The Book of Jusko
Joe Jusko
2026
Career-spanning retrospective of Jusko’s painted illustration, including comic covers, fantasy work, private commissions, trading cards and process material. Particularly relevant to the history of painted superhero imagery through his 1992 Marvel Masterpieces work.
Read the catalogue note →- Creator
- Joe Jusko
- Publisher
- Image Comics / Desperado Books
- Edition / printing
- First edition / first printing
- Country
- USA
- Language
- English
- ISBN-10
- 153433257X
- ISBN-13
- 978-1-5343-3257-7
- Format
- Large-format full-colour softcover; approx. 229 × 305 mm; 240 pp.; printed in Korea
- Pagination
- 240 pages
- Dimensions
- approx. 229 × 305 mm (9 × 12 in)
- Condition
- Near Fine / NM- range — approx. 9.2 visually
- Completeness
- Complete as photographed; interiors not exhaustively checked
Catalogue note
Career-spanning retrospective of Jusko’s painted illustration, including comic covers, fantasy work, private commissions, trading cards and process material. Particularly relevant to the history of painted superhero imagery through his 1992 Marvel Masterpieces work.
Credit / attribution note: Publication dating differs by channel: photographed indicia dates the book May 2026; Image Comics direct-market date was recorded as 20 May 2026; wider book trade date was recorded as 16 June 2026. Preserve all three.
Edition / bibliographic note: Photographed indicia states “First edition”; printer’s key includes 1. Indicia dates the book May 2026; direct-market and wider book-trade dates differ, so the archive preserves that discrepancy.
Condition note: Clean glossy covers and square binding with only minor edge/corner handling.
Preserved discrepancies / uncertainties: Publication dating differs by channel: photographed indicia dates the book May 2026; Image Comics direct-market date was recorded as 20 May 2026; wider book trade date was recorded as 16 June 2026. Preserve all three.
Research status: Core bibliographic claims independently revalidated 15 Aug 2026 against Image Comics. Photographed indicia remains authoritative for first-edition/first-printing and copy-specific May 2026 evidence; the differing direct-market and wider book-trade dates remain preserved.
Legacy record ID: 001
Why this object matters
The verified first printing provides a substantial survey of Jusko's painted illustration and connects the comics and trading-card holdings. Its retrospective function supports strong reference value without equating it with original Marvel Masterpieces artwork.
Evidence limits: Complete as photographed; interiors not exhaustively checked
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 8 / 10.
This is a curatorial judgement, not a measurement accurate to one tenth or a market valuation. Read the explanation and its evidence limits together.
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