Gil Kane

OK, I'll admit it, Gil Kane wasn't my favorite Marvel artist.
But he could draw a dynamic cover, there's no doubt about it,
and the sheer volume of work he did meant that there are some real gems.
Gil Kane was a master of unusual perspectives - I'm sure he must have had something to do with the Batman TV series of this era!
Sgt Fury
# 37
Dec 1966
A standout cover, full of energy
Tales to Astonish
# 87
Jan 1967
In an early assignment, Gil Kane drew this terrific cover for Marvel's Golden-Age-Reprint anthology
Fantasy M'pcs
# 7
Feb 1967

Avengers
# 37
Feb 1967
The arrival of Hercules - check the snarl on Hawkeye
Avengers
# 38
Mar 1967
You can feel the energy on this cover!
Tales to Astonish
# 91
May 1967
Gil Kane puts the evil Red Skull in the foreground to create tension on this great Cap cover
Tales of Suspense
# 90
Jun 1967
One of the more menacing of the early X-Men covers - Kane loved villains this month, didn't he!
X-Men
# 33
Jun 1967
No doubt about this one - A Kane classic
Captain Marvel
# 17
Oct 1969
Kane certainly worked out his angles on his first Spider-Man cover
Spider-Man
# 90
Nov 1970
A landmark Spidey issue, the first of the drug trilogy - not approved by the CCA
Spider-Man
# 96
May 1971
Gil Kane provides an even dizzier perspective - I break out in a sweat just looking at this one!
Spider-Man
# 98
Jul 1971

Spider-Man
# 105
Feb 1972
Rick Jones conquers the universe in a cover with echoes of Kane's earlier cover for Fantasy Masterpieces # 7 (above)
Avengers
# 97
Mar 1972
Gil Kane's cover for the first of the Spider-Man spinoff titles, and as usual, he finds an impossible angle!
Marvel Team-Up
# 1
Mar 1972
Pencils by Gil Kane, Inks by John Severin, another odd angle but it works!
Sgt Fury
# 96
Mar 1972
Pencils by Gil Kane, Inks by John Romita
Sgt Fury
# 100
July 1972
Gil Kane drew many Spider-Man covers. Here's on the of his better ones
Spider-Man
# 140
Jan 1975
Gil Kane was certainly in the right place at the right time...
Giant X-Men
# 1
mid 1975
Not a remarkable cover, but a landmark issue in the history of comics
X-Men
# 94
Aug 1975

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