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HAL FORREST (1895-1959) "I knew they could be nothing less than gods of the sky!" Original "Tailspin Tommy" Sunday comic by Glenn Chaffin and Hal Forrest, published November 22, 1931. Pen, ink, and watercolor over graphite on Bristol board. 739x557 mm; 29x21 3/4 inches, on 29 1/4x22 3/4-inch board. Signed "Hal Forrest" in last panel, dated in graphite in left margin. Adhered to backing board.
This early hand-colored Sunday comic is numbered #110, and as The Comic Art Price Guide by Jerry Weist notes, "only the first 150 Sunday pages are hand-colored by creator Hal Forrest."
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