Gene Colan, RIP

Another Silver Age legend falls by the wayside. Colan was best known for his long, terrific runs on Daredevil, Iron Man and Batman. I'm reposting here some of my favorite panels from various issues:


From the brief Black Widow series in Amazing Adventures. As you can see, he could draw some exceptionally beautiful women.


From My Greatest Adventure #74. Note the almost photographic quality of her face.


Note the action, and again the photographic realism of the man's face. It looks easy.

Colan created the Falcon, the first actual African-American superhero (the Black Panther doesn't count, as he was not American). Here he is in an early appearance:


His run on Iron Man was legendary:

As was his long tenure on Daredevil: