Excellent!

Really impessive, wow!

Excellent example, congrats!

Lovely illustration and interesting to see that you've displayed the whole artboard, "warts'n'all" (British expression) where I, personally, would have matted close to the image.  Congrats!

Wood-nerful!

Wonderful idea, great piece of artwork and a terrific ending to the backdrop story by Jack!

I like it even though I'm not usually a fan of something that (for want of a better explanation) lacks finesse.  Strangely compelling, I like it a lot.

Great example, congrats!

Nice page but the thing is I see more Wood influence thasn Ditko.

First name , 'Or', lol, love it!

He must be very well-endowed to merit such a large Red Sonja-like . . . private-parts covering, lol!

Excellent RB illustration, conrats!

Really nice example of the re-do artworks.

What a standout ending to a great storyline, stunning!

Really nice and good to see you're adding more dailies to the storyline :)

Joe bought this cover from me some years back, so it will hopefully stay put in its new home for the foreseeable future!

It's the perfect collaboration between the two giants of Marvel's silver age.  Kirby doing his own FF creation in a Ditko ASM strip.  If memory serves me right, Conrad Eschenberg once owned the complete story.

Did he get the cover returned to him?

Stunning . . .

Cool and unique item, congrats!

Really good, congrats!

Great to hear that other collectors are willing to help you out on your mission!

Very nice, congrats!

Really strong example, nice to see it's been put back to its original format.

Very nice example, congrats!

Really nice, congrats!

Vast majority of the British reprints were in b&w, so I'm doubtful this was produced for the UK.

Very effective painting that works beautifully!  The additional photo of the opened-up package displays the same craft knife I use for slicing apart taped edges ;)

Beautiful artwork, congrats!  Kind of interesting to see that most of the views are concentrated on the splash pages.  If you're a fan of the art, or apprerciate good storytelling, you should start at page 1 and keep clicking onto the 'next page' option all the way through. 

Nice looking corpse!

Definitely Hampson artwork on this page!  From 'The Red Moon Mystery', the second Dan Dare adventure, reprinted in revised format for the 1974 Annual.

Harold Johns is the artist.  He was a member of Hampson's studio.

Really good!

What's the size, George?  You tell us it's large but neglect to say how large . . . and now I'm intrigued!

More like the Deserted City!

Really nice.

Very nice!

It's a huge testement to Wright's skill as an illustrator to make, what is in a large part, conversations between characters so visually interesting.  Never heard of this strip until a few years ago, even if I'm from the UK (the newspaper that carried it never made it to the Doyle household), but it certainly makes for a wonderful discovery . . . and it's great to see Wright's work find an appreciative audience on the other side of the pond!

There is no definitive listing of who did what on the Hampson era.  Even pages Hampson worked on himself can often be a collaborative effort between Frank and his assistants (e.g. finished art can have elements by Hampson, Don Harley, Eric Eden, etc.)  Desmond Walduck is easier to identify (he produced most of the finished artwork on the earlier story, 'Prisoners of Space', at a time when Hampson was ill and farmed the finished work out to Walduck).  I've probably handled somewhere in the region of 100 Dan Dare originals over the years and, based on careful study (backed up by research and consultation with people like Don Harley and Alan Vince), like to think that I've developed an eye for "Who did what".  I don't think Comiclink was out to deceive . . . they simply didn't know what they were looking at . . . or looking for.  Your 'Phantom Fleet' cover is certainly vintage Dan Dare . . . and a nice example of Walduck's work.

Your cover, from 'The Phantom Fleet', is painted entirely by Desmond Walduck.  Absolutely no Frank Hampson input on the finished art whatsoever, sorry.  Walduck was a freelance artist (not a regular member of Hampson's studio team) who would sometimes be called upon to help out with finished art when Hampson and his regulars got bogged-down with other aspects of the strip.  Walduck would be supplied with 'Colour Visuals' as a guide (tight prelims) on which to base his finished art.

Great splash from a great story! 

Unforgettable Woody splash, congrats!

Don't you mean, "Why"?

That's really good.  Is it all paints?  Some of the figures look like they could be touched-up photo-inserts.

Someone likes BIG boobs, lol!

Congrats, you own a small part of the cover!  Hadn't noticed that one before, how cool is that.

Really good, congrats!

I wrote Steve a letter of deep appreciation, making a point of not asking any questions that I knew he'd be loathe to answer.  To my surprise and delight an envelope reached me in the UK some weeks later (not expected), with Ditko's sender's address on the top left.  It turned out to be an empty envelope, minus any letter.  Not sure if it was intended as a genuine 'No Prize', or maybe Steve was being playful (no questions asked, so nothing to respond to).  That made me smile.  Either way, I'm glad I reached out to him while he was still with us. 

Oh, wow!

Awesome!