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Drawing of a Deathlock comic book page owned by Dwayne McDuffie

1990; signed 1991

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A framed, colored drawing of a Deathlok comic book page owned by Dwayne McDuffie. The drawing has five panels. In the panels the comic book character named, Deathlok, is talking to a military officer holding a young girl. Deathlok has a partially metal face and metal arms and legs. He is wearing a red shirt. Each panel has at least one speech bubble. In them Deathlok is explaining why he won’t hurt the others and why he is now on their side. The bottom right panel shows a closeup of Deathlok’s next to a blue and white image of a man standing with a woman and a young boy. The speech bubble accompanying this panel explains that Deathlok was once a man named Michael Collins. An inscription in the bottom left corner reads [For my Buddy / Dwayne, who’s / Always There for / Everyone! / M[illegible] W[illegible]91].

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Catalog reference: 2019.96.21

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