Johnny Thunder Comic Book Art by Mort Drucker and Sy Barry

Here is a copy of Johnny Thunder No. 3, the July-August 1973 issue. Johnny Thunder was a reprint book, with a standout group of comics artists. The cover is by Alex Toth (likely inked by Sy Barry). There are three stories here, and I wanted to share the last one since it's credited to both Mort Drucker and Sy Barry. Mort and Sy were my fellow Berndt Toast Gang members. Mort is best known for his Mad Magazine caricatures and Sy is best known for his run on The Phantom comic strip. I had no idea that they had ever worked together, but here they are, back in the early days of their careers, grinding out comic pages for DC.

 

The story is "Battle for Mesa City!" written by Robert Kanigher and was first published in All-Star Western #71 in 1953. It's copyright that year by National Periodical Publications. I've included a house ad for DC's new book "Prez," about the country's first teen president.