Time to put a wrap on our killer King Ward Fest this week with a couple more ACG AdvUnk fillers. And first up, a whoppin' weird 4-page historical account of Hugo Ormsbeck, 13th century oddball alchemist, and magician, who apparently discovered the power of the living dead, --and thusly became a "true" zombie himself! Ward delivers some great panels here, I just wish the coloring was a little more inspired. From the March 1953 issue of Adventures into the Unknown #41, followed by a one page voodoo quickie from the Fall 1948 debut issue of Adventures into the Unknown #1. GCD attributes the art here by Ward as well, but it honestly doesn't look like his work to me... I'm sure you will all let me know your opinions on this matter as well.
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I think Hugo gave the townsfolk more than enough warnings! He babbled on about life after death and they didn't think to spike him down in the first place, they kind of deserved the throttling.
I like the art. The printing isn't great, it's a bit dismally muddy in places, and as mentioned, the coloring is kind of ... boring. That said, in some places it works really well -- page 1, panel 4, where the victim is in green, Hugo in ... dark bluish green (?) ... and the background in stark black and yellow really makes a good image, but then in the next panel, not so much.
I love giving Hugo the hunchback of Notre Dame look.
The voodoo 1 pager is full of great images! Panels 4 and 5, with their dark greens and white eyes is super spooky. That's some fine work!
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