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Reprinting many scarce, hard to find stories of the artist's work during his post-EC-era days with Atlas/Timely in the 1950's and 1960's from then recently discovered production stats, this book firmly lodges itself in the list of valuable assets for Al Williamson completionists out there. It may not as much about the artist's life as books published on him previously, namely The Art of Al Williamson (which Hidden Lands openly admits), but Hidden Lands, along with the aforementioned The Art of A...
First, a little history about me and Al. When I first got into comics in the early 90s I was reading the Spider-Man and X-Men titles (didn't everybody in the beginning?). I'd see or hear people talking about their favorite artist, and although there were some good artists on the titles that I read (JR, Jr and Andy Kubert on the X; Bagley, Sal Buscema whose work I adore, Tom Lyle and Steven Butler on Spidey), nobody's art connected with me in a way that made me consider him my "favorite" artist.
Nice bio of the artist Al Williamson with b&w reprints of his art and copies of stories from various comics from the 1950's. A great tool for studying his early illustration style and works. A must have for the Williamson fan. Be aware that it is not for all audiences as there is some nudity.