Protectors

Todd Luck · Post by **Todd Luck** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 3:46 pm

Knightt wrote:
cornflakeboy wrote:Are they really worth reading?? I mean, if they're 50c, there must be a reason... o i might be wrong...
Out of all the Malibu comics that I have collected so far... The Protectors are at the TOP of my list to start reading once I get them all. The COVER art is what struck me, so I (naturally) thouht that the cover artist would be the interior artist as well. SADLY mistaken but the interior artist does not do a bad job at all so I really didnt mind.

The covers artist's name is S. Clarke Hawbaker and he is GREAT. I asked Tom Mason about him and was wondering why he was never an interior artist. Tom explained it to me that Clarke was 'terribly slow' and that is why he was only used for the covers. In fact, Clarke used to work for Marvel until they found out how slow he was. I can appreciate the INCREBIDLE covers (IMO) but would have LOVED to see a few issues drawn by this talented artist.

Actually i'ld say the art on most of the first year of Protectors is outstanding as was the art on the Ferrett and Arrow one-shots. A very nice realistic, yet distinct style of art. The art on the Ferret and Man of War ongoing series start out shakey (Man of War's art gets BAD). You could kind of tell getting them out was more important than how they looked. But I just a got a Genesis x-over issue of each title that looked quite nice.

But yeah, you're right, the covers did rock

. For some reason I always end up with the variant cover that I like the least on each issue. No idea why.

Knightt · Post by **Knightt** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 4:46 pm

IMO, the art was lacking on every single issue of all the comics (besides from Dinosaurs for Hire which was drawn cartoony, as it was meant to be). I notice proportion problems across the board but things are well hidden and other things make up for it which put things to right in my book. 'Overall' I think that when I sit down and really start to read these books in earnest, I will hardly notice. The art REALLY kept me away for a long, long time. Tom Mason signed an issue of Dinosaurs for Hire and sent it to me, so I figured 'what the heck' I might as well start picking these books up as well (being an avid Ultraverse and Bravura fan how could I resist).

The INKER on the Ferret and Arrow are the only saving graces there (Dedato on both). Taking sub-standard art and actually giving it that extra depth because you will notice the same artist on other works, really getting away with poor work. I like both of these issues as well but as I say, Dedato carried the issues very well.

You probably got the Newsstand Editions of the Protector issues that you didnt like. Hawbaker worked exclusivley on the Direct Edition books making those (again IMO) the more sought after issues.

Here is a site that has the 'variant covers' for all Malibu books. A VERY nice site but I have emailed the guy who runs it, offering scans of issues that he is missing and uncovering 2-3 issues that were not on his list (again providing scans).

http://217.196.238.182/big-tel/variants ... ulist1.htm

stone384 · Post by **stone384** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 7:45 pm

I actually have 2 copies of #5 I am trying to sell. The regular non embossed edition and the embossed edtion which is signed by the artist and writer. I dare anyone to top that. At least I opened the bag

I am no collector!!!

matt

Vault-Keeper · Post by **Vault-Keeper** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 9:05 am

stone384 wrote:I actually have 2 copies of #5 I am trying to sell. The regular non embossed edition and the embossed edtion which is signed by the artist and writer. I dare anyone to top that. At least I opened the bag I am no collector!!!

matt

The Embossed (Direct) edition didn't come polybagged. Only the Newstand edition was bagged.---Steve

Todd Luck · Post by **Todd Luck** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 7:23 pm

Vault-Keeper wrote:
stone384 wrote:I actually have 2 copies of #5 I am trying to sell. The regular non embossed edition and the embossed edtion which is signed by the artist and writer. I dare anyone to top that. At least I opened the bag I am no collector!!!

matt
The Embossed (Direct) edition didn't come polybagged. Only the Newstand edition was bagged.---Steve

Their's no name on the cover on both editions. How in the world did they expect people to tell what comic it was?

Vault-Keeper · Post by **Vault-Keeper** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 2:37 pm

Todd Luck wrote:
Vault-Keeper wrote: The Embossed (Direct) edition didn't come polybagged. Only the Newstand edition was bagged.---Steve
Their's no name on the cover on both editions. How in the world did they expect people to tell what comic it was?

I sold my bagged Newstand copy to you. Didn't it have the title printed on the bag? If you ordered the Direct copy, you knew what you were getting, or your LCS guy could tell you what it was. Most collectors I knew pre-ordered out of the monthly catalogs, Advance Comics or Previews.---Steve

Todd Luck · Post by **Todd Luck** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 8:39 pm

Vault-Keeper wrote:
Todd Luck wrote:
Vault-Keeper wrote: The Embossed (Direct) edition didn't come polybagged. Only the Newstand edition was bagged.---Steve
Their's no name on the cover on both editions. How in the world did they expect people to tell what comic it was?
I sold my bagged Newstand copy to you. Didn't it have the title printed on the bag? If you ordered the Direct copy, you knew what you were getting, or your LCS guy could tell you what it was. Most collectors I knew pre-ordered out of the monthly catalogs, Advance Comics or Previews.---Steve

Nope, you sold me the direct edition

. Sounds like they were just too lazy (or too cheap) to polybag both editions.

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