Thanks Ruben.  You can see Alcala's influence but lacking the surgical delicacy Alcala has in his ink application.

Then it really would be 'piece by piece'!

Very cool perspective on a grand scale!

Such an incredible page with every panel a treat unto itself!

Save time for the donkey show.

Wonderful vintage Grell goodness!

Wow!!  Mucho congratulations!!  What an amazing page in so many ways!!

And lest we forget, it was a gypsy WOMAN.  Not high-schooler...

It had to be dwarves...

At least he died doing what he loves.....  

Just love this!  Oozing with yesteryear!

I don't know.  From the brief trailer footage I saw, I think an elderly Ford has more testosterone than the character the actor they cast.  Thankfully, we have comics like your page that can't f up the character.

For someone who's not a Superman fan, this is a really visually impressive page.  I really live it! 

Won't see the film but perhaps, Harrison Ford would have been a better Superman.

This was the star of the auction for obvious reasons, and one of the nicest color bws pieces I've seen.  Such a masterpiece and beyond grail territory.

Bullseye!!  Nice!!!

Jose Bea did many works for Warren.  His style is rich and extremely unique.  It was perfect for the horror themes he focused on in his career.

Fantastic page, spectacular art style with the fine line style.

Cowboys with the Mark of the Beast!!!  Yeeeeehawww!!

Good Lord, they are shape-shifting!!

Beautiful, aesthetic vintage goodness!!!

Wow, Kavi!!!!  When the Millennium Falcon is on a Star Wars page, it doesn't get any better but this is true Holy Grail material!!  The detail and large foreground prominence make this the best Millennium Falcon page I can recall ever seeing.  Congratulations!!!!

Beautiful with a vintage '60s / 70's vibe.

I knew Bonestell was an architecture illustrator but never knew about the expo on the west coast.  What an amazing set of structures and equally, what an incredible piece of art.  Colossal congratulations!

Great art and even better narration!!  Love it!!

Beautiful vintage gem!!

This is beyond words!!  So otherworldly and insanely detailed.  I'd never sell it.

Excellent dark and powerful page, Kavi!!  Super!!

Entering an atmosphere with a high concentration of kimchi and possible bonito flake interference.  Shields up!  Great page, Rick!

Mother's been doing steroids again.  Superb narrative, nevertheless!

But I do think the planets lined up like this when Bill Cox found a buyer for his miniature golf course.

Nice!  I like the red satanic nebula for some color varaiance to break up the blue tones.

It had to be a checkered floor. A checkered floor...

Thanks Ruben.  That would've been quite memorable to discuss that with Infantino.  There's much going on so the overhead perspective shows the reader the magnitude of the moment in a God's view.

The intense shadows really make this unique and the colored published version is just as impressive, putting perspective on the shadows in the moonlight.  A masterpiece !!

Bigger, badder, better!

Me neither!

I'm going to Joe Palooka Mountain.

I wonder if she can do horror with lots of blood and vampires ....  Lots of red crayon needed! 

All the more reason to get a Ring doorbell camera!!!!!  Great piece!

I agree, Kavi.  Sorry Ruben.  You wouldn't see the cool Sodium gas effect without standing on the frozen ground of Io. The sodium cloud appears like a jet extending from Io away from Jupiter and tilted down with respect to Io's orbital plane.

I didn't notice that, and immediately thought it was wrong, but it's published this way so is original.  Good perception!

Carefully crafted vintage goodness.  You just don't see this kind of workmanship today.  Great piece, Rick!

Thanks Ruben.  I agree. I was thinking this was either a tryout and/or so horrible, the editor asked Alcala to do it.  Seeing how fast Alcala was, it was probably a tryout to then have Alcala do it and see the comparison - a massive void between the two levels of workmanship!  

Just discovered we were right and I added the actual published version which is Alcala for sure.  Now.... who did mine and why does my version exist?????

Update.  Look at the published one.  Same story but it's not mine and is definitely Alcala.

I don't know who did the page I posted and bought but there is a different version that was published.  It keeps the same story but it definitely shows Alcala's hand in the published one. 

I couldn't have described it better, Ruben!  You've got a gift in your perception.

Fantastic cover with masterful detail and composition!!

Great cover!  Congrats Rick!!

Somehow Bill, I missed the auction where you sold your left testicle and kidney for this but, it is truly amazing.  Wow!  Bravo!!!