Joshua, John :: Homages to All-Star Squadron #31

The Invaders (plus The Liberty Legion and guests) homage to All-Star Squadron issue #31

Artists: Brendon Fraim (Penciller) , Brian Fraim (Inker)

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The Invaders (plus The Liberty Legion and guests) homage to All-Star Squadron issue #31 Comic Art

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Title:	The Invaders (plus The Liberty Legion and guests) homage to All-Star Squadron issue #31
Artist:	Brendon Fraim (Penciller)
Artist:	Brian Fraim (Inker)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Commission
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	2,236
Likes on CAF:	6 7
Favorited on CAF:	2
Comments:	9
Added to Site:	7/20/2017
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Confession time: this wasn't actually what I thought I'd be doing next.

Though my main commission interests are the science fiction subjects (Babylon 5, Adam Strange, Guardians Of The Galaxy), I've been a fan of the Golden Age characters since discovering Roy Thomas' Invaders and the All-Star Comics revival pretty much simultaneously in the mid-1970s - and Roy's move to DC, and particularly his All-Star Squadron, cemented them as firm favourites.

For some time I've been thinking it would be a good idea to get some new All-Star Squadron covers done, and I have what I think is a nice hook to unify them, so I've been gradually re-reading the "Bronze Age Golden Age" material --- and it was after going through Roy's Earth-X story in All-Star Squadron #31-35 that it struck me that Jerry Ordway's cover for issue #31 had potential to be adapted to feature Marvel's World War 2 super-team.

Most of this fell into place quickly - the Uncle Sam/Cap, Hawkman/Red Raven, Plastic Man/Thin Man, Robin/Bucky, Ray/Torch and Johnny Quick/Toro figures were obvious, but I did at one point consider swapping the Golden Age Vision for Superman, Sub-Mariner for Black Condor, Miss America for Liberty Belle, and had that continued, then The Mighty Destroyer would have been excluded - but I think the end result was the right one. And I'm still grinning at the decision to substitute The Patriot for the Star-Spangled Kid...

As ever, Brendon and Brian Fraim did a great job for me on this - fast, responsive and amazingly reasonably priced. Use 'em if you can!

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Fred's CAF Gallery
Member Since 2003

Posted on 7/21/2017

Fun-tastic!

Aidan (Re-Legion ) Lacy
Member Since 2005

Posted on 7/21/2017

Always happy to see the Legion whether the 31st Century version or the WW 2 home-front team. Great idea, well executed

Bill C
Member Since 2009

Posted on 7/21/2017

Very cool

allen trembone
Member Since 2012

Posted on 7/22/2017

This is totally awesome.i hope to see more homages to all-star squadron#31,featuring different golden age characters.

allen trembone
Member Since 2012

Posted on 7/22/2017

this is awesome.

R Shur
Member Since 2004

Posted on 7/23/2017

A Truly Great Commission!!! Hmmm the image seems very familiar to me :) http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1029069

John Joshua
Member Since 2015

Posted on 8/6/2017

R Shur wrote:

A Truly Great Commission!!! Hmmm the image seems very familiar to me :) http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1029069 Thanks! And you have no idea how jealous I am of the fact that you own that page....

Thanks! And you have no idea how jealous I am of the fact that you own that page....

Will Cox
Member Since 2006

Posted on 7/23/2017

Great piece! The Invaders and Liberty Legion look fantastic here.

Roy Johnson
Member Since 2010

Posted on 8/7/2017

Oh yeah, that's the stuff. Great idea and execution.

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