Dick Ayers pencils/Gerry Talaoc inks; page 5; 1977; image size 10" x 15"
1st appearance of Sparrow!

From the story 'Sparrows Can't Sing!' featuring the first Appearance of Sparrow, the top Allied spy in Germany. In the story, Unknown Soldier must rescue Sparrow from the German Army. Pen and ink. Art is in excellent condition.

Artists Information

Richard "Dick" Ayers was an American comic book artist and cartoonist best known for his work as one of the main inkers during the late-1950's and 1960's Silver Age of Comics, including some of the earliest issues of Marvel Comics' including Jack Kirby's The Fantastic Four. He is the signature penciler of Marvel's World War II comic Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos, drawing it for a 10-year run, and he co-created Magazine Enterprises' 1950s Western-horror character the Ghost Rider, a version of which he would draw for Marvel in the 1960s. His career would span 7 decades until his death in 2014.

Gerry Talaoc is a Filipino comics artist best known for his 1970s work for DC Comics' war and horror anthology titles.