WWI Aviation books cover art

[jastaflieger]

I like seeing the artwork from GregvW with the nostalgia of the pulp magazines from "years gone by" , but growing up in the 1960's my pulp mags were actually comics and had some great stuff too- here are several from what many people would consider a master( i know that i do): Joe Kubert

[jastaflieger]

here is a cover by george evans , which could have been done in the 1920's, but instead was from 40+ yrs later, still very expressive if you ask me

[jastaflieger]

The cover of the child's book by Gene Gurney is especially nostalgic for me as it was the first book on the topic that i ever actually owned, and still have it with me- i guess it is my rosebud! no matter how many other books i manage to collect: so Dan , Greg and others what would be your rosebud from your collections? Rosebud referring to Citizen Kane remembering his sled, despit all of his other lifetime of wealth and power.

[jastaflieger]

Steve Anderson's brilliant artwork on the cover and throughout the book

[RDosier]

Just a quick thanks for a great thread to follow along with. Some great art to look at. I'm going to have to keep an eye out for some of the books. I always enjoy looking at Roy Crosses book. Thanks again to all for posting/sharing.

Randy

[Kirk R. Lowry]

Greg, jastaflieger et al

Yes, the impact of Enemy Ace cannot be exaggerated. I often recall the nite that my father came home from work and handed over that issue of Enemy Ace (Star Spangled War Stories NO. 138). What a thrill!

You may know that DC Comics has issued two Archive collections of the Enemy Ace tales which collect the stories from the runs in Our Army At War, Showcase and Star Spangled War Stories which are beautifully reproduced. As well, however, a collection of Enemy Ace tales has just been published in the Showcase series which prints the original tales by Kanigher and Kubert, but, also those illustrated by Heath, Thorne, Davis and Ortiz, Hama and Smith, Chaykin and the master Severin. The book is printed black on white, no, no colour, but, over 500 pages of tales for 16.99 in the United States or 20.99 in Canada!



Salut!
Kirk

[Rolex5513]

As with the Werner Voss thread, its a real treat to read your posts and enjoy the misc art folks are posting.

pat

[dpolglaze]

Thanks to all for the continued posting in this thread. You've got me going through books I haven't looked at in too long.

I found the Russian book I couldn't find the other day, in a stack I'd looked through three times already. Didn't think I was that old yet ...

by GM Dolbik


Also, recall the "Men who Made Brooks Field" cover (WWI Aviation books cover art)? The artist was known only as MAC. Well, he's Wallace McDougall, and he was stationed at Brooks Field. Going through another stack, I rediscovered this little pamphlet, and lo and behold ... a very similar scene, but a new expression.

by Wallace McDougall (MAC)


I have plenty more to come when I can get to it, including some more red triplanes for FliegerJG1.

Dan

[Kilian]

I want my books

[dpolglaze]

Here's a three pack of representations of Richthofen's triplane. As always, refresh in any of my posts if you don't see the images. They're all still there. I just checked.

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Dan