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What If Everett wrote Captain America '71?

Location: 3. Awesome Everett Rarities
Artist: Bill Everett (All)

Location: 3. Awesome Everett Rarities
Title: What If Everett wrote Captain America '71?*
Artist: Bill Everett (All)
Media Type: Colored Pencils
Art Type: Illustration
For Sale Status: Never
Views: 4951
Likes on CAF: 6
Favorited on CAF: 2
Comments: 21
Added to Site: 7/28/2006

No question this is the best thing I ever found on the back of a page.

This is even cooler than the front...a Colan/Everett page from Cap 136 that I picked from a small pile of art the Colans brought to SDCC in 2004.

Ok, maybe it is just me...an Everett fanatic...but damn if this isn't a piece of forgotten history...and color too! It was reproduced in B&W in Alter Ego v3 # 22. It is explained there that although dated 1971, the art was created in 1970..so this was a "future" vision.

2020 Update: Published in "Timely’s Greatest: The Golden Age Sub-Mariner by Bill Everett - The Post-War Years Omnibus."

And...the profile is Mr. Everett...you can see the Marie Severin portrait Everett Oddities gallery for a quick check.

Enjoy!

P.S. This piece has a lot of views so great to see the CAF community appreciates an unusual treasure like this

P.S.S. Appreciate Hart editing out the cigarette to create my Avatar for CAF!

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tim donahoe Member Since 2005

Posted On 9/8/2005

you are correct sir, this is a treasure... congrats... bill's work just makes me want to sigh...lush, romantic and sparse all at the same time...

Keith Veronese Member Since 2005

Posted On 4/15/2008

This is one of my favorite pieces on CAF - it's always nice to see the inner workings of creative minds.

Matt S Member Since 2006

Posted On 7/10/2008

that figure head on the left is a perfect example of how well someone can draw when they done it for years! simple, gorgeous and he just nails the whole feel of it all!

Michael Mikulovsky Member Since 2009

Posted On 5/31/2010

WOW Mark! Thanks so much for sharing this with us! It's awesome! Reminds me alot of Mike Ploog's art also. Love Billl's beautiful art work & inks. Beside's his goregous art. I loved his inks on Gene Colan's Capt. A & Black Widow! & Jack Kirby's Thor! Man I loved his art especially on the Sub-Mariner & on the Hulk VS Hercules story by Kirby in Tales to Astonish #79. I just wish it had been a much longer story, with a much longer battle!

Lorenzo Fratini Member Since 2008

Posted On 1/2/2012

Everett would have done an anti-classic Captain America, something in between Nick Fury and Rambo, in my opinion. It would have been great.

Jim Warden Member Since 2003

Posted On 1/29/2012

Awesome and historic! Congratulations on a Grail piece!

Vincent Zurzolo Member Since 2005

Posted On 8/2/2012

That is so cool. Everett is one of my all-time fav artists. Seeing his rendition of Cap is a thrill. Shame this wasn't included in the Everett book that came out a few years back. A great read about a very interesting artist.

Mark Levy Member Since 2004

Posted On 8/3/2012

Vincent Zurzolo wrote:

" That is so cool. Everett is one of my all-time fav artists. Seeing his rendition of Cap is a thrill. Shame this wasn't included in the Everett book that came out a few years back. A great read about a very interesting artist. "

I offered the piece up to Blake Bell but I guess it didn't fit or make the cut....

Vincent Zurzolo Member Since 2005

Posted On 8/3/2012

Mark Levy wrote:

" I offered the piece up to Blake Bell but I guess it didn't fit or make the cut.... "

That is strange. I think this would have been very much appreciated by fans. Oh well. I am happy to look at it here.

Doc R Member Since 2010

Posted On 4/3/2013

This is really special. Congrats!

Keith Veronese Member Since 2005

Posted On 6/13/2013

Love this piece - one of the reasons CAF exists in my opinion - to see art and ideas that would otherwise never come to light.

Greg G Member Since 2004

Posted On 7/5/2013

How could you not be an Everett fanatic? His body of work is too often overlooked. I am truly envious; just so much greatness there to absorb. Big congrats!!

Sean Rutan Member Since 2012

Posted On 3/12/2015

More great stuff! Truly incredible piece of history right here!

Ron S Member Since 2007

Posted On 7/15/2015

Very cool!! Thanks for sharing this.

Tony Favazza Member Since 2012

Posted On 12/7/2016

This is the coolest.

Vincent Zurzolo Member Since 2005

Posted On 2/3/2020

That is amazing. I am a huge Everett fan. If you ever decide to sell, put me at the top of the list for this and any of your other Everett pieces.

Dave W Member Since 2006

Posted On 9/30/2020

I love getting a peak into the behind-the-scens of Marvel history. Thanks so much for sharing!

Michael Cross Member Since 2018

Posted On 12/24/2020

Wow. Very cool.

J H Member Since 2019

Posted On 3/17/2021

A bolt of lightning from the blue! Wow, to find this on the back of a page is incredible! The images are both fantastic, and in vibrant color, no less. And I love that his sketch is water related with that Captain America "wet suit." Fitting. And, um, I want that toy!! Awesome find. Big congrats!

Bill J Member Since 2009

Posted On 8/10/2022

Gorgeous Bill Everett work! I love how expressive his linework is. The rendering of both the portrait and the full figure CA have an energy to them! Everett was a master!

Chris K. Member Since 2008

Posted On 12/27/2023

Can't believe I have not commented on this! What an absolutely unique and historical piece.

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