AVENGERS #161 (F-) Marvel Comics 1977 signed by George Perez for Sale

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AVENGERS #161 (F-) Marvel Comics 1977 signed by George Perez For Sale

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AVENGERS #161 (F-) Marvel Comics 1977 signed by George Perez:
$434.46

This is a rare and valuable comic book, signed by artist George Perez. This issue features the Avengers super team of Captain America, Scarlet Witch, and Black Panther in a thrilling adventure titled "Attacked by the Ant-Man." Published by Marvel Comics (1977). This is a 1st printing &is a rare and valuable comic book, signed by artist George Perezwith a witnessed and notarized Certificate of Authenticity (COA).The comic is in 5.5 Fine minus (F-) @ 47% market Near Mint (NM) price plus the autograph value and is bagged and boarded for protection & is a must-have for any fan of the Avengers or Marvel Universe. Don't miss your chance to own this piece of comic book history. George Pérez (June 9, 1954) was an incredible comic book artist and writer from the South Bronx, New York City. He began his professional career as an artist assistant to Rich Buckler (1973) working for Marvel Comics. His 1st professional work was an untitled two-page satire of Buckler's character Deathlok (Tales to Astonish #25 (Aug. 1974) ). He soon became a Marvel regular; working primarily as a penciller. He came to prominence due to his rendering of The Avengers (beginning with #141). DC Comics attempted to recruit George while he was still drawing The Avengers ( Marvel) by offering him the art chores for the re-launch of The New Teen Titans (writer Marv Wolfman). However, his real incentive was for the opportunity to draw Justice League of America. As fortune would have it, the long-time Justice League artist Dick Dillin had recently passed away, thus providing an opportunity for Pérez to step in as regular artist. His incredible work on the JLA was popular with fans, but it was his attention to detail in both script and artwork on The New Teen Titans that received the most fan appreciation. This "New Teen Titans" was actually launched in DC Comics Presents #26 (as a special preview (October 1980)). This incarnation of the Titans was DC's attempt to rival the X-Men (Marvel), and it became highly successful. He backed away from the New Teen Titans to focus on a new and very exciting project with Marv Wolfman, DC's 1985 50th-anniversary event, Crisis on Infinite Earths. A major draw for him to the project was the unique opportunity to be able to pencil every single character DC owned, in a story which not only radically restructured the DC universe's continuity but shattered the multi-verse. He inked Curt Swan's pencils for the final issue of Superman (issue #423 (September 1986)). This was for part one of the two-part story "Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?" by writer Alan Moore a wrap up of the former Earth-1 Superman. He and Wolfman came together again with a History of the DC Universe limited series (2 issues) to summarize the revised history of the DC Universe Post-Crisis. All of the DC Universe of characters were given "new" or altered origins due to the convergence of the multiverse into the single universe. Not only was George a key player in the Crisis saga but he would also play a key role in the Wonder Woman franchise reboot (1987). Pérez joined the team of Greg Potter (writer) & Janice Race (editor) several months after the inception to hammer out the new concepts for the character and incredible artwork for which the early issues are so well known and collected. The three were all Inspired by John Byrne (Superman: the Man of Steel mini-series) and Frank Miller (Batman: the Dark Knight Returns). Pérez was brought in as the plotter and penciller of the series and tied the character more closely to the Greek gods and was able to jettison many other elements of her history due to the "Crisis. George returned to the recently re-christened New Titans (#50) as co-plotter/penciller and did a rewrite to the origin of Wonder Girl (again due to Crisis on Infinite Earths). He continued as penciller or layouts (#55-61) with artists Tom Grummett (finishing pencils) and Bob McLeod (inker). This was an important story-line "A Lonely Place of Dying" as it crossed over into the Batman series and introduced Tim Drake (co-created by Perez) as the new Robin.I knew George personally during the 90's and I drifted away from the comics that I loved so much to raise a family and was truly heart broken when my friend died on May 6, 2022, due to complications from pancreatic cancer. He was the most gregarious of men always with a smile and firm handshake and asking of my well being at every meeting. A friend calls you by name...... he was George ... & I- Paul.