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From "El Despertar del Mundo" Nº 2 (Editora de Periódicos "La Prensa", México, 31 December 1954), I chose this example of one of Joe Kubert's double-spread or "Panelrama", as he called them. For practical reasons, though, the two-page splash is taken from a small size reprint published in 1977 by Organización Editorial Novaro, a rival house which reprinted all the DC stuff. In fact, by then the "Tor" character belonged to DC and Kubert was working for that company. A curious detail is the first page of this new comic book, which reproduced the first page of the original "Tor" first issue, in which Joe Kubert and the scripwriter, Norman Maurer, introduced the magazine to readers. In the reprint, Kubert's image is changed, sporting glasses and a beard to look 23 years older, while Maurer simple vanished, not being involved in the business any more. Slight differences in color and captions (the lettering is no longer hand-made, and the text is simplified) do not spoil the striking quality of Kubert's art, his superb rendering of male and female shapes, nor the dramatic layout, all elements confirming his status of a classic master of the medium. The title of the story is gone also, but it was "El Valle Negro" ("The Black Valley"), as stated on the original edition. |
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