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Aric Shapiro
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Man, those are some funky eyebrows....
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John Byrne
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That FF splash is one of my earliest experiments with making the hair, not
the skull, responsible for the "flat head". Still some indication that his skull
is oddly formed, tho. The full concept had not clicked yet.
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Flavio Sapha
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That´s the closest it got to Bill Everett, IMO.  My favorite Namor rendition.  I spent months enthralled, copying it. 
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Gerry Turnbull
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while really liking JB's take, my preference is for the more angular shaped head
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Gerry Turnbull
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Gerry Turnbull
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John Buscema drew him with a more normal shaped head also
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Stéphane Garrelie
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Nice piece.

Gerry: yep. And the Marie Severin/Gene Colan version isn't flat either.
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Aric Shapiro
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Posted: 08 October 2008 at 10:11am | IP Logged | 8 post reply

I think that that the Namor pose in the gallery is a great example of what John was talking about.  Really looks like Namor has just brushed his hair back after coming out of the water.

As an aside, John seems to draw Namor as a much better looking guy these days.  His old namor wasn't classically handsome. 
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