These two covers are the only paintings among almost all photo ones (Fat Albert is line art). I couldn't say who the painters are.
A Golden All-Star Book — 1977 — 59¢
| 6413 | WELCOME BACK KOTTER |
| w: Arnold Drake a: Mel Crawford | |
| Kotter for Sale | |
| Wake Me to Say Goodbye | |
| Down on the Farm | |
| 6414 | STARSKY & HUTCH |
| w: George Kashdan a: Jack Sparling | |
| Brother Avenger | |
| No Time for Crime | |
| A Mixed-Up Murder | |
| 6415 | DONNIE & MARIE |
| w: Wallace I. Green a: José Delbo | |
| If This Is Tuesday... | |
| Some Vacation! | |
| 6416 | ISIS |
| w: Steve Skeates a: Sparling | |
| The Discovery | |
| The Bermuda Triangle | |
| Hard Lesson | |
| 6417 | THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN |
| w: Mary A. Mintzer a: Alden McWilliams | |
| The Captive Crowd | |
| Aunt May's Crusade | |
| The Taking of Manhattan Isle! | |
| 6418 | WELCOME BACK KOTTER |
| w: Drake a: Crawford | |
| The Unteachables | |
| Barbarino's in Love! | |
| Kotter King of Krime | |
| 6419 | WELCOME BACK KOTTER |
| w: Drake a: Sparling | |
| Julie vs. the Gerbils | |
| "Kotter's Pet" | |
| Dreamboat Woodman | |
| 6420 | CHARLIE'S ANGELS |
| w: Kashdan a: Sparling | |
| 6421 | THE GREATEST |
| w: Bill Ochs a: John Celardo | |
| The Greatest | |
| 6422 | SPACE: 1999 |
| w: Mintzer a: Frank Bolle | |
| The Return of the Metamorph | |
| Queen Brain | |
| 6423 | STARSKY & HUTCH |
| w: Kashdan a: Crawford | |
| 6424 | DONNIE & MARIE |
| w: Gary Poole a: Delbo | |
| "Someone's Following Us!" | |
| Pranks Aplenty! | |
| Lost and Found | |
| 6425 | FAT ALBERT AND THE COSBY KIDS |
| w: Drake cover & a: Winslow Mortimer | |
| The Night We Spent in Spooky House | |
| Save Our Clubhouse | |
| Happy Anniversary |
1978 — 69¢
| [no #] | THE NEW KROFFT SUPERSHOW |
| w: Mintzer a: Mortimer | |
| Wonderbug in Honk Meets a Quack | |
| Kaptain Kool and the Kongs [1-pager] | |
| Bigfoot and Wildboy in The Abominable Snowman | |
| Kaptain Kool and the Kongs [1-pager] | |
| Magic Mongo in The Three Wishes |
I wonder why they made a new Spider-Man logo?
ReplyDeleteAt Gold Key, certainly, for the sake of a house look the art directors came up with new logos much more often than using the properties' existing logos or even fonts. Tarzan, U.N.C.L.E., Doc Savage, Star Trek...
ReplyDeleteThanks for bringing these up! My dad (Arnold Drake) not only loved writing for Gold Key but, as always, loved the artists who brought his words to life. He spoke fondly of Jack Sparling and Winslow Mortimer. I loved reading his scripts, particularly WELCOME BACK KOTTER, which was really funny.
ReplyDeleteI have a copy of Fat Albert 6425. I would be so happy to give you your fathers work. What a wonderful legacy he is! donnelly.drei@gmail.com
DeleteLoved Arnold's work on STARSTREAM.
ReplyDeleteJust scored one of Drake's Kotter books on eBay. Looking forward to reading and writing about it.
ReplyDeleteInterestingly enough, Charlton's SICK has an issue (#115) with parodies of three of these series--Kotter, Starsky & Hutch, and Charlie's Angels--the first two written by Arnold Drake and all with art by editor Jack Sparling.
ReplyDeleteSomeone should publish a BEST OF SICK collection.
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