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The Origin of the Lion Rock WWII artworks
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Thanks everybody for the compliments. It's really a lot of fun doing this
I think I should post pictures of the three other comic books that I have gotten so far.
Here they are, next to the Lion Rock boxes:
The artworks are essentially the same, but the colors are slightly different.
The "Sword of Freedom" book is a different edition than the one Vinny posted.
This one has the decimal pricing (10p) while the other edition has "pre-decimal" pricing (1'3).
Is anyone familiar with the pre-decimal pricing in Great Britain? What does 1'3 mean?
I ordered a few more comic books from eBay, but haven't gotten them.
Unfortunately shipping times are currently affected by a strike of the German post office... Aarrgghh!!Last edited by Agent4125; Jul 14, '17, 9:46 AM.Comment
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Success! Finally found how to post photos.
This was never a Lion Rock set, but with those colors it would have jumped off the shelf:
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These comic books are really small in scale? They seem like mini-sized....
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"When things are at their darkest, it's a brave man that can kick back and party."Comment
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I think they were called "pocket library", because you could easily put them in the pocket of your jacket
It seems that at the time when the company started to print them, the only printing press with free capacity
that they had could only print that small format. The press had previously been used to print small novels.
(At least, that's the explanation that was given in the book "Aarrgghh!! It's War"...)Comment
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As a kid, these adventure/war stories (in a handy almost kid-sized edition) would have been perfect for me..
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"When things are at their darkest, it's a brave man that can kick back and party."Comment
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Today I got three more comic books (despite the post office strike ). Two of them haven't been mentioned yet:
German U-Boot Commander (Italian Box artwork / comic book):
The book "The Art of War" presents a beautiful full page reproduction of the original artwork:
The artist was Giorgio deGaspari and the artwork was created for War Picture Library #475 in 1968.
Japanese Pilot (Italian Box artwork / comic book):
And again, the reproduction of the original artwork from the book
(Unfortunately, the artbooks present only a handful of the "Lion Rock artworks" in full page size):
The artwork was created by Pino Dell'Orco for Battle Picture Library #75 in 1962.
Please note that I have a later edition were they re-used that cover artwork.
I think there were several artworks that they used more than once over the years.
The 3rd one I got in the mail is the one with the British Tank Commander artwork.
We've already seen that one. It's Battle Picture Library #770 - "The Price of Glory". And it looks awesome!Last edited by Agent4125; Jul 14, '17, 9:48 AM.Comment
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Man what a fun ride,thanks to everybody that has posted pictures in this thread!
This a pure home run the ball has been knocked clear out of the park.
Thanks again I keep going over these....lol“When you say “It’s hard”, it actually means “I’m not strong enough to fight for it”. Stop saying its hard. Think positive!”Comment
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I feel the same way . My OCD. Has kicked into high gear and I wanted them all now !!Looking for Remco Phantom. Mego mailer boxed figuresComment
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But there are other artworks that I haven't seen either, e.g. those for the US Tail Gunner or the Frogman.
The artbooks don't present all covers. I found 19 of the Lion Rock artworks in those books.
I don't think the Battle Brigade art is in there, but I could check again. I might have overlooked it
(Those books are 400 pages each).
It would be nice to have a complete gallery of all the covers.
I thought I found one on comigs.org, but it doesn't show all the titles.
Still, there's a lot there. Here is a link: War Picture Library, Cover GalleryComment
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