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Another Dirtbag Alert

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Secret Son

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Joe Giella, Gene Colan Victimized By Con

By Henry Justice

 

Nassau County detectives are investigating the recent disappearance of artwork from the home of Joe Giella (84), an artist best known for his work at Marvel and DC Comics. The main suspect is Neal Cino of Brooklyn, NY.  

 

Cino had allegedly been barred in 2010 from visiting the home and hospital room of artist Gene Colan after artwork went missing. Cino was warned repeatedly by Colan family members to leave the ailing artist alone but allegedly did not comply until law enforcers became involved. 

 

Cino approached Giella as a fan, then began bringing him small gifts and taking the elderly comic artist to lunch. Once he gained the artist’s confidence, he was invited into the Giella home and then began visiting frequently.

 

The artwork that was stolen from the Giella home includes:

“Menace of the Man Missile”, pages 1 and 9. Pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Joe Giella

“Castle with Wall to Wall Danger” pages 7 and 8. Pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Joe Giella

“Green Lantern/Green Arrow” #107 cover. Pencils by Joe Staton, , inks by Joe Giella

The artwork stolen from the Colan home included large, poster-sized drawings of Star Wars characters.

 

If you have any information, contact Detective John O’Connor, Nassau County Police Dept.,

at 516-573-6353.

 

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Designer Toast

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Thanks for posting this. I rarely swing by the OA forum and would have missed this entirely.

 

I hope the smoking anus gets some boots in the azz. :sumo: What a complete :censored: piece of mess.

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bass4punk

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You can't call that guy a human being. A new low

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This has to be one of the lowest things I heard of on this board this year,and that`s saying something. :(

 

This is certainly right up there with the gentleman who was swindled out of his prized Superman collectables. Very sad when you consider he took the time to plan this all out. Time he could have spent planning a respectable way of earning money, instead of stealing it :mad:

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