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Good point. I only learned of Tufts' other work when I looked up this page and was surprised to learn how much work he did on Scooby-Doo and other animated titles. It didn't help that Dell/Western/Gold Key didn't credit their creators, not to mention their truly byzantine numbering systems that had me double-checking series, dates, etc. I'd certainly like to look up more of Tufts' work on the HB comics and other things, but Dell/Western/Gold Key don't make it easy. I would welcome any suggestions you may have!
Fiction House did very well by all kinds of girls, from the jungle to the skies, from outer space to the Wild West, with some contemporary spies and detectives thrown in. They certainly had the artists for it.
It looks like it was done with the Leroy Lettering Machine, similar to how EC comics were lettered, but without bold or italic fonts, probably to save time.
Not Hope. I think he is broadly based on Bela Lugosi.
Much more. His style actually changed radically on the Dr. Drew series. The early stories featured Grandenetti at the high of his Eisnerish period. At that time, he could mimic Eisner so well on The Spirit that years later Eisner could not tell what he did v. what Grandenetti did!
The early Dr. Drew art, like this page, exemplify Grandenetti's Eisner impression. In later stories, Grandenetti radically changed his style, with some Wood influence, on the way to his early DC war style, on strips like Mademoiselle Marie and Gunner & Sarge.
While I like some - but not all - of his DC work, my favorite Grandenetti remains his early Fiction House work, especially Dr. Drew, which was great storytelling and atmosphere. He also did a nice Senorita Rio story.
A correction: It turns out I do have the second page of chapter 5, which I just posted. And it looks like I do have the complete story. More to come.
I have all but one page, the second page of Chapter 5. I plan to post everything this week, time permitting.
Not at this time. I have the entire series and will be posting the rest this week.
I always wanted him to draw an Angel & the Ape series but it never happened. He drew a fantastic Daphne in Scooby-Doo comics as well.
