I know very well Tailspin from Forrest.. but this is unusual and so pretty, sensitive and poetic, he show here his quality also as great illustrator. I think this is very rare and particular. Really congrats.

That's a great story Paul. I have always loved Jesse's art, but for a long time didn't know it was his as the old Gold Key titles never published the name of their artists. I thought (and still think) that his women are gorgeous!

Coincidentally, just read Colleen talking about her work on this series in the Fantagraphics retrospective, We Told You So. 

What a page!  It's amazing Colan could cram so much fluid action in each of these *10* panels.  Thanks for posting these ads!  What year was this issue of CBG?

Oh wow! Blast from the past - one of the first Woody pages I owned - bought from Mitch about 1994. Very cool page! 

Prime period for Woody in my book.  It's cliche to say, but he's at his peak here, exhibiting a heavy Eisner influence in the brush work (no doubt carried over from his exceptional run on the Outer Space Spirit).  

When you fly all the way to Falafel Hut and don't bring back dinner from there, expect hell to pay. 

That's one hell of a purchase bonus, sir! I believe it's from the I Am Coyote graphic novel by Steve Englehart & Rogers from 1984. I have several pages from the story myself, and they are stunning. Far better in the black and white original art than the coloured version, in my view. Great pick-up!

Pretty fun gag page!  The Burgos line / duo tone art and the rest assembled to bring this level of quality for the early pages of Cracked set the bar seriously high for the humor magazine.

Great page and a great story. Now I'm wondering whether that remodeling is still ongoing, or the marriage for that matter. 

WIll do Paul!

Ironically I know that I could do a much nicer job lettering today, but alas that is not a skill needed anymore.

I like this artwork and love Kevin Van Hook! He is a dear friend of mine and very talented creator. 

By the way, I was the letterer on this particular page. 

Lovely page. Severin makes every figure individual. Even when the soldiers are just standing to attention, each one is individual, just through a tilt of the head or a change of expression. That's particularly evident in the last panel, accompanying the appropriate text "You know your tasks", as every character does something different.

Don't forget the ever faithful Shirley.   Shelly finally got his due as a Kane ghost during the 90's-00's conventions appearances where he was a celebrated guest to help us understand what it was like for him. 

Woah! I would not have known this was Colleeen! 

Trimpe doing licensed titles to the hilt is just a given!  He sure gives it his all to help build their exciting backstories that compliment the toys and/or shows.  These early series had Marvel putting the properties into the 616 universe and freely interacting with everyone.  The FF was perfect match as they dealt with science and technology just like the Shogun Warriors.    

Great Fiction House page Paul. I always enjoy how these so often have a figure (and in this case a horse) break the panel. Just rich history from unheralded artists at the Iger Studio. Such a shame they did not publish proper credits for us to know the contributors. Thanks for sharing this!

Shake that leapord print, you sexy flightless water fowl! I LOVE Bloom County. It was one of the very few comic strips that actually made me laugh out loud. And what a fantastic Opus moment, when he tried shaking it for $. I hope to have one of these someday, too. Big congrats!

I've always wondered why artists do these drawings.  I imagine Bernet was on the phone and got a little bored with the conversation.

She looks to have a little "Marilyn" in her.  Those additional images show how Georgi could've been thinking and that he was so confident that he can paint whatever he wanted.

Must be a friend of Clara.  

Ohh... and except for his very early apperances, Aqualad has curly hair.

I agree re: Colletta.  Not really a Swan fan but I do like Aquaman (see also Nick Cardy).  In the fifth panel, it looks like Aquaman's face.  Although the hair color and costume indicate it's Aqualad.  In the 1st panel, Aqua___, whoever he is, references telepathic powers.  Only Aquaman talks to the fishes.  Aqualad doesn't.

Swan with Colleta inks.

Such a good series. Where is Guy now???

Can't have anyone else have anything if he can't have it for himself.

Terrific Cho page. I'm so used to seeing his striking covers these days but wish he would do more sequential work!

That was a great series - would love to see more like it.

How much direction did the guy need to draw this?  Scherberger is highly collected by a friend of mine and I can see why.

What a beautiful page Paul!!! Congratulations on additing such an amazing piece to your collection. I love what Matt and Guy did with this series.  One day I would love to see this series adapted into an HBO Max Miniseries.Congratulations again!!!  

Gorgeous page (as are all Guy Davis SMT pages)  

I love the format of this book, with a different artist handling each little 3 page chapter. 

As an aside, this book was also my introduction to Alex Ross. Doing the page turn to his arc will stop you in your tracks every time.

I'm a big Estrada fan, but I don't think I've ever seen this story. It looks fantastic!

Great piece. I clearly need to go back and reread this series because I don't remember Locke's art being so moody and memorable. 

Love it.  I've been trying to add a C.C. cover to my collection for YEARS !

I definitely understand why this is your favorite of the bunch. All four look great together though. There's something nice about having a set like this by the same artist. I like that they aren't from the same issue and are a nice range from Romita Jr's run on Daredevil. Thanks for posting and congrats!

That quiver aim by Golden Arrow is true to target from that ambiguous vantage point.  Any ideas on what the blue editor's tick marks were for?  Color guide?  They appear on main characters and not others.

That is fantastic. You ever want to forget you have it again, send it to me!

The Supergirl costume is short lived (Adventure Comics #410 era) and yet one of her more memorable ones!

Especially that close up panel of tongue hockey.  Stings harder than a triple OT game you lose.

I love this drawing. I think Louie was a director for the How to Train Your Dragon television series. I always seek him out at conventions. I have his Steel Noodle comic and Muse sketchbooks. He posts drawings on Instagram often.

Louie is amazing and this is a great piece. I could be wrong, but this looks like it might be Astrid from How to train your dragon. Pretty sure Louie worked on that film too. He and his brother, Ronnie, have so much appeal in there work. They can't do a bad drawing if they wanted to. Congrats!

Louie is great a conventions for these drawings.  Last time I saw him was in SF when he was still with Blue Sky.  I can see him busy with Skydance with how animation is currently going strong.  

I can't get enough of these Daredevil pages. It truly was a monumental run that Romita and Williamson had on the book. Thanks so much for sharing!