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Guardians Of The Galaxy homage to Strange Adventures issue #35

Artist: Gary Martin (All)

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Guardians Of The Galaxy homage to Strange Adventures issue #35 Comic Art

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Strange Adventures #35 cover

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Title:	Guardians Of The Galaxy homage to Strange Adventures issue #35
Artist:	Gary Martin (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Commission
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	512
Likes on CAF:	1 2
Comments:	2
Added to Site:	11/4/2016
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... two commissions arrive in the space of four hours!

I'd originally thought that the cover of Strange Adventures #35 might be a possible Babylon 5 commission (see elsewhere), but the more I considered it, the more I realised that the "prisoners from the worlds of the solar system" theme worked even better for the Guardians. I did think about labeling the final tube "Mercury" and putting Nikki into the "helpless female" role, but that seemed completely at odds with the character as written, so a quick gender-swap, and the distaff member of Guardians is rescuing her colleagues. And finally, the 1970's uniforms make an appearance.

(For what it's worth, I do know who the hand picking up the tube containing Martinex belongs to ... it would be a little bit more obvious in colour, but all will be revealed in a forthcoming sequel, next year [I hope - I've still got to actually do the deal]).

Excellent work from Gary Martin, who's been fantastic to deal with. Highly recommended.

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Will Cox
Member Since 2006

Posted on 11/4/2016

As always, Gary does a masterful job!

Bill C
Member Since 2009

Posted on 11/4/2016

This is fantastic- I'm a huge Murphy Anderson fan and really liked his Captain Comet stories (and Strange Adventures in general), so this is a fun cover for me. I love that Nikki has her older look also!

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