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Werner Roth pencils/Dick Ayers inks; page 17; 1966; image size 12.5" x 18.5"
The X-Men vs. Magneto!

Fantastic early X-Men page by Roth, featuring the Beast leaping into battle against Magneto, who has Iceman in his clutches as Cyclops and Jean Grey plan their next move. Great Silver Age X-Men battle page. Pen and ink. Art is in very good condition; panels one and two are original art paste-ups, affixed with glue and tape.

Artists Information

Richard "Dick" Ayers was an American comic book artist and cartoonist best known for his work as one of the main inkers during the late-1950's and 1960's Silver Age of Comics, including some of the earliest issues of Marvel Comics' including Jack Kirby's The Fantastic Four. He is the signature penciler of Marvel's World War II comic Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos, drawing it for a 10-year run, and he co-created Magazine Enterprises' 1950s Western-horror character the Ghost Rider, a version of which he would draw for Marvel in the 1960s. His career would span 7 decades until his death in 2014.

Werner Roth is an American comic book artist who's worked with Marvel's predecessor Atlas during the golden age of comics. Werner was also notably the artist who took over the X-men series after Jack Kirby left. Roth's other famous works include Lorna, the Jungle Girl and Superman's Girlfriend, Lois Lane.