The Gil Kane Punch of the Week 24: I Wouldn't Bet on It!

I'm dipping into the well of Sword of the Atom once again, this time taking a couple of panels from 1985's Sword of the Atom Special 2, again by Jan Strnad and Gil Kane.



It's a bit unclear here whether Atom has delivered two devastating left-hand blows to Torbul here, or if the panels depict one awesome punch with a long follow-through.

As an added bonus, let's see how Torbul buys it in the end:


Ooh, an arrow to the cake hole! That is some nasty stuff right there.

Gil Kane Punch of the Week 22

Here's another punch from the 1983 Sword of the Atom series by Jan Strnad and Gil Kane, this time from issue 2. Due to Kane's wacky page layout, I had to scan the entire page, but it's worth it to see all this dynamic Gil Kane art.

However, this page does come at the end of the issue, so we're left with a cliffhanger as the Atom is about to get stabbed with an arrow.

The Gil Kane Punch of the Week 21: Sword of the Atom!

To launch us back into the regular, post-Halloween Countdown rotation on this blog, here's a Gil Kane punchstravaganza from Sword of the Atom 1 (Sept. 1983), script by Jan Strnad. I have a fondness for this series because it takes one of Gil Kane's signature characters and puts him in a sword-and-sorcery mileau perfectly suited to Kane's style. My one complaint about the series, though, is that it's not wall-to-wall punching. In fact, this is one of the rare pages in the series where some solid Gil Kane punching occurs.
Despite the fact that Atom can take out three dudes with one two-fisted blow (without the benefit of his size and weight controls), he's quickly outnumbered by the yellow guys, who then throw him in a cell with some giant rats.

In other news, I've been outed this week as a contributor or "Bureau Chief" for this, along with a bunch of very funny people that I'm proud to know. This is one of the coolest experiences that I've ever been involved in, and it just seems to get cooler on a daily basis.