Saturday 15 December 2012

Captain America by Jim Steranko

Captain America by Jim Steranko, inks:Joe Sinnott, script: Stan Lee
Captain America #111 (March 1969)
To my mind Jim Steranko is the second greatest Captain America artist ever and he only drew three books! Pencils on #110 and #111 with inks by Joe Sinnott and script and pencils on #113 which was inked by Tom Palmer.  Each issue is a true classic.
Captain America #110 (February 1969)
Art by Jim Steranko
Captain America by Jim Steranko, inks:Joe Sinnott, script by Stan Lee
Captain America #110 (February 1969)
Captain America #111 (March 1969)
Art by Jim Steranko
Captain America #113 (May 1969)
Art by Jim Steranko
Captain America by Jim Steranko, inks :Joe Sinnott, script: Stan Lee
Captain America #110 (February 1969)
Captain America by Jim Steranko, inks:Joe Sinnott, script: Stan Lee
Captain America #111 (March 1969)
If only Steranko could have hung around longer at Marvel and maybe worked with Steve Englehart?  I can dream can't I?

14 comments:

  1. I was privileged to actually hang out with and talk with Jim at a Con in 2011 and he told me flat out that he would have drawn Cap for years in a perfect world.

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    1. That really would have been perfect, Steranko would have had much more freedom under Roy Thomas.

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  2. Certainly some powerful images and no mistake. Great stuff.

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  3. Steranko and Sinnott were such a fantastic pairing. Do catch their SHIELD stories in Strange Tales if you get the chance--it's just pure eye candy.

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    1. They certainly are a great pair and as you point out the place to appreciate them is in the pages of Strange Tales!

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  4. Agreed - he does a great Captain America. His art really gives off the vibes of "action" and "things happening". It is truly too bad that he couldn't have spent more time on Cap. I especially loved the cover to #110 with the Hulk and Bucky - that is just awesome!

    I know that Steranko was famous for his Nick Fury work, but what other characters / titles did he spend time on?

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    1. He did not do a lot of work for Marvel, or DC for that matter. Apart from Captain America he did Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #1-3, 5, Our Love Story #5, Strange Tales #151 -#168, Tower of Shadows #1 and X-Men #50-51

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  5. Some of Steranko's Captain America issues were reprinted in Marvel Super Action #12 and #13, Essential Captain America Volume 2, and Marvel Visionaries (2002). In 1983-84, Marvel published Steranko reprints in Captain America Special Edition #1 and #2 and Nick Fury Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #1 and #2. IIRC, the latter also included a romance story, probably from Our Love Story #5.

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  6. IIRC, Steranko did covers (but not interior art) for Hulk Annual #1 (1968) and Doc Savage and Shanna the She Devil #2 and #3. He also inked Gene Colan's pencils for the cover of Daredevil #44.

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    1. Yes, you are right, the Hulk Annual cover is the highly memorable image of Hulk supporting the logo, one of the best covers of all time!

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  7. The trouble was that he wasn't anywhere near prolific,too good for his own good,and couldn't keep the pace.When on "Nick Fury" for "Strange Tales",he only had to do 10 pages a month,before given it's own title.

    He was probably the best artist of his time period though then,but the're often the ones that go quickest.

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  8. He was probably the best artist of his time period though then,but the're often the ones that go quickest....

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    1. He was a true genius,who combined all forms of art within the comic book genre.

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