Oh, Alfredo! "Rest In Peace!" by Oleck and Alcala
Check it out, Groove-ophiles! A Jack Oleck story gloriously illustrated (and lettered!) by Alfredo Alcala! "Rest in Peace!" takes us back to 18th Century Haiti...and that's probably all you need to know except that it was originally published in
House of Secrets #100 (July 1972)!
Special thanks to Mike's Amazing World of Comics and Grand Comics Database for being such fantastic resources for covers, dates, creator info, etc. Thou art treasures true!
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Alcala did some amazing work, this is a great example of his. My particular favorite work of his is his adaptations of Beneath The Planet Of The Apes and Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes, thanks for the post Groove!
ReplyDeleteThis might be his first work in US comics, by the way. Alcala was already a superstar in the Philippines, and deservedly so with his Voltar in the early '60s (predating Frazetta's interpretation of Conan).
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Chris A.
Close, Chris--ya got a good memory, Groove-ophile! It's Alcala's second U.S. published work, the first was baaaaaaaarely a month earlier in The Unexpected #138, "Shadow of the Devil Doll". But who knows which one he actually drew first?
DeleteAlcala was such an amazing artist... and so prolific! Always a pleasure to find something he did that I haven't seen before.
ReplyDeleteThanks Mr. Groove, especially as its been a while since your last Oh, Alfredo post - good to see its still a going concern.
-sean
Another "surprise" ending from the master of the mystery overwrite Jack Oleck. Nice Alcala artwork, though. I think Alcala really came into 70s superstardom with his finishes over John Buscema in the Savage Sword of Conan
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