Need help identifying 3 (Fleetway?) artworks (used by Mego)
Posted: 17 Oct 2015, 09:11
Hi, I am new here. My name is Jens and I'm from Germany
I need some help identifying 3 artworks that I think have been created for Fleetway in the 60s or 70s.
Let me explain:
I collect a line of action figures made by Mego in 1976. The line was called "Johnny Action" in the US
and was also sold in Europe under different names ("Battle Brigade" was it's name in the UK).
I recently discovered that the artworks that were on the back of the packaging
(on some of the releases, but not on the UK release)
were in fact cover artworks from Fleetway comics from the 60s/ 70s - such as War Picture Library.
Here is one example (back of an Italian release box next to a Fleetway comic):
And another example (French release box next to a Fleetway comic):
Mego released 36 different figures in that line and I was able to identify most of the artworks from the packaging.
But there are 3 paintings that I haven't seen anywhere else so far:
Has anyone here seen one of those? Were they also created for some Fleetway comic or magazine?
BTW: It's possible that the original artworks are slightly different. In some cases the artworks were modified for Mego.
Thanks
I need some help identifying 3 artworks that I think have been created for Fleetway in the 60s or 70s.
Let me explain:
I collect a line of action figures made by Mego in 1976. The line was called "Johnny Action" in the US
and was also sold in Europe under different names ("Battle Brigade" was it's name in the UK).
I recently discovered that the artworks that were on the back of the packaging
(on some of the releases, but not on the UK release)
were in fact cover artworks from Fleetway comics from the 60s/ 70s - such as War Picture Library.
Here is one example (back of an Italian release box next to a Fleetway comic):
And another example (French release box next to a Fleetway comic):
Mego released 36 different figures in that line and I was able to identify most of the artworks from the packaging.
But there are 3 paintings that I haven't seen anywhere else so far:
Has anyone here seen one of those? Were they also created for some Fleetway comic or magazine?
BTW: It's possible that the original artworks are slightly different. In some cases the artworks were modified for Mego.
Thanks