Steve Mertz is going to hate this one. Don't know who did the art here (and don't really want to), but I know it's uglier than the work of Max Plaisted. This is week 14 of our series, from Crime Smashers #14, from Jan. 1953 (scanned for comicbookplus by freddyfly), and we have only one more color to go.
Always enjoy Dan Turner, but you're right, the artwork on this one is sub-par.
ReplyDeleteYeah, the art is pretty lame but still an improvement over Plaisted IMHO. Thanks for posting these. I have seen a collection of the Turner comics (in b&w) over on Amazon.
ReplyDeleteArt not as sub-par as the script. Even for Turner, the can't-tell-a-real-gorilla-apart-from-guy-in-a-gorilla-suit gimmick is as lame as they come, even for Dan Turner, or The Stooges, or A&C. On the other hand, we're so used to substituted-live-ammo-for-blanks-in-prop-gun gimmick that we feel somewhat cheated if it isn't used.
ReplyDeleteThis one originally appeared in the March 1943 Hollywood Detective, so must have been been written by RLB himself. Not his best, for sure.
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