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The Origin of the Lion Rock WWII artworks
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Today I got more books. Not really happy with the condition they are in, but they are interesting nevertheless.
Let's see:
The Japanese Sharpshooter (Italian box / comic book):
The book is in poor condition. Maybe I should try to find a better copy of this one...
What's interesting about this artwork is the additional soldier that was removed from the Lion Rock version:
The comic book says "Featuring Top Sergeant IRONSIDE". I suppose the picture shows him ?
And here is the Japanese Infantry (German box / comic book):
The art on the book is a bit blurry. I don't know if all of them are this way.
Notice how the book shows more of the left side of the artwork. The Italian box also shows more of the soldier on the left:
I like how the artist (Graham Coton) hid his signature in the grass :
Last edited by Agent4125; Jul 14, '17, 9:39 AM.Comment
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And more...
US Arctic Infantry
Here is a comparison of the box art for the Arctic Infantry (French box) and one of the comic books (War Picture Library #712):
It's another artwork with small modifications.
The comic cover artwork depicts the soldier with ski poles. On the box art they are missing.
(The figure didn't come with ski poles. But it didn't come with a machine pistol either and they didn't change that...)
The helmet was modified, too. I think the original artwork depicts a German soldier?
And on the right side of the painting, a group of soldiers in the background was removed:
Last edited by Agent4125; Jul 14, '17, 9:36 AM.Comment
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The hunt continues and more secrets are revealed
German Infantry
Here is a picture of the German Infantry box (Italian version) and the comic book that had the same artwork:
The artwork was painted by Jordi Penalva for War Picture Library #471 (released in Oktober 1968).Last edited by Agent4125; Jul 14, '17, 9:35 AM.Comment
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Awesome, that's the only WW2 figure I have in the box, reminds me of my grandfather.Places to find PlaidStallions online: https://linktr.ee/Plaidstallions
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Yes, it's from yet another Fleetway series, "Top Secret Picture Library".
I read that these told some James Bond like stories.
So the men in the artwork weren't supposed to be Italien partisans but some enemy agents ?
And I found another one:
US Tail Gunner
That artwork was done by someone named Gerry Wood for "Look and Learn", an educational magazine
(published by the same company as those comics; Fleetway / later IPC).
Some additional information can be found here:
lookandlearn.com/Wartime-pilots-and-the-Battle-of-Britain
I also found out that this painting was re-used a few years ago as background art
for a set of stamps (commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Spitfire plane). See here:
buckinghamcovers.com/BCSHEET53
They obviously used only part of the original artwork. Here is the back of the French box for comparison:
Last edited by Agent4125; Jul 14, '17, 9:29 AM.Comment
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