Number 878


GI Joe Maneely


Joe Maneely was one of Stan Lee's top artists. I've shown several stories by him. He could draw just about anything and working for Stan Lee meant he did. These three war stories, done in 1951 and '52, show that Maneely was as much at home drawing horrors of war as he was drawing horror comics.

Atlas, publishers of Battle and Man Comics, where these stories appeared, studied trends of other publishers and what sold. At the time it looks like Atlas was paying attention to EC and Harvey Kurtzman. For short, punchy war stories they are pretty good, made better by Joe Maneely's drawings.

From Battle #4, 1951:






From Man Comics #11, 1951:







From Man Comics #12, 1952: