Spirit 22 Skinny Bones - Lauren Bacall 0

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I didn't realize that Eisner based Skinny Bones in part on Lauren Bacall.  I only noticed as I recently got a copy of this book and started looking into who this character was.  I can't believe I didn't notice the resemblance after having seen Bogie/Bacall movies in the past.  Does anyone know if any other Spirit covers have women based on other Hollywood starlets?   Do you think Spirit 22's connection with Bacall accounts for some of it's premium value?

 

 

 

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2 minutes ago, atomised said:

I didn't realize that Eisner based Skinny Bones in part on Lauren Bacall.  I only noticed as I recently got a copy of this book and started looking into who this character was.  I can't believe I didn't notice the resemblance after having seen Bogie/Bacall movies in the past.  Does anyone know if any other Spirit covers have women based on other Hollywood starlets?   Do you think Spirit 22's connection with Bacall accounts for some of it's premium value?

 

 

 

I don't know, but, what a hottie!

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Bacall was the definition of "sultry" 

[n2wdw]

18 hours ago, atomised said:

I didn't realize that Eisner based Skinny Bones in part on Lauren Bacall.  I only noticed as I recently got a copy of this book and started looking into who this character was.  I can't believe I didn't notice the resemblance after having seen Bogie/Bacall movies in the past.  Does anyone know if any other Spirit covers have women based on other Hollywood starlets?   Do you think Spirit 22's connection with Bacall accounts for some of it's premium value?

 

 

 

I didn't know that.   What else did the book say?

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4 hours ago, n2wdw said:

I didn't know that.   What else did the book say?

from Encyclopedia of Comic Books and Graphic Novels edited by Keith Booker

[Scrooge]

If you look around, you can find other similarities. I was going through some scans I have and ran into this one and Katherine Hepburn came to mind -

Spirit image is from 1945

Edited August 23, 2017 by Scrooge

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Earlier in another thread I pointed to this -

 

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Here's another potential one - Hayworth as the model / inspiration -

 

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This Senorita Rio splash has always given me a Gene Tierney flash / vibe -

 

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This one is easy to guess the influence -

 

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For this Matt Baker cover, I think the girl looks a lot like Eve, Juliet's sister in The Heart of Juliet Jones -

 

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Others may disagree and see someone else but I see Ava Gardner in both these Baker covers. I think he used her more than a few times too.

 

 

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13 hours ago, Scrooge said:

This one is easy to guess the influence -

 

The main influence looks like Detective 31!

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Which swiped it from Universal.

That's always been Drac's pad first. He'd always welcome any young girl over to drink.