Action Comics Weekly #620, Page 16

Artists: Frank Springer (Penciller) , Frank McLaughlin (Inker)

0 Comments - 863 Views - 0 Like

Action Comics Weekly #620, Page 16 Comic Art

Previous Item:
Action Comics Weekly #620, Page 17

Next Item:
R.E.B.E.L.S. v2 #27, Page 7

Artwork Details

Title:	Action Comics Weekly #620, Page 16
Artist:	Frank Springer (Penciller)
Artist:	Frank McLaughlin (Inker)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	863
Likes on CAF:	0 1
Comments:	0
Added to Site:	3/7/2015
Comic Art Archive:	Action Comics Weekly Issue: 620 Page: 16 View

Description

One of the reasons I appreciate this page is the inclusion of three logo pasteups at the top of the page. Of note is the fact that the center logo is crisper than the left and right ones, which have been printed off in a dot-matrix pattern. It seems to be an intended effect, as the left and right logos appear hazier on the final printed product. It actually doesn't make the most sense from a design perspective, to be honest, but I appreciate the differences in the production details and the mystery of the choice.

Frank Springer and Frank McLaughlin's collaboration here put me in mind of the styles of two other Bronze age talents: Dick Giordano and Joe Staton. Springer's style seems a little overpowered by McLaughlin's recognizing style in his inking. Interesting fact: Springer was the artist on the first two issues of Secret Six series from the Silver Age that preceded the ACW serial, making the latter a return to a property he'd helped to establish.

When I started collecting original comic art on a more active basis, there were a number of "categories" I was keen to include in my collection: team-up title art, Amalgam comics and journalism-related subject matter, among others. I've also always wanted to acquire pages from Action Comics Weekly. Don't ask me why; I just have an affection for that limited run of the title from the 1980s as a serial anthology. I recently found just such a page on eBay and struck a deal with the seller -- for what turned out unexpectedly to be a lot of two consecutive pages from the same issue of ACW.

Now, these pages weren't clearly labelled as being from Action. Instead, they're marked as the first and second pages from "Secret 6 #14," with 1988 copyright stamps on the reverse sides. Obviously, there was no such Secret Six series at that time, but there was the Secret Six serial from ACW. Some online research suggested these were pages from the 14th chapter of the "Secret Six" serial, which ran in Action #620 in the late 1980s. I went through my comic collection and found the issue, and confirmed these are indeed the first two pages from the Secret Six segment (which are pages 16 and 17 of the comic, which explains the numbers in the upper-right corners of the boards). Honestly, confirming these as ACW pages and deducing the issue in which they appeared was a surprising bit of fun.

This is a nice two-page action sequence, and looking these pages up in the original comic revealed an interesting trait: they look infinitely better in black and white than in color, as the limited color palette of the time made for a garish tone that conflicted with the espionage/heist genre.

Social/Sharing

About the Owner

	Don MacPherson
Joined:	September 2012
Last Login:	April 2021
Ebay Id:	comicbooksource
Website:	http://www.eyeoncomics.com
Country:	CANADA
On CAF:	Artworks Commented On Liked Art Site Activity on CAF

Contact the Owner

Use can use a contact form to send an email to this gallery owner,
but, you must be logged in to use this feature.

Comments on this Artwork

You must be logged in to make comments.

All
	alan moorefield 9/7/2025 8:28:00 PM
	Lea Boyles 9/7/2025 8:24:00 PM
	Reuben Ruppert 9/7/2025 8:11:00 PM
	Jason Baccus 9/7/2025 8:09:00 PM
	STUDIO COMICS 9/7/2025 8:03:00 PM
View All


	RipCity Gamer 9/7/2025 7:34:00 PM
	Nikolaos K 9/7/2025 6:51:00 PM
	James Posey 9/7/2025 6:26:00 PM
	Chris Johnson 9/7/2025 6:24:00 PM
	shaun clancy 9/7/2025 6:21:00 PM