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Covers which I haven’t seen any attribution as to who might have drew them, not even on GCD:

35 minutes ago, sfcityduck said:

To my eyes, it looks like you got at least 3 different artists on these.

Wouldn’t doubt that either.

Super Baby from Krazy Komics #11-13 was apparently drawn by Pauline Loth:

Super Baby from Krazy Komics #11-13 was apparently drawn by Pauline Loth:

Princess Pantha from Thrilling Comics #68 (October, 1948). Art by Alex Schomburg and Art Saaf:

Western Hearts #5 (December, 1950). Photograph of Hedy Lamarr and Ray Milland. Art by John Severin and Al Carreno.

St. John:

Warren King (Adventures in Romance #1, November 1949):

Leonard Starr (Adventures in Romance #2, February 1950):

Matt Baker (The Texan #7, April 1950):

Gene Colan (Fightin' Marines #3, December 1951):

Bob Forgione (Weird Horrors #1, June 1952):

Enrico Bagnoli (Weird Horrors #2, August 1952):

Ric Estrada (Teen-Age Temptations #1, October 1952):

Lou Cameron (Strange Terrors #7, March 1953):

Ben Brown (Atom-Age Combat #5, April 1953):

George Olesen (The Hawk #4, October 1953):

Norman Maurer (The Three Stooges #4, March 1954):

Joe Kubert (Tor #3, May 1954):

St. John:

Warren King (Adventures in Romance #1, November 1949):

Leonard Starr (Adventures in Romance #2, February 1950):

Matt Baker (The Texan #7, April 1950):

Gene Colan (Fightin' Marines #3, December 1951):

Bob Forgione (Weird Horrors #1, June 1952):

Enrico Bagnoli (Weird Horrors #2, August 1952):

Ric Estrada (Teen-Age Temptations #1, October 1952):

Lou Cameron (Strange Terrors #7, March 1953):

Ben Brown (Atom-Age Combat #5, April 1953):

George Olesen (The Hawk #4, October 1953):

Norman Maurer (The Three Stooges #4, March 1954):

Joe Kubert (Tor #3, May 1954):

12 minutes ago, Dark Knight said:

Why does he have to hang onto a Joker's pole? 

Interesting that you say that, since that’s meant to be Clayface.

23 hours ago, Tri-ColorBrian said:

Uh...yay mice?

Comics, cartoons, and comedic-related media in general tends to rely of forms of exaggeration, but that said, this doesn’t handle exaggeration well, surely objectively so as it presents itself as if we’re meant to laugh at the natives.

Wonder Comics #16 (February, 1948), a rare case where interior art by an artist like Gene Fawcette matches, if not, surpasses Alex Schomburg and his cover art.

Space Ace #5 (1952). Art by DickAyers and Fred Guardineer.

Coo Coo Comics #21 (January, 1946). Art by Victor Pazmino, Don Christensen, Lynn Karp, and Harris Steinbrook:

On 7/7/2020 at 9:35 PM, Hap Hazard said:

Still early days for EC Al didnt join EC till Spring of 48, Bill started editing Crime Patrol with issue 9.

Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein also non-rebukingly went about having terms such as “slant-eyed devil” in reference to yellow peril villains in Two-Fisted Tales #18 (November, 1950). There are also the several EC horror stories that play up the African stereotypes in the form of the primitive voodoo savage native stereotype. As much as I appreciate EC in general, I’m sure there are also limits as to how such stereotypes can play out before they become questionable, even when keeping in mind the racial equality stories EC did elsewhere. If Gaines and Feldstein learned from several blunders and mistakes during their time working with comics, then something like that would probably be related to at least one of them.

3 hours ago, circumstances said:

i used the CGC census. it said Fox Features Syndicate. I never remember which issues are which company off the top of my head

Understandable, as the Fox/Temerson/Holyoke relationship is rather sketchy in the first place. Haha.

Ric Estrada apparently didn’t do any romance covers until 1968, though I felt these romance splash pages he did for St. John between 1952 and 1955 were still nicely done:

5 hours ago, sagii said:

Another cool Fox to your Den 

A den in Holyoke!

4 hours ago, Tri-ColorBrian said:

I didn't even know he did any Fiction House covers...

Bob Powell only worked for Fiction House from 1939-1941, most of the work having been done in 1940. He rarely signed his work in those days though, so it may have been more. In any case, the feature he worked on the most for them was probably Sheena.

For reference, a list of many of EC’s artists from the early 50s:

Gene Colan

Joe Kubert

Wally Wood

John Severin

Jack Davis

Al Williamson

Russ Heath

Joe Orlando

Reed Crandall

Alex Toth

Jack Kamen

Dave Berg

Frank Frazetta

Johnny Craig

George Evans

Harvey Kurtzman

Graham Ingels

George Roussos

Basil Wolverton

Al Feldstein

Bill Fraccio

Bernie Krigstein

Ric Estrada

Bill Elder

Ed Smalle

Howard Larsen

Sid Check

Harry Harrison

George Olesen

Fred Peters

Hmm... well I suppose in terms of the early 1950s material, I guess it would be Bill Fraccio, if only for the one EC story he did for The Crypt of Terror #17. His art can be polarizing depending on who you ask, but I think it ranks on a lesser impressive level here. Even the panels that have reactive facial expressions somehow end up falling flat:

In terms of multiple stories, then it may be Fred Peters, who got a little more expressive with his art, like in Crime SuspenStories #14, but is still far from favorable for me:

To start off:

Harvey Comics

Dell Comics

Quality Comics

American Comics Group

EC Comics

Fiction House

Lev Gleason Publications

Magazine Enterprises

Hillman Periodicals

Avon

Orbit-Wanted

Temerson

The Hawk #4 (October, 1953). Art by George Olesen, Al Carreno, and Lorence Bjorklund.

Fiction House:

Al Walker (Planet Comics #14, September 1941):

Dan Zolnerowich (Fight Comics #15, October 1941):

Joe Doolin (Rangers of Freedom Comics #2, December 1941):

Pagsilang Isip (Fight Comics #16, December 1941):

Rudy Palais (Jungle Comics #30, June 1942):

Arthur Peddy (Jumbo Comics #50, April 1943):

Bob Lubbers (Wings Comics #35, July 1943):

Graham Ingels (Wings Comics #42, February 1944):

Ruben Moreira (Wings Comics #43, March 1944):

Lily Renee (Rangers Comics #18, August 1944):

George Tuska (Rangers Comics #21, February 1945):

Ted Brodie-Mack (Rangers Comics #23, June 1945):

Lee Elias (Wings Comics #59, July 1945):

Rafael Astarita (Wings Comics #67, March 1946):

Chester Martin (Planet Comics #44, September 1946):

Fran Hopper (Jungle Comics #86, February 1947):

Murphy Anderson (Planet Comics #47, March 1947):

Charles Sultan (Rangers Comics #34, April 1947):

Jack Kamen (Jumbo Comics #102, August 1947):

George Evans (Wings Comics #96, August 1948):

Matt Baker (Jungle Comics #104, August 1948):

Frank Fermonetti (Wings Comics #101, January 1949):

Giovanni Benvenuti (Rangers Comics #46, April 1949):

Alvin Hollingsworth (Wings Comics #105, May 1949):

Kurt Caesar (Wings Comics #106, June 1949):

Jerry Grandenetti (Rangers Comics #50, December 1949):

Enrico Bagnoli (Rangers Comics #58, April 1951):

Robert Webb (Jumbo Comics #147, May 1951):

Maurice Whitman (Jungle Comics #148, April 1952):

John Belcastro (Wings Comics #120, Summer 1953):