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The Secret Files of Dr. Drew -- Elusa

Though Will Eisner was always the guiding force behind the Spirit (except for his stint in the army), many other artists and writers worked on the series. The best of those teams was probably Jerry Grandenetti (artist) and Jules Feiffer (writer).

Here's a sample from Grandenetti's Fiction House's Rangers Comics. The story doesn't make a great deal of sense but the art is extraordinary.

THE good girl cover

Matt Baker's cover for Phantom Lady 17 set the standard for more than a half century of comic book breasts.

The really shocking news is that they still publish Archie Comics

From the AP:

In this image released by Archie Comics, the comic book cover for issue 'Veronica 202,' is shown. The issue will introduce a new classmate named Kevin Keller, the first gay character in the Archie Comics series.

More good girl art from Fiction House

They always had such nice covers.

Another one for the Stan Lee files

Another Johnson Smith, this time from 1940

The original Daredevil takes on social ills

Social reform movements were a big part of Golden Age comics.

Good Girl Art of the Day

It must be colder than it looks.

The Avenger

The mid-Fifties were rough on superheroes but a few companies tried to buck the trend. One of the better remembered (if not more successful) was the commie-bashing Avenger at Magazine Enterprises. The character had a tremendous amount of talent behind him (publisher Vin Sullivan, writer Gardner Fox and artist Dick Ayers), but he a couple of years ahead of his time.