.  It usually is each inker inking single pages.

Ian Saint Member Since 2021
Posted On 5/1/2025

Killer Splash!

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