Electricmastro

As much as I like the atmospheric aspect Kubert accomplished with this cover, it doesn’t quite meet the weird or horrifying aspects, not helped by the giant box advertising what’s in the comic:

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Did L. B. Cole draw this cover, or was it that Ellis Chambers drew it and that Cole inked it?

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On 8/2/2017 at 8:26 AM, lbcolefan said:

This one is pretty lame.

Yeah, it doesn’t go far enough in the visual impact of the monsters, at least when compared to Norman Nodel‘s penciling of the monsters from City of the Living Dead:

On 8/11/2020 at 12:14 PM, Electricmastro said:

It seemed uncertain for awhile whether this comic was published in 1942, 1943, or 1944, but it seems that it was actually published in 1944, as Jerry Bails’ Who’s Who lists Gus Ricca as not having done covers for Chesler until 1944:

It’s interesting, because Harold Delay drew this considerably darkly cover in 1940:

There’s also this cover. The signature is somewhat cut off at the bottom though:

Fantastic Comics #7 (June, 1940):

34 minutes ago, RareHighGrade said:

Yes, but I believe the name is Ramona Patenaude.  Here's the prior issue for comparison.

 

The Field Guide makes mention of a Roland Patenaude whose work included Fox material. Is it that his credits were mixed up with Ramona‘s?

https://www.pulpartists.com/Patenaude.html

Just noticed a “Pat” on the bottom-right section of this cover, which I’m sure signifies it was drawn by Roland Patenaude, right?

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Just noticed a “Pat” on the bottom-right section of this cover, which I’m sure signifies it was drawn by Roland Patenaude, right?

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Was looking over some Fox art and I think I was able to make a reasonably educated guess of one of the Flame stories as possibly having been drawn by Larry Antonette, the one in question being from The Flame #6 (August, 1941), under the pen name of “Basil Berold”:

And got me wondering if there were not only more interior art, but also Flame cover art drawn by him that has otherwise been left uncredited. A lot of it has been given a possible attribution of Arturo Cazeneuve, whose style I’m not as familiar with.

6 hours ago, GreatCaesarsGhost said:

Gotta respect this being the first Simon and Kirby collaboration, but what a disappointing cover. This blue bolt guy is supposed to be dramatically busting thru a wall, but all I see is a 2 dimensional image, totally devoid of a sense of action or drama. 

I’ve seen the cover attributed to Larry Antonette, whose art I was analyzing earlier today actually. There’s also a William E. Rowland listed in Jerry Bails’ Who’s Who as if being a real person and not a pen name though, so I’m not sure.

Green Mask #v2#2 (Summer, 1945):

The Flame #6 (August, 1941):

Blue Beetle #36 (November, 1944):

Wonderworld Comics #20 (December, 1940):

Perhaps the best art I’ve seen from Nina Albright yet (4Most #v7#3, May 1948):

Gotta say, Fantastic Comics, particularly issue 6 from 1940, stands out to me because even though many would probably agree that the art is too crude to be good, it still probably lends itself more to providing interesting/non-boring art, as opposed to the artists having drawn less supernatural stories like in the traditional crime or romances genres:

Joe Simon:

Alex Blum:

Grieg Chapian:

Fletcher Hanks:

Bill Bossert:

“Karl Kief”:

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Novelty Press/Star Publications:

Jack Warren (Target Comics #3, April 1940):

Basil Wolverton (Target Comics #9, October 1940):

Jack Kirby (Blue Bolt #5, October 1940):

John Jordan (Target Comics #v3#5, July 1942):

Ray Ramsey (Blue Bolt #v3#9, February 1943):

Ken Battefield (Target Comics #v9#1, March 1948):

Nina Albright (4Most #v7#3, May 1948):

Jay Disbrow (Blue Bolt Weird Tales of Terror #119, June 1953):

Lee Loeb (Ghostly Weird Stories #120, September 1953):

George Peltz (Spook #26, October 1953):

Al Fago, Harold Abbey, and possibly Marty Taras, who worked for Fleischer Studios and Famous Studios:

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L. B. Cole (Ghostly Weird Stories #120, September 1953):

1 hour ago, thewritestuff said:

Other than a bad case of envy, I enjoyed seeing your posts😂 I feel as though you share a passion and appreciation for Cole’s art, which is a good thing, right?  Maybe you could make a disclaimer to let other boardies know if you are posting scans of your faves vs. your personal copies?

Yeah, I’ll try to be more clear sooner where I should. Sorry for any confused envy. Haha.

48 minutes ago, Robot Man said:

I'll go the other way here. Electricmastro has stated several times where he gets his images. I long ago realized this. I have on occasion as well as many other boardies "borrowed" images to make a point or feature something that might be of interest to others.

Most people focus only on covers and grades on a plastic case. He delves a little deeper into what these pamphlets are really about. It takes time and energy to do this. I got no problem with it. And, I find it informational sometimes. Go for it brother!

Thanks!

42 minutes ago, fifties said:

Exactly.  He floods the threads with stuff that he pulls from Comic Book Plus, which anyone can access, rather than displaying what he owns, which is what everyone else generally does on this board.  

Frankly it turns me off.

I guess I’m not generally like everyone else then. The way I see it, either it’s fine to share and appreciate public domain comics on these boards, or it isn’t fine. I felt confident that I was going about it fine, and thus didn’t worry myself over it, but since I now see you point this out, then I now apologize if I wasn’t clear or am posting in the wrong threads. On the other hand, there are people such as Jayman telling me that my posts are informative and enjoyable, and I’m sure compliments like that are reasonable enough reasons for me to keep on posting as I am, in addition to my personal interests and passions.

That said though, if truthfully I have to use another thread, or even be redirected to another Golden Age forum website, and thus result in less confusion amongst you guys showcasing comics you’ve achieved in having scored and paid for, then I’ll accept that. If not, then I’ll just move on as I am then and enjoy myself, along with anyone else enjoying themselves as well.

5 hours ago, Black Bat said:

LOVE this splash- great monster, and the snake eating the frog!  

I think it would have made for a great cover too. The cover drawn by Bill Fraccio is still nice though.

1 hour ago, GreatCaesarsGhost said:

I hope these are all yours! 

Nope. They’re not. They’re scans I like sharing from public domain site comicbookplus.

Underappreciated horror artists:

John Giunta (Spook Comics #1, 1945):

Dan Barry (Weird Thrillers #1, September 1951):

Vince Napoli (Dark Mysteries #3, October 1951):

Lou Cameron (Mysterious Adventures #6, February 1952):

Tony Mortellaro (Mister Mystery #6, July 1952):

Ben Brown (Tales of Horror #3, November 1952):

Pete Morisi (Weird Terror #2, November 1952):

Ed Goldfarb (Nightmare #2, Fall 1952):

Alvin Hollingsworth (Witchcraft #5, December 1952):

Norman Nodel (City of the Living Dead, 1952):

John Forte (Beware #15, May 1953):

Gerald Altman (Beware #5, September 1953):

Lee Loeb (Ghostly Weird Stories #120, September 1953):

Rudy Palais (Horrific #7, September 1953):

George Peltz (Spook #26, October 1953):

Steve Kirkel (Chilling Tales #17, October 1953):

Ellis Eringer (Mister Mystery #14, November 1953):

George Olesen (Tales of Horror #9, February 1954):

Bill Savage (Mysterious Adventures #19, April 1954):

Bill Discount (Weird Terror #11, May 1954):