Media release — DON HECK stays one of the legendary names in comics, thought about an “artist’s artist,” respected by peers, as well as cherished by fans as the co-creator of marvel Comics characters Iron Man, Hawkeye, as well as Black Widow, as well as for his long stint on marvel Comics’ team book The Avengers. He joined Atlas/Marvel Comics in 1954, as well as together with market giants Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Joe Maneely, as well as Dick Ayers, Don ended up being an integral player in “The marvel Age of Comics”, drawing The X-Men, Spider-Man, Nick Fury—Agent of SHIELD, Daredevil, The Defenders, Ghost Rider, as well as a lot of of Marvel’s other characters. In the late 1970s he ended up being routine artist on top-tier DC Comics titles such as teen Titans, The Flash, Justice league of America, as well as question Woman.
In Don Heck: A work Of Art, author John Coates has thoroughly researched as well as chronicled info on Don’s storied 40-year career, including his time at DC, Dell, Gold Key, as well as as “ghost” artist on Lee Falk’s The Phantom newspaper strip. From personal recollections from Don’s surviving family, long-time friends, as well as market legends, to unusual interviews with Heck himself (where he goes over his career, creative technique, triumphs, frustrations, as well as like of drawing), this book is full of insight into—and first-hand anecdotes from—the early days of marvel Comics. It likewise features an unbiased analysis of sales on Don’s DC Comics titles, an substantial art gallery (including published, unpublished, as well as pencil artwork), a Foreword by Stan Lee, as well as an Afterword by beloved Smith.
DON HECK: A work of Art
192-page FULL-COLOR HARDCOVER – by John Coates
$39.95 cover price
Diamond Comic Distributors buy Code: JUN141474
ISBN-13: 978-1-60549-058-8
ISBN-10: 1-60549-058-X
Ships September 10, 2014
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