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Dell'Orco - British War Cover APL139, Spitfire!

Artist: Pino Dell'Orco (Painter)

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Dell'Orco - British War Cover APL139, Spitfire! Comic Art

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Title:	Dell'Orco - British War Cover APL139, Spitfire!
Artist:	Pino Dell'Orco (Painter)
Media Type:	Paint - Oil
Art Type:	Cover
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	576
Likes on CAF:	4 5
Comments:	4
Added to Site:	1/11/2020
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Description

I spent a big chunk of my youthful summers in the UK and read a lot of war digest comics - like war picture library so pretty cool to be able to pick up painted covers from these comics.

I, like many, have always found the Spitfire to be an especially beautiful piece of machinery so was looking for covers that feature this fighter plane so this one fit my criteria - and it has some great movement.

Dell'Orco did a lot of painted covers for these books and you can see quite a few on CAF - he focused on aviation quite a bit so great to have an example from him.

This cover was published first in 1963 in Air Ace Picture Library 139 then in War Picture Library 1210 - Story titled "The Phantom Squadron". Lost a bit of the edge on my scanner but just a tad.

Picked this and the Air Ace 134 up as a pair - would love more!

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	Mark Levy ( 45 ) Premium Gallery Owner
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David K
Member Since 2008

Posted on 1/11/2020

Outrageously good!!!

Bill J
Member Since 2009

Posted on 3/17/2020

Incredible painting! Love this one!

Peter Roe
Member Since 2009

1 - Posted on 11/11/2025

Impressive cover! I missed out on reading Fleetway war comics. German plane seems to be an Me 109.

Mark Levy
Member Since 2004

1 - Posted on 11/11/2025

Peter Roe wrote:

Impressive cover! I missed out on reading Fleetway war comics. German plane seems to be an Me 109.

Peter, I got a bunch of those small-format war comics as I visited the UK in the summers when I was young. In fact, I just recently pulled them out of my parents' attic...

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