The John Severin Westerns Featuring American Eagle

John Severin's 1950s Western masterpiece,American Eagle, is collected for the first time in a gorgeous hardcover Fantagraphics edition.

Publisher Marketing: The comics in this oversized collection are seriously some of the best western strips I've ever read. American Eagle is a fascinating character, and while no one will be surprised at how gorgeous this book looks, the real surprise is that much of it -- particularly the scripts written by Colin Dawkins -- reads incredibly well, too. Terrific supplemental material by Howard Leroy Davis rounds out this monumental volume.-- "Four Color Apocalypse" Review Quotes : Viewed with its historical context in mind, this is a great record of a very entertaining, gorgeously illustrated comic book series created by an important cartoonist that would have otherwise been lost to time.-- "Boing Boing" Review Quotes : The John Severin Westerns fills a considerable gap in the available work of a major artist. ... Fantastic cinematic art from Severin.-- "Slings & Arrows" Brief Description : "In the 1950s, between his legendary EC work and his celebrated Marvel comics, John Severin joined with Mad artist Will Elder and Two-Fisted Tales writer Colin Dawkins to introduce a new level of historical accuracy to the comic-book Western. Collected here for the first time are all of the American Eagle stories drawn by Severin from Prize Comics Western #85-#113. Plus Severin-drawn stories featuring The Fargo Kid, Black Bull, and The Lazo Kid"-- Publisher Marketing : In the 1950s, between his legendary EC work and his celebrated Marvel comics, John Severin joined with Mad artist Will Elder and Two-Fisted Tales writer Colin Dawkins to introduce a new level of historical accuracy to the comic-book Western. While Native Americans had generally been vilified or left in the shadows of gun-slinging cowboy heroes, the American Eagle stories featured in Prize Comics Western were built around action-packed tribal intrigues and a heroic Crow warrior.

Format: Hardcover | Pages: 488 | Publication Date: 2023-10-24