Greetings, Groove-ophiles! We're back with another Ka-Zar adventure astonishingly illustrated by Barry (Windsor-) Smith, with inks by Frank Giacoia. Gerry Conway's script for "Rampage!" ain't too shabby either, with cool REH-esque villains and lots of action. Top it off with a cool cover by John Buscema and John Verpoorten (even if Ka-Zar is relegated to the tiny bottom section of it), and you'll see that fifteen cents for Astonishing Tales #5 (January 1971) was money well spent!
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Note to "The Man": All images are presumed copyright by the respective copyright holders and are presented here as fair use under applicable laws, man! If you hold the copyright to a work I've posted and would like me to remove it, just drop me an e-mail and it's gone, baby, gone.
All other commentary and insanity copyright GroovyAge, Ltd.
As for the rest of ya, the purpose of this blog is to (re)introduce you to the great comics of the 1970s. If you like what you see, do what I do--go to a comics shop, bookstore, e-Bay or whatever and BUY YOUR OWN!
At the risk of repeating myself, it's a shock and shame that this material has never (to my knowledge) been reprinted. Ka-zar's saga deserves it.
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It's only been reprinted in the Marvel Masterworks series, as far as I can tell. The 80s and 90s series are in tpb, though. Still, it seems weird that the AT series has been "forgotten"...I mean, it only had art by Jack Kirby, Barry (Windsor-) Smith, Gil Kane...
DeleteAlthough Giacoia was the wrong inker for Mr. (Windsor-) Smith's delicate line-work the artwork is still beautiful.
ReplyDeleteGood point Gents. The art is exceptional and as a youngster I definitely made a point to buy the ATs off the spinner racks.
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Marvellous piece,tightly plotted,having good characterization,depth and sensitivity,and ozzing with mystery and mysticism.A classic of the 1970s.
ReplyDeleteBarry Smith's art is bold and finely detailed.It's difficult to imagine anybody else having handled this.He was the prefect artist for the script.