Double A Gil Kane

I'm amazed how much I love the rough for the cover of Man From Atlantis #1 VS my near-disdain of the published cover, and I'm also amazed at how much I dig the original image of The Atom in a hand palm VS my near-disdain of The Sword Of The Atom in a hand palm

 

The Shadow by Mike Kaluta

I find this just Georgeous, by George!  And, hey, Russ, another Kaluta Shadow!  If you've been delaying your multi-tasking  at all while wander'n around on here, you probly noticed that in the way-back, Russ pointed out to me how Kaluta had been much more prolific on his Shadow drawings AFTER his gig on The Shadow's first comic series than while he was actually work'n on the series.  Here's just the bazillionth case in point

 

Coupla Originals From Cap'n Marvel #17 by Gil Kane

Help!  (Didja ever notice I need help every few seconds?  My co-workers sure do!)  First is a poor scan of the original art for the cover where the new Cap'n Marvel first appeared.  Yeah, yeah, you can say the other image is first appearance, but I know what I saw first.  Anyhoo, this image is exactly 23 years old, and the printer it was printed on has long been recycled into a front bumper cover on a car or a barbie house.  Lousy print, and I'm hoping someone knows somewhere we can see the real version.  Still, even this shows some cool variations BP (before print'n), and we'll always have Casablanca (er, this)

 

Christmas In August by Jack Kirby

First is the only new one on here, the cover of a book coming out at Christmas.  Yeah, yeah, I know the correct phrase is Christmas In July, but I just saw it.  I'm always slow on the uptake.  So slow on the uptake, it wasn't until this century I realized I'm slow on the uptake, hence the most fundundant catch-phrase on da blog--"so broke I can't even pay attention"

 

Who Is This Is? by Neal Adams

Help!  Nine years ago I put the first image up, ask'n if anybody had a clue, and four years ago, upon hearing of Neal's passing, I put up the second image as the lead picture in a big post of many of my favorite Neal Adams art.  Not a peep either time.  When I first started wondering about this guy, his hair was a crewcut and his outfit was inorganic (and my beard was black)

The next day, and--woohoo!  McScotty has not only solved my nine-year mystery, but led us to a biggerbetterfasterstronger version of this great art (which is what I really craved all along).  Also, he has a great blog

 

Another Lightray by Jack Kirby

Only the first image is new on here.  Luv this guy-he's right there with Big Bear for a personal fav Kirby karacter

 

Sweet Co-Inky-Dink by Gil Kane

I got married in July of 1985 (41derful years, as I now say), and The Sword of the Atom Special #2 came out in July of 1985.  Never realized that, but I've long realized it has onea my toptenteentunes fav covers.  Almost 20 years ago, the trade came out, but I just finally see that awesome cover is the back cover of the TPB.  Layers of co-inky-dink, like an onion.  Maybe that's why my eyes are a little sweaty