Vintage Power Man/Iron Fist Ads
Author: Stephen Gerding
February 28th, 2008
When I was a kid, the two ads below were the coolest things I’d ever seen up to that point in my life. Sure, they make Iron Fist seem a little hipper than he actually was, but I’d never seen anything like this before. In retrospect, it was probably my first encounter with Bill Sienkiewicz art, and I was pretty much blown away. Apparently someone at Marvel felt similarly, since I got to the end of my Heroes For Hire Essentials collection and had Danny Rand and Luke Cage staring me in the face. I felt like a (young) teenager again, sans acne and a desire to drink Coors Light!
Second ad’ll be after the jump.
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5 Responses to “Vintage Power Man/Iron Fist Ads”
February 28th, 2008 at 7:49 am
I totally dig older Sienkiewicz stuff like his run on PM/IF but recently, his art seems a little too disjointed and manic for my tastes.
February 28th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
I LOVE Sienkiewicz’s art, especially his disjointed and manic stuff! Reminds me of Ralph Steadman.
I hadn’t heard or seen anything from Bill Sienkiewicz until I recently purchased the first season of Venture Bros. and there was this beatiful gatefold interior by him! Very “Elektra: Assassin!”
February 28th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
Man…I remember those vividly. Great stuff.
February 28th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
I loved those ads too - someone needs to put a bunch of these into a print portfolio I’d buy it - I have Sienkiewicz’s Shadow covers portfolio and would love these too.
Stephen - did you scan these is? Can you post the high-res ones so I can print them out and stick on my wall?
February 29th, 2008 at 7:20 am
That there is some great ad work.