ANTHONY FURY (unnumbered) by Frank Ashley and Stanley Pitt was published by Consolidated Press in 1942. This is the first work, and shows it, but Pitt went on to become well-known for ‘Silver Starr in the Flameworld’, a science fiction saga, and his art became increasingly reminiscent of that of Alex Raymond without being simply an imitation. He worked frequently with Frank Ashton, and with his brother, Reginald Pitt. There is more information about this book at the bottom of the page
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Despite the standard presentation here, the format of this is weird! It's printed like it is in landscape format, so the spine is the shorter edge - the top of the cover is where the spine is. But the pages are printed in portrait, so opening it presents you with the pages on their side, with the top of each page on the left. Each pair of facing pages makes a single long page. Reading it with the spine at the top and turning the page by lifting the bottom up each time give an impression like you are reading through a long, continuous scroll, and it almost feels like you are being encouraged to speed through it. I assume this was intentional! It adds a pace to the story that can't be replicated in online reading of each page separately. (Hope that conveys my experience of reading it in its physical form)
By Downunder Dan
I commented on it being obvious this was Stan Pitt's first comic was obvious. For me, it's the legs of most characters (way too large) and the hair frequently looking like there's isolated locks of hair. Compare this to his work on Silver Starr Super Comic #6 at comicbookplus.com/?dlid=76840 which is about 5 years of comic drawing experience later. He's rightly admired as a great artist, and it's a real privilege to compare earlier and later work to appreciate his growth. BTW, The Australian Panther includes a useful overview of Pitt's comics career in a comment under Silver Starr #6
By crashryan
Pitt definitely shows great potential but he has a long way to go--which he did in a very short time. Meanwhile those are the smallllllllllest heads I've ever seen.
By The Australian Panther
I'm looking at the placement of the women's hands on the cover and wondering if Stanley Pitt didn't use a live model for the image. That would explain the modesty.
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