His Name Is... Savage
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His Name Is... Savage is a 40-page, magazine-format comics novel released in 1968 as a precursor to the modern graphic novel. Created by the veteran American comic book artist Gil Kane, who conceived,
His Name Is... Savage #1. Cover art by Robert Foster
Splash panel. Art by Kane.
Fantagraphics' 1982 reprint, Gil Kane's Savage! Kane altered the protagonist's features to avoid the original edition's unauthorized use of actor Lee Marvin's likeness.
Blackmark
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Blackmark is a paperback book published by the American company Bantam Books in January 1971. It is one of the first American graphic novels, predating works such as Richard Corben's Bloodstar, Jim St
The original 1971 Bantam paperback Blackmark. Cover art by Gil Kane.
Detail from Blackmark (1971) by scripter Archie Goodwin and artist-plotter Gil Kane
The planned sequel eventually premiered in Marvel Preview #17. Cover art by Romas Kukalis.