RICH BUCKLER PASSES AWAY... (Updated)

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It's been reported that comicbook artist RICH BUCKLER has passed away.  He was an artist that could imitate the styles of others, but he was pretty good in his own right too, especially as a painter.  Another great artist gone, alas, aged only 68.

PULSATING PIN-UPS: BATMAN & ROBIN...

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Above is the back cover of BATMAN #1, featuring the Caped Crusader and the Boy Wonder, below the same pair on the front cover of the same issue.  Two pin-ups for the price of one - what more can you ask for when it's not costing you a penny?

PULSATING PIN-UPS PART SEVEN: THE SENSATIONAL SILVER SURFER...

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Here he is - NORRIN RADD.  Or as he's generally known -

The SILVER SURFER!  His surfboard looks a bit too narrow

and I'd say there's a little problem with the left leg, but it's still

a great drawing from JACK KIRBY & JOE SINNOTT.

BABE Of The DAY- LINDA THORSON...

Here's leggy lovely LINDA THORSON taking

things easy while I make a pot of tea.  See?  I'm not the

sexist, misogynistic dinosaur you lot think I am.  Hang on

a sec... "Linda, dear, as you're lying there doing nothing,

perhaps you'd darn my socks and iron my shirt while

this tea's brewing?"  Now where's the sugar?