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Silver Surfer Pin-up -- 1974 Early John Byrne

Location: Byrne, John
Artists: John Byrne (Penciller) , John Byrne (Inker)

Location: Byrne, John
Title: Silver Surfer Pin-up -- 1974 Early John Byrne*
Artist: John Byrne (Penciller) , John Byrne (Inker)
Media Type: Pen and Ink
Art Type: Interior Page
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 2893
Likes on CAF: 2
Favorited on CAF: 2
Comments: 12
Added to Site: 3/12/2011

Drawn when he was 24 years old and just breaking into the Comic Art world, this is the earliest known drawing of the Silver Surfer by John Byrne. Byrne’s original work has been noted as being rough, with his drawings emphasizing curves over straight lines. Byrne has himself called the straight line "his least favorite artistic element".

Byrne left college in 1973 without graduating. He broke into comics illustrating a two-page story by writer Al Hewetson for Skywald Publications’ black-and-white horror magazine Nightmare #20 (August 1974).

This particular Silver Surfer Pin-Up was drawn in 1974, one year before he joined Marvel Comics (June 1975), and was published in the fanzine CPL #11 page 14 (Contemporary Pictorial Literature). It shows how both lines and curves can be used to dramatically show motion combined with direction.

This is an amazing page from a one-of-a-kind artist.

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Foggy Bottom Member Since 2009
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Posted On 3/12/2011

Wow! That's some Baller sh!t right there.

Jason No Member Since 2004

Posted On 3/12/2011

Great splash. Love the pose

PERCY'S COLLECTION Member Since 2003

Posted On 3/13/2011

Amazing piece. Congrats!!

aric shapiro Member Since 2006

Posted On 3/18/2011

Classic!!!!

Olivier D Member Since 2006

Posted On 3/21/2011

Incredible take on one of my preferred character, love the general/dynamic movement showed here. If you ever need to move this one please let me know! Thx

Alex B Member Since 2008

Posted On 3/25/2011

WOW ! What a great proof of his early genius ! Simply perfect. Congrats for that stunning piece !

douglas smith Member Since 2006

Posted On 4/5/2011

this is an incredible piece of art....major congrats.....DOOM!!!!!!

Santi Ferrer Member Since 2009

Posted On 3/16/2012

COSMIC Byrne !!!

Olivier D Member Since 2006

Posted On 4/22/2020

Still need this in my life! 😍

Anthony Bryan Member Since 2014

Posted On 3/17/2022

Interesting piece of history.

Craig Zablo Member Since 2004

Posted On 9/27/2025

Vintage, and I mean VINTAGE Byrne! Very cool!

Joe Murray Member Since 2006

Posted On 7/22/2026

By the Power Cosmic! That's one helluva Surfer classic, as a huge Byrne fan his fanzine days are just as amazing as the rest, sometimes more so, congrats!

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