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great description of Cranes drawing techniques. I believe Ben Day was a system of treated boards and matching chemicals. The boards had dots and/or crosshatched lines printed on them with an invisible ink. And teh artist would use the matching chemicals with a bush, and wherever they painted, the dot/crosshatch effect would appear. Apparently this was a "state of the art" time saver for artists and assistant so that they wouldnt have to do all that laborious inking. A lot of sports cartoonists used it too as it was a simple (and cheap way) to get a halftone effect without paying extra for film and masking combo work. When you were done, you had a finished line art piece that was camera ready but had the visual appeal of screned work. Years later, Letraset created press-on textures that did the same time-saving thing. Cerebus was created using press on textures for Cerebus's greytoned fur. Sim used different sized dots for closeups and small far away sized Cerebus figures. The effect was as if his fur was actually dots that looked bigger or smaller depending on how far away from you Cerebus was.

wow what beautiful drawing! Way too classy for a kiddy story, but ta pleasure to look at. And really cool coloring too.

WOW! What great perspective. DC sure had a thing for man vs. plane images. based on where that plane is diving at him from, I think he oughtta get behind the plane for protection rather than out in the open like that? That compositions gonna get him killed!

they dont look wrong to me. They are right in the sweet spot in this snapshot: right in the center of the focal range (accounting for their sharpness) and lighting (not out on the street nor way in the dark back of the store). Could this be faked? sure. The only hard part is skewing the new cover scans onto curved surfaces, the rest is easy. But, why? Especially considering the source is from the family archives and is NOT about comics, just dads neat little store.

recovered not as in "was once lost" but literally it has a new cover, right?

I know I'm a bit late for the pile-on, but as a 20-year graphic arts professional who has taught Photoshop to other professionals, I have to say that the line of comics hanging above Bailey's head are certainly very suspect. The degree of clarity and dynamic range do not match the rest of the image. Why would anyone do this? Fantasy gratification. You see it a lot with fake celebrity porn. I've actually had dreams of exactly this situation, going back in time with a bunch of mercury dimes and hitting the newstands. Seeing these photos certainly scratches that itch in a pleasurable way. Here's a simple Photoshop tip for anyone trying to decipher muddy or dark images, for example trying to ID comics that are mostly in shadow: Image/Adjust/Levels/drag the midrange slider to the left until the image becomes readable. This will likely destroy the appearance of the image in many ways, but will also potentially reveal some surprising detail. The data has to be there in the first place, a block of absolute 100% black will never gain new detail, but very often things *look* to be 100% black but are not and contain useful detail that needs to be enhanced to become visible. [/tutorial] always good to hear from a professional... I tried levels but dont see anything out of the ordinary. Did you see something here or just suggesting the possibility?

I think you meant Dr Midnite.

hey, dont ;ook now, but Fighting Yank is back, starring in The Twelve. A dozen forgotten Timely heroes were frozen by the Nazis and just woke up Pretty interesting so far.

I agree. the copy is placed neatly but another cloud or bkgnd element and NO words would have been awesomer.

d'oh!! Drucker was on the tip of my cerebellum I swear! I always think of Grandenetti from his looser and heavily brushed work of ten years later on, (Spectre and mystery stuff). The pen work on this cover reminded me of Morts brilliant style.

who drew the 115 cover? is that Mad's Mort? (Im blanking on the last name.. damn senility!

for late silver and all bronze I think you have to say 9.4 They are scarce now because so few are slabbed. But in time I believe many more will appear. Not nearly as many as mainstream superhero titles, but more than we see now in the census. Theres no reason IMO to believe that the % of collectors who were condition freaks in the 60s didnt take just as good care of their war books too. Just fewer total collectors.

Kapelka as in "take-a-number-Feeding-Frenzy" Kapelka??

those are incredibly strong prices asked... and paid! I was thinking of starting a thread to question the ask prices... and then they sold just as quickly.

nice to be humble Mick, but you is the king anyway!

hes castigatin' up a storm south of the border, huh?

when the Punisher is done right (pretty much most of the time recently) he's a great character. Like Clint Eastwood movies only he doesnt get beaten and locked up before winning as often. He's also like Batman versus run of the mill criminals and crooks: three steps ahead of all the mooks and scares em to death.

curses! hoisted on my own petard! ouch.

but wheres the good stuff? : )

sweet sweet set! like revisiting my childhood, from 120 on... such covers, such memories!

true, but that lowly 70 was probably considered (and sold) as a NM book way back when. It looks like a typical old school "keeper" that today drops down all the way to a FVF.

just when youre out, they pul you back in!

three 9.4s! who woulda thought!?

well. Bangzoom assured me he always puts a pillow under his feet while reclining...

no they arent. check out the mirror reflection in the rear center. And anyway, nobody said the original pic couldnt be enhanced for clarity, contrast and sharpness. AGAIN WHY REPLACE THE COMICS? Who benefits?? Just enjoy the images of a time gone by.