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Our Army at War 56, page 21, March 1957 by Jack Abel

Artists: Jack Abel (Penciller) , Jack Abel (Inker)

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Our Army at War 56, page 21, March 1957 by Jack Abel Comic Art

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Title:	Our Army at War 56, page 21, March 1957 by Jack Abel
Artist:	Jack Abel (Penciller)
Artist:	Jack Abel (Inker)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	371
Likes on CAF:	2 3
Comments:	2
Added to Site:	11/25/2022
Comic Art Archive:	Our Army at War Issue: 56 Page: 21 View

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"The Tree in No-Man's Land" by Dave Wood.

I love Jack Abel's layout and inking on this piece. The panels visually tell the story of this patrol sneaking up on the German machine gun nest next to "the tree in no-man's land."

Jack also signed the piece to "Alan--Hubba, Hubba!" with the date 1/22/88. Perhaps it was gifted to Alan Kupperberg, who recounts that Jack, Wally Wood, and Syd Shores "frequently waxed nostalgic" and Wally saying "Al Williamson would say 'hubbahubba woowoo' when he saw a looker."* Is that where the "Hubba Hubba" part of the signature comes from? Did Jack gift this page to Alan Kupperberg?

During a Comic Art Live interview, Bob McLeod recalled that he met Jack when they both worked in Neal Adams's Continuity Studios in the 1970s. Jack was a very clean, careful inker and had a lot of control. For example, Bob watched him draw a perfect circle with a pen, finding his way around the circle free hand without a compass.**

On a personal note, Jack was a good singer and believed he could hang singing-wise with Tony Bennett, with whom he attended high school.**

*"PAUL KUPPERBERG: My 13 Favorite JACK ABEL Stories," 15 July 2022, https://13thdimension.com/paul-kupperberg-my-13-favorite-jack-abel-stories/.

**"Interview with Comic Artist Bob McLeod," Comic Art LIVE, interviewer Bill Cox, 15 November 2022, YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlU1wgoey6Y, between 54 minutes, and 1 hour 1 minute of the interview.

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Eric B
Member Since 2014

1 - Posted on 11/27/2022

The heavy inks help make the page appropriately bleak. Very nice!

Hart R.
Member Since 2004

1 - Posted on 5/7/2025

Lush inks!

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