Warlord of Mars - Woola

The 3rd of 25 sketch cards done for the Warlord of Mars trading card series by Breygent.

Woola created by Edgar Rice Burroughs in 1912
Currently being published by Dynamite Comics
© the ER Burroughs Estate

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March 2o12
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Warlord of Mars - John Carter

The 2nd of 25 sketch cards done for the Warlord of Mars trading card series by Breygent.

John Carter, Warlord of Mars, created by Edgar Rice Burroughs in 1912

Currently being published by Dynamite Comics
© the ER Burroughs Estate

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March 2o12
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Warlord of Mars - John Carter

The 1st of 25 sketch cards done for the Warlord of Mars trading card series by Breygent.

John Carter, Warlord of Mars, created by Edgar Rice Burroughs in 1912

Currently being published by Dynamite Comics
© the ER Burroughs Estate

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March 2o12
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Avengers Assemble - Hawkeye

The final of 51 sketch cards done for the Avengers Assemble trading card series by Upper Deck.

Clinton Francis Barton, aka Hawkeye, created by Stan Lee and Don Heck
First appearance: Tales of Suspense #57, 1964
First Avengers appearance: Avengers #16, 1965
© Marvel Comics

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February 2o12
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Avengers Assemble - Psyklop and the Hulk

The 50th of 51 sketch cards done for the Avengers Assemble trading card series by Upper Deck.

Psyklop created by Harlan Ellison, Roy Thomas, Sal Buscema and Jim Mooney
First appearance: Avengers #88, 1971

Bruce Banner, aka The Hulk, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
First appearance: The Incredible Hulk #1, 1962
First Avengers appearance: Avengers #1, 1963
© Marvel Comics

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February 2o12
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Avengers Assemble - Nick Fury

The 49th of 51 sketch cards done for the Avengers Assemble trading card series by Upper Deck.

This is the only time I went away from using the first 100 issues of The Avengers as reference. I wanted to do (at least) 2 cards of the major players in the film and Nick Fury is basically a head on a monitor or guy in a t-shirt for most of his appearances (aside from the Scorpio story depicted earlier). So here I riff on Jack Kirby’s cover to Strange Tales #135 but giving him the Steranko-era uniform.

Nicholas "Nick" Joseph Fury created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
First appearance: Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos #1, May 1963
First Avengers appearance: Avengers #32, 1966
© Marvel Comics

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February 2o12
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Avengers Assemble - Iron Man

The 48th of 51 sketch cards done for the Avengers Assemble trading card series by Upper Deck.

Anthony Edward "Tony" Stark, aka Iron Man, created by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, Don Heck and Jack Kirby
First appearance: Tales of Suspense #39, 1963
First Avengers appearance: Avengers #1, 1963
© Marvel Comics

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February 2o12
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Avengers Assemble - The Collector and Wasp

The 47th of 51 sketch cards done for the Avengers Assemble trading card series by Upper Deck.

Issue #28, the Wasp gets captured...

Taneleer Tivan, aka the Collector, created by Stan Lee and Don Heck
First appearance: Avengers #28, 1966
© Marvel Comics

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February 2o12
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Avengers Assemble - Black Panther

The 46th of 51 sketch cards done for the Avengers Assemble trading card series by Upper Deck.

I’m not sure why the first few Avengers appearances of the Black Panther he has an open mask…

T’Challa, aka the Black Panther (the fifth), created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
First appearance: Fantastic Four #52, 1966
First Avengers appearance: Avengers #51, 1968
© Marvel Comics

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February 2o12
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Avengers Assemble - The Vision

The 45th of 51 sketch cards done for the Avengers Assemble trading card series by Upper Deck.

The android fights...an Amoeba, issue #86

The Vision created by Roy Thomas and John Buscema (and Ultron)
First appearance: Avengers #57, 1968
© Marvel Comics

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February 2o12
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Avengers Assemble - Quicksilver

The 44th of 51 sketch cards done for the Avengers Assemble trading card series by Upper Deck.

Quicksilver outraces Hawkeye’s arrow in issue #20.

Pietro Maximoff, aka the Quicksilver, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
First appearance: X-Men #4, 1964
First Avengers appearance: Avengers #16, 1965
© Marvel Comics

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February 2o12
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Avengers Assemble - Ultron

The 43rd of 51 sketch cards done for the Avengers Assemble trading card series by Upper Deck.

The ending of Avengers #57, Ultron gets decapitated and a kid finds the head...

Ultron, once aka Crimson Cowl, created by Roy Thomas and John Buscema
First appearance: Avengers #54, 1968
© Marvel Comics

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February 2o12
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Avengers Assemble - Wonder Man

The 42nd of 51 sketch cards done for the Avengers Assemble trading card series by Upper Deck.

Well, in the comic he didn’t think it, he said it…

Simon Williams, aka the Wonder Man, created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Don Heck
First appearance: Avengers #9, 1964
© Marvel Comics

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February 2o12
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Avengers Assemble - Mole Man

The 41st of 51 sketch cards done for the Avengers Assemble trading card series by Upper Deck.

Remember that issue (Avengers #40) where Namor and the Avengers were fighting over the Cosmic Cube, then it falls into a crack in the ground and lands at Mole Man’s feet and then he tosses it away thinking it’s just a toy?
You don’t?
Well, it’s a good thing I just summed it up for you then.
A great ending to a comic; 3 panels out of nowhere, wrapping up the story yet leaving an opening for a new one. Fun stuff.
Comics aint what they used to be...

Harvey Rupert Elder, aka the Mole Man, (and Moloids) created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
First appearance: Fantastic Four #1, 1961
First Avengers appearance: Avengers #12, 1965
© Marvel Comics

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February 2o12
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Avengers Assemble - Black Widow

The 40th of 51 sketch cards done for the Avengers Assemble trading card series by Upper Deck.

Natalia "Natasha" Alianovna Romanova, aka the Black Widow, created by Stan Lee, Don Rico and Don Heck
First appearance: Tales of Suspense #52, 1964
First Avengers appearance: Avengers #16, 1965
© Marvel Comics

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February 2o12
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Avengers Assemble – The Watcher

The 39th of 51 sketch cards done for the Avengers Assemble trading card series by Upper Deck.

Uatu, aka The Watcher, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
First appearance: Fantastic Four #13, 1963
First Avengers appearance: Avengers #14, 1965
© Marvel Comics

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February 2o12
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Avengers Assemble - Thor

The 38th of 51 sketch cards done for the Avengers Assemble trading card series by Upper Deck.

Thor, created by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber and Jack Kirby
First appearance: Journey Into Mystery #83, 1962
First Avengers appearance: Avengers #1, 1963
© Marvel Comics

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February 2o12
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Avengers Assemble - The Mandarin

The 38th of 51 sketch cards done for the Avengers Assemble trading card series by Upper Deck.

Gene Khan, aka the Mandarin, created by Stan Lee and Don Heck
First appearance: Tales of Suspense #50, 1964
First Avengers appearance: Avengers #20, 1965
© Marvel Comics

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February 2o12
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Avengers Assemble - Nick Fury / Scorpio

The 37th of 51 sketch cards done for the Avengers Assemble trading card series by Upper Deck.

Ohhhh, that tricky Nick...

Nicholas “Nick” Joseph Fury, here aka Scorpio. created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
First appearance: Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos #1, May 1963
First Avengers appearance: Avengers #32, 1966
Scorpio, usually aka Jake Fury, created by Jim Steranko
First appearance: Nick Fury, Agent of Shield #1, 1968
First Avengers appearance: Avengers #72, 1970
© Marvel Comics

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February 2o12
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Avengers Assemble - The Executioner

The 36th of 51 sketch cards done for the Avengers Assemble trading card series by Upper Deck.

Skurge, aka the Executioner, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
First appearance: Journey Into Mystery #103, 1964
First Avengers appearance: Avengers #7, 1964
© Marvel Comics

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February 2o12
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Avengers Assemble - Black Widow

The 36th of 51 sketch cards done for the Avengers Assemble trading card series by Upper Deck.

Natalia "Natasha" Alianovna Romanova, aka the Black Widow, created by Stan Lee, Don Rico and Don Heck
First appearance: Tales of Suspense #52, 1964
First Avengers appearance: Avengers #16, 1965
© Marvel Comics

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January 2o12
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Avengers Assemble - Rick Jones as Bucky

The 35th of 51 sketch cards done for the Avengers Assemble trading card series by Upper Deck.

Upon Caps thawing out, for some time he sulked about the loss of Bucky.
Ever desperate to be a side-kick, Rick Jones puts on the Bucky costume and Cap freaks out.

Rick Jones, not at this time known as Bucky, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
First appearance: The Incredible Hulk #1, 1962
First Avengers appearance: Avengers #1, 1963
© Marvel Comics

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January 2o12
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Avengers Assemble - Enchantress

The 33rd of 51 sketch cards done for the Avengers Assemble trading card series by Upper Deck.

Amora, aka The Enchantress. created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
First appearance: Journey Into Mystery #103, 1964
First Avengers appearance: Avengers #7, 1964
© Marvel Comics

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January 2o12
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