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Russ Manning - Splash page Korak #8

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Title:	Russ Manning - Splash page Korak #8
Artist:	Russ Manning (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Splash Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	352
Likes on CAF:	5 6
Comments:	8
Added to Site:	12/9/2023
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These days, when people mention Russ Manning it seems that most think of his work on Star Wars. But his career began in 1952 when Jesse Marsh got him a job at Western Publishing. For the first 10 years, he worked on the entire line of Dell comics; he worked on westerns, historical (Ben Hur), movie and TV tie-ins (77 Sunset Strip, Sea Hunt, Roy Rogers, Wyatt Earp), and even some Disney titles. Regardless, even with his distinctive style, he was relatively unknown thanks to Western's policy that artists NOT sign their work. Still, when the strict Comics Code Authority caused a slump in the comic book industry resulting in many artists leaving the field, Dell's "wholesome" books continued to sell well and provided Manning with all the work he could handle.

Things took a bit of a turn in 1963 when Dell published Magnus, Robot Fighter 4000 A.D. It became very popular and Manning was referred to as a worthy successor to Alex Raymond and Flash Gordon. Manning called Magnus his "Tarzan of the future."

That year, Manning was assigned Korak, Son of Tarzan. and two years later he took over the major Tarzan title from the ailing Jesse Marsh

While Korak 8 begins with a painted cover (there is some discussion whether it is by Morris Gollub or Alberto Becattini), the lead story, "Lair of the Dragon," is 24 pages of all Manning, Written by Gaylord Du Bois, the story begins when Korak rescues three Peace Corps volunteers from a plane wreck. They then discover a lost cave city held captive by a water dragon, and Korak saves the female Peace Corps volunteer from a forced marriage with the overly grateful king.

A nice, twice-up page from 1964 with a large panel of Korak.

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Chris K.
Member Since 2008

1 - Posted on 12/9/2023

An amazing piece and an even better history lesson!

Steven Ng
Member Since 2005

Posted on 12/9/2023

That's a wonderful dramatic page. I am grateful to Dark Horse, IDW, and the Library of American Comics for excellent Manning collections.

R Shur
Member Since 2004

Posted on 12/9/2023

So very Manning, Nice!

Jeff Singh
Member Since 2004

Posted on 12/10/2023

Sooo gooood! Manning was flawless in his design and style. Although more popular, I think his Star Wars art was second rate to what he did on Magnus and ERB material.

Wallace Harrington
Member Since 2004

Posted on 12/10/2023

Jeff Singh wrote:

Sooo gooood! Manning was flawless in his design and style. Although more popular, I think his Star Wars art was second rate to what he did on Magnus and ERB material.

I agree completely, Jeff. His work on Tarzan and Korak was far superior to the work on Star Wars!

Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

Posted on 12/10/2023

A grand title page! The finesse of Manning's design and brushwork gets all the adventure aspects of the Tarzan strip and puts it here in the comic form.

Al Gordon
Member Since 2006

1 - Posted on 12/11/2023

You lucky sonofabeach... That... is... gawddamned... GORGEOUS!!!!!!!! I am GREEN with envy<

John Stuart
Member Since 2005

Posted on 12/11/2023

A truly fabulous example.

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