Silver Surfer 4

Jim Valentino · **Joined:** Wed Jul 27, 2011 2:23 pm **Posts:** 280

An absolutely amazing John Buscema cover (just look at the power in these figures!):

RobZeida · **Joined:** Tue Jul 26, 2011 6:33 pm **Posts:** 1538

That was my fathers all time favorite cover and always where he said great cover discussions began and ended.

Jim Valentino · **Joined:** Wed Jul 27, 2011 2:23 pm **Posts:** 280

invincifans wrote:

That was my fathers all time favorite cover and always where he said great cover discussions began and ended.

Your father is a VERY smart man.

and he has excellent taste.

:twisted:

RobZeida · **Joined:** Tue Jul 26, 2011 6:33 pm **Posts:** 1538

Thanks, he would have loved to hear that. He enjoyed your work on Guardians of the Galaxy and Shadowhawk. I have a poster of this cover on my wall in my comic room that I got Dad for his birthday 3 years ago, and got back when he passed away this summer. His copy of SS #4 is definitely one of my favorites that I have in my collection.

Jim Valentino · **Joined:** Wed Jul 27, 2011 2:23 pm **Posts:** 280

invincifans wrote:

Thanks, he would have loved to hear that. He enjoyed your work on Guardians of the Galaxy and Shadowhawk. I have a poster of this cover on my wall in my comic room that I got Dad for his birthday 3 years ago, and got back when he passed away this summer. His copy of SS #4 is definitely one of my favorites that I have in my collection.

Sorry for your loss.

I think your dad and I would have gotten along famously.

He'll always be with you.

jim

RobZeida · **Joined:** Tue Jul 26, 2011 6:33 pm **Posts:** 1538

He gave me a great love of comics and an amazing silver age collection that I will be sharing with my five month old someday.

superleo · **Joined:** Mon Feb 20, 2012 8:17 pm **Posts:** 425

Your dad sounds like he was an awesome dad to grow up with. I wish I shared comics with my dad but we simply don't. He's always been more of a sports guy.
My girlfriend actually bought me a shirt with this cover for Xmas 2 years ago when we first started dating. It's still my favorite shirt to wear anywhere.
When I saw this thread I looked up the issue on eBay. Tempted to buy it but I'm not a huge collector of old comics. I saw a poster 28x20 that I might get and frame on my wall. It might be the same one you got invincifans.

RobZeida · **Joined:** Tue Jul 26, 2011 6:33 pm **Posts:** 1538

One of the first memories I have of my Dad's comic room/office when I was little was he has the news paper ad for Wolverine #1 with his claw going through a beer and it just said "it's Miller time" He was an attorney and one of his offices he had a huge closet that we stored his comics and when I visited after school I sat in there and just read classic comics all day. We were never rich but I loved my childhood.

Jim Valentino · **Joined:** Wed Jul 27, 2011 2:23 pm **Posts:** 280

Comics were the ONLY thing my father and I shared.

He used to tell me all about the great characters he read during World War Two. His favorite was Captain America.
When I was 10 or 11 we stopped at this liquor store--he to get a pack of cigarettes, me to check out the comics rack.
There I spied the cover of Avengers 4 with Cap fairly jumping off of it--I snatched it up and ran through the store yelling "Is this him? Is this him?"
My father sent me back to the rack to get another copy for myself (and the guy behind the counter asked me to get one for him, too!)
It was the first time I ever saw more than one issue of a comic being purchased at the same time.
And, of course, I devoured the thing...it's still one of my favorites.

Many years later I told that story to Jack Kirby.
He told me that he was very pleased to have made a small part in a moment between father and son.

:twisted:

RobZeida · **Joined:** Tue Jul 26, 2011 6:33 pm **Posts:** 1538

I wrote a long email to Ryan Ottley after my Dad passed since he provided one of the nicest moments between Dad and I with comics at the Boston Comic Con in 2011. I wrote about it on Invincifans.com and Ryan was nice enough to add me on his commission list at NYCC this year and did a little homage, or his own take of a print that my Dad gave me of Pa Kent holding baby Superman by Neal Adams. Dad left me the Neal Adams one, and I plan on leaving my son the Ottley one some day. The link below explains everything about it really.

http://www.invincifans.com/the-story-be ... an-ottley/

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