Star Spangled War Stories #164 (1972) story page 13 by Spiegle with Kubert edits

The irony here is that this page appears to have been rushed, compared to the others. But on the other hand, when Joe Kubert is constantly fiddling with your art, you're bound to fall behind schedule! Still, it's a nice layout with interesting little Kubert touches here and there.

Thanks, Rubén. Agree it looks rushed. Good thing it was a bimonthly (every two months). He also might have been nervous trying to meet Kubert's expectations on the heels of Joe's edits to his story in the previous issue. Kubert was DC's director of publications at this time (1972) until 1976. Spiegle didn't do another DC book for eight years. His next DC war story was in 1981 in Weird War Tales.

Many congrats on another excellent piece of artwork. Anything with Kubert's input is always going to be great. You must have one of the most comprehensive collections of war art (with equally comprehensive as well as knowledgeable observations) on CAF. 

Thanks, CAB! I appreciate it. Steve Kriozere (CAF's Steve Kro) and Alan Barnard have incredible collections of war art.

I'm curious to know what Tanaka's face looked like before the changes.  

From what I can see against a bright light, part of Spiegle's mouth on the left is covered. Spiegel's nostrils were more circular, and texture lines were next to the glasses on the left (whited out). Paste-up also covers texture lines on the right cheek. Spiegle's now-covered lines on the cheeks were narrow, whereas Kubert used wider strokes on the left under the glasses.

Another interesting page. The changes do seem more obvious/pronounced on this page to me than previous ones, but still cool to see and consider the reasoning for the adjustments. 

Ch-ch-changes
(Turn and face the strain)
Ch-ch-changes
(Just gonna have to be a different man)

Haha! Thanks, Rick!