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[gunsmokin]

Oh.My.Goodness. Not mine.

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3 hours ago, gunsmokin said:

Oh.My.Goodness. Not mine.

Yeah, pretty amazing!  Can’t believe it still exists.

[1950's war comics]

On 10/12/2020 at 10:58 PM, Norrin's lawyer said:

Not the best in grade, but a great Heath cover I really wanted.

i never seen one nicer ... must be tough in mid grade or higher

[Scrooge]

American Air Forces # 8 a.k.a A-1 # 65 IIRC - Colors are good on this copy.

[Scrooge]

Works well as a set with these other covers (these I've had for a while) -

[creaturefan95]

On 8/23/2020 at 3:00 PM, creaturefan95 said:

On 6/7/2017 at 10:57 AM, Scrooge said:

On 6/6/2017 at 4:48 PM, creaturefan95 said:

On 5/30/2017 at 11:19 PM, Scrooge said:

On 5/30/2017 at 5:03 PM, creaturefan95 said:

I am looking for a Hank Chapman war story about a soldier who gets stuck on his own bayonet and decides to shoot himself with the weapon rather than be taken hostage. I doubt it features either Combat Kelly or Combat Casey. Is there anything published by Atlas with this exact plot? It seems to me that it could be "Guard Duty" from Men's Adventures #11. Does anybody know of any other ones more closely fitting his description? It sounds like a good read!

Ger might have conflated two stories but his description in my mind match the Guard Duty story you linked to. However, I have in my mind another story where the soldier gets caved in and then might decide to shoot himself when he hears the enemy dig in his direction. You best bet of course would be to contact Ger directly. Since it seems tough to contact him via the blog, send him a message on eBay - His ID there is simply gerapeldoorn

@Scrooge Do you know the name of this tale, any creator credits, its issue's cover date, or what title it was from?

Sadly, no. I looked through some scans I have to see if I could find it ... but no luck. I can still see the panel I remember with the soldier in the cave-in looking at his girl's photo while musing on what to do but no luck turning up from what book it came from.

I thought of more questions and they may help us find what you described. Are you sure the story is pre-code? By “the enemy,” you mean communist soldiers, right? Can you recall its beginning or ending? Do you suppose someone besides Atlas published it?

@Scrooge Did you see the above post?

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13 hours ago, Scrooge said:

American Air Forces # 8 a.k.a A-1 # 65 IIRC - Colors are good on this copy.

The Powell art in these is really incredible.  These are from #6 IIRC

 

 

[Electricmastro]

1 hour ago, buttock said:

The Powell art in these is really incredible.  These are from #6 IIRC

 

Charles Quinlan’s art is pretty effective as well. Would have made for more interesting covers I feel.

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11 minutes ago, Electricmastro said:

Charles Quinlan’s art is pretty effective as well. Would have made for more interesting covers I feel.

There is no Quinlan art in this series.  The 1951 series is all Bob Powell.  

[Electricmastro]

1 hour ago, buttock said:

There is no Quinlan art in this series.  The 1951 series is all Bob Powell.  

Well yeah, the 1951 series that continued starting with issue 5.

[Silver_Couch_Surfer]

3 hours ago, Electricmastro said:

 

 

Wow! What an amazing splash page. I need this book now.

[Scrooge]

6 hours ago, buttock said:

Nothing as graphic in # 8 but the same quality Powell brought to his work.

I will always remember Nik and his "poopy GA art" tongue-in-cheek comment. I am always surprised by the level of craft the top players in the industry brought to their work -

Then, there is always trouble ...

... that needs avenging. It didn't end well for those soldiers, esp. the second guy ...

 

 

Edited October 24, 2020 by Scrooge

[creaturefan95]

1 hour ago, Silver_Couch_Surfer said:

4 hours ago, Electricmastro said:

 

 

Wow! What an amazing splash page. I need this book now.

The American Air Forces #3

[Electricmastro]

1 hour ago, Scrooge said:

I will always remember Nik and his "poopy GA art" tongue-in-cheek comment. I am always surprised by the level of the top players in the industry brought to their work

I get the feeling most people tend to judge Golden Age art, at least interior art, by Joe Shuster, Bob Kane, and Jack Kirby’s art, which I’ve seen tends to lead to people dismissing Golden Age art altogether in spite of the respect people have for artists like Shuster otherwise, because of how “plain” it comes off to them. At least in terms of war comics, one series that caught my attention and led me to think can serve as a good example of people wanting to get a good idea of solid comic book art from the time, I’d then recommend looking through Contact Comics:

L. B. Cole:

John Giunta:

Nina Albright:

George Appel:

Rudy Palais:

Alvin Hollingsworth:

Edited October 24, 2020 by Electricmastro

[MusterMark]

45 minutes ago, Electricmastro said:

I get the feeling most people tend to judge Golden Age art, at least interior art, by Joe Shuster, Bob Kane, and Jack Kirby’s art, which I’ve seen tends to lead to people dismissing Golden Age art altogether in spite of the respect people have for artists like Shuster otherwise, because of how “plain” it comes off to them. At least in terms of war comics, one series that caught my attention and led me to think can serve as a good example of people wanting to get a good idea of solid comic book art from the time, I’d then recommend looking through Contact Comics:

L. B. Cole:

John Giunta:

Nina Albright:

George Appel:

Rudy Palais:

Alvin Hollingsworth:

Totally outrageous, wow.

[Silver_Couch_Surfer]

1 hour ago, creaturefan95 said:

The American Air Forces #3

Awesome. Thank you!

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Mail call!

 

[Robot Man]

In all the excitement at my house yesterday, I forgot to post this that just came in. 

[Robot Man]

I hear that these covers are “hot”.  

So with my new addition, thought a group shot might be in order...

[comicjack]

Those covers are just toasty