Jack Cole's Dan Tootin

More early surrealism from Jack Cole.

 

Plastic Man in "The Gay Nineties Nightmare"

Jack Cole goes a little crazy (which is always a good thing)

Quite a jump from a police procedural.

From Silver Streak 22

Like a hypodermic needle in the eye -- possibly the most infamous comic book story ever

Perhaps the darkest of Jack Cole's many dark moments, immortalized in Seduction of the Innocent.

Jack Cole's Dickie Dean, boy inventor

Paul Tumey (the web's favorite Cole authority) argues that Dickie Dean was an especially personal character for the cartoonist. It's easy to imagine Cole, arguably the Golden Age's most inventive creator after Eisner, identifying strongly with a high school student who came up with ray guns and flying cars in his free time.

From Silver Streak #9

The Death Patrol -- distinctive early Cole

Death Patrol debuted in the first issue of Quality's Military Comics alongside Blackhawk. It was created by Jack Cole under the supervision of Will Eisner. Though Cole was just finding his voice a lot of distinctive traits are already obvious, both artistic (check out the layouts) and thematic (the possibility of reform, the juxtaposition of slapstick and violence).

Enjoy.

From Military Comics #1