CAPTAIN MARVEL 10 PAGE 14 SPLASH BY CHRISSCROSS AND MARK MCKENNA

Here is a splashy action page from a series I really loved back when, the Genis-Vell incarnation of Captain Marvel under Peter David's tenure. Much of that love came from ChrissCross insanely energized art on the series and this page was too good to pass when it came up at auction.

The plot of that issue is simple, an earth child with some kind of cosmic power or awareness has been kidnapped by the evil skrulls and Cap' Marv', Moondragon and the Silver Surfer come to her rescue.

The first two panels establish that the child has manifested her power and is surrounded by threatening skrulls, aiming at her.

The incentive of the page is of course that ¾ splash of Cap' Marv' deflecting all the skrulls' pew pew pews fired at him when he came a' crashing their base with some sort of self-generated energy shield.

I find that the stance ChrissCross drew him in is fantastic in conveying the stress he is under. No super powerful bravado with a full body stance here (which would have meant the original art would have sold for more, the route many would have chosen, so bravo to the artist for doing what's needed to only serve the storytelling), what he is doing is taxing him.

And that energy field effect is simply insane and truly radiates intensity, not to mention the detail of the energy blasts pushing into it. Great inks also on that part alone.

Just great stuff from an artist sadly much too rare nowadays.