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JohnT

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Nope. That's a Heath cover.

 

That has to be Kubert.

 

I thought it had touches of both. GCD credits it as Kubert pencils and Heath inks. Everybody's a winner! ^^

 

Only thing even vaguely Kubertesque about that is the central action taking place within a black "vacuum." Kubert employed that on a number of other covers, but Heath--the perfectionist for details--was virtually incapable of NOT filling in background and foreground elements. If Kubert had ANYTHING to do with this, it would have been that he had Heath kidnapped from the Playboy mansion out of desperation in order to fulfill the deadline and dumped Heath off in a back alley as soon as Heath finished the minimum action to convey the scene.

Sometimes the GCD gets it wrong.

It IS true that Heath signed virtually everything he ever did. . .more so than Kubert for that matter. The poses of the figures AND the crosshatching on the tank are the giveaways. Kubert just didn't make longshot figures like that.

 

I'm going with the Kubert pencils Heath inks theory. I see lots of Kubert elements:

 

1. Overall composition--overly dramatic action with no background.

2. The shading of the eyes of most of the Nazis...classic Kubert!

3. The smoke rising off the tank is also classic Kubert.

4. The soldiers and their stances look like Kubert.

 

But some of the inking looks like classic Heath, especially the cross-hatchng, as you point out.

 

It's a beautiful cover. I wonder if there are very many collaborations by Heath and Kubert?

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JohnT

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Although I kind of like this cover, this is the WORST Flash story of the early run. Flash is turned into a puppet. doh!

 

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JohnT

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Okay, who has their Pedrin guide handy. Look up cover credits for GIC 131.

 

What's a Pedrin guide?

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Oh, that's cool!

 

And I see it has a nice Kubert cover on it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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CLASSIC late Atomic/ early Silver Batman as he picks up all of Superman's goofy tricks -- pet, silly other-dimensional nemesis, meddling dame, etc.

 

Horrible, yet I love the cover!

 

Jack

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