These appeared in Stuntman #1, 1946. They are made on thick illustration board and... I own them both. :)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwVGjrHGkJgYeBUH-zSVHSKCVdkLExERuAc_0I6fci3bvjO9OXJjc_bQ2UEs_vtWFNaXt8hp-aCdXMc9HGq0Y9LcXoiib7ISyQsDKZt2qv7Jj3qXqwku29_0awLgwUmiiYtqSH0EMtLXw/s320/stuntman43.jpg)
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Compare the above pages with the photo of this one, that I found on eBay. (From "Weird War Tales" #48):
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibzNM1B-gRcKkn5wV7cLGcAc2msh_nkQ1Bm3VHz2e9UwGIO5bQH33CFlgkG_IrjCiih7omJrlIsKdKq0BIjtMsv6CBwssZMvdr_-AJQxx7hhLes-tTQN4mEEZRr1hc_WeLPZr6AxLZUzY/s320/weird-war-tales-%2348.jpg)
As the years went by he really thigtened up those brushstrokes without losing the sense of spotting black areas. And you can still see the Caniff/Sickles influence. Good stuff.
1 comment:
Interesting and definitely a talented artist. I think he was too polished in the last page though. The two first pages had more life in them. Thanks for sharing.
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