That is a GREAT page and really makes your point about the combo.
Mark Nevins
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On Jan 30, 2021, at 21:50, zzutak <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Gene in January, Day Twenty Nine
Captain America #137 page 20 by Gene Colan and Bill Everett
https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1698978
This is the final superhero page rendered by Gene Colan and Bill Everett. In
addition to a few covers, Gene and Bill lent their talents to about
ninety-four Sub-mariner, Black Widow and Captain America pages. Still to come
were three romance stories in My Love #13, 15 and 16, adding an additional 18
pages to their output, for around 115 pages altogether (including covers).
For atmosphere and portraiture, Colan/Everett romance art is tops, and to
date I've only ever found one example.
Colan/Everett art has what can only be described as charisma. Bill Everett's
supple line moves along the forms on this page to exquisite effect. Everett's
flowing hatching harmonizes beautifully with Gene Colan's sweeping rhythms,
and brings a fine luster to the great penciller's inventive and inspirited
mise-en-scène. Gene brought his cinematic vision to every page of his two
year Captain America run (#116-137, from 1969-71), but his art strolled or
soared based on the inker assigned to the book. So, we can be thankful that
Joe Sinnott and Bill Everett inked the issues they did. This is art I love
any time I return to it.
Pax,
Sean
