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GHOSTS (1971-82) #7
VF/NM: 9.0
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PUBLISHER: DC
COMMENTS: Kaluta cover; COMIC BOOK IMPACT rating of 5 (CBI)
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Kaluta cover; COMIC BOOK IMPACT rating of 5 (CBI)



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In the 1950s, he worked for companies like Harvey, Toby Press, Charlton and Ziff Davis, doing western, horror and romance titles. He also did syndicated strips like 'Mister Rubbles' and 'Sam Hill'. For Gilberton's Classics Illustrated, Sparling drew 'Robin Hood' and Mark Twain's 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court'. In the late 1960s, Sparling was additionally present in Eerie with several horror stories. From 1960 to 1972, he did the daily 'Honor Eden' for the McClure Syndicate. Jack Sparling remained active until the late 1980s. In the final stages of his comic book career, he worked mainly on Western Publishing titles like 'The Twilight Zone' and 'Turok', but he also did contributions to DC and Marvel titles.

Golden Age artist who worked in war comics during WWII, then worked at Timely, Dell and Real Life Comics, he found work in TV storyboarding and creating commercial art, came back to work at DC in the 70s on romance books before leaving comics for good to return to ad work.

John Calnan was an American commercial artist, who also worked for comic books. His first comic book work was inking Tom Gill's pencils on 'Lone Ranger' for Dell Publications. He then did some work for Gilberton's 'Classics Illustrated' series, before becoming an advertising art director and TV producer for agencies. He returned to comics in 1966, mainly doing work for DC Comics. Calnan did a lot of work for anthology titles like 'The Unexpected' (1970-1980), 'Ghosts' (1971-1979), 'The Witching Hour' (1971-1976), 'G.I. Combat' (1976-1977) and 'House of Mystery' (1973, 1977-1978). Calnan retired in 1996, but continued doing work for friends and the occasional commission job. He passed away on 27 December 2016 at the age of 84.


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    GHOSTS (1971-82) #7
    DC FN+: 6.5
    Kaluta cover; COMIC BOOK IMPACT rating of 5 (CBI)
    Kaluta cover; COMIC BOOK IMPACT rating of 5 (CBI)
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    GHOSTS (1971-82) #7
    DC VG/F: 5.0
    Kaluta cover; COMIC BOOK IMPACT rating of 5 (CBI)
    Kaluta cover; COMIC BOOK IMPACT rating of 5 (CBI)
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