STRANGE TALES 169 PAGE 14

Strange Tales #169 page 14, original art, MARVEL 1973

 

Art by Gene Colan and Dan Adkins - 11x17

 

Description: This museum-grade original page from Strange Tales #169 stands as a pillar of Marvel Horror history, documenting the historic first appearance and origin of Jericho Drumm, the mystical Avenger known as Brother Voodoo. The page is illustrated by the iconic Gene Colan, whose legendary, unconventional pencils break away from standard grids to deliver a fluid, dreamlike layout laden with moody shadows and unmatched cinematic tension. Masterfully anchoring Colan's impressionistic style is inker Dan Adkins, whose precise, clean, and velvety ink lines provide the perfect structural definition to the penciler's abstract layouts, grounding the atmospheric voodoo noir aesthetic. Serving as page 14 of this seminal debut, the artwork captures a crucial narrative heartbeat right in the thick of the character’s origin, making it a cornerstone artifact from the bronze age expansion of Marvel’s occult lore. For the discerning collector, owning a premium page from the very issue that birthed a future Sorcerer Supreme represents an exceptional opportunity to secure a vital piece of comic book legacy.