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13 hours ago, Scrooge said:

American Air Forces # 8 a.k.a A-1 # 65 IIRC - Colors are good on this copy.

The Powell art in these is really incredible.  These are from #6 IIRC

 

 

[Electricmastro]

1 hour ago, buttock said:

The Powell art in these is really incredible.  These are from #6 IIRC

 

Charles Quinlan’s art is pretty effective as well. Would have made for more interesting covers I feel.

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11 minutes ago, Electricmastro said:

Charles Quinlan’s art is pretty effective as well. Would have made for more interesting covers I feel.

There is no Quinlan art in this series.  The 1951 series is all Bob Powell.  

[Electricmastro]

1 hour ago, buttock said:

There is no Quinlan art in this series.  The 1951 series is all Bob Powell.  

Well yeah, the 1951 series that continued starting with issue 5.

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3 hours ago, Electricmastro said:

 

 

Wow! What an amazing splash page. I need this book now.

[Scrooge]

6 hours ago, buttock said:

Nothing as graphic in # 8 but the same quality Powell brought to his work.

I will always remember Nik and his "poopy GA art" tongue-in-cheek comment. I am always surprised by the level of craft the top players in the industry brought to their work -

Then, there is always trouble ...

... that needs avenging. It didn't end well for those soldiers, esp. the second guy ...

 

 

Edited October 24, 2020 by Scrooge

[creaturefan95]

1 hour ago, Silver_Couch_Surfer said:

4 hours ago, Electricmastro said:

 

 

Wow! What an amazing splash page. I need this book now.

The American Air Forces #3

[Electricmastro]

1 hour ago, Scrooge said:

I will always remember Nik and his "poopy GA art" tongue-in-cheek comment. I am always surprised by the level of the top players in the industry brought to their work

I get the feeling most people tend to judge Golden Age art, at least interior art, by Joe Shuster, Bob Kane, and Jack Kirby’s art, which I’ve seen tends to lead to people dismissing Golden Age art altogether in spite of the respect people have for artists like Shuster otherwise, because of how “plain” it comes off to them. At least in terms of war comics, one series that caught my attention and led me to think can serve as a good example of people wanting to get a good idea of solid comic book art from the time, I’d then recommend looking through Contact Comics:

L. B. Cole:

John Giunta:

Nina Albright:

George Appel:

Rudy Palais:

Alvin Hollingsworth:

Edited October 24, 2020 by Electricmastro

[MusterMark]

45 minutes ago, Electricmastro said:

I get the feeling most people tend to judge Golden Age art, at least interior art, by Joe Shuster, Bob Kane, and Jack Kirby’s art, which I’ve seen tends to lead to people dismissing Golden Age art altogether in spite of the respect people have for artists like Shuster otherwise, because of how “plain” it comes off to them. At least in terms of war comics, one series that caught my attention and led me to think can serve as a good example of people wanting to get a good idea of solid comic book art from the time, I’d then recommend looking through Contact Comics:

L. B. Cole:

John Giunta:

Nina Albright:

George Appel:

Rudy Palais:

Alvin Hollingsworth:

Totally outrageous, wow.

[Silver_Couch_Surfer]

1 hour ago, creaturefan95 said:

The American Air Forces #3

Awesome. Thank you!

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Mail call!

 

[Robot Man]

In all the excitement at my house yesterday, I forgot to post this that just came in. 

[Robot Man]

I hear that these covers are “hot”.  

So with my new addition, thought a group shot might be in order...

[comicjack]

Those covers are just toasty 

[Silver_Couch_Surfer]

4 hours ago, Robot Man said:

I hear that these covers are “hot”.  

So with my new addition, thought a group shot might be in order...

Bringing the heat! Pun intended 

[tabcom]

18 hours ago, Robot Man said:

I hear that these covers are “hot”.  

So with my new addition, thought a group shot might be in order...

Thanks for providing me a cheat sheet to keep on hand as I check off what I need.

I currently have 3 down and 9 to go. 

Edited October 29, 2020 by tabcom

[Robot Man]

There are more than just these. These are just the ones in my war boxes. I know I am missing Battle Cry #1 at least. 

I can’t say I have actively searched out all of these. I pick them up when they are reasonable and I have the chance. 

[Raze]

Got this a few weeks ago. Surprised at what the last sold copy on ebay went for ($400) what if any significant does it have other than Kirby.

Edited October 29, 2020 by Raze

[1950's war comics]

20 hours ago, Robot Man said:

what grade do you think your War Comics #11 is in?

[1950's war comics]

20 hours ago, comicjack said:

Those covers are just toasty 

yep ... they are on fire too