Gallery Comments by Greg Goldstein

Really nice page. Sinnott's inking over Buscema is always great. Did Buscema use the Kirby Kracke for many issues after taking over the book?

A wonderful splash from this series. I'm freaking out a bit, realizing that it has already been 25 years since this came out!

Guess it wasn't the dove.

Excuse me, can you hand me that stick? This horse isn't quite dead yet.

Nice art, of course, but I have to admit I've never heard of this title.

Angie Dickinson showing panty is probably your clue that this was going to be a swanky piece!

Also, best use of turtlenecks since Man from U.N.C.L.E. :) But seriously, what a stunner and confluence of checking off want list boxes, congrats!

Patience is indeed a virtue!  I first read these great stories in Astonishing Tales when I was collecting back issues in the early 1980's, at that time I was not aware of who Wally Wood was, I just knew I really liked his artwork!  Having multiple panels with Dr. Doom plus the added bonus of the Red Skull in the final panel makes this page one that was well worth the wait!  Big congratulations on adding this beauty to your incredible collection! 

It was such a joyous day until Hulk landed and took out the Maximoff siblings.

The smart car of spaceships. Great for zooming around the galaxy and also easy to park.

Outstanding splash! Berry at his very best here also.

The clone beat him to it.

I love this one-shot. Very emotional climax. Looks like this is the best page in the book.

Fantastic page Greg!  Congratulations!

What a beautiful pin up! A huge nod to Mucha and the art Noveau period Love it!!

aaron is vey under rated.

Dave is an incredible talent, so much so that very few artist/writers could have pulled off this page as successfully as Dave.  It should also be noted that Dave has also won awards for his lettering, which was brilliant!

Terrific story, rounding out your beautiful new art post!  Congrats on landing a piece that is not only tied in to some pretty great memories, but is a pretty incredible piece in its own right.  (Does your buddy Bob collect comic art?  Did you tell him you got this one? ;) )

I really enjoyed Alex's work on 'Lando', but didn't know he did much other Star Wars work than that (pardon my ignorance)...  I should look some more up - this is really great work.  Congrats again!

Superb details. But you would think with wingspans like that, it would just fly itself to California :)

An incredible, engaging story with art to match it!  You have a Superb Collection!

I have always loved the Andru/Esposito team.  And I've also been interested in pages where the artist used unusal layouts.  THIS PAGE?  It totally takes the cake in my book.  Thank you for posting the piece and adding your notes.

It’s so cool to see this again! It was one of the very first covers I ever owned many years ago and one of the biggest lessons I ever learned in the hobby: learn about the different terms before you buy. I had no idea what a lightboxed cover from Kirby pencils was and by the time I did learn, I had let another collector completely talk me out of wanting to own it (another lesson: don’t always listen to other collectors’ opinions; form your own) and I traded it away, cheaply. It is a beautiful, published cover and, in my opinion, is perfectly lightbox inked by Rude to make a very dynamic and smooth Kirby trade paperback cover! It’s so nice to see this one pop up again! Congrats on owning it!

I agree to all your descriptions. John Buscema ruled the waves of Marvels sea in the 70s and 80s together with Joe Sinnott. Great page from a very nice issue (artwise, I always thought that in these issues the art was top while the story was so lala and sometimes quite repetitive. I love the dragon (I also have have a 238 dragon page in my collection)!

Love this! Besides loving the X-Files, I really dig stained glass in comic pages. It usually has such a dramatic impact. Curious here why the stained glass has more of a cartoony feel? Was this relevant to the story or just Charlie's style?