Art By Doug Wildey, Bill Everett
And Pete Morisi From Uncanny
Tales #48. Published In 1956.
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Another bunch of good-looking art. All of them with at least passable stories as well.
ReplyDeleteI'd seen the Everett one before, but it's nice to see it again. It's interesting in that a quick perusal gives the impression that the hunter is the bad guy. I mean, he just looks like one. You have to read it to realize he's the hero pulling off his Puss-In-Boots gambit.
The Wildey one also has a recyclable plot. I would guess that Stan Lee had a hand in it since variations of it show up in the post-Atlas/pre-Marvel period, but then again it is pretty much your standard issue irony, fitting for crime, horror and sci-fi alike (not so much romance, ha ha).
Story-wise I prefer the Morisi one. It must be the post traumatic stress/psychiatrists angle, but it reminds me of the Corben Warren shark gorefest 'In Deep', though the doctors here seem to have a 'Yeah. OK. Whatever.'-kind of reaction to the denouement.
Great art from all three artists, though.
Yes great art for sure. Great artists at shier fifties peak. Morisi was an interesting artist. Not a favorite but he did so much work for Charlton that I now enjoy his work a lot. In Deep was a great story. I remember buying that issue of Creepy back in the good old days.
ReplyDeletetheir fifties peak I meant to write.
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