Monday, August 17, 2015

Even More Foreign Spirit Reprints!

Here are some more foreign reprint covers.

Garbo SuperComics (Publisher) Spain (Country)

It seems that this first series was simply translating the Warren Reprints into Spanish.
Here's the actual Warren Cover, painted by Basil Gogos:

They Eventually reprinted all 16 Warren issues each featuring the same cover as the original.

But they didn't stop when Warren did! They began a new series now with covers by....well, who knows?


#22
We're going out of order here for a second to discuss inspiration .vs. paint over. Given the closeness to Eisner's style I originally assumed the covers were Eisner Panels painted over by one of Garbo's artists. I recognized this scene from "The Fortune" (5/11/47) and upon rereading it, discovered it was original art, the closest comparisons were these 2 panels:

A pretty great likeness of Eisner's work!



(Splashpage and/or Panels of which covers are comprised are posted below respective cover)


#11
Inspired by: "A Pot of Gold" (4/3/49)
 For comparison:


#13
Inspired by: ?

#14
Inspired by: "Hobart" (4/22/51)
 For comparison:



#17
Inspired by: "The Torch" (4/25/48)
 For comparison:


#18
Inspired by: "The Lamp" (7/27/47) 
Specifically this panel:
Special thanks to our friend Germund Von Wowern 
for locating the source of this panel



#20
inspired by: ?

#21
Inspired by:"The Chapparell Lode"(11/14/48)
 For comparison:


#24
Inspired by: "A Day at The Beach" (8/8/48)
 For comparison:


#25
Inspired by: ?

#27
Inspired by: "The Job" (5/9/48)
 For comparison:


#28
Inspired by: ?

And on top of that Garbo released hardcover collections as well: