Gene in January, Day Twenty SixCaptain America #137 page 13 by Gene Colan and
Bill Everetthttps://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1698063
Here is the other half pager from Cap #137. As is often the case with originals
from the same story, pages 12 and 13 have a slightly different paper quality,
since they were separated for many years, and reunited in one collection thanks
to the diligence of the last owner.
Gene Colan and Bill Everett created pages 12 and 13 on one board. This was cut
in half horizontally between panels and each half secured with tape to a new
board by Marvel's production department. The irregular cut from the blade left
a clear pattern where the top and bottom halves match up. I considered
reuniting them as one page again, but that would violate their integrity as
artifacts, even if they did start life that way. I did recreate the page as
nature (and Gene and Bill) intended, it's in additional images, below.*
There are two half-pagers in Captain America #136 also, the other Colan/Everett
Cap outing. I have the top half (page 12) of that bisected page, and another
collector owns the bottom half (page 13). Such are the vicissitudes of our
quirky, fickle hobby. My fondest wish is that enough of these pages can be
accounted for to merit inclusion in another prospective Gene Colan Artist
Edition, or an artist edition-type book or folio. It could happen!
*Ok, the two halves fitted back together look amazing. Nix that: they look
really, really amazing! I feel an art crime comin' on.
Pax,Sean
