Enemy Ace

Enemy Ace (Hans von Hammer) first appearance was in DC's Our Army at War #151 (Feb. 1965). He went on to appear in Star Spangled War Stories as a regular feature from #138 to #150. Von Hammer appeared in various DC war titles over the years. He was also the subject of two graphic novels: Enemy Ace: War in Heaven and most notably Enemy Ace: War Idyll by George Pratt.

Originally created by writer Robert Kanigher and artist Joe Kubert, Enemy Ace has also been depicted over the years by artists such as Russ Heath, Neal Adams, Howard Chaykin, and Frank Thorne.




DC Showcase #57, August 1965. Cover art by Joe Kubert.




DC Showcase #58, October 1965. Cover art by Joe Kubert.




Star Spangled War Stories #138, May 1968. Cover art by Joe Kubert.




Detective Comics #404, October 1970. Cover art by Neal Adams.




Enemy Ace sketch by George Pratt, 1991.




Cover art by Frank Thorne for Comic Reader #104, 1974.

Glimmer Graphics Prints

Glimmer Graphics has been producing fine art fantasy prints since 1989. The company now has a web presence. Once exciting upcoming project is print of the cover to the Studio book, signed by all four studio artists. Click on the image for more information:




Below are some more of Glimmer Graphics' offerings. Click on the images for ordering information:




The Last Atlantean, by Barry Windsor-Smith, 1990.




Marionettes, by Michael Kaluta, 1991 (Graphitti)




Age of Innocence, by Jeffrey Jones, 1992.




Tapestry, by Brian Froud, 1995.




Jerry Lee Lewis Tried to Kill Me, by Phil Hale, 1995.

Sunday Morning Trash

Here's some nice trashy art for your Sunday morning...

[Warning! bottom image is R-rated]




Love Camp by Louis-Charles Royer, Pyramid Books 1953. Art by Julian Paul.







Stag magazine illustration by Earl Norem, n.d.

The Nichovev Plot: Solved!

A little while ago I posted about a painting I purchased where I did not know what book it was from or who the artist was. Thanks to some helpful people at LibraryThing I got the book identified. It is "The Nichovev Plot" from the Nick Carter series. The only copy I've been able to find so far was in England (on Ebay) and I just got it in the mail. This edition was published by Charter Books in 1976. Still no ID on the artist aside from the notation "S. Holland" on the back of the painting. It is still cool to know what book it came from.

The blurb on the cover: "Soviet Premier Nichovev vanishes en route to the White House. Nick's mission: find him before detente turns to wholesale murder!" Apparently there are "death worshiping occultists" at the bottom of this.

Swamp Thing!

By Bernie Wrightson







DC Special Series Vol. 1, #2. Reprint from 1977. This comic was my introduction to the work of Bernie Wrightson.





DC Special Series Vol. 2, #14. Reprint comic from Summer 1978.





Cover for Roots of the the Swamp Thing #1. Reprint comic from July 1986.





Promotional sticker for Swamp Thing, 1974.




Cover rough for Swamp Thing #8.




Original art for splash page from Swamp Thing #4.





Original art for the cover of Swamp Thing #5. Note on the published cover below, Swamp Thing does not have the axe in his back.





Original art of splash page from Swamp Thing #2.




Original art for the cover to House of Secrets #92.




House of Secrets #92. First appearance of the Swamp Thing, July 1971.




Swamp Thing #1, November 1972.




Swamp Thing #2, January 1973.




Swamp Thing #3, March 1973.




Swamp Thing #4, May 1973.




Swamp Thing #5, August 1973.




Swamp Thing #6, October 1973.




Swamp Thing #7, December 1973. (Batman!)




Swamp Thing #8, February 1974.




Swamp Thing #9, April 1974.




Swamp Thing #10, June 1974.


Previous post on some nice Danish reprints of Swamp Thing.

Pencil/Ink blog reviews Wrightson's Swamp Thing.

More Adventure Art!

Cover art by Earl Norem for True Men magazine, July 1965.




Illustration by Earl Norem, c. 1968.




"Incredible Escape from the Nazi Nightmare." Cover painting by Will Hulsey for True Men Stories, February 1960.




"The Sea of Rats." Illustration by Mort Kunstler for Male magazine, July 1973.

Oddball Dell Comics

Here's some unusual Dell Comics that caught my eye:



Life Stories of American Presidents, November 1957.




A Treasury of Dogs, 1956.




Cadet Gray of West Point, April 1958.




Dwight D. Eisenhower, December 1959.