Simon Ma UNITED KINGDOM
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The Avenger – Kyle Baker

Location: Comic Art
Artist: Kyle Baker (All)

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Location: Comic Art
Title: The Avenger – Kyle Baker
Artist:  Kyle Baker (All)
Media Type: Mixed Media
Art Type: Illustration
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 71
Likes on CAF: 4
Comments: 4
Added to Site: 12/13/2025

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I am a bit fuzzy in my recollection of this piece but I think I obtained it from Malcom Bourne – psychiatrist for children, comics writer, former unpaid-volunteer at UKCAC, esteemed and well-connected British CAF member, interviewee of Comic Art LIVE episode 52, connoisseur of original comic art, and personal friend of Kyle Baker (see the photo uploaded in July of this year in his CAF gallery in which Malcolm poses for a photo with Kyle Baker and Scott Morse).

I also have a vague memory that this image was used in an advert for the comic in a black and white, stapled, advance-solicitations publication which came out in 1989. I am especially grateful to Malcolm for providing this drawing because there is no dramatic killer image in the comic itself for the Avenger. Thank you, Malcolm!

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Marcus Wai Member Since 2005
Posted On 12/13/2025

Looks like classic sci-fi illustration.  The black base and the frosty splatter is futuristic crime noir. 

Simon Ma Member Since 2013
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Posted On 1/26/2026

Marcus Wai wrote:
"  Looks like classic sci-fi illustration.  The black base and the frosty splatter is futuristic crime noir. 
 "

The radical new spin on the classic origin puts the story into modern body-horror territory.

Mark V Member Since 2021
Posted On 12/14/2025

Basically Robert Mitchum as the Avenger but Baker makes it work...and how!

 

Simon Ma Member Since 2013
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Posted On 1/26/2026

Mark V wrote:
"  Basically Robert Mitchum as the Avenger but Baker makes it work...and how!
 
 "

Thank you for reminding me. Benson looked even more Mitchum-esque in his supporting role in the Shadow title. Wouldn’t he have been great in a movie or serial?