The Captain America movie, Thor movie, the Green Lantern movie, and Avengers movie!

Time for a really quick blog. By now, most of you diehard comic book superhero fans and live action movie buffs know there are some more upcoming DC Comics and Marvel movies.

I am so looking forward to the Chris Evans Capt America, Chris Hemsworth Thor, the Ryan Reynolds Green Lantern movie, and somewhere down the line, the Avengers movie. They should rock, and the night they debut in theatres, I’m there. If they’re even 1/2 as great as the Robert Downey Jr Iron Man movie and the Christian Bale Batman the Dark Knight movies, they’ll be incredible. Looking forward to Spider-man 4 also, but I mostly want to see a Wonder Woman movie! And don’t let the movie studios or anyone connected to them design Diana Prince’s amazon costume. Stick to the classic and best one. Don’t redesign the wheel, comic editorial teams and movie designers. Don’t change what the fans love. It could make the difference between a mega-hit and being relegated to “straight to video” hell.

Since the Mighty Avengers have been around since 1963, I’m going to commemorate the Avengers by showing our loyal Supervator Super-Blog readers some very cool VINTAGE Captain America, Mighty Thor, and Avengers posters! Just click on the images below to see a larger view of the posters, and to check current availability. Some have artwork by Jack Kirby, Jim Steranko, Jim Lee, Todd McFarlane, Ron Frenz, Alex Ross, Mike Zeck, Golden Age artist Alex Schomburg, and Silver Age legend John Romita Sr.

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Supervator.com’s IRON MAN blog!

Hey there, invincible ones! It’s been a while since we’ve done a Supervator.com Super-Blog, and this one is about one of my favorite Marvel Universe heroes…. the Invincible Iron Man! And I am psyched for the Iron Man 2 movie that’s coming out next month starring Robert Downey Jr,  Gwyneth Paltrow, with Mickey Rourke playing the super-villain Whiplash and Scarlett Johansson playing the sexy Black Widow. And the movie soundtrack by AC/DC? What’s not to love?!? If this Iron Man II movie is anything like the first film, it’s gonna be a mind-blower. And War Machine is going to be in it too! The only thing I don’t like about the movie previews so far is Whiplash’s costume. It doesn’t compare AT ALL to the real Whiplash suit that was first seen in Tales of Suspense 97 back in the 1960′s. I even had a t-shirt made of the TOS # 97 comic book cover, and this was way before the internet was ever thought of and custom tee-shirt’s were easy to make.

Iron Man has always been one of my top 3 heroes, and so much of my childhood revolves around roleplaying that I was Iron Man, to playing with my Iron Man Mego action figure, to my plastic Marx Iron Man figure (I had all 4 different colors), to using an old car’s emergency brake to pretend I was Whiplash, to even trying to make a tin costume out of my Mom’s old floor wax containers. I used a can opener to make openings in the top and bottom of the containers so I could squeeze my 5 year old body in the wax can. And oh my GOD, I got cut to ribbons trying to get out of the suit! But that didn’t faze me one bit, since I still love anything relating to ol’ Shellhead. I especially love the late 60′s and early 1970′s Iron Man comics, especially when drawn by artists Gene Colan and Gil Kane.

Speaking of Invincible Ironman items, this blog shows several of the original color guide art pages that we currently have in stock. To see larger pictures or to check availability, just click on the photos. We have MANY more Iron Man related color guide artwork pages in the Supervator eBay Store.

Well, I’m out of time. Thanks very much for reading this installment of the Supervator.com Super-Blog, and I hope you love the upcoming Iron Man movie as much as I will!

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The very first PUNISHER promo poster?

Hiya, Marvel Super-heroes, and it’s time for another Supervator.com blog. This blog’s subject is none other than Mr Frank Castle, aka The Punisher. Shown here to the left is the 1987 Punisher comic shop dealer’s promotional poster, featuring the artwork of Klaus Janson. To my awareness, this is the very first Punisher promotional poster ever produced. Stark in it’s simplicity, this black and white poster was shipped only to comic store owners and was never for sale to the general public.

You gotta love this poster’s simple message: the Punisher is pissed an’ somebody gonna pay! As the Jim Croce song goes, You don’t mess around with Frank! Certainly, there are earlier Marvel promo posters in existence featuring other Marvel Universe characters, but this one is one of the best. There can’t be a lot of them left in existence, because there weren’t a lot of them produced to begin with. As elaborated above, they were sent to comic retailers for their exclusive display on their walls to advertise various 1980′s Punisher comic series.

This gun totin’ 80′s Punisher promotional poster is currently available at the Supervator.com website.

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The distinct lack of DEADPOOL posters (so far)

With lethal mercenary Deadpool (Wade Wilson) being such a hit with longtime Marvel Comics fans and now with movie audiences (from the Hugh Jackman film “X-Men Origins: Wolverine), I have come to a distressing conclusion: There is a definite, distinct LACK of posters featuring Deadpool, the “Merc with a mouth”.

Now that it appears that actor Ryan Reynolds may be playing Deadpool in a Marvel spin-off movie, I’ve come to realize how very few posters (full size posters and comic shop dealer promo posters) of Deadpool have been produced since Deadpool’s first appearance.  As most of his die-hard fans know, Deadpool was created by artist Rob Liefeld back in 1991 in the New Mutants issue 98 comic book, to square off against Cable and his mutant teammates. And of course, there will forever be comparisons drawn between Rob Leifeld’s Deadpool character and DC Comics anti-hero Deathstroke the Terminator, who was a longtime adversary/ally of Nightwing and gang in the Teen Titans and New Titans comics.

Back to the distinct lack of Deadpool posters. Yes, there are now the Wolverine movie promo posters I’m sure, and there’s the recent 2008 or 2009 promotional poster of Deadpool holding a bullet ridden teddy bear at a circus or carnival. There’s been a full size Marvel Press poster by artist Joe Madureira back in 1993 (see pics). There was a 1998 promo poster of Deadpool in a team-up with Captain America, and a ’93 Wizard Magazine promo poster showing Deadpool with other Uncanny X-Men super-villains like Sabertooth, Apocalypse, and Omega Red. But to my knowledge, that’s about it. Hope that changes, because Dead Pool is a helluva great character in the Marvel Universe, with a (possibly) great movie future a head of him and tons of potential in his home genre of comic books.

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What are comic book “printer’s proof” art pages?

If you’ve read my previous blogs, you may have thought the definition of color guide art (“colorists artwork”) was confusing. You ain’t seen nothin’ yet. Here is the long-awaited subject of comic book company “printers proofs”, which are sometimes also called “first proofs”, etc. The photo shows an Official Marvel Printer’s proof page used to create the 1999 Uncanny X-Men Annual. It shows Colossus, Rogue, Storm, Sgt Fury (Nick Fury), etc. As of this writing, this proof page and many others can be purchased at the Supervator.com website.

Now, onto the promised explanation:  First off, printer’s proofs are no longer made, just like color guide artwork is no longer made. That’s because the vast majority of today’s comics are colored on computers, so therefore there’s no reason for printer’s proofs to be used. They are however a rare and extinct animal, just like their hand-painted color guide cousins. A printer’s proof is usually a page that looks similar to a color guide, because printer’s proofs often have “codes” and QC (quality control) instructions written on them by the production staff or the editor of a particular superhero title. However, they’re not color guides, nor are they the black and white original art that many comic book fans are familiar with. They are not drawn by hand like original artwork is; they’re basically xerox copies that corrections are written on before the actual comic book is printed. But they’re still historically important.

Proof pages tend to be about the same size as the actual published comic book page, but they’re not hand colored by the Colorist, although proofs usually are created by the Colorist. They’re usually one of a kind pages, and often have written notes or corrections written on them because some adjustments need to be made before the actual comic book goes to press. Can you imagine the disaster of printing thousands of comic books where the Incredible Hulk was colored red instead of green? Oh wait, bad example, it’s already happened. Anyhow, printer’s proofs were vital to the comic production process back in the day, just like colorist’s art (color guides) were.

Hope the above definition helps comic art collectors have a better understanding of this (at the moment) much overlooked aspect to comic art collecting. Your comments are most welcome!

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The care and protection of old posters

I often am asked how best to protect and/or preserve old (and newer) comic book posters. Aside from purchasing somewhat expensive archival supplies for the protection of your precious paper pin-ups, the following are some very good (albeit not complete) tips:

If you’ll be displaying your posters, try displaying them behind a glass or plexiglass type frame. An easy trap to fall into (if you’re not going to display a particular poster) is to roll it up and keep it rolled up by the use of a rubber band, or even worse, tape. Rubber bands are subject to the same dry rot problems any other rubber products fall prey to, and they can even partially stick to the poster’s paper, potentially ruining the condition and value of your poster.

If you won’t be displaying your poster, your best bet is to keep it in a safe place that’s away from heat and sunlight. A good sturdy poster tube (or architect’s type tube) would be a great idea. And so you don’t get tempted to constantly take your poster out of the tube because you don’t remember which poster is in that tube, it’s a smart move to put a little written note on the outside of the tube. You can indicate on the outside of the tube the poster’s name, and if you are more detailed oriented (like me), you can also write on the slip of paper when you bought the poster, the price you paid for it, size, artist, etc. A little forsight now can save you from handling the poster too much, and possibly bringing the condition down ever so slightly each time you handle it. Over the years, you wouldn’t believe the unbelievable mishaps I’ve had with some of my best posters. I still cringe at the thought!

So there you have it. Some rudimentary tips on the protection of your posters. While it’s not a complete list of common sense tips (you could really go overboard and put ‘em in a bank vault), you’re much better off exercising a little preventive medicine than to pull your hair out when a gorgeous poster you own gets damaged, warped from humidity, faded from sunlight, and other horrors. I see it all too often with the poster collections I aquire, and as I said above, it’s happened to me before (shudder). Ask me sometime about my near mint 1971 Jack Kirby Silver Surfer Third Eye blacklight poster that had a box fall on it, when I could have taken 3 seconds and stored it properly. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m gonna go have a good cry.

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First Blog from Supervator.com

This is the Official blog of the Supervator.com vintage comic book posters and art online shopping web-store. Here we discuss the aspects of poster and comic artwork collecting. This is our first blog, and shown here is a gorgeous and rare 1971 Marvel Universe Third Eye Blacklight poster that was drawn by Silver Age Marvelmania, MMMS (Merry Marvel Marching Society), and FOOM era artist, the great John Romita Sr. Shown in this scarce 1970′s neon dayglo black light poster are the Incredible Hulk, the Amazing Spider-man, Dr Strange, Daredevil the Man Without Fear, the Silver Surfer, Black Bolt of the Inhumans, members of the Avengers (Thor, Captain America, Iron Man), Captain Marvel, The Human Torch and the Thing from the Fantastic Four, and Prince Namor the Submariner.

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