Wrightson's Marvel Superheroes

Here's a few of Bernie Wrightson's earlier renditions of Marvel superheroes. He would go on the produce the Spiderman graphic novel Hooky in 1986 and the Hulk/Thing graphic novel The Big Change in 1987.




The Incredible Hulk #197, March 1976. Cover by Bernie Wrightson.



Captain Marvel #43, March 1976. Wrightson inks on Al Milgrom pencils.




Astonishing Tales #31, August 1975. Wrightson inks on Ed Hannigan pencils.

Land O' Linkin'

I'm feeling kind of random today:


Here's a review of a recent gallery show in Scranton, PA of art by Al Williamson.


I ran across this kind of odd page about 3-D EC Comics which really doesn't have much on it, but it did lead me to the Golden Age Comic Book Stories post of art from the unpublished issue #3.


One Drawing for Every Page of Moby Dick. Does exactly what is says on the label.


And, a couple pictures of Gene Tierney...

The Back Covers

Here's some ads from the backs of comic books, 1938 - 1942.




A typewriter plus a beautiful desk! Only 10 cents a day. You have to write them for the total price. 1941.




The classic Daisy BB Gun. Don't put your eye out! 1942.




Great prizes for selling vegetable and flower seeds. 1942.




The perennial Johnson-Smith Company advertisement. This 1938 ad doesn't look much different from the 1970's ones I remember. Selling the same crap for almost the same price forty years later!




Fireworks! Fun for everyone. Explode them in your friend's face just like in the picture. 1939.

Playboy Pictures

Not those kind! Good living as envisioned by an unknown artist for Playboy magazine, I'm guessing 1970's or early 1980's.

DC Annuals

Here's some early silver age DC Annuals...




Lois Lane Annual #1, Summer 1962.




Flash Annual #1, 1963.




Sgt. Rock's Prize Battle Tales Annual #1, Winter 1964.




Superboy Annual #1, Summer 1964.




Superman Annual #1, 1960.




Superman Annual #2, 1960.




Batman Annual #1, 1961.




Batman Annual #2, 1962.




Batman Annual #3, Summer 1962.




Batman Annual #4, Winter 1962.

Demons...

...when desiring a human form for evil purposes, take to themselves the bodies of hanged men. Entry #196 of The Commonplace Book of H.P. Lovecraft.




Art by Rick Sardinha, buy a print here.

Friday Odds and Ends

Superman #130, July 1959.




"The Captive," Last of the Mohicans illustration by Peter Hurd, c.1928.




Detective Comics #359, January 1967. Cover art by Carmine Infantino and Murphy Anderson.




Cover art by Rudolph Belarksi for Air War, Summer 1941.