Giant-Size Defenders #1 - Gil Kane

Artists: Gil Kane (Penciller) , Mike Esposito (Inker)

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Giant-Size Defenders #1 - Gil Kane Comic Art

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Title:	Giant-Size Defenders #1 - Gil Kane
Artist:	Gil Kane (Penciller)
Artist:	Mike Esposito (Inker)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Cover
For Sale Status:	0
Views:	2,444
Likes on CAF:	1 2
Favorited on CAF:	4
Comments:	12
Added to Site:	8/30/2007
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Description

Original cover art for Giant-Size Defenders #1 (Marvel, July 1974) by Gil Kane and Mike Esposito (John Romita probably did the image of Silver Surfer ). Pre-dates Giant-Size X-Men #1 by almost a year, though of course not nearly as great (then again, what is?). Listed as one of CBG's 110 Greatest Comic Book Covers of All Time (Frankenhoff 2012 Krause Books). Displayed at the "No Joke: The Spirit of American Comic Books" exhibit at the Mizel Gallery, Denver, Colorado, January 15-March 30, 2004.

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Jason Versaggi
Member Since 2005

Posted on 8/31/2007

Great cover to own.

Terry Barnes
Member Since 2007

Posted on 8/31/2007

A true classic !

Bill Thomson
Member Since 2004

Posted on 12/8/2007

Just a GREAT image of the Hulk! Let me know if you ever decide to trade or sell this beauty!

Mike W
Member Since 2007

Posted on 12/13/2009

Vintage Marvel magic!!

Kirk Dilbeck (3-Wishes and Patron-of-art)
Member Since 2006

Posted on 5/21/2011

Amazing book and cover!

T Shen
Member Since 2009

Posted on 2/19/2012

This is awesome.

George 1
Member Since 2011

Posted on 2/19/2012

Amazing

John Braun
Member Since 2011

Posted on 2/19/2012

Great Defender cover! Wow

alessandro gentili
Member Since 2011

Posted on 11/6/2014

LOVE ,LOVE , LOVE !

Frederic Lorge
Member Since 2007

Posted on 8/19/2017

You really like those first issues cover.

Richard Guion
Member Since 2005

Posted on 4/3/2018

I love this cover so much, one of my favorite Giant Size comics. I wrote a blog post about it long ago. http://www.giantsizemarvel.com/2008/12/giant-size-defenders-1-hulk-and-wongs.html

Timothy Finney
Member Since 2006

Posted on 4/4/2018

Like Kubert and many of the other great Silver Age artists, Kane had formula covers that he would go back to again and again over the years, but they were damn good formulas that pretty much always worked.

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