Friday, February 27, 2009

Wally Wood Goes PLOP! Funny Fantasy in The King of the Ring

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Wallace Wood was in his waning days in the 1970's, but that didn't keep him from pumping out a comic book classic from time to time!
Wallace Wood King of the Ring 01 detail wizard
The King of the Ring was Woody's wonderful (and loving) Tolkien spoof, and it appeared in DC Comics' PLOP #23 Sept-Oct 1976. Here are a few previews:
Wally Wood King of the Ring 03 Plop detail
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Wally Wood King of the Ring 05 detail elf goblin

I hope that was enough to convince you to download these pages below.

Wood was so much fun when his heart was in it...and this is one of my favorite Wally Wood comics!
Click on any of the thumbnail pages below to open up a ridiculously HUGE hi-res
comic book scan!
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Wally Wood King of the Ring 01 Plop Wally Wood King of the Ring 02 Plop
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Also: nice bio on Wally Wood at:
http://www.bpib.com/illustrat/wood.htm
and there's always Wally Wood's
22 Panels That Always Work by Wallace Wood Wally Woody
22 Panels That Always Work