PART ELEVEN Of FANTASTIC COVER GALLERY...

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And now, returning to an earlier era, we present yet another half-dozen covers from "Britain's Super-Hero Action Comic" - FANTASTIC!  Also included are their back-page pin-ups, though please note that #63 had a back-cover ad which also appeared on #s 64 & 66.  To avoid repetition, it is reproduced here only once.  Note also that BARRY SMITH has only one pin-up this time around, the others being taken from other sources and featuring artwork from JACK KIRBY and DON HECK.

Only another twenty-three covers to go, alas, before our trip back in time comes to an end - but worry ye not.  We'll have something else lined up for you by then.  In the meantime - enjoy!

JOE KUBERT - REST IN PEACE...

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Legendary artist JOE KUBERT has died at the age of 85. Famous for drawing such comics as TOR, TARZAN, ENEMY ACE, SGT. ROCK, HAWKMAN and dozens more, as well as founding The Kubert School, Joe was right up there alongside KIRBY, EISNER, SWAN, BUSCEMA, and any other comicbook artist of renown you care to mention.

Other blogs will doubtless cover the man's life and career in greater detail. For the moment, here is a selection of covers that made Joe Kubert's name one of the most respected in the industry.

Joe Kubert: September 18th, 1926 - August 12th, 2012.