Brave and the Bold # 43: Joe Kubert Original Art

I collected comic books in the 1960s and up to the start of the 1970s. The discovery of underground comix made me eschew my collector side and embrace the artist/publisher part of the game. I sold all my comic books (which helped pay a big chunk of my first year of college) and didn't look back.

But I did keep one item. This page of original art from Brave and the Bold # 43 (September 1962), with pencils and inks by Joe Kubert, was too beautiful to sell. I acquired it through a trade with another collector in the Olympia area, I think he got one of my Golden Age comics with Captain America in exchange.

This is page 15 of a story featuring Hawkman, Hawkgirl, and the Manhawks. I'm sorry my phone doesn't take real clear photos, but you can see Dreamer the cat sitting next to the framed art. The closeup photos are about as good as my phone will take.

The piece was apparently thumbtacked on all corners by someone in the past, and aside from a small tack rust ring in the upper left edge, this work is in excellent shape. There are a few spots where you can see whiteout was used in the lettering and drawing. I never get tired of admiring this great work and feeling inspired by Kubert, a master cartoonist.