ID this piece of Golden Age art

[eti-migration]

Hi! First time poster here. This looks like an awesome forum! I looked around first for posting guidelines, so if I've missed them, please point them out. Anyway, on to the meat of my post...

 

I recently bought this, my first comic art purchase, because I like how it looks.

 

On the back it says

'Klaus Nordling? (Jack Kamen?)

"Kid Dixon"

National Comics #?

Quality Publ.

1940's

$100--'

 

 

Does anyone have the skinny on this as to the correct artist/comic?

I have a hunch on the artist, but you guys are the experts!

 

Thanks in advance!

[Timulty]

The Penciller is Klaus Nordling. I have not been able to peg the issue though. Could have been National Comics #11. On the bright side, the last Kid Dixon issue was #32. So, you only have to look through about 20 issues or so.

[Forbush-Man]

The Penciller is Klaus Nordling. I have not been able to peg the issue though. Could have been National Comics #11. On the bright side, the last Kid Dixon issue was #32. So, you only have to look through about 20 issues or so.

 

 

A bonifide "contribution to the boards", July 13th, 2006.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Timulty]

[Forbush-Man]

 

 

 

 

Now, go make me a ham sandwich!

[eti-migration]

Thanks! I couldn't find much online from Nordling that I felt resembled this style.

 

Do you think Jack Kamen could have had a hand in it? I did find several examples of his work that remind me this. For instance http://comics.heritageauctions.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=803&Lot_No=5798&src=pr

 

In particular the use of cross-hatching, the way the hands and clothing folds were drawn. Perhaps they had the same inker? I know Al Feldstein inked a lot of Kamen's work at the Iger shop. I even see similarities in some of Kamen's EC work. Of course one artist could always imitate another's style.

 

Thanks again!

[Timulty]

Well, when I went to www.comics.org and looked up the character Slugger Dixon it was pretty much exclusively Nordling. Though, that could be wrong.

[Sal]

yeah, according to the GCD, the Kid Dixon story in National Comics 2 is "Bout With Slugger Sweeney."

 

seeing as there's that guy in panel 2 mentioning "Slugger," it's a decent chance at being the one.

 

now all you have to do is find a dirt cheap copy of National 2 to check...

 

 

of course, some checking of the data would show that there's also a guy named "Slugger" in issue 5, so off you go to find out for sure

[Timulty]

The slugger on your sheet is Slugger Malone. I looked through and there seems to be Kid Dixon stories with Nordling pencils from 11 to 32. So, I believe that is where you should look.

[eti-migration]

Thanks for the leads! Now I just have to find a stack of National comics to leaf through.

[Point Five]

Welcome to the boards. Very nice page!