Leonard B. Cole was one of many memorable comic book artists of the 1940s and 1950s who left a definitive and distinctive mark on the history of comic book development. As some of my 5 or 6 readers know I have collected old comic books for decades - just for the heck of it I thought I would post a few images here. In the early 1950s Cole was Art Director (meaning, in charge of about everything) at a small comic book company called Star Publications. With perhaps 2 exceptions, every comic book cover that was published by this company (there were several hundred) was created by L. B. Cole. His art style is unique and unmistakable. He used bright, garish colors combined with some outstanding line work to create a series of covers in a style that will never be duplicated. Some describe his work as "psychedelic" though that is probably reading something into it from a future perspective. In any case - here is a sampling of a few of his classic comic book covers, taken from various comic genres. If anybody has any interest in seeing more stuff like this - let me know. I have over 100 different L.B. Cole comics in my collection and have thousands of other interesting specimens (i.e., interesting to me and some of my geek friends). PLEASE NOTE: You can click on each image to enlarge it (and the more times you click, the larger it becomes - cool!). Thanks.
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