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[Drusilla lives!]

Thanks for those links JVJ... and once again, nicely done.

I forgot about Krenkel... and especially his close association with Williamson.  It seems I, like many others today, just think of Frazetta when Williamson's name pops up.  But as you point out in your Krenkel bio, Roy had a tremendous influence on both men... thanks for the reminder.

And btw, those old illustrations by Vierge, Coll, Booth, J. Allen St. John and Lindsay are outstanding.  No wonder they were such a strong influence on Krenkel... as well as Frazetta and Williamson.  Personally I really liked those watercolors of Lindsay's... his oils look good, but those watercolors are impressive.  Wonderful use of color with good technique... and amazingly vibrant, again considering the (watercolor) medium.

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Does anyone else think that the artist for Commodore Amobord may be the same artist for Super-Magician? Looks like work I have seen elsewhere even if not. The lettering looks familiar also.

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Baffling Mysteries 18. When I saw this cover the girl jumped out at me as drawn by Jim Mooney. I checked and low and behold he was working at Ace during this time. Could I actually be right?

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Because of some horror discussion on DCM I was looking Weird Chills
over. Voice of Doom jumped out at me as Hughes. I checked GCD I
noticed that you have all the stories in Weird Chills 3 as pencil and
inks Eugene Hughes. I would say by looking at them that the first two
may have a different inker, especially Clumsy. Either that or Hughes
was in a major rush to get Clumsy finished Hughes is not great but
usually better than that. What do you think? Also The Gorilla in WC 1 is the same pair as Clumsy.

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Here is some work to ponder

Captain Science stories in CS 4and 5 are labeled as Orlando and Wood.
Some sequences are labeled Orlando pencil Wood ink while others put
Orlando and Wood in both spots. One sequence that is labeled
Orlando/Wood is not signed and does not look Wood to me. I think most
of those signed show heavy Wood. Any ideas they can be seen at

https://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=12353
https://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=12353
https://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=9655
https://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=9655

I also think the Splash for this story in 7 is Wood layout or Pencil
and the Logo is Wood. https://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=25435

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Garzan the Magnificent screams Mike Sekowsky. I don't think that I am wrong on this one.

[JVJ]

Garzan the Magnificent screams Mike Sekowsky. I don't think that I am wrong on this one.

Check GCD on this one, narf. It's who they say. Most of the Harvey Horror credits are taken from JVJ/Don Rosa indexes done 25 years ago.

Peace, Jim (|:{>

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Thanks Jim. I did check GCD and it had Jack Abel ? inks. I thought surely at least the inks were Sekowsky. Those dark forehead lines especially as well as overall look.

[josemas]

The inks do remind me of Abel at times.  Did Sekowsky ever do any inking in the 1950s?  It seems everything I run across that he has pencilled is inked by someone else.

Curious

Joe

[JVJ]

I'm unaware of any post-'40s Sekowsky inking, Joe,
but, then, I'm not certain that I would know what to look for.

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[unclerobin@att.net]

Just checked out that GARZA, narf - am I nuts, or did I get a whiff of Nostrand in that art job? Maybe some last minute pitching in, or possibly just Nostrand's style rubbing off on his fellow Harvey artists?

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I hate the pencil/inker model. This topic made me look at some pics. It made me realize that it was probably Jack Abel inks that I was seeing as Sekowsky. Not sure where I got the two crossed in my brain.