That title reads kinda funny, so let me start by say'n that Wally Wood indeed drew this, but it's not The Outer Space Spirit (1952) that I thought it was when I first saw it. The first image is from a 1967 comic art catalog, and it's offering up a 1955 page from Mad Magazine. Ohmyheck. Saw it cause 1967 Berni Wrightson led to so much great stuff, I thought I'd add 1967 to the other usual suspects' names and see what popped up. I have six or seven grandkids who are STILL all about doing that balancing scales hand gesture whenever "six seven" is mentioned
I have a beat-up old copy of Mad for Keeps, the first Mad hardback, from 1958, with this story, ten whole pages of primo Wood. Mad was good for a long time, but those early years were just supernaturally beautiful.
ReplyDeleteAnd Wood kept going back to the Moon up until NASA arrived and a bit thereafter. I think he sent Dynamo up there at least twice.
Yep, and let's not forget Doc Doom on the Moon (sorta). Wow, Mad for Keeps hardbound sounds awesome, and I dig the double entende title. Yeah, the whole "Is A Trip To The Moon Possible?" story is a beaut, but the panel I chose really had me doing a wunnerful double take, and dig'n out my Outer Space Spirit just to verify my sanity (but hey, very apropro that we mention Mad when verifying my sanity)
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