Illustration Info

I really loved this cover and “heavy brush” style, it took about 2 hours to re-ink. I also skipped putting in the patterns for the fabrics because I’m not a crazy person. As usually the case I don’t think any story in the comic was related to the cover.

About Lee Elias

Emigrating to the United States from Manchester, England, when he was a boy, Elias studied art at the Cooper Union and the Art Students League of New York. He started working in comics in 1943 at Fiction House,where his work included features such as “Captain Wings” in Wing Comics, on which he succeeded Bob Lubbers, as well as the Western hero Firehair.

After leaving Fiction House in 1946, he worked for several different comics companies, including Timely Comics, Hillman Periodicals, and National/DC where he worked on such characters as the Flash, Tommy Tomorrow, and Black Canary. He drew three issues of All Star Comics in 1947 and co-created the Fiddler and the original Star Sapphire with writer Robert Kanigher in All-Flash #32 (Dec. 1947).