Bill Everett

Presented in massive 12 by 17 format and spanning 176 pages, this artist edition collects covers by Gene Colan as well as stories written by Stan Lee, Jerry Connolly, and Roy Thomas.

While all pencil is done by Gene Colan, it inks by Bill Everett, Tom Palmer, Joe Sinnott, and others.

It says this will present three complete stories, Captain America 137, Daredevil 63, and Tales of Suspense 97.

I'm not going to give you the rest.

But he goes way, way back, having first appeared in Marvel Comics number one in 1939.

He was created by Bill Everett.

So Bill wrote the story and did the art as well.

And that was his first appearance.

Lay it on me.

In 1963, writer and artist Bill Everett was working on Daredevil number 1, and he fell behind schedule.

Happens to the best of us.

Now, we have to understand the physical realities of 1960s commercial printing.

Because of Everett's delay?

Right.

They had expensive press time looming, and Bill Everett hadn't finished Daredevil.

They needed a book to feed into the machines immediately, or the company would bleed money.