A line up of great artists drew for NBE, including Severin, Jack Kirby, and Tom Sutton. And speaking of great artists, take a look at this gorgeous page from NBE #12!
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| Avengers in Not Brand Echh #12 by dream team John Buscema and George Klein |
Fun fact: The Vision officially joined the team at the end of Avengers #58. But apart from the very end of Avengers #60, this is the only appearance of the Wasp/Hank Pym Goliath/Hawkeye/Black Panther/Vision (core group) line-up!
'Course I'm talking about how it unfolded in comics back then; subsequent retcons and untold tales need not apply ;)
2 comments:
Thanks for posting this page,this was the first issue of NBE I ever read.
Not that I'm complaining,but I don't recall the Wasp being draw so zaftig(for lack of a better word)anywhere else.
I don't see this happening, but I would love to see Marvel publishing a 'Not Brand Echh' Masterworks or Omnibus collection.
Hi J.A., thanks for stopping by!
I agree, NBE would seem to be a natural for a collection. Maybe Marvel thinks the humor won't age well, but there were a couple of NBE "Unhumans" stories reprinted in the recent Inhumans Masterworks volume and they were just great--absurd and enjoyable.
As for Jan's appearance here: yeah, John Buscema seemed to draw most of his heroines on the voluptuous side, even pear-shaped at times. Unlike artists such as John Romita and Don Heck, Buscema didn't draw many women as being especially slender or attenuated below the waist. The "earth mother" figure he gives his women is really apparent when the woman is wearing what amounts to a one-piece bathing suit as Jan does here, or as the Scarlet Witch basically did during that time.
Anyway, I think Jan never looked more beautiful than when she was drawn by the Buscema/George Klein team. And you know, the guys look pretty great here, too-Buscema was unparalleled when it came to drawing men and their muscles!
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