Captain America 310, page 8.
Artist: Paul Neary
Inker: Dennis Janke
Yup, more Serpent Society...
This page features Sidewinder in the act of recruiting and organizing the Serpent Society. Effectively, this is the second page of the Society's existence. As a fan of the group, I'm very happy to have this- some great Sidewinder close-ups to boot! Like my MTIO 5 page, this is one that really lights up for me at full size.
As is usual for my non-MTIO stuff, this is another Mark Gruenwald production. As in the Squadron Supreme page I own, I also want to draw your attention to the word count here- there may be more words on this one page than there are in an average Marvel comic anymore. Whatever happened to giving your reader their money's worth?
Interesting to me- the seller also sent along a photocopied page which seems to have been a photocopy of the original pencils, pre-inking, including pencilled-in dialogue over which the final dialogue was inked, and notes around the page. At the bottom of the first panel, for example: "begins meeting, Sidey speaks, only Viper not here." I'm not 100% sure whose notes they are, though Mr. Gruenwald seems the logical bet!
This page was purchased through EBay in October of 2004.
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