Adventure 247 Splash Recreation (Legion/LSH) by Al Plastino
Artist: Al Plastino (All)
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Al and Alex with Scan at 2012 Dallas Comic Con
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DescriptionI've been an LSH fan since the earliest days of my comic collecting life. I got my first Adventure Comic featuring the LSH while sick with pneumonia in the 3rd grade and I've been hooked since. I own virtually every appearance from Adventure 247 ($25 back in the day) to today.The Shooter/Swan/Klein era is remains my favorite art era, but the Dave Cockrum, Mike Grell and Michael (Mike Nasser) Netzer runs contributed mightily to my love the team. Al Plastino drew the first story of my favorite characters - the Legion of Super-Heroes. Brian Stroud, the Silver Age Sage recently posted a drawing by Al and mentioned that he was accepting commissions of cover recreations. I searched Mike's Amazing World of DC Comic's database of Al's work and came up with a list of covers by him that I thought I might get recreated, but I didn't follow-up. This past Christmas, I received several new DC Archives including one with the LSH. That caused me to thumb through earlier ones. While doing so, I saw that first splash by Al and said to myself, "That's the one." I contacted Brian, got Al's snail mail address and sent him a letter with a scan of the page in question. A day or two later, my cell rings a work (not a good thing generally) and the merry voice on the other end says, "Alex, This is Al. I want to start your drawing today." He told me that the original had too many words and that he'd never liked the layout and wanted to change it to avoid those wordy pieces. I said, "Go for it." I was so surprised that I'm sure I sounded like an idiot fanboy. Al told me he wanted to get started now because the weather was bad and he couldn't get on the golf course. He's a lively guy and everyone should contact him, visit his website, and get a commission. You'll be glad that you did; I sure am glad that I did. BTW, if you like the LSH, check out my Swan LSH commission. You'll be glad that you did. Social/Sharing |
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Aidan (Re-Legion ) Lacy 
Member Since 2005
Posted on 2/12/2010
As a fellow Legion nut...I am so impressed..excellent commission
Bryan Stroud
Member Since 2008
Posted on 2/12/2010
Glad to be of some service and glad Al took such good care of you. Congratulations on a very nice commission!
Ray Cuthbert
Member Since 2003
Posted on 2/12/2010
Pretty Neat! I'm a big LSH fan from way back -- my first issue off the stands was Adventure #317.
Terry Doyle
Member Since 2004
Posted on 2/13/2010
Looks even better than the published splash. Not so much a recreation, more of an improvement - congrats!
Timothy Finney
Member Since 2006
Posted on 2/25/2010
Well, it certainly appears that time has had little effect on Mr. Plastino's abilities with his pencil.
Crees Tyler
Member Since 2008
Posted on 5/16/2010
This is really OUTSTANDING !!! Beautiful work ! Congratulations
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