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Awesome!!! I love seeing the pre-hero books I've got some raw ones that I'll get to soon enough Angelo

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Thanks, Danny. Trying to get the settings down, then I'll start posting the good stuff Angelo

Scanner just arrived today. Trying it out for the first time Angelo

Wow! Nice book! Angelo

Man, I loved the Micronauts run. Really need to pull them out and re-read them. Nice book, MK Angelo

Man, I'm so praying to one day get some Gil Kane OA. Super nice books, by the way. Angelo

Sweet book, Jay Angelo

Kudos to shiverbones for a great copy of Satan's Sodomy Baby. Thanks again, Matt. Angelo

See what I mean! That scares the out of me! Angelo

Ditko pre-code Angelo That is a great looking book with its Spell, Book, & Candle cover! But if I had to critique it at all I think that Ditko should have left out the chubby cheeks with the freckles on that one demon. Kinda makes him less menacing IMO. What you don't understand is that chubby cheeks & freckles scared the out of Ditko Angelo

Ditko pre-code Angelo

Really like that Men's Adventures, Andy. Nice pick-ups. Angelo

I know I haven't posted this before. A Heritage win from a while back Angelo

I should have explained myself better. I wouldn't rule out another hand like Grandenetti. The Spirit's face doesn't look like "true" Eisner and, like I said, the skeleton doesn't look to be by him either. But I'd say that the scientist and woman look like Eisner with another hand inking his pencils, possibly Grandenetti. Angelo After looking at the book tonight I do have to say I agree that (at least) the scientist's face looks very much like Eisner. But as adamstrange stated, other artists could have been mimicing his style. Absolutely. That's why I look for certain details in the art. Eisner used shadows to give depth to objects, like on the buttons on the scientist's lab coat. He also used a feathering/cross hatching technique to indicate folds or wrinkles. If you look to the right of the beeker, you'll see a perfect example of this. I haven't seen an Eisner ghost artist that uses either one or both of these techiniques. A great example of this is the cover I posted to #1. The artist there blacked in the folds and wrinkles. Plus the way Eisner drew hands was pretty destinctive, too. Angelo Funny you mention the hands as I was focusing on the hand that holds the beeker. Note how the ring finger is further in than the rest, conforming to the shape of the beeker. That seems a very Eisnerish detail to me. Man that is a nice cover! You got that right! Angelo

I should have explained myself better. I wouldn't rule out another hand like Grandenetti. The Spirit's face doesn't look like "true" Eisner and, like I said, the skeleton doesn't look to be by him either. But I'd say that the scientist and woman look like Eisner with another hand inking his pencils, possibly Grandenetti. Angelo After looking at the book tonight I do have to say I agree that (at least) the scientist's face looks very much like Eisner. But as adamstrange stated, other artists could have been mimicing his style. Absolutely. That's why I look for certain details in the art. Eisner used shadows to give depth to objects, like on the buttons on the scientist's lab coat. He also used a feathering/cross hatching technique to indicate folds or wrinkles. If you look to the right of the beeker, you'll see a perfect example of this. I haven't seen an Eisner ghost artist that uses either one or both of these techiniques. A great example of this is the cover I posted to #1. The artist there blacked in the folds and wrinkles. Plus the way Eisner drew hands was pretty destinctive, too. Angelo

Actually, I am pretty sure Whitman did those, not Eisner. Adamstrange would know... According OSPG, aside from #1, it's Eisner or Eisner/Grandenetti covers Angelo Yeah October and I were discussing this and we weren't 100% sure. I'd like to hear a board member's opinion on this as OS has been wrong before! I'm pretty familiar with Eisner's linework, and I'd say that the cover on #3 is him. At the very least, he did the layouts or breakdowns. Although, the skeleton may be the hand of someone else. But I'd say that the other figures are by Eisner. That being said, I've been wrong before Angelo So definitly not Grandenetti? I should have explained myself better. I wouldn't rule out another hand like Grandenetti. The Spirit's face doesn't look like "true" Eisner and, like I said, the skeleton doesn't look to be by him either. But I'd say that the scientist and woman look like Eisner with another hand inking his pencils, possibly Grandenetti. Angelo I did a little bit of research before posting but I would like to have had more time. These aren't easy for me. I don't think Grandenetti had a had in any of the covers. He completed his Dr. Drew series in 1951 and had started at DC in 1952. From material I've read Eisner was not happy that Grandenetti was drawing Dr. Drew so I seriously doubt they had a reunion on this title nor do I perceive Grandenetti as doing work like these covers in this time frame (his figure work was a bit stiff). The inking on issue 1 looks nothing like Eisner (lots of lines in the blouse and shirt rather blacks), nor does it look like Whitman. Whitman did nearly all of the FH covers from 52 to 54 but the Spirit was owned by Eisner. He could easily have ddrawn the new cover -- that was what he did later for Harvey, the Warren, then Kitchen Sink. Alternately, he could have done part of the work and then turned it over to someone else in his studio. Eisner was mostly likely to ink the faces when he acted as a coordinator rather than sole creator. Issue 2 is puzzling because of the face in the UL. If it's Eisner, it's the only time he used that "ghostly" technique that FH was so found of on the last few issues of Jumbo. I'd love to compare the panels to the story but I'm not sure which one it is. If someone knows please post as I do have all the post-WWII reprints. Basically there's not enough info to tell who did issue #2. Issue 3 I thought didn't look like Eisner. Looking at the larger scan, I do think that it could be all Eisner. Issue 4 is tricky because the composition isn't terribly Eisnerian , yet the inking on the pants of the bound Spirit in the LR is not Whitman. I did some reviewing of his FH covers and he didn't use large amount of blacks on pants, usually just lines to indicate folds. It took a while to confirm this as most of his figures often don't wear too much in the way of clothes. Could Whitman have done this in imitation of Eisner? He's an excellent artist so I don't see why not but I really can't confirm that he did it. Issue #5 is a classic Eisner composition, classic inking of pants/shoe on the tall villain, and with a background that seems to fit him. The ink work on the Spirit's chest is also typical for Eisner and you have all four characters with bent knees, something that Eisner was very fond of. Looks like Eisner to me -- perhaps his last Spirit work of the GA. Brilliant work Angelo

In my opinion, any Spirit book is a nice book Mine's about a 6.5 or so, but I love it nonetheless. Sure enough not quite a 6.5 but, hey, I've got a copy Having a copy that you can read and enjoy is what it's all about Angelo

Nice looking copy despite the bottom, SS. Nice upgrade Angelo

Nice upgrade on the 'Tec #35, SS. Angelo