tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907494576054475084.post2755557814063069379..comments2023-11-01T00:04:43.244-04:00Comments on Secret Sanctum of Captain Video: Captain's Library: FIREBALL XL5 "Moon Masters" Part 1Britt Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907494576054475084.post-25999390273214461592013-01-28T13:03:30.724-05:002013-01-28T13:03:30.724-05:00I'll go with the guy who writes the superb &qu...I'll go with the guy who writes the superb "Who Wrote the Comics?" blog at http://martinohearn.blogspot.com anytime!<br />Mel Crawford it is!Britt Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907494576054475084.post-42244894901890645462013-01-28T11:36:40.375-05:002013-01-28T11:36:40.375-05:00The Grand Comics Database has it wrong, but the Wh...The Grand Comics Database has it wrong, but the Who's Who of American Comic Books has it right: the artist is Mel Crawford. Compare this with the early Professor Harbinger back-ups in DOCTOR SOLAR.Martin OHearnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14756078371130519063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907494576054475084.post-57427961234280603892013-01-22T02:55:58.020-05:002013-01-22T02:55:58.020-05:00After a bit of research and comparison, I think th...After a bit of research and comparison, I think that Frank Springer did the inking and possibly the pencils as well.Britt Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907494576054475084.post-74892139269035851212013-01-21T00:09:17.879-05:002013-01-21T00:09:17.879-05:00Well, the Grand Comic Database lists Bailey as the...Well, the Grand Comic Database lists Bailey as the artist on both stories in the issue.<br />(Not that they haven't been wrong from tine-to-time)<br />However, I'm not familar enough with Bailey's work to say "yea" or "nay" to their listing.<br />Could it just be Bailey pencils with someone else's inks?<br />Look at Jack Kirby's work as inked by artists as diverse as Joe Sinnott and Vince Colletta. Things (like rocks) look very different depending on the inker (and if there's one thing Kirby did better than anyone, it was rocks).Britt Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907494576054475084.post-10410011286227884952013-01-20T21:23:29.424-05:002013-01-20T21:23:29.424-05:00Are you sure this is Ray Bailey? The artwork is ma...Are you sure this is Ray Bailey? The artwork is maddeningly familiar but is missing many of the stylistic quirks present in Bailey's work. In particular it doesn't have Ray Bailey Rocks, the artist's trademark.Smurfswackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11807173070389349098noreply@blogger.com