The Al Williamson Reader

    (Pure Imagination, 2008)
™ and © Pure Imagination

A collection of the classic Golden Age artist’s work that makes up in art what it often lacks in writing. These short and often serialized pieces, and there are some entertaining, concise pieces, but a lot of it is really just a product of its time and market, hastily written for the pulpier comics. This does not detract from Williamson’s art, however, which rarely shows the strain of deadlines. Some of the art is rough in reproduction, but considering the artifacts Pure Imagination was probably using to restore Williamson’s art to page, it’s a solid rescue.

— Brendan McGinley
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    #1
    Cover: $25.00
    W: Al Williamson, Greg Theakston  ·  A: Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, Harry Harrison
    Collects stories from Wonder Comics #20, Jet Comics #4, Chief Victorio’s Massacre; Heroic Comics #65, John Wayne #8, Out of the Night #1, Forbidden Worlds #6, Out of the Night #4, Danger is Our Business #1, Prize Comics Western #113, Battlefron #40, Mystery Tales #44, World of Mystery #6, Cheyenne Kid #10, Jann of the Jungle #17, Tex Ritter #39, Cracked Magazine #1, Cheyenne Kid #12, Worlds of Fantasy #16, Creepy #6, Squa Tront #2; ca. 2008
    1 copy for $21.95