mtlevy1 Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Hello Art Experts, A challenge - does anyone know if the face below is a comic character or Marvel creator? On the back of an Andru ASM 171 page from 1977 the front of the page has no mustached men (or women) Please reply in the thread so we can have the power of the community brought to bear on this serious question Thanks for replying! Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wurstisart Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Interesting question. I have seen pretty much everything you can imagine on the back of pages and always thought it’s just a warm up procedure of the inker inking random stuff they just thought of at that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee B. Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 I need to check the index in Dave Hunt's autobiography to be sure, but Dave may have provided uncredited background inks for this page and drew that as a warm-up on the back. It kind of looks like Dave. I'll check later tonight and let you know. Best, Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadeGiant Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 I am guessing that is hoodlum #3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCarter27 Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Tony Stark's dad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider-Variant Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 On 3/28/2020 at 12:34 PM, mtlevy1 said: Hello Art Experts, A challenge - does anyone know if the face below is a comic character or Marvel creator? On the back of an Andru ASM 171 page from 1977 the front of the page has no mustached men (or women) Please reply in the thread so we can have the power of the community brought to bear on this serious question Thanks for replying! Mark I saw this the other day and my curiosity was peaked. I did not recognize it as a Marvel character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtlevy1 Posted March 30, 2020 Author Share Posted March 30, 2020 So far we have a rare early concept sketch for Tony Starks' dad - awaiting Mr. Hunt's response! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Spider-Variant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 On 3/28/2020 at 7:34 PM, mtlevy1 said: Hello Art Experts, A challenge - does anyone know if the face below is a comic character or Marvel creator? On the back of an Andru ASM 171 page from 1977 the front of the page has no mustached men (or women) Please reply in the thread so we can have the power of the community brought to bear on this serious question Thanks for replying! Mark Moustache, big chin, bag under eye, floppy blonde hair... It's 70's Stan Bloody Lee! Spider-Variant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wipple Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 captain kangaroo obv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider-Variant Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 1 hour ago, Get Marwood & I said: Moustache, big chin, bag under eye, floppy blonde hair... It's 70's Stan Bloody Lee! Not so certain, even messing around Ross probably would have gotten closer, unless of course it wasn't Ross but Mike Esposito (which it doesn't look like to me) or Dave Hunt drawing the figure. Here is Ross's take from ASM #169. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee B. Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 10 hours ago, mtlevy1 said: So far we have a rare early concept sketch for Tony Starks' dad - awaiting Mr. Hunt's response! Based on the records I have reviewed, Dave Hunt did not provide uncredited background inks for ASM #171. He apparently stopped doing that with ASM #170. Dave might have still been in the Marvel Bullpen on a daily basis, working alongside Mike Esposito. Here's a self-portrait that Dave drew for DC after he started working there in the late 1970s/early 1980s. The sketch on the back of the ASM #171 page looks a bit old and haggard to be Dave, but who knows? Best, Lee Spider-Variant and Get Marwood & I 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 1 minute ago, Spider-Variant said: Not so certain, even messing around Ross probably would have gotten closer, unless of course it wasn't Ross but Mike Esposito (which it doesn't look like to me) or Dave Hunt drawing the figure. Here is Ross's take from ASM #169. Mebbe. His Elton John aint much cop. Catwoman_Fan and Spider-Variant 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider-Variant Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Here's the rest of the back to that ASM 171 original art page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee B. Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Can we see the front too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 1 minute ago, Spider-Variant said: Here's the rest of the back to that ASM 171 original art page. It's him! They're his legs too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider-Variant Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 2 minutes ago, Lee B. said: Can we see the front too? Lee B. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider-Variant Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 2 minutes ago, Get Marwood & I said: It's him! They're his legs too! That's too funny. I think it was someone just messing around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider-Variant Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 8 minutes ago, Lee B. said: Based on the records I have reviewed, Dave Hunt did not provide uncredited background inks for ASM #171. He apparently stopped doing that with ASM #170. Dave might have still been in the Marvel Bullpen on a daily basis, working alongside Mike Esposito. Here's a self-portrait that Dave drew for DC after he started working there in the late 1970s/early 1980s. The sketch on the back of the ASM #171 page looks a bit old and haggard to be Dave, but who knows? Best, Lee Do you have a list of ASM issues Dave worked on? I know you worked on the book, so if you would prefer not to give out that info, I totally understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 1 minute ago, Spider-Variant said: That's too funny. I think it was someone just messing around. Yep. Photon rocked that suit didn't he. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
