Sharp, Henry - STRANGE ADVENTURES #55 Interior Page
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Henry Sharp pencils/Joe Giella inks; 'Movie Men from Mars!' page 3; 1955; image size 13" x 19"
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Henry Sharp pencils/Joe Giella inks; 'Movie Men from Mars!' page 3; 1955; image size 13" x 19"
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A 15% BUYER'S PREMIUM WILL BE ADDED TO THIS ITEM AT CONCLUSION OF THE AUCTION
Henry Sharp pencils/Joe Giella inks; 'Movie Men from Mars!' page 3; 1955; image size 13" x 19"Great example of early Silver Age DC artwork, from the title that helped launch the Superhero revival of the 1950s. This page from the story 'Movie Men from Mars!' shows a series of storms that turn out to be the work of an alien movie studio, using the Earth as a location for a disaster picture. Wonderful work form prolific 1950s DC artist Sharp, and Giella, who would go on to have a storied career in comics. Pen and ink. Art is in excellent condition.
Artist Information
Joe Giella is an American comic book artist best known as a DC Comics inker during the late 1950s and 1960s Silver Age of comic books. Giella's career began in the 40's at Hillman and later working with C.C. Beck on Captain Marvel stories at Fawcett. He would also assist on Captain America, Human Torch, Sub-Mariner and other stories at Timely. It was the Silver Age where he would come to his most prominence, working at DC on many of their biggest titles, including Batman, Green Lantern and Strange Adventures, working often with artist Carmine Infantino.
Henry Sharp pencils/Joe Giella inks; 'Movie Men from Mars!' page 3; 1955; image size 13" x 19"Great example of early Silver Age DC artwork, from the title that helped launch the Superhero revival of the 1950s. This page from the story 'Movie Men from Mars!' shows a series of storms that turn out to be the work of an alien movie studio, using the Earth as a location for a disaster picture. Wonderful work form prolific 1950s DC artist Sharp, and Giella, who would go on to have a storied career in comics. Pen and ink. Art is in excellent condition.
Artist Information
Joe Giella is an American comic book artist best known as a DC Comics inker during the late 1950s and 1960s Silver Age of comic books. Giella's career began in the 40's at Hillman and later working with C.C. Beck on Captain Marvel stories at Fawcett. He would also assist on Captain America, Human Torch, Sub-Mariner and other stories at Timely. It was the Silver Age where he would come to his most prominence, working at DC on many of their biggest titles, including Batman, Green Lantern and Strange Adventures, working often with artist Carmine Infantino.