JSA #86 - Gentleman Ghost & Hawkman flashback by Luke Ross

I acquired this page during Comic Art Live November 2023 from a fellow collector.

Love the feel of this page - it was never inked and colored directly from the pencils, giving the flashback an ethereal/ghostly quality (appropriate for Gentleman Ghost!) in the published art. I have a real soft spot for Gentleman Jim Craddock and that last panel with him on a spectral steed facing off against a great rendition of Hawkman made me fall in love with it (that panel could have been a great splash page).

I generally confine myself to Hawkman art that is clearly intended to be Katar Hol (rather than Carter Hall), but this is one of those few exceptions I couldn't pass it.

The pencils are so tight when I first unwrapped it I thought that they MUST be printed from digital inks, but they clearly are not on close examination. Really beautiful work by Luke Ross.