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Printed Cloth Banner
Location: BYRNE, John - Fantastic Four
Artists:
John Byrne
(Penciller)
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John Byrne
(Inker)
,
Glynis Wein
(Painter)
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Wonderful moment enhanced with color. Must look really impressive in person.
Very Cool Page !
Very neat to see some of these vintage Byrne works that didn't get as much widespread use. You can tell he was on top of his game in '84.
Interesting piece! At a time where there was very little out there, Marvel came out with some unique merchandise in 1984-86: a series of very cool character patches, some baseball-team style pennents, and these cloth banners. All featured artwork from the Marvel luminaries of the era: Miller, Simonson, Zeck, Paul Smith, JRJR, and, of course, Byrne. This piece is very cool, so nostalgic to see She-Hulk front and center in an FF uniform!
This is a great piece to own but I have to correct you. You are partly right but that's not really Doctor Doom. This is from the part of Byrne;s run where Doom had been presumed dead after FF #260. The Doombots that took little Kristoff and turned him into a replacement Doom and implanted Doom's memories in his mind. His armor never has a cape in this era. Check out FF #278 for the story. I actually found this banner on eBay years ago. I like it because it is the few times someone did some merchandise featuring Kristoff.
Thank you for this clarification. It has been a while since I read that part of Byrne's Fantastic Four run and I had forgotten that plot twist. I have changed the description accordingly.
You're welcome. I like the change you made in the description. It explains the situation at that time very well.
Gorgeous Byrne art!