Vassallo, Dr. Michael J. :: JOE MANEELY ARTWORK

Pin-Up illo.

Artist: Joe Maneely (All)

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Title:	Pin-Up illo.
Artist:	Joe Maneely (All)
Media Type:	Pencil
Art Type:	Pin Up
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	3,010
Likes on CAF:	0 1
Favorited on CAF:	1
Comments:	3
Added to Site:	2/25/2007
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Description

This is an incredible find! Purported to be from the late 1950's, this piece seems to be from an earlier prime period in the artist's short but illustrious career, about 1950 by my estimate.

The image area is a big 10 by 13 inches on thick board and it is unknown at the present time where this piece came from or what it was created for. It could be a promotional piece or even an advertising piece of some sort. The model is likely Joe's wife Betty Jean, an extremely beautiful young woman and the female model for a great deal of his female cover figures.

Maneely came out of the Philadelphia Bulletin's advertising division and landed in comics in 1948 at Street & Smith. From there, after dabbling at Avon, Ziff-Davis, Hillman (in Airboy) and Pflaum (in Treasure Chest), he spent the next 8 years exclusively at Timely-Atlas until branching out at National, Charlton and CRACKED in late 1957/early 1958 after the Atlas implosion. Maneely also began the newspaper comic feature MRS. LYONS' CUBS with Stan Lee in late 1957 and died tragically at the age of 32 in June of 1958 the very week Jack Kirby returned to Marvel to launch the pre-hero fantasy era in STRANGE WORLDS #1.

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	Dr. Michael J. Vassallo
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Jason Versaggi
Member Since 2005

Posted on 2/25/2007

Joe was the MAN-eely.

Mike Pascale
Member Since 2004

Posted on 3/8/2007

I love when new art is found by those who appreciate it most! IMHO I agree it's probably for an ad, though the color makes me wonder if it could also be a gift for someone as well. Either way, it's quite cool...Congrats, Doc!

Robert Weilert
Member Since 2007

Posted on 11/19/2007

It looks remarkably like Carol Forman, who played the villainess in the first Superman serial (1948-49?). Carol posed in almost exactly the same position for one of her publicity photos. A beautiful piece of work by Maneely nevertheless. He was truly a fine artist!

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