Solar Man of the Atom #10 page 6 (1st appearance of The Eternal Warrior Gilad Anni-Padda)

Edit: so I have updated the scan to one of my own as I have it in my hands, and to quote Golem, “My, precious!”

First and foremost a huge thank you to Mr. Dinesh Shamdasani for letting me buy this from him! I will post my own scan when I receive it in the mail (which could be a few months due to the Coronavirus unfortunately).

As stated above Gilad Anna-Padda the Eternal Warrior’s first full appearance. Page 5’s bottom panel has a small image of him with his back turned.

When I was growing up Gilad was my favorite character. I was a huge Valiant fan. I remember debating with my friends that Gilad could take both Batman and Wolverine in one on one fights. Once, my friend Timothy Chandler introduced me to original art, I dreamed of owning this page ( I also dreamed of playing professional baseball (didn’t happen) but in my heart I thought it would never happen. But, lo and behold fast forward all these years later and here we are. Needless to say this is a huge piece of art for me and a historical piece in the history of Valiant Comics. Once again, a huge thanks to Mr. Dinesh Shamdasani for this (I will owe him forever).

I wanted to post this page today (4-24-20) as it is my birthday and the first one after my father’s recently passing (he had been sick for a few years) and his birthday was April 27th, so this was always a good time of year growing up.

Thanks for reading and stay safe during this Covid-19 pandemic.