Unexpected Wood-1972

Here's a nicely drawn but little-known late period horror tale from DC's THE UNEXPECTED. Written by EC veteran Carl Wessler, GCD credits Wood with sole pencils and inks but I'm pretty sure I detect other hands in this, also--possibly layouts and pencils. Enjoyable all around, though. Any of my experts out there know for sure?

The Ghost Ship Pt 2

The Ghost Ship Pt 1-1965

Here's Wood's sole story from Gold Key's RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT, a rather dull 1965 affair with mostly pedestrian art. Originally a 4 page piece, this is the 12 page reprint with repasted panels from the first issue of 1972's MYSTERY COMICS DIGEST. The first six of those pages are here with the final six to follow soonish.

Malice Original Art

A page of original art from Woody's delightfully dirty MALICE IN WONDERLAND from the mid-'70's, probably drawn by Hama or Kupperberg (which I'm sure Alan can clarify) to be inked by Wood later. (Note the pasteover of original Alice art, also!).

Trump Letter-1957

Not much Wood here but an interesting letter from the January, 1957 issue of PLAYBOY, published the same month that issue 1 of TRUMP came out. Apparently TIME had stated flat out that MAD was gone!

Trump

I purchased TIME and read the article they ran about you and also the statement which inferred (sic) that MAD was defunct (“a short-lived satire pulp magazine”) and that you had hired the entire staff. I was shocked, to say the least, by the unethical, underhanded method you used to try and give the impression to the public that Mad was defunct. My friends and I feel the same way about the matter. I was so annoyed that I have decided to take the following action:

1. I will no longer buy TIME as I have come to the conclusion they print articles which have not been cleared and verified.

2. I will no longer buy PLAYBOY, though till now I would never have thought of missing an issue.

3. With the money I save from TIME and PLAYBOY, I intend to extend my subscription to MAD because I do not believe it will come defunct.

In all fairness to Al Feldstein, the new editor of MAD, I would like to say that I read his last two issues and enjoyed them very much—just as much as the earlier issues not edited by him.

Jerry H.

Brooklyn

The error was TIME’s, not ours: they mistakenly assumed that because PLAYBOY hired the magazine’s editorial staff, MAD was defunct. We’ve long been fans of MAD, too—that’s why we wanted its editors (Harvey Kurtzman, Harry Chester) and artists (Bill Elder, Jack Davis, Wally Wood) to help create our new humor mag, TRUMP.

Green Lantern by Kane/Wood

Gil Kane was THE artist on the Silver Age GREEN LANTERN and though his early work was awesome it tended to be a tad old-fashioned in keeping with National Comics' "house style." Here, from one of his final issues before the much lauded O'Neil and Adams issues, is a much more unrestrained and creative Kane as inked by one of his best inkers, Wallace Wood.

http://apocolytesworldofcomics.blogspot.com/2010/03/gil-kane-and-wallace-wood-superior-art.html

Nudine

Here's a page of early sketches for Nudine from the WITZEND feature, THE PIPSQUEAK PAPERS. Note that he's subtitled it, "An adult comic for comic adults."