Although I was never a huge fan of the Atom, I bought it because it contained Gil Kane artwork. Even art mitigated by an inker like Sid Greene, another aspect of the book I wasn't all that fond of, was better than some other alternative. This page is from The Atom #30. Kane's art on this character would really shine much later on when The Atom became a sword and sorcery hero in The Sword of the Atom. Can't recall if Kane inked that one or someone else, but the art reflected more of Kane's artistic vision and was a great looking and great reading book. Sword of the Atom was written by Jan Strnad.

From 1957, here's the cover to The Adventures of Rex the Wonder Dog #35. 'Ol Rex was DC's answer to Lassie and Rin Tin Tin. Gil Kane was versatile and made this a fun book visually.
Alex Toth and Carmine Infantino also drew stories during the run of this title.

This is an excellent page from the June 1966 issue of Undersea Agent, number 3, from Tower Comics. Here Kane shows just a hint of his great sense of design in the drawing of machinery on the last bottom panel. He also drew some Noman stories for Tower.

A very nice page from a Gil Kane western story from 1970.

Although some have criticized Kane's inking of himself, this is a great page, full of life and action. From All Star Western v.2#3. Kane drew a lot of western stories in the fifties for DC, this was a welcome return to the genre for him.

That Creepy Gil Kane

Gil Kane certainly didn't limit himself to Marvel or DC during any part of his career.

Here's the inside front cover of Creepy #16 from Warren Publishing. As always, copyright and

TM Warren Publishing or the respective copyright holder.

While at times it's hard to ID early Gil Kane art when it's inked by a DC staff inker, there are telltale signs that it's Gil Kane. He had a certain way of drawing water splashing, and the "feathering" on the rocks looks like it was drawn by him. From All Star Western #82. I think this was inked by Joe Giella, a fine artist in his own right.

And, in the final blog entry of the night, the cover to Mystery in Space #46. Kane was versatile and able to draw just about anything, and draw it well. He had a good design sense that was very close to that of Jack Kirby in the sense of being able to design machinery and backgrounds. Editor Julius Schwartz used Kane's talents on many a science fiction cover or story as well as on The Atom and Green Lantern. Mystery in Space TM DC Comics Inc. With all the DC Comics Gil had a hand in, hope I don't get sued by them for using so many of their images!