Cover art drawing with overlays for an issue of Icon owned by Dwayne McDuffie

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An original ink drawing with transparent overlays for the cover of Icon #44 owned by Dwayne McDuffie. The drawing is done with black ink on white paper. It features the character Rocket flying upwards with arms outstretched. She is surrounded by smoke. The character named Icon is wearing a cape and is looking on from a building ledge with his arms crossed. A cityscape is in the background. Two plastic overlays are attached to the drawing. The drawing is visible through the overlays. The overlay directly above the drawing has words and logos on it in black ink. In the top left corner is the DC Comics logo, Milestone Media logo, issue number and price. At the top center of the page is [MCDUFFIE BRIGHT TANGHAI / ICON / THE BEGINNING OF THE END]. The top overlay has several handwritten inscriptions concerning the layout of the cover.

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