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Avengers v1 #19, 1965 - The swashbuckling Swordsman makes his debut by entering Avengers headquarters uninvited. A subsequent battle with the Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver reveal his intentions to join the group. On the cover, Jack Kirby draws a character braced for action. Background details are impressive, despite the inaccurate perspective. Don Heck appears to have drawn the four smaller portraits in a similar style, but the overall layout would have benefited from Kirby's completion. This silver age Stan Lee story was drawn by Dick Ayers. - - - - - - - - - -
Key 1st appearance, 1st cover Swordsman
Avengers v1 = multiple key issues
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Kirby cover pencils (Dick Ayers inks) = **
Kirby cover pencils (Dick Ayers inks) = **
" The Coming of the Swordsman" 20 pages
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Avengers #19 - Jack Kirby cover + 1st Swordsman
Reviewed by Ted Ignacio @ Pencil Ink
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This is a strange one and may well have been the initial concept drawing of the Swordsman by Kirby, with vignettes plus background added by Heck to make the cover.
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