Marvel Fanfare 1 DPS pin-up

Awesome artwork and story!  Thanks for sharing.  This is what comic art collecting should be about...  good times and great memories.  You can never go wrong with a Byrne/Austin piece, so kudos to you on making the right call!  

Stalks in the shadows, then BAM!  CAF stopper!

Great art & great story! Congratulations!!!

That would have made a great Marvel Team Up cover. Congrats on picking it up.

What a great addition to your collection!!! Glad that you could correct your mistake of passing on it initially, good job on landing great art- Byrne/Austin WOW!

Your collection never sceases to Amaze! Congrats!

Baller.

I shudder to think what you had to pay to get this. Did you consider trying to distract the seller and swap your version? Maybe he would not have noticed the switch.

Definitely nowhere near as much as the nose-bleed prices of today!

A classic comic in the 80's for being the first to have that glossy paper and rich colors for the interiors.  Definitely left an impression on anyone who saw how glorious it was presented.

Fantastic and memorable pinup! Howw wonderful for you now that even at 30% above the price from 2 years earlier, your cost was pocket change compared to what it would cost you today. Congrats on finally pulling the trigger on it!

Great story behind this for you.  Congratulations on getting and thank you for sharing the picture of you tracing.  We all did that and it is great you still have yours.  This piece will never mean more to anyone else than it does to you and so it has found the right home.  

Hey "Jay", nice to see you post this after so many years. I remember in 2012 when Becahara acquired this thinking iot would look good in my Byrne collection, but couldnt pull the trigger either. My loss is your gain, and what a great piece it is.

High praise coming from the most influential OA collector from the UK!  Or is that Imran? :-)

So amazing & so memorable, but when I look at that perfectly slick & perfectly Austin Silver Surfer it makes me wish he inked the Surfer 1-shot, I'll get over it—a big Power Cosmic congrats!!

What a beauty. Congrats Jason. 

Was this one published first in the Marvel Team-Up portfolio?...or first in MarvelmFanfare? ( Doesn't matter... it's amazing either way)

Simply incredible !!

Phenomenal piece. Love Byrne's layout and pencils on this. And Austin's inks really make the art sing!

What a beauty!!

Super story with a happy ending! Congrats.

Nostalgia's a BEAR, ain't it?!  And paired with a really good looking piece?!  As you say, fuhggedaboudit!  Love the depth and sense of movement, and it's always cool seeing this unlikely pair paired up!  Outstanding stuff, Jay.  Congrats!

Just clicking around CAF and saw this piece again, man it still floors me! Byrne/Austin are true masters of the craft.

Wow! Pure Nostalgia! I'm glad you were able to acquire this piece for your collection!

In hindsight I probably should have just hung on to this one.  I still remember seeing it for the first time in Fanfare.  And then almost having a heart attack when I saw it for sale in San Diego in the early 90's.  I loved Spidey, loved Surfer, and loved Byrne.  I told myself that even though it was folded in half, it was still on one board and the fold didn't really bother me.  But when I sold it ten years later, I basically used the fold to talk myself into letting it go.  Plus, the person who bought it from me told me he had been looking for this piece forever.  Anyway, at least I made a new friend out of it.  Although I probably would have just kept it if I knew he was going to flip it later on.  LOL  

Eric, thanks for sharing the history on this piece.  Don't worry, this piece ain't going anywhere anymore!

A Byrne/Austin Surfer!   Great googlymoogly! Beautiful 

This is insane, insanely great ! Congrats for this incredible score !!!