Nick Fury #12 - Barry Windsor Smith art & cover
Nick Fury, Agent of Shield #12, 1968 - Barry Smith attempts a bold visual montage for his second Nick Fury cover. Crowded with too many visual elements, color helps separate the title character from rest. Even then, the layout lacks a clear hierarchy. Smith's interiors demonstrate his lack of experience, particularly the foreshortening of his figure drawings. His youthfulness, however, also results in some artistic risk-taking. The effects of a high-tech blast (see interior page shown above) and a view through the rotating blades of a helicopter (page 17) are refreshingly innovative for their time. This is number 3 of 3 Nick Fury issues with Smith art and/or covers. See today's posts or more Smith or Nick Fury issues. See also this blog's Barry Windsor Smith checklist.
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"Hell Hath No Fury" Smith story pencils (Smith, Sid Greene inks) 20 pages = **
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Smith was still earning his craft, and though the cover is bery much derivative of Steranko, it almost works. It's biggest failure is the figure of Fury, looking away from the reasder and not effectively posed.
Nick Caputo
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