Underworld Crime 1https://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=25310The Punk - [Mike Sekowsky],Excellent cover on this one. Superb composition.
When the eyes looks at something, we focus on elements till be see the whole thing.
Golden Age artists were masters in directing the eyes (subconsciously) around the page.
So here, the eyes become focused on the blue tie, focus outward and down the falling body to the police opening fire and then to the footpath down and behind them where we see the man who was robbed and hurt. Then we can see the wallet falling from the robbers hand, in its narrative context. In other words we have a story in one page. Love it!
As I've mentioned before on CB+, I didn't rate Mike Sekowsky when I read the early Justice Leagues - up against
Kirby, Ditko, Gil Kane and others. In an interview he said that he didn't envy any artists taking over on the JLA because it was tiring keeping track of all the different costumes.
He's one of a few artists whom I believe didn't enjoy the fact that in the 70's, Superheroes were nearly all they were offered. The high point of his 70's DC career is his run on Wonder Woman when they turned her into a Diana Rigg clone. Great stuff and his design sense came to the fore.
CB+ has made me appreciate just how good he could be.
I recognize his work by his anatomy, his legs and images of people walking or running forward. He has a unique way of drawing legs Also by the brows and occasional triangle-shaped heads.
It seems to me that he composes every page here.he also, when it suits him, goes from images with borders to images without borders. And there is a lot of energy in his story-telling.
Where the panels are both small and detailed, the colorist doesn't help.
Lovely stuff overall, tho.