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A beautiful piece of Iron Man cover re-creation original art by legendary comic artist, Bob Layton!
This is the original art to a cover re-creation of the famous Iron Man # 132 cover featuring Iron Man vs. The Incredible Hulk! The published cover was originally drawn by Bob. This cover re-creation is of one of the most iconic Iron Man covers in the history of the Iron Man series!
The art on this cover re-creation was penciled and inked by Bob Layton! Bob has signed the art on the left side of the cover, over The Hulk\'s right knee. PLEASE NOTE: This is an original, hand drawn piece of Iron Man cover art, not a print, copy or facsimile! ALSO, the scan of the color cover to Iron Man #132 is for reference only. The comic book is NOT included in this sale.
PLEASE NOTE: The corner box, text on bottom and Iron Man logo are photostats. Everything else is original art by Bob Layton!
Bob Layton (born 1953) is an American comic book artist, writer, and editor, notable for his work on Marvel Comics titles such as Iron Man and Hercules, and for co-founding Valiant Comics with Jim Shooter.
Bob began his career by publishhing the fanzine, Charlton Bullseye along with future comics writer, Roger Stern. This association with Charlton (and Bill Pearson, production manager) in turn led to Layton becoming acquainted with the legendary Wally Wood, with whom he apprenticed. Soon after, Bob worked for Marvel for a year as the regular inker on The Champions before moving over to DC. Layton began work for DC Comics in early 1977, taking up regular inking duties on All Star Comics, as well as inking multiple issues of Secret Society of Super Villains, DC Super Stars, and DC Special, among others. In Nov./Dec. 1977, he inked the first issue of David Michelinie\'s Star Hunters, and after a number of other shorter inking jobs, moved back to Marvel in 1978, to ultimately take up one of his best remembered roles.
In 1978, Layton reunited with Michelinie, to co-write Iron Man. The two would become regular creative partners, and began their collaboration on Iron Man with #116 (November 1978). Layton continued to ink and work on covers for titles such as The Incredible Hulk, Captain America, Power Man and Iron Fist, and Micronauts. In September 1982, he launched one of Marvel\'s first limited series, writing and drawing the four-issue Hercules: Prince of Power. Its success spawned a four-issue sequel in 1984.
Bob Layton was one of the chief architects of the Valiant Universe, along with Jim Shooter, Barry Windsor-Smith, Steven J. Massarsky, and Jon Hartz. He co-created a number of the core characters including X-O Manowar, and later became Editor-in-Chief and Senior Vice President, during which time he controlled the company during its most profitable period. Today, Layton enjoys doing commissions and has several movie deals in the works for his various properties.
This 11 X 17 inch page of art on bristol board is in excellent condition and would make a great addition to any Iron Man, Incredible Hulk or Bob Layton collection! It could also make a GREAT GIFT!
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Winning buyer is to pay $18.00 shipping in the U.S. Foreign shipping will be $60.00 for Express Mail International to all countries. I accept Paypal and payment must be made within 2 days of sale close unless other arrangements are made with the seller!! No exceptions!!
NOTE TO International Buyers: Please DO NOT ask me to declare anything less than the full value of the art and/or comics on the customs form because I will not do so. Import duties, taxes and charges are not included in the item price or shipping charges. These charges are the buyer’s responsibility. Please check with your country’s customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to offerding/buying.
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