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Steve Coates
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Boy Commandos #2 April 1943, Jack was 26 and drafted into WWII.
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Peter Hicks
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As JB said earlier, artists could always count on pages 2-3 being available for a double page splash. When Jack Kirby made the move to DC, he started doing double splashes on every page 2-3, and he kept this tactic when he returned to Marvel. His DC double splashes were often massive battles on an epic scale for the Fourth World wars, but the example below is from The Demon #1.
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Mike Grell did a 2-page spread every issue of THE WARLORD, and I love those to this day. Sure, it's only "one panel," but, boy, did it set the mood for everything that came after!
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Steve Coates
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Sgt. Fury #1 May 1963
Edited by Steve Coates on 01 August 2026 at 11:08am
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John Byrne
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Stan and Jack integrate the Army a few years before it actually happened. ;-)
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Well, not quite, here is the original.
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John Byrne
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And in subsequent issues?
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Thread Drift:
JB - Did you have any Howling Commandos stories brewing at anytime?
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The second issue was corrected, but very bad color for Gabriel. Subsequent issues seemed much better. A check on the first three issues, gives Stan Goldberg (not directly credited) as colorist and so probably a printer's "correction" on the first issue and a separator's error on the second issue.
Edited by Steve Coates on 01 August 2026 at 3:42pm
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If the printers/separators were paying that much attention I would be much impressed!!
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JB - Did you have any Howling Commandos stories brewing at anytime?••• Not as such. I would turn to WW2 at any excuse, but I leaned more toward the Invaders.
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Todd McFarlane also did page 2-3 splashes as a regular feature once he started writing his own books.
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