John Severin

John Severin is a craftsman with an incredible eye for detail and a gritty style that was well suited to westerns and war titles, especially Sgt Fury on which he worked with Dick Ayers.  Outside of Marvel he worked primarily on the humor title 'Cracked'.  Here are twenty-five classic John Severin covers:

J. into Mystery
# 30
Jan 1956
John Severin cut his teeth on westerns - here's one from early 1956
Ringo Kid
# 10
Feb 1956

Rawhide Kid
# 11
Nov 1956

Kid Colt, Outlaw
# 70
Mar 1957

G'smoke Western
# 43
Nov 1957
Before Sgt Fury there was a war mag called Battle - here's a great Severin cover (notice the lighting)
Battle
# 55
Dec 1957
Severin drew Fury in his SHIELD guise a couple of years before getting his hands on the Howlers - here's the 3rd ever SHIELD cover
Strange Tales
# 137
Oct 1965
This is the 4th SHIELD cover - how did Nick get out of this one?
Strange Tales
# 138
Nov 1965
Sgt Fury had been around for 4 years by the time John Severin returned to wow 'battle-mag buffs'
Sgt Fury
# 44
Jul 1967
Pencils by Dick Ayers, Inks by Severin ...and whoever decided on the colors deserves an award too
Sgt Fury
# 50
Jan 1968
Pencils by Dick Ayers, Inks by Severin
Sgt Fury
# 52
Mar 1968
Pencils by Herb Trimpe, Inks by John Severin - Trivia! - the only Hulk cover without the word 'Incredible'
Hulk
# 109
Nov 1968
Maybe Ayers/Severin, maybe just Severin ...a classic wordless cover
Sgt Fury
# 60
Nov 1968
Maybe Ayers/Severin, maybe just Severin ...a chilling classic either way
Sgt Fury
# 65
Apr 1969
A John Severin solo classic
Sgt Fury
# 67
Jun 1969
Severin at the peak of his powers
Sgt Fury
# 68
Jul 1969
Severin couldn't stay away from the war titles, luckily for us
Captain Savage
# 15
July 1969
Severin gives a Sgt Fury annual the split-screen treatment
Sgt Fury
Annual # 5
Aug 1969
Severin couldn't stay away from the war titles, luckily for us
Captain Savage
# 18
Jan 1970
Another John Severin solo classic
Sgt Fury
# 75
Feb 1970
Planes, even...
Sgt Fury
# 76
Mar 1970
When Marvel needed a Western cover, Severin was first in line...
Western G'Fighters
# 7
Jan 1972
Severin in a rare collaboration with the master of odd angles, Gil Kane
Sgt Fury
# 96
Mar 1972
Strange that Severin should do a Dracula cover, but it's a good one...
Tomb of Dracula
# 2
May 1972
John and Marie Severin combine
Kull
# 9
Jul 1973

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