bronze johnny

Incredible!

Gorgeous!

Finally have a better scan to share of this Lou Cameron classic cover out of the Bethlehem Pedigree Collection. Ace “pastel” art gave their line of comics a unique look and “Sweet Lou” art is amazing! My favorite witch cover in all her wicked glory. Precode horror at its best!

I’d love to see this thread renamed “Baker Street” given Matt’s tremendous work in other genres!

More than 17k when you add 15% buyer’s premium: https://www.comicconnect.com/item/948751?tzf=1

I doubt any books would be sold. They would likely be placed on exhibit at Graceland. After all, the comics give us insight into the King’s childhood.

Maybe @adamstrange knows?

You’re getting closer to the 100 pagers…

Did Berk have a copy in his collection?

Prog 1 is a major key for any Judge Dredd collector for being the first issue of the longest, continuous, and still published Bronze Age title. It’s also the “Gobbledygook 1” for Dredd fans for Dredd’s panel that you posted. Try finding a nice copy of Prog 1 with the “Space Spinner.” Classic!

This is great! I wish we could put it in a place where we can easily refer to. Wonder if @CGCMike can put us somewhere for all of us “Adams Family Members?” Thanks Dover!

Circling back on this year’s War Report and the fantastic work done by the guys behind it! Great to see All American Men of War 67 place above Our Fighting Forces 45 this year. No doubt the first appearance of Gunner and Sarge place higher than they’re kicking off the classic run in Our Fighting Forces 45. All American Men of War 67’s “Grand” cover is also a classic. This now brings me to another classic for the All-American Men of War run, which is Johnny Cloud’s first appearance. As we all know, All American Men of War 82 is the first appearance of DC’s and the Silver Age’s first Native-American War Hero that also has a great Novick cover. Let’s not forget that Novick did great stuff back then. The contributions made by Native Americans for America during WW2 cannot be underscored. Johnny Cloud is a hero in comic books that reminds comic book readers of this. The “Chief” continues to play a key role throughout the DC’s Silver Age Big 5 and later becomes part of the Losers with G.I. Combat 138 that’s followed by the classic run beginning with Our Fighting Forces 123. The first appearance of the Losers is a very, very late SA war key (1969) that has been overlooked and the role of a Native-American war hero as part of the team is historic for not only DC Comics, but the entire medium. G.I. Combat 138 is also significant because it leads to one of the first Bronze Age war key books and it’s official that the Losers will become a Bronze Age team war book. Like Marie, the “Navajo Ace” reminds us of the many different people who contributed so much to the war effort. I’m a huge fan of the Rock and recognize the importance of many of the earlier books that followed OAAW 83, but the first appearance of a character like Johnny Cloud requires a higher place in the War Report’s top 50 war books. More to come…

“Dent-Heads”

Awesome books! You give me new meaning to COD or “Collection On Demand.”

CSS 22 has a history that places it above every precode crime and horror issue. It isn’t just an EC Comic, it’s the one that is forever synonymous with Wertham’s “comic book causes juvenile delinquency” narrative, Kefauver and the U.S. Senate investigation into the comic book publishing industry, and the greatest publisher of the most significant comic book publishing house that produced the best and for some, most notorious, comics of the post-war period, Gaines himself. Crime Does Not Pay 22 started the precode era that ended with CSS 22. Gaines tried one last time to keep the precise essence of EC Comics going but realized it was over with Incredible Science Fiction 33. CSS 22 not only has one of the greatest covers of the precode era but also for the reasons I mentioned above and you can’t put a price on history. The story that adds definition to the impact of Johnny Craig’s classic decapitation cover will continue to contribute to the book’s aging like the finest of all wines and become the most significant precode comic book. It’s tied for first place with Crime Does Not Pay 24 in this year’s Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide’s top crime comic books keys. Only a matter of time when CSS 22 surpasses CDNP 24 and the most valuable precode horror books in terms of value despite their being relatively scarcer. The story of CSS 22, Gaines, and EC Comics grows…

J. Scott Campbell, Adam Hughes, Michael Turner, Mark Schultz and Dave Stevens would place above the good girl artists of the 1940s and 1950s (Lubbers, Baker, Doolin, Kamen, Schomburg, etc.). They would even give the romance artists of the Silver and early Bronze Ages (Pike, Estrada, Cardy, Jones, etc.) a run for their money.

I asked the OP but will now raise it with others: how much do cover artists today rely on computer graphics to enhance their art?

Curious as to how much do cover artists today rely on computer graphics to enhance their art?

Trade him a furnace for the book?

All great but you can only pick one for the purpose of this thread and this exercise can be quite challenging. So which is it?

Great cover! Now give us your favorite Silver Age cover

Very difficult choice!

Also one of the greatest artists period. Looking at his original art and it’s Infantastic!

Doompendous!!

Kane’s peak follows the Golden Age. In fact, his early DC Silver art is among the greatest of the era.