Amazing Spider-Man #797, page 15

Artists: Stuart Immonen (Penciller) , Wade von Grawbadger (Inker)

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Amazing Spider-Man #797, page 15 Comic Art

Artwork Details

Title:	Amazing Spider-Man #797, page 15
Artist:	Stuart Immonen (Penciller)
Artist:	Wade von Grawbadger (Inker)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	1,419
Likes on CAF:	4 5
Comments:	7
Added to Site:	5/10/2019
Comic Art Archive:	Amazing Spider-Man Issue: 797 Page: 15 View

Description

This is the first page (second, in reality, but the first one I have in my hands) by the talented Stuart Immonen that I add to my collection. Only you fellow collectors can understand what receiving a first page from a great artist feels like. Hint, hint, it's amazing!!

I'm usually more of an old school guy when it comes to lettering and I love me some pages with balloons, yet I've got to admit that this balloon-less page is just fine as it is. You can understand everything that happens without any dialogues needed as Norman's behavior is so explicit and clearly depicted. A testimony to how impressive a storyteller Stuart is.

The inking by Wade von Grawbadger is the perfect complement to Stuart's work in general and more particularly on this page. As a matter of fact, the use of the light source coming from the right-side of the first panels reinforces that sequence very nicely.
And, yeah, I know that that last panel is obviously the one that catches your eye, but the money shots for me are the first three panels with Norman's various expressions. (Any aspiring artist could learn from this little sequence.)
Those are the images that convinced me of buying this page, actually. Stuart and Wade captured to the perfection Norman's two-face nature with his expressive face partially blacked out. Now that here is malice and malevolence in that second panel or I don't know my villains!

Of course, writer Dan Slott and Stuart option to use POV sequences throughout this issue are sheer brilliance to maintain the suspense and illustrate with brio the fact that Norman addresses someone he kidnapped and that we, readers, don't know the identity of. Only to discover at the very last page that it is in reality... OK, don't worry, I won't tell for those that haven't read it.

Fun fact: I had the choice between buying this page and the following one, more action-oriented with the Goblin King attacking Norman with his flaming sword, but I went for this page instead since the storytelling aspect has almost always more appeal to me in comparison.

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Paul P Spiderversity
Member Since 2011

1 - Posted on 5/10/2019

Fantastic page! Love your description, and I agree with you 100%. This is is a keeper.

Foggy Bottom
Member Since 2009
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1 - Posted on 5/10/2019

Baller page. I’m also a huge fan of SI and WG.

F M
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 5/10/2019

Great page. I agree that the heavy use of blacks and the first 3 panels sequence are the true incentive here. That being said, the following page must also look incredible in b&w ;)

Jimmy Cawley
Member Since 2015

1 - Posted on 5/10/2019

They capture Osborn perfectly

S Riz
Member Since 2014

1 - Posted on 5/14/2019

Immonen and Wade were the perfect combo during their run on ASM. You picked a great example, congrats!

K Gearon
Member Since 2011

1 - Posted on 5/15/2019

You’re right about those top 3 panels! Some great storytelling through Norman’s expressions and the use of shading! The Goblin King shot at the bottom is a nice bonus. Congrats!

Bill J
Member Since 2009

1 - Posted on 8/8/2020

Fabulous page! I love this kind of visual storytelling. Words are unnecessary when the art is this well done. Congrats!

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