The Steel Claw

Some photo-realism from the hand of Jesus Blasco. Valiant, dated 2nd May 1964.

Crime Busters

Art by Mike Western. Valiant dated, 12th September 1964.

The House of Dolmann

More pulp action from the hands of Eric Bradbury from Valiant dated 29th July 1967.

The Steel Claw

Art by Jesus Blasco for the Valiant, dated 16th October 1965.

The Steel Claw

Jesus Blasco illustrates this weeks tale from the 30th October 1965 edition of Valiant. A nice hardback collection of Steel Claw is available.

Kid Gloves

Geoff Campion illustrates this story from the Valiant dated 20th April 1963.
Makes me smile, the cod  'Injun' dialogue with lots of 'Ayee-ahhs!', 'Ayee!'s and 'Ugh!'s. Do I hear a 'Wah! Paleface!'?

The Steel Claw

Jesus Blasco, Valiant dated 11th November 1967.

The House of Dolmann

More Dolmann oddness supplied by Eric Bradbury. Valiant, 21st October 1967. I love EB's dark Gothic line-work. This is the antithesis of the bright, Pop Art 1960s isn't it? Darkness pervades, even in broad  daylight. Very creepy, very unsettling... Brrrr!!

More Dolmann available for viewing here.

 

Race Revell

Hopefully this series of ads was a nice little earner for Joe Colquhoun? Valiant, 11th November 1967.

Jack O'Justice

Art by Tom Kerr. Valiant, 15th May 1965. Nice hand-lettering on this one.

The Steel Claw

Art by Jesus Blasco, Valiant 18th April 1964.  More info here. There's a collection still available if you'd like to partake?

Kelly's Eye

Another dark, brooding strip from Solano Lopez. Valiant 20th June 1964.

Zip Nolan

Art by Joe Colquhoun. Valiant (and Lion) 15th June 1974.

Kelly's Eye

Some gothic  naughtiness from Solano Lopez circa 17th April 1965. I've seen this particular Valiant strip reprinted in Vulcan in the 70s. I'd love to see it again. Any chance of another Albion book from Titan?

The House of Dolmann

From Valiant, March 4th 1967. Eric Bradbury provides art for this series. Dolmann uses 'mechanical dolls' to fight crime. He throws his voice to make the dolls 'talk'. He's complete nut-job isn't he? Look at the sequence on page two: there's at least six dolls having an argument! I bet if you could hear them speak there'd ALL sound different. He reminds me a little of the JF Sebastian character in Bladerunner: he lived all alone with mechanical people too.

*Remember folks: A complete Dolmann adventure is one of the stories included in the Albion Origins book. Go here to purchase.

From the Vaults of Time

Art by Solano Lopez from Valiant, 4th May 1963. Or should I say: from the Solano Lopez studio? Anyway, dinosaurs brought back to life and re-introduced into modern society with disasterous results. As usual...

Death Wish

Episode one, drawn by Luis Collado Coch for Valiant dated, 20th December 1975.

Valiant Annual 1973

A painted annual cover by Mike Western.

Well-Fancy That!

Who said that comics aren't educational? Pat Nicolle provides some lovely pen-work for this informative piece from the Valiant annual 1973.

Trail to Nowhere

From Valiant 15th june 1974. Mike Western draws this, um, Western adventure.... I like the lettering on this. I wonder if MW lettered this one himself? The balloons seem to be integrated into the artwork rather than just pasted onto it as is the usual case. Anyway, I'm pretty sure the sound effects are by Western. You'll also notice a couple of blown-up frames underneath the episode. I love the way he creates light and shadow.