Gil Kane cover appreciation thread

[Bronty]

The good parts

 

Seriously, look at the composition. That's typically Kane and not something romita would do

[Mephisto]

I can't see up anyone's nose, so it must be all Romita.

[Bronty]

What do you know, you own a Boris or five

[comick1]

 

 

I was scrolling through and couldn't believe how far down I got before somebody actually posted his 50s DC stuff. Leave it to AS to put something so monumental!

 

[Mephisto]

What do you know, you own a Boris or five

 

Actually it's two but I get bonus points for a butt naked Wolverine.

[comick1]

 

Beautiful western! How about a couple Gil Kane wave/water-splash covers?

 

 

 

[Bronty]

Ahh yes the Kane water wave! Awesome! He drew water waves very distinctively!

[Mephisto]

 

Beautiful western! How about a couple Gil Kane wave/water-splash covers?

 

 

 

 

What did Wertham say about this one?

[ciorac]

hmmm, I have surprisingly little Kane....but what I have...

 

 

 

another winner.

[Bronty]

Hopefully wee than was too busy with batman and robin

[Dale Roberts]

Kane is the man!

 

 

 

[chrisco37]

Disrespect? Gene said he thought he was better than Adams.

 

I always liked Kane. Solid artist that doesn't get the respect he should. The way some people talk about him, you'd think he was Frank Robbins w/ Colletta inks. At best, people think he's Herb Trimpe or (good) Sal Buscema. But he's better than those guys. He did some really nice work.

 

Showcase #34 was always one of my favorite SA covers.

[comick1]

Disrespect? Gene said he thought he was better than Adams.

 

I always liked Kane. Solid artist that doesn't get the respect he should. The way some people talk about him, you'd think he was Frank Robbins w/ Colletta inks. At best, people think he's Herb Trimpe or (good) Sal Buscema. But he's better than those guys. He did some really nice work.

 

Showcase #34 was always one of my favorite SA covers.

 

Part of the problem was that he was ill-served by inkers who weren't compatible with his style. I am not a big fan of most of his GL or Atom stuff because most of the time, he was being inked by somebody else. If you want to see really good Kane, check out his self-inked stuff. There's a lot of mystery/sci-fi and western DC stuff that he self-inked. Another body of work was his stint on late Tales to Astonish. The Hulk vs. Abomination storyline is fantastic. By this point, he was much looser, but it really worked. His self-inked stuff looks incredibly dynamic against the wooden stuff where others inked him.

[alxjhnsn]

It's not a cover, but I really like this splash from Atari Force

[delekkerste]

Disrespect? Gene said he thought he was better than Adams.

 

[Ghost Town]

I love a lot of Kane's covers but this is one of my favorites.

 

[batmiesta]

Did you manage to snag a keeper of this issue Barton?

 

[Ghost Town]

Did you manage to snag a keeper of this issue Barton?

Sort of. I have a slabbed 9.4 with c-ow pages. But I'd still like to find a sweeter copy.

[comick1]

I was scrolling through and couldn't believe how far down I got before somebody actually posted his 50s DC stuff. Leave it to AS to put something so monumental!

 

?

 

I posted Showcase 23 and 24 before that, both books coming out almost exactly the same months as those 2 MIS (although the later MIS was a 1960's book)

 

Sorry Bill! Missed those! No slight intended there. Those are definitely classic Kane!(although my personal preference still goes toward his self-inked western or mystery/sci-fi stuff more than nearly anything that anybody else inked. . .even if it WAS Murphy Anderson who almost certainly inked those MIS covers. Not sure who the inker was on Showcase 23 and 24 except that I'm fairly positive they're not self-inked.)

[Matches_Malone]