From World's Unknown #6
Here's Black Destroyer With
Art By Dan Adkins And Jim
Mooney. Published In 1974.
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To my untrained eye, it looks like Dan Adkins--and assistant P. Craig Russell--did the first few pages and the rest of the story was handed off to Jim Mooney to finish off rather than there being any traditional penciling/inking collaboration. To my untrained eye, at least.
ReplyDeleteAnd that's fine. I think Jim Mooney was a great artist who gave his all to each job. I especially like his run MAN-THING with Steve Gerber. Not flashy for the sake of flashiness, but always good, strong work.
The ending of the story is pure dream logic, which--according to Wikipedia--was van Vogt's modus operandi, so, you know, that's OK, I guess.
Did not realize that Craig Russell was involved in the art. I always enjoyed Jim Mooney's art especially
ReplyDeleteon "Dial H For Hero" back in the 60's.
Val Mayerik, Paul Gulacy & P. Craig Russell all started off as Dan Adkins assistants. The middle figure at the bottom of page 2 in particular looks like Russell's work to me.
ReplyDeleteI did not know that. Seems like a lot of the 70's new artists started as assistants to the older professionals.
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