BLAM Panel
Roy L BLAM from All American Men of War 89
Location: 6. Theme - WWII Fighter Planes and Tanks
Artists:
Russ Heath
(Penciller)
,
Russ Heath
(Inker)
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Wonderful Heath war page!
Beautiful war page! Has a very nostalgic feel to it.
When I was a kid, I used to play an aircraft shooting game where you had to shoot down MiGs. I recently looked up where the word came from and it's interesting:
MiG, any member of a family of Soviet military fighter aircraft produced by a design bureau founded in 1939 by Artem Mikoyan (M) and Mikhail Gurevich (G). (The i in MiG is the Russian word meaning “and.”)
And now I know why the i is lower case.
Very nice Heath page.
If I was Roy Lichtenstein, I would have stolen that Blam and made myself famous in the world of pop art! Heath is just that powerful when he shows these dogfights. The camera angles, the jet trails, and the human drama all on one page!
Great page Mark! Roy Lichtenstein has a painting "Blam" (1962) with a fighter plane of similar design being hit in a BLAM!....Google it!
I can't BLAMe you for having made this exception 😉 Brilliantly composed and masterfully inked page!
Combat pilots are the bravest cats around. Russ Heath captured the reality of war so expertly. B L A M
Exciting war page from the master Russ Heath! Beautiful storytelling and outstanding art! Congrats!
If Lichtenstein didn't copy that bottom left panel, it could only be because he missed that issue of OFF. This page has all the things that made Russ Heath "the man" for aerial dog fights.
For all of his rip-offs, Lichtenstein should have at least bought Heath a drink. BLAM!
Terrific page!
Nice one. Do we know what issue this is?
Hi Aaron...thanks for reminding me to add to the description...Our Fighting Forces 43 published in 1958
BLAM-tastic! Great page.
Pop Art in the making on a smooth Russ Heath page... So nice!
Fabulous page Mark! Heath drew fighter aircraft combat so well, whether Korean War Sabre and MIG jets like this one or World War II Mustangs and German fighters. This historic page is in excellent hands and care! Congratulations!
Wonderful dogfight page. Seriously beautiful. I am quite a fan of this.