The Defenders #123, Page #1 SPLASH - Original Bronze-Age Art by Don Perlin
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JUST IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS!!! A GREAT GIFT IDEA FROM SEKOTS studios 7-DAY AUCTION !!! Here's a wonderful gift idea for that special "Original Comic Art Collector" on your gift giving list that's sure to please ... The DEFENDERS #123, Page 1 Splash w/indicia Original "Bronze-Age" Art by Marvel Legend Don Perlin The antagonist, "Elf With A Gun" , appears full-figure on this Bronze-Age, Page #1 Title-Splash (with indicia) from The Defenders #123 (September 1983) story "Of Elves and Androids" by J.M. De Matteis . Steve Gerber wrote four pages of "Elf With A Gun" before leaving The Defenders. Don Perlin (pencils) and Kim De Mulder (inks). _____________________________________________________________ From … "In interviews, Steve Gerber would reveal that the Elf was nothing more than a backhanded metaphor for the chaotic and inexplicable nature of everyday existence , the "beast in the jungle" that you can spend a lifetime planning for but which still comes as a surprise or maybe never comes at all." "Love is a perky elf dancing a merry little jig and then suddenly he turns on you with a miniature machine gun." -- Matt Groening, Love is Hell The Elf with a gun was originally and at its best a random plot occurrence in one of the most adult and sophisticated comics of the 1970s , underground favourite The Defenders
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