Avengers #100 - Barry Windsor Smith art & cover + Milestone issue

Barry Windsor Smith

Avengers v1 #100, 1972 - In this one-hundredth issue issue, all past and present members of the Avengers converge to battle an imminent invasion. Barry Smith starts out strong with four carefully sequenced pages of arriving heroes (see interior page below). A breathtaking two-page spread follows, as the assembled gather in the English countryside. The scene is solemn but calm and beautifully pastoral. The artwork quickly goes downhill from there. Smith squeezes the rest of the tale into mostly small confining panels, relinquishing the inks to Joe Sinnott and Syd Shores. Though the last sixteen pages are disappointing, this is largely offset by the outstanding first six pages and his terrific cover design. This is 5 of 5 Avengers issues by Smith. /// key Milestone issue
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Smith cover pencils and inks = ***
"Whatever Gods There Be" Smith story pencils and partial inks (Syd Shores partial inks) 21 pages = ****

Barry Windsor Smith

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