This has been popping up in a few places, including Drawn! and BoingBoing. Joel Johnson shares hi-resolution scans of comic legend Wally Wood’s “22 Panels that Always Work,” a set of instructional panels that were given to new Marvel artists, where Wood was an editor.

Johnson recently purchased the originals and made them available on his site:

It is now my pleasure to offer these relatively high-resolution versions of “Wally Wood’s 22 Panels That Always Work” in “Unlimited Edition,” scanned in from the original paste-up. The widescreen versions include the whole of the paste board, including a serendipitously open area on the left hand side of the image that makes them practical to use as desktops for your computer, despite the otherwise busy background of the rest of the piece. My scanner is not large enough to scan the entire paste board at once, so I have tried to make a reasonable effort to stitch together four separate scans, although I did not go to any great length to remove all trace of seams.

There is also a 4:3 black-and-white version, tweaked to provide a 1600 by 1200 pixel duotone that emulates the previous versions available on the internet, albeit with greater fidelity.

While I did not leave any watermark or URL on the specific image files, I would ask that you refrain from using the images for any commercial purposes without my permission. Otherwise, please disseminate as freely as you like. Part of the reason I bought the piece was to ensure that it remained available to any artists who might find it inspiring or useful.

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