Does this look like Neal Adams?....

[Rocketeer]

I went to the Richmond show today,...and as usual Ed Sanderson was blowing out $3.00 books,...I came across this Young Romance book,....Am I imagining things or does this look like Neal Adams?....the cover arts not listed in the GCD,...my second guess would be Giordano,..I sometimes confuse the two of them.....

 

[aardvark88]

Looks like cover was inked by Howard Chaykin but I don't think he started in comics til 1973 or later. I don't see Giordano or N Adams at all.

[PovertyRow]

Am I imagining things or does this look like Neal Adams?

 

Hmmmm...looks more like Tessie Santiago from QUEEN OF SWORDS to me!

[143ksk]

I'd be very surprised if that was Adams. The woman's face reminds me a little of Frank Robbins but I have no real idea...

[Mephisto]

Ask Greggy...

[Rocketeer]

Ask Greggy...

 

Greggy would have been in heaven,...this guy today had a full run of high grade DC romance,...as well as horror and war,....

[rob_react]

No way is that Adams.

[Rocketeer]

I don't know what I was thinking,...I bought it at 4:20.....

[rjpb]

Didn't Andru & Esposito do alot of DC Romance around this time?

[Rocketeer]

...I never really noticed them before so I don't know...this guy today just had boxes of them....the silver and early bronze ones had a lot of cool covers,....they started to get real bad towards the mid-late bronze ones though....

[Rip]

no its not Adams

[lighthouse]

The jawline is pretty close... but I don't recall seeing Neal wear a hat like that before.

[ArAich]

Judging by the teeth...that looks like Nick Cardy....

[Aman619]

those sure are purdy teeth!!!

[Zonker]

This one's been bugging me. Here's a guess: Someone named Jay Scott Pike did one sole example of super-hero work: the Dolphin 1-shot in Showcase. I remember the text page in that issue announced that Jay Scott Pike was a DC Romance artist. We never heard from him again in the super-hero genre.

 

Somewhat similar styles. What do you think?

 

[ArAich]

So...Do we know who the artist is yet???...

[shiverbones]

that dolphin cover always struck me with how different it was. I know JSP did some precode horror atlas stuff, i'll see if i can find some and compare....

[Silver]

Neal Adams few DC romance covers are pretty well documented.

[Aman619]

Im thinking it's Jack Sparling. I seem to remember he did the Dolphin cover too. If Im right, I think the similarity in inking style stems from both Neal's and Sparlings extensive background in syndicated strip work before comics. Most who worked in strips were encouraged to follow certain artists styles. Im no expert in thsi area, but Stan Drake was one of the most influential.

 

but its definitely not Adams......

[Aman619]

and, amother name jusdt popped into my head: Bob Oksner. A real journeyman illustrator who worked in all genres..