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Ilke
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According to the following ebay auction, Spindelmannen #3 (1991) from Sweden has a "double-page Nightcrawler poster by Alan Davis printed on slick paper."

http://cgi.ebay.com/Amazing-Spiderman-2 ... dZViewItem
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The cover of Spain's Los 4 Fantásticos: El fin can be seen at http://www.planetacomic.net/comics_deta ... 5&cat=1887
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One of Alan Davis' Spidey covers is prominently featured on the back cover of The Hero Initiative and Marvel Comics' upcoming Ultimate Spider-Man 100 Project.

(But Alan's name doesn't appear on the cover, nor is he mentioned in the press release. Maybe in a few years, when Alan's moved beyond his up 'n comer status, will his name warrant a mention.)

http://www.brokenfrontier.com/headlines ... hp?id=3084
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Alan Davis' renditions of Wolverine, Nightcrawler and Banshee (see http://www.alandavis-comicart.com/images/MU-X-Men-1.jpg ) appear on the back of card #100 of the 1st series of Marvel Universe cards from 1990.

The back of card #100 ('X-Men vs. Magneto') can be seen on ebay at http://cgi.ebay.com/Lot-rare-Marvel-car ... dZViewItem

(Note - Alan's rendition of Colossus from the same group of head shots appears on the back of card #102, 'Fall of the Mutants.')
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From the same ebay listing as above - a detail of Alan's rendition of Phoenix from the cover of Excalibur #1 appears on the Marvel 1990 Annuals: Family Reunion checklist card.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Lot-rare-Marvel-car ... dZViewItem
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Brazil's July-shipping Quarteto Fantástico: O Fim #1 includes the first 2 issues of Fantastic Four: The End.

http://www.paninicomics.com.br/Miniseri ... ica&Id=366
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The cover of Italy's July-shipping Fantastici Quattro: The End is up at http://www.paninicomics.it/Titolo.jsp?IdTitolo=6611
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According to the following ebay auction, Alan Davis' art is included in a pin-up gallery in the scholastic Marvel Encyclopedia: X-Men vol.2.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Scholastic-X-Men-Ma ... dZViewItem

The seller also has a listing for the 1st scholastic X-Men volume at http://cgi.ebay.com/Scholastic-X-Men-Ma ... dZViewItem
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The Ultimate Spider-Man 100 Project will also be available in hardcover, limited to 1000 copies. Details at http://www.brokenfrontier.com/headlines ... hp?id=3129
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Essential X-Men #154 (out July 12th from Panini UK) reprints the remaining 3 parts of "World's End" by Claremont, Davis and Farmer (originally published in Uncanny X-Men #457-459).

http://www.paninicomics.co.uk/CollanaNe ... rica&Id=21
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According to the following ebay auction, the Marvel Poster Magazine from summer 2001 includes an Avengers poster by Alan Davis and Mark Farmer.

http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-Marvel-Poster- ... dZViewItem
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Wizard #100 (Jan. 2000) came polybagged with a poster featuring every Wizard cover, and of course the Davis/Farmer cover to #74 appears on the poster.

http://cgi.ebay.com/POSTER-AVENGERS-JLA ... dZViewItem

And within the pages of #100 is a gallery of Wizard covers that never ran, including the JLA: The Nail art by Davis and Farmer intended for the cover of #82. Ultimately, this 'unused' JLA art was used in 3 Wizard publications: Wizard #81 (accompanying the Davis interview), #100 and Wizard Big Covers Book. A scan of this art as it appears in #100 can be seen near the bottom of http://www.fortunecity.com/business/bustwo/354/id37.htm


(A side note - other 'Wizard covers that never ran' featured in #100 include works by Erik Larsen, John Byrne, Bart Sears, Joe Jusko, Mark Texeira, Darick Robertson, Tom Grummett, Mike Wieringo and Travis Charest, among others.)
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Sticker #58 of the History of the X-Men sticker set (Comic Images/1987) features the Davis/Neary rendition of Psylocke from the first page of Uncanny X-Men #213.

The sticker can be seen at http://cgi.ebay.com/sealed-Marvel-X-MEN ... dZViewItem

And page 1 of Uncanny X-Men #213 is up at http://www.milehighcomics.com/cgi-bin/b ... 6288%20213
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My 300th post! Woo-hoo!

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The Wolverine Saga was a 4-issue, bookshelf format series from 1989 that chronicled the life and times of Logan. Specific storylines/issues featuring the X-Man were recounted in a storybook style, complete with prose, verbatim character quotes and panels from the comics themselves.

What's noteworthy is that The Wolverine Saga #4 has 8 of its 48 pages devoted to comics drawn by the team of Alan Davis and Paul Neary -

2 pages recount the events of Uncanny X-Men #213, with 7 panels reproduced from the issue, while 6 pages are devoted to Uncanny X-Men Annual #11, with 16 panels taken from that issue.

So the next time the kids insist on a bedtime story, just crack open The Wolverine Saga and let the uncanny tales of Logan lull them to sleep. (Not that the issues are boring, far from it...it's just that these tales will fire up the kids' imaginations, allowing them to continue the tales in slumberland where they can personify...ah, you know what I mean.)

http://www.atomicavenue.com/atomic/Issu ... ?ID=250239
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DC Direct Currents #73 (April 1994) cover features the Davis/Farmer cover art for The Darkstars #19.

http://www.milehighcomics.com/cgi-bin/b ... 12178%2073
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