jimjum12 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 ..... many Lou Fine covers are considered classics..... but two of my very favorites don't have the designation, HIT 17 and National 16....maybe I just have bad taste. The only one I'd put higher is, of course, Fantastic 3 ...... GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u Howard Keltner told me he thought Hit 15-17 all had covers by Fine but many others think that Eisner and Crandall did some of the art. I prefer to agree with Howard. + 1.........GOD BLESS.... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u ...the 17 is so obviously Fine ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbcomicbox Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 A week or so ago I was browsing Metro and saw a newly-listed Hit 17 VF. No scan, so I planned to call in the AM and ask for a scan. Needless to say it was gone by the AM. So I drowned my sorrows with this one instead. Hoping others will post their early Hits too! This is kind of a mix of bits and pieces. Hit 5 is just a copy. Hit 15 is actually 12 covering a copy of Hit 15. I think that the original art is owned by Jon Berk. Unfortunately not.....but I do have the Planet 1 cover...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat-Man_America Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 ..... many Lou Fine covers are considered classics..... but two of my very favorites don't have the designation, HIT 17 and National 16....maybe I just have bad taste. The only one I'd put higher is, of course, Fantastic 3 ...... GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u Howard Keltner told me he thought Hit 15-17 all had covers by Fine but many others think that Eisner and Crandall did some of the art. I prefer to agree with Howard. Most of the HIT covers through #17 look like Lou Fine's style to me. Crandall did most of the covers from 18 through 24 (HIT 18 is signed by Crandall, 19, 20 & 24 look a lot like his work; 22 is obviously Gill Fox). Eisner may have had a hand in #23 (there are several key points of similarity to his style)... This is a wild guess, but Rudy Palais may have done the cover to #21 (based on the snapshot-like characteristics of his style that are present here)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Thanks guys, it is a fun quest. The more I learn about this collection the more I am enjoying collecting examples from it i'm hand-delivering a few to you this weekend, for your consideration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 A week or so ago I was browsing Metro and saw a newly-listed Hit 17 VF. No scan, so I planned to call in the AM and ask for a scan. Needless to say it was gone by the AM. So I drowned my sorrows with this one instead. Hoping others will post their early Hits too! This is kind of a mix of bits and pieces. Hit 5 is just a copy. Hit 15 is actually 12 covering a copy of Hit 15. I think that the original art is owned by Jon Berk. Unfortunately not.....but I do have the Planet 1 cover...... Which you were kind enough to bring over to my house a few years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Gradually filling out this little run. Talking gorillas are '50s DC at its finest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straw-Man Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 the talking apes are commonplace; it's the cinematographer apes that really define d.c. creativity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 the talking apes are commonplace; it's the cinematographer apes that really define d.c. creativity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat-Man_America Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 the talking apes are commonplace; it's the cinematographer apes that really define d.c. creativity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Miscut and pieces out = affordable. I've been looking for a decent lower grade copy for a long time. Was sold as a VG-, crossed my fingers that the grade was harsh, and for once, I was pleasantly surprised. O happy day! 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Miscut and pieces out = affordable. I've been looking for a decent lower grade copy for a long time. Was sold as a VG-, crossed my fingers that the grade was harsh, and for once, I was pleasantly surprised. O happy day! Classic Eisner cover. How are the innards? I've never had a copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Chock full. Eisner-icious. This guy can cram more visual into a panel...here, check it out. CB+ Baseball Comics 1 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Chock full. Eisner-icious. This guy can cram more visual into a panel...here, check it out. CB+ Baseball Comics 1 Great stuff. Definitely has a Spirity feel to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Miscut and pieces out = affordable. I've been looking for a decent lower grade copy for a long time. Was sold as a VG-, crossed my fingers that the grade was harsh, and for once, I was pleasantly surprised. O happy day! Great book Dr.! I picked up a similar copy at Wonder Con last year pretty cheap. An impulse buy. A great read cover to cover. (I am a big baseball fan so it wasn't hard). Love Eisner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Thanks Bob. Yeh, must have for Eisner fans. They get pretty decent prices too. Dale has one (or had) that didn't move at his last auction (I think it was a VGish), and Metro has a few on line as well. 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pelayo31 Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine48 Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Glad you got those Bill. That Comic Cavalcade is a tough one for that title. I have two that he filled out a coupon in. Nice to know where they came from. I guess when he moved to the west coast he brought them with him. But what I heard, he was a very strange "horder" type of guy. Joe showed me some books he had where Paul wrote when and where he got them, and how much he paid. A couple said that he "purloined" (stole) them. There were a ton of pulps, other magazines and loads of books and sci-fi fanzines. The collection ran up untill about 8 years ago. Like the Church collection, the family "wanted them gone". I think Jim has a nice Wacky Duck #4 (infinity cover) that has his full name on the cover. It's the back story that makes them even cooler Thanks for the additional info Bob I've loved seeing you two gather up the Pauls...i can feel.The love and excitement! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonzilla Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Picking this up during the week from a friend, her boyfriend found it in a box of old books, it was the only comic in there and she asked me if I wanted to buy it. Very excited as it's my 1st wartime DC book, and paid for with profits from a load of Ultimate Fallout #4s I bought for 50 cents each Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Miscut and pieces out = affordable. I've been looking for a decent lower grade copy for a long time. Was sold as a VG-, crossed my fingers that the grade was harsh, and for once, I was pleasantly surprised. O happy day! Great book Dr.! I picked up a similar copy at Wonder Con last year pretty cheap. An impulse buy. A great read cover to cover. (I am a big baseball fan so it wasn't hard). Love Eisner. Unfortunately, despite the back cover ad, there apparently was never a second issue. Someday a group of artists and writers should take it upon themselves to produce many of the comics that through the years were advertised but never actually published. Kind of like the Sherlock fans who have written stories based on cases that Watson mentioned but never wrote about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifties Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Picking this up during the week from a friend, her boyfriend found it in a box of old books, it was the only comic in there and she asked me if I wanted to buy it. Very excited as it's my 1st wartime DC book, and paid for with profits from a load of Ultimate Fallout #4s I bought for 50 cents each So how much did you pay for it? :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
