Bruce Banner: The Hulk Appreciation 2019

[McFarlane's Green Hulk]

Incredible Hulk #265
Cover Date: November 1981
Sale Date: August 11th, 1981
Writer: Bill Mantlo
Artist: Sal Buscema
Letterer: Albers & Simek
Colorist: Bob Sharen
Editor: Al Milgrom

“You Can’t Always Get What You Want, But You Try Sometime, You Just Might Find You Get What You Need!”

Guest Stars/Supporting Cast: Betty Ross, Rick Jones, the New Teen Brigade, Red Wolf, Firebird, Texas Tornado, Shooting Star, and Night Rider.
Villain: The Corruptor
Synopsis: With the Hulk still under his control, the Corruptor prompts Rick Jones to call upon the Avengers, but the signal is broken apart when trying to pass thru the Rocky Mountains. Instead, it bounces around the southwestern states and various super-powered individuals respond to the emergency call; Red Wolf, Firebird, Texas Tornado, Shooting Star, and Night Rider. Together they take on the Hulk and defeat the Corruptor.



Commentary: The gathering of the Rangers is just a different twist on the gathering of the Avengers and the use of song titles for these stories is getting tiring. Thankfully, this is the last we see of this Teen Brigade.

[ARkadelphia]

I had that one back in the day. Love me some firebird. Wish they’d release these early mantlo issues in trade like they did the rest of his run.

[FrazettaHulk]

https://www.comicboards.com/php/show...ayout=portable


Link to commission Joe Bennett did for me.

[rhenley]

That looks awesome! Cool idea!

[FrazettaHulk]

That looks awesome! Cool idea!

Thank you. Have another inker lined up to ink it. So will try and share that too.

[rhenley]

You're braver than me then. With a unique item like that, I'd be afraid for anyone else to touch it. Still, I'd love to see it when it's finished.

[FrazettaHulk]

You're braver than me then. With a unique item like that, I'd be afraid for anyone else to touch it. Still, I'd love to see it when it's finished.

Oops! I coulda been a lot clearer. The inker will ink a scanned copy. Trying to look into a colorist. If I find one, then the colorist would color the scanned inked copy. In the end would have 3 versions of this to hang. Penciled, inked and colored.

[rhenley]

Oops! I coulda been a lot clearer. The inker will ink a scanned copy. Trying to look into a colorist. If I find one, then the colorist would color the scanned inked copy. In the end would have 3 versions of this to hang. Penciled, inked and colored.

Gotcha. That makes perfect sense. Any idea if Joe Bennett ever inks his own pencils?

[PlatinumThorns]

https://www.comicboards.com/php/show...ayout=portable


Link to commission Joe Bennett did for me.

How much does it cost to commission Joe?

[FrazettaHulk]

Gotcha. That makes perfect sense. Any idea if Joe Bennett ever inks his own pencils?

I think he does some quicker sketches in a marker. Those are cheaper ($400) and arent really inkable. For his higher quality ones, he just does pencils. There’s inkers whi have worked with him before that do the inking if requested. Immortal Hulk’s inker Ruy Jose would have been a longer wait since he’s busy for him to do this. So the broker I’m working with lined up Alan Patrick. He has some impressive pencils work out there if interested in seeing his stuff.

[FrazettaHulk]

How much does it cost to commission Joe?

$400 quick sketch
$700 much higher quality pencil commission.
$1000 for added lettering and little touches beyond figure art.

JadeGiant dot com is the broker of his

[rhenley]

So the broker I’m working with lined up Alan Patrick. He has some impressive pencils work out there if interested in seeing his stuff.

How much does he charge for inking?

[FrazettaHulk]

How much does he charge for inking?

$500 for it inked

[rhenley]

$500 for it inked

Cool, thanks for the info. Would love to have some original art from the guys on Immortal Hulk. Now I've just to figure out where I can steal $1,500...

[Jody Garland]

Something that has occurred to me is the pictures of Fortean on the Steel Throne in the Redeemer armor, in the Nightmare armor and the preview of Hulk on the Steel Throne all mirror each other. With the heavy themes of Sefirot and Qlippoth and the discussion about Satan's role in the above, I'm starting to wonder if Fortean isn't the Sefirotic figure in all this. It'd fit in with the Redeemer armor's name.