Tuesday, April 26, 2011

N.C. Wyeth Action


I don't see early Action Comics non-Superman covers very often. I ran across this image of #8 for sale on the internet and of course instantly recognized where the pose was swiped from. The cover for Action Comics #8, dated January 1939, is by Fred Gaurdineer.

Below that is N.C. Wyeth's The Fight at Glen Falls, from his 1919 edition of Last of the Mohicans. Maybe everybody knew this. I just stumbled across it last night.




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2 comments:

  1. M. D. JacksonApril 26, 2011 at 11:58 PM

    I'm gessing that Fred didn't have time to read the book before deadline.

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  2. Pierre DApril 27, 2011 at 6:04 AM

    Well seen !
    I just went accross that post of advertising art by Wyeth ; if you look at the Lucky Strike ad from 1932, there is also a striking resemblance with this one.
    It's not as obvious as the example you found, but still, it may be added to the case I think.
    http://goldenagecomicbookstories.blogspot.com/2011/04/n_10.html

    Thanks for the Blog, it's awesome !

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