Bob Wiacek
Drawing Crazy Patterns – Captain America’s Unbreakable Shield Breaking
In this feature, I spotlight five scenes/moments from within comic book stories that fit under a specific theme (basically, stuff that happens frequently in comics). Here is an archive of all the patterns we’ve spotlighted so far.
This week, based on a suggestion from reader Stephane S., we take a look at five instances where Captain America’s unbreakable shield was broken…
Enjoy!
Frantic as a cardiograph scratching out the lines, Day 317: Alpha Flight #16
Every day this year, I will be examining the first pages of random comics. Today’s page is from Alpha Flight #16, which was published by Marvel and is cover dated November 1984. Enjoy!
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Frantic as a cardiograph scratching out the lines, Day 312: New Mutants #86
Every day this year, I will be examining the first pages of random comics. Today’s page is from New Mutants #86, which was published by Marvel and is cover dated February 1990. Enjoy!
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Frantic as a cardiograph scratching out the lines, Day 285: X-Men Annual #6
Every day this year, I will be examining the first pages of random comics. This month I will be showing pages that are either scary or are part of “scary” issues (as scary as a comic can be, of course), because it’s October! Today’s page is from X-Men Annual #6, which was published by Marvel and is cover dated 1982. Enjoy!
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Frantic as a cardiograph scratching out the lines, Day 224: Marvel Team-Up #68
Every day this year, I will be examining the first pages of random comics. This month I will be looking at four writer/artist duos, as voted on by you, the readers! This week features Chris Claremont and John Byrne! Today’s page is from Marvel Team-Up #68, which was published by Marvel and is cover dated April 1978. Once again, I’d like to thank Mr. Brian Cronin for this scan – he didn’t even need a computer to send it, because his brain is a computer and he just thought about sending it to me, and it was there! Enjoy!
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Frantic as a cardiograph scratching out the lines, Day 129: Generation X #66
Every day this year, I will be examining the first pages of random comics. Today’s page is from Generation X #66, which was published by Marvel and is cover dated August 2000. Enjoy!
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Comics You Should Own – Orion
It’s Walt Simonson – duh!
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Comics You Should Own – Namor, the Sub-Mariner #1-25
Handily enough, Marvel has just released the first part of this in trade, so it’s easy to pick up! How about that?
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