Greg Land
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Jay Leisten (Inker) |
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Marvel 2 IN ONE #1 Original Full Splash
Greg Land Marvel 2 IN ONE #1 Original Marvel Legacy Primer Full Battle Splash – Page 24 (Marvel Comics, 2017). From the Modern Age of Marvel Comics – Original comic art of “The Thing”, “The Human Torch” battling an army of “Skrulls” from the early days of the Fantastic Four!
The Artists:
Greg Land is an American comic book artist, best known for his work for Marvel Comics’ Uncanny X-Men and the Fantastic Four, as well as DC Comics’ Birds of Prey.
Land’s first job was with an independent publisher as the artist for StormQuest. He began working for DC Comics in 1999, finishing the covers for Birds of Prey, based on the sketches of Brian Stelfreeze. He also had runs as penciler on both Birds of Prey and Nightwing. Land also worked at CrossGen Comics on Sojourn. The series ran from July 2001 through May 2004, for a total of 34 issues.
Land went on to work for Marvel Comics where he produced covers for various series. This led to a collaboration with writer Greg Pak as the main artist of X-Men: Phoenix – Endsong. Following that project, Land became the penciler for Ultimate Fantastic Four. He produced the artwork for a crossover between Marvel’s Supremeverse and the Ultimate Universe, entitled Ultimate Power, which was written by Brian Michael Bendis, J. Michael Straczynski and Jeph Loeb. Land also created the covers for Marvel Zombies 3 which were all homages to posters of notable zombie movies.
In 2008, Land illustrated Uncanny X-Men #500. From then until December 2011, he would illustrate several sporadic sets of issues, totaling 22 in all, with his last being issue #544. During this same time period, he also illustrated issue #210 and #235-237 of X-Men: Legacy. In 2012, Land illustrated issues #5-8 and #11-12 of the relaunched Uncanny X-Men.
Jay Leisten began his career in comics as an intern at Top Cow. His initial work at both Marvel & DC consisted primarily of covers for several titles. Within a few months, his artistic endeavors included various titles such as; Thor, Legion and Black Panther. Eventually, he was paired with penciler Greg Land. They collaborated for three years on Uncanny X-Men and one year on Iron Man, Monsters Unleashed and Astonishing X-Men as well as several other Marvel projects.
The Art:
Gorgeous Full Splash of The Thing & The Human Torch battling an army of Skrulls in the streets of Manhattan! The best page from the entire book! Published in December 2017 as the Marvel Legacy Primer Splash Page. Extraordinary!
The art is accomplished in ink over graphite on Bristol board and measures approximately 11 x 17 1/4 inches. Signed and dated by the artist on the reverse lower right. The work is in excellent condition.
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