Marchetti, Lou - Combat! - Vintage Paperback Cover! Dell D261

Marchetti, Lou - Combat! - Vintage Paperback Cover! Dell D261BOARD: 21 1 2 x 24 Matte: 26 3 8 x 28 7 8 Oil on 1 8 Illustration Board This stunning original painting by Lou Marchetti, a legend of vintage paperback illustration, stands as a prime example of mid century pulp cover artistry at its finest. Originally published as the cover for Lion Librarys Combat! anthology, this evocative scene was later repurposed for the June 1959 issue of Valor Magazinea testament to its enduring visual impact. Marchettis

Osul-Ra holds up the ceiling

The strip opens with Peter Parker receiving an unexpected phone call—MJ is back in town

Beautiful work with nice

This one-of-a-kind original artwork is a fantastic collector’s piece

but given the style and media used

She previously appeared on 2 other pages but only as part of people's dreams

right at the advent of the Marvel Universe

by purposely cracking the dried white paint

and neither are the 2 other British heroes

This is the 8th of an 8 consecutive page sequence featuring the battle against the Kiss of Death

The tonal shading really compliments the ink and gives the objects and characters a more textured and therefore more 3-dimensional feel

The fine details in the architecture make this a joy to examine up close