Here's another one worth checking out. Wonder Woman Spectacular (DC Special Series 9) from 1978. Actually on sale in late 1977. Glorious cover by Jose Luis Garcia Lopez and Dick Giordano. A giant WW image! An armored Hitler on a horse! Wow!
Story is a massive WW2 epic written by Jack C Harris and art by Jose Delbo, Steve Ditko and Russ Heath inked by Dick Ayers and Vince Colletta. That's quite an art combo! The legendary Ditko draws the sequences involving the gods and the Amazons and unfortunately only portrays WW herself in one panel. Did he ever draw her anywhere else?
Art is strong elsewhere as the 80-page format lends itself to larger panels and layouts. One-shot hero the Bombardier looks like a cross between Spy Smasher and Dr. Mid-Nite. Only thing is Colletta does his usual art-trampling (and maybe Ayers does too) to the point where I can't tell which non-Ditko pages are by Delbo and which by Heath. And I never thought I'd say I couldn't recognize Russ Heath's wonderful style...
Recall having this as a kid and glad I found it once again...
Story is a massive WW2 epic written by Jack C Harris and art by Jose Delbo, Steve Ditko and Russ Heath inked by Dick Ayers and Vince Colletta. That's quite an art combo! The legendary Ditko draws the sequences involving the gods and the Amazons and unfortunately only portrays WW herself in one panel. Did he ever draw her anywhere else?
Art is strong elsewhere as the 80-page format lends itself to larger panels and layouts. One-shot hero the Bombardier looks like a cross between Spy Smasher and Dr. Mid-Nite. Only thing is Colletta does his usual art-trampling (and maybe Ayers does too) to the point where I can't tell which non-Ditko pages are by Delbo and which by Heath. And I never thought I'd say I couldn't recognize Russ Heath's wonderful style...
Recall having this as a kid and glad I found it once again...
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