Spider-Man’s rogues gallery is rivaled by none other in the superhero world outside of Batman. Holding his own amongst the Goblins, Symbiotes, and other odd baddies...is Wilson Fisk. You may simply know him as The Kingpin.
He’s been a thorn in the web slinger’s side for decades, and now I get to have him immortalized on my wall as I’m snagging a really cool page of Original Art this week.
When I saw this specific piece pop up for sale, something got me all excited. First off, the page just pops. The first two panels are absolutely killer. The top with Spidey hugging the ceiling and then the next as he drops down in front of the monster that is The Kingpin.
The stark contrast of of the white of Fisk’s suit makes Spidey look like a stick figure. Then boom!!! Action!
The artist is the legendary Stuart Immonen with inks by Wade Von Grawbager and the issue is #25 from the 2015 series. This issue is funny as I ended up purchasing 1000 copies to obtain a copy of the 1:1000 variant cover. So yeah...I’m sitting on a bunch of these fuckers. Maybe one day they will take off a bit as it contains the 1st appearance of Superior Octopus and also sports a killer Alex Ross cover.
Woohoo!
Regardless, I’m super pumped as I think this mofo all framed up properly is really going to pop! Here’s a shot of the page in color. I think the coloring takes away from this particular page. Not that’s it’s bad. I just think it’s prettier and holds more of an impact in its original form on the Bristol board.
The page is costing me $700 beans and the seller was nice enough to allow me to pay it off in a few payments as I’m juggling several payments on other pieces at the moment...Even though it’s not really an “expensive” piece, the timed payments help...so thanks!!! I’ll post once it arrives in the next week or two. I have so much other awesome artwork to show...really excited!!!
Thanks for taking a look!
Blewitt