NEXT WEDNESDAY: #103 The Man For The Job
Posted on May 29, 2013, in Cover Gallery and tagged All-American Men of War, Dinosaurs, G.I. Combat, Haunted Tank, Our Army At War, Our Fighting Forces, Russ Heath, Sgt. Rock, Star-Spangled War Stories, World War II. Bookmark the permalink. 15 Comments.
dangvozden
Paul O'Connor
Kris (not Chris)
markginocchio
miloapama
Dean Compton
Moya
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Some epic covers ! They remind me of being a kid and going to the barber , he always had G.I. Combat comics . That how I first discovered The Haunted Tank !!
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Haunted Tank is pure cool.
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Dare I say so?
I’d trade most of these covers for an inside page without thinking twice (especially the painted ones).
Don’t misunderstand me, I like a good comic cover but what I’m really raving about is interior art. With comics, it’s all about narrative art, stupid!*
* More or less quoted from B. Clinton
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Yes, these images are the sweepings of some dedicated Google Image Search work, I admit it … and I too would welcome a peek at Heath’s interior work. Maybe another time. (And that time will come around a lot faster if DC determines to provide a digital subscription service for their backlist).
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Gotta admit, though, I love the cover for Men of War #94!
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That cover really shows off Heath’s draftsmanship. In his introduction to the first Sgt. Rock Archive, Joe Kubert wrote that Heath drew tanks and aircraft that looked more realistic than photographs of the same thing, and it must have been this kind of cover that he had in mind.
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Gotta agree with Joe – Heath’s military equipment was the best, bar none! It didn’t even matter which war – his work on the earliest ‘Balloon Buster’ WWI stories was absolutely fantastic and a personal favorite of mine!
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Those Silver Age DC war comics are real treasure — Russ Heath on Haunted Tank, Joe Kubert on Sgt. Rock and Enemy Ace … so good.
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A nice dip in the nostalgia pool. Heath is a long time favorite. Having him finish out the Enemy Ace story “War in Heaven” back in 2001 was a great choice.
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I missed seeing him at WonderCon and now I hope it does not become a life-long regret. He’s getting up there in years.
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Forgot he worked on that – I’ve got to get my hands on that story!
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I have Star Spangled War Stories Nr 81. One of my all-time most favorite of Russ Heath covers.
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Nice! I don’t think I own any of these books — the best I can do is celebrate them digitally …
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