Beto Mess


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Thursday, June 3, 2010


Beto fan art from 1981

Hey True Believers, Frankie The Wop here. I think I gotta start a new series of posts for CC for when I come across something like this. Maybe call it “Diggin’ Thru the Bins” or something. This find is a real treat. It’s an illustration that I unearthed by Gilbert Hernandez in The X-Men Chronicles fanzine from 1981. It’s a nice drawing. But isn’t that Clea from Doctor Strange? Maybe it’s the White Queen?

Published by FantaCo Enterprises, this fanzine boasts an interview with Jim Shooter, an X-Men checklist, an article on comic book investments, and look at the similarities between the Teen Titans and the X-Men. Apparently there’s a curious parallel in the history of the two “super-kid” teams but the “visual repertoire” of the Teen Titans is lacking according to the article.

Heady stuff, but for me, 30 years later all that I care about is this wacky Beto sketch.

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6 Responses to “Beto Mess”
  1. Gil Roth says:
    June 3, 2010 at 5:39 am

    I think that’s Polaris, in her late-70’s getup.

    I also hate the fact that this occurred to me instantly.

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  2. Jason Michelitch says:
    June 3, 2010 at 7:15 am

    And I love that someone else said it first so I can pretend like it never occurred to me. Thanks, Gil.

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  3. Chris Pitzer says:
    June 3, 2010 at 8:55 am

    Hence the big magnet she’s jumping through.

    Frankie: Please start this new column. I’d LOVE it with all caps.

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  4. Art Baxter says:
    June 3, 2010 at 9:32 am

    In the late 70s through mid 80s, Gilbert and Jaime did a bunch of drawings of Marvel and DC characters that were frequently published in the letters column of the COMICS JOURNAL. There must be over two dozen of ’em at least.

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  5. Chris Pitzer says:
    June 3, 2010 at 2:14 pm

    I think their drawings also appeared in Amazing Heroes? That’s just a guess from a hazy fanboy memory.

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  6. BVS says:
    June 4, 2010 at 11:33 am

    i don’t know where this polaris shame comes from, I think about her multiple times a day, well maybe a week. that green hair, she’s totes my favorite lady x-man. wasn’t she created by Steranko? i thinks he was introduced during his like 2 or 3 issue run on the book shortly before it was canceled.

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