Talk:Gene Colan

Absolute last fully drawn story?
According to his personal site store, Cap 601 is his last full story. http://www.genecolan.com/GeneStore/OriginalArt/Cap601Auction.html --208.255.118.242 (talk) 21:19, 22 February 2010 (UTC)


 * It's unclear from that unsigned page on Colan's official site who the person is making that claim (with Gene and his wife both being referred to in the third person), so we can't say "Colan said on his website that..." For anyone else to make the claim would be WP:CRYSTAL. In any event, that story is the last thing mentioned in the article, so the article is correct as it stands.-- Tenebrae (talk) 23:28, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

Another source
. Good, though short, career overview. postdlf (talk) 18:41, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

The Falcon
In mainstream comics, as opposed to underground comics or obscure privately published and distributed comics, the Falcon is the earliest example of an African-American superhero. Go by the cover-date of Captain America #117 (cover-date Sept. 1969). Unless an editor can demonstrate an earlier example, then please do not change the phrase to "one of the earliest." It is up to each editor to justify his or her edit. If you cannot give an earlier example, then you cannot justify that change. --Tenebrae (talk) 02:44, 25 June 2011 (UTC)


 * In addition to raw data in terms of the date, here is a quote from Marvel Senior Vice President of Publishing Tom Brevoort: “The Falcon was the very first African-America super hero, as opposed to The Black Panther, who preceded him, but wasn't American." Source: Brothers, David. "A Marvel Black History Lesson Pt. 1", Marvel.com, February 18, 2011. --Tenebrae (talk) 03:15, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

SSDI
Since the citation was removed from the article, I am providing a link to his entry on the SSDI as a courtesy for any other editors to get whatever they find useful out of it:

"United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JPM3-2TG : accessed 22 Feb 2013), Eugene Colan, 23 June 2011; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing). 129.33.19.254 (talk) 01:20, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

Inking Colan
Would it be appropriate to add notes on how Colan's penciled art was notoriously difficult to ink effectively? I know the Secrets in the Shadows book comments extensively on this, and I've just finished reading an interview with Joe Rubinstein in Comics Interview where he comments on why an inker needed to be especially proficient to ink a Gene Colan job. Are there any other reliable sources to back this up?--NukeofEarl (talk) 17:13, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

Assessment comment
Substituted at 15:53, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

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Warren section please?
According to the article, he did work for Warren that doesn't appear in his bibliography. Can someone please add a Warren section? Thetrellan (talk) 17:28, 2 September 2019 (UTC)