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Punisher French Portfolio #1 Plate 2 (& Punisher #2 Variant Cover) MIKE ZECK

Location: PERSONAL COLLECTION - My Punisher Grails!!!
Artist: Mike Zeck (All)

Location: PERSONAL COLLECTION - My Punisher Grails!!!
Title: Punisher French Portfolio #1 Plate 2 (& Punisher #2 Variant Cover) MIKE ZECK
Artist: Mike Zeck (All)
Media Type: Pen and Ink
Art Type: Illustration
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 3296
Likes on CAF: 21
Favorited on CAF: 2
Comments: 12
Added to Site: 9/29/2018

Marvel has recently been digging deep to publish some hidden treasures by some of their most famous artists. With the re-launch of the Punisher with issue #1, they decided to put Mike Zeck in the spotlight and publish some of his lesser known (but spectacular) pieces as incentive covers. This was originally published in 1986 as the second portfolio plate in Editions Deesse's Punisher portfolio. That portfolio was limited to 999 copies. The portfolio was later reprinted in the US as an "unlimited" color portfolio. This art has now also been printed as the Zeck Variant cover for Punisher #2.

This art was also used in 2015 as the cover to the remarqued edition of the Mike Zeck Artists Edition (only 100 copies of that book were sold). It's a prized piece in my collection and I'm glad to see it celebrated 32 years later as a cover.

Exhibited in 2014 at the Mike Zeck "Raw Fury" exhibit at the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco.

There are two variant editions of this book. The color version was released a 1:100 variant and the B&W was released as a 1:500 variant. To those who love this image as much as I do, good luck tracking down a copy of the 1:500 variant!

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Alkis V. Member Since 2004

Posted On 9/29/2018

Amazing!

Steve Kro Member Since 2007

Posted On 9/29/2018

Oui!

Matt W Member Since 2009

Posted On 9/29/2018

omg!

frank x townsondecker Member Since 2006

Posted On 9/29/2018

Awesome!!!

Jeremy Radisich Member Since 2004

Posted On 9/29/2018

One of my favorite Zeck Punisher images, even though we actually only see a portion of Frank’s face—so intense and hyper-realistic!

Malvin V Member Since 2004

Posted On 9/30/2018

Wow! Nice! Glad you are sharing these gems

J L Member Since 2005

Posted On 9/30/2018

Awesome piece!!!!

Daryl R Member Since 2015

Posted On 9/30/2018

Incredible piece by Zeck!

Bill J Member Since 2009

Posted On 1/20/2019

Phenomenal! This is a museum-quality piece!

Dermot D Member Since 2012

Posted On 6/15/2020

Zeck was firing on all cylinders here > Awesome!

Thomas Vanderstappen Member Since 2005

Posted On 12/20/2020

Ow man, that image brings back memories. Stunning piece. Congrats!

C R Member Since 2020

Posted On 12/22/2020

Great piece. Just listened to your episode with Felix Comic Art Podcast. Fantastic stuff. Love the Zeck art stories. I'm a huge Zeck fan as well. Would love to see those Punisher Limited Series covers. Thanks.

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Punisher French Portfolio #1 Plate 2 (& Punisher #2 Variant Cover) MIKE ZECK

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