Gil KANE / The Crusty Bunkers; Journey Into Mystery #2, page 9
Artists: Gil Kane (Penciller) , Ralph Reese (Inker) , The Crusty Bunkers (Inker)
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DescriptionGrowing up in the early 70's there were a ton of great comics especially if your tastes ran toward the horror titles. "Horror", of course is a gross overstatement of the story content in the Marvel & DC comics of that time but "Mildly Spooky" was never going to catch on as a genre title.I was disappointed when Chamber of Darkness and Tower of Shadows got cancelled (or retitled), so I was thrilled when they re-launched Journey Into Mystery as a horror anthology in 1972. Lead stories for the first two issues were by Gil Kane, already a favorite in our household. Here we have a page out of issue #2's "Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper!", an adaptation of the short story by Robert Bloch. Scripted by Ron Goulart and pencilled by Gil Kane, inking credits read "Ralph Reese" and his precise lines are clear as a bell for the first six of the ten pages. Check out the complete story in the always awesome "Diversions of the Groovy Kind" and you'll see what I mean. With page 7 of the story we start to see the inking of someone-who-isn't-Reese, and their guest-inking continues for most of the remainder of the story, reaching a crescendo with those incredible hands in the final panel on page 10. But back to page 9 shown here. The background inking is harder for me to nail down but I am of the belief that our nefarious guest inker handled most of the main characters for all seven panels, EXCEPT for panel five. Panel five--to "me"--looks to have been inked by Kane himself, which I'll admit seems a bit odd. Am I right? Off my rocker? Only halfway deluded? I invite ALL opinions in the comments below. Social/Sharing |
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E DLS 
Member Since 2005
Posted on 10/31/2020
When I jump from page 1 to page 10, the difference in inking is much more drastic. For me, to the point that it doesn't even look like the same penciller. As far as the close up panel on this page, it does look like a classic Kane headshot, but the lines just don't seem as "Gil Kane clean" to me. It looks like someone trying very hard to lay down exact lines, but the individual strokes just don't look like Kane's. My two cents. I'm sure I'm completely wrong. LOL
Rob Stolzer
Member Since 2004
1 - Posted on 11/1/2020
Hiroshi, I think you're spot-on with you comments. Looking at the first few pages of the story, they're completely different. More like a Jack Abel approach to inking. But this one has telltale signs of Adams inks, in a couple of the faces, but especially in those hands in the final panel.
Why not check with Neal himself?
J. Hiroshi Morisaki
Member Since 2005
Posted on 11/1/2020
Rob Stolzer wrote:
Hiroshi, I think you're spot-on with you comments. Looking at the first few pages of the story, they're completely different. More like a Jack Abel approach to inking. But this one has telltale signs of Adams inks, in a couple of the faces, but especially in those hands in the final panel.
Why not check with Neal himself?
Thanks very much, Rob. That is a great suggestion. When in-person conventions resume, I will do that very thing. Until then, I'm afraid I'm not much of a Facebook or Instagram guy, where he seems to have quite the presence. And I really appreciate the back-up from someone with better trained eyes than my own.
Scott Williams
Member Since 2004
1 - Posted on 11/2/2020
Of course you are correct! Adams was one of the 'other' inkers involved for sure, starting with this page, and sprinkled throughout the the rest of the back end of this story. The last page, the 'hands page', has clear Adams inks on the last panel (but hard to say if the ENTIRE panel is Adams inks without seeing the original), but it looks like the top panel is Reese on inks. Anyway, cool page you have there. Always loved to see Adams ink Kane, as he did in Blackhawk and that nice story in House of Secrets (the issue number escapes my memory at the moment).
J. Hiroshi Morisaki
Member Since 2005
Posted on 11/5/2020
Scott Williams wrote:
Of course you are correct! Adams was one of the 'other' inkers involved for sure, starting with this page, and sprinkled throughout the the rest of the back end of this story. The last page, the 'hands page', has clear Adams inks on the last panel (but hard to say if the ENTIRE panel is Adams inks without seeing the original), but it looks like the top panel is Reese on inks. Anyway, cool page you have there. Always loved to see Adams ink Kane, as he did in Blackhawk and that nice story in House of Secrets (the issue number escapes my memory at the moment).
Okay, well as far as experts go I couldn't ask for stronger validation... THANK YOU! Yeah, that last page is a stunner and has stuck with me since I first read the story as a kid. Agreed we only see Reese inking in the first panel but I also see Reese's inks in that last panel, most clearly on the trash cans in the background.
And after further digging I found an interview with (former Crusty Bunker) Bob Wiacek, in which he recalls Reese having inked Jack's "right arm" in this final panel as well: https://www.nerdteam30.com/creator-conversations-retro/an-interview-with-bob-wiacek-inking-collaboration-at-continuity
Michel Maillot
Member Since 2005
Posted on 11/2/2020
Yes absolutely, Neal has his hands there, in "Jack" s face in panel one, panel two, four and seven for sure. Probably not so far for three and six too. You are right about panel five, it looks like Gil's inks. At last, bottom panel of the following and last page is totally inked by Adams and Reese for the top one. Neal's inks were always superb on Gil's pencils, House of secrets#85 ☺was beautiful and so was the Savage Tales#4 story. Congratulations for this page !
J. Hiroshi Morisaki
Member Since 2005
Posted on 11/5/2020
Michel Maillot wrote:
Yes absolutely, Neal has his hands there, in "Jack" s face in panel one, panel two, four and seven for sure. Probably not so far for three and six too. You are right about panel five, it looks like Gil's inks. At last, bottom panel of the following and last page is totally inked by Adams and Reese for the top one. Neal's inks were always superb on Gil's pencils, House of secrets#85 ☺was beautiful and so was the Savage Tales#4 story. Congratulations for this page !
Thanks so much, Michel, I really appreciate that! Also for identifying that House of Secrets #85 story which is in a class by itself.
Timothy Finney
Member Since 2006
Posted on 11/6/2020
That is a great page from one of the more memorable Marvel horror stories. The Adams (et al) inks over Kane look great.
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