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MARVEL COMICS & CONAN (1970-1974)

 

While BWS was finding employment in his chosen field in England, there was a very limited amount of work available in the style he most wanted to pursue.

He was determined to work for Marvel Comics, the home of his greatest inspiration, Jack Kirby. Barry sent samples of his comics drawings to Marvel in New York. Encouraged by a friendly but non committal response from Linda Fite, assistant to Marvel Publisher and writer Stan Lee, 19-year-old Barry and his best friend Steve Parkhouse, an aspiring comics writer, flew to the U.S.A.

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in the summer of 1968 and presented themselves on Marvel’s doorstep. Stan Lee was sufficiently impressed with the young Englishman’s facility that he offered him work. The resemblance of Windsor-Smith’s still rough yet dynamic drawings to the company’s unofficial Kirbyesque house style convinced Lee to give him a chance.

Barry's first work for Marvel comics was the cover and interi