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Vanguard continues their Woodwork, Wally Wood Classics series with new, previously uncollected Western works by Hall of Fame comic book creator Wallace Wood. Mad Magazine, Daredevil, Power Girl, Vampirella, Weird Science, The Avengers, The Spirit, Mars Attacks, Superboy, T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents, Galaxy Magazine: These are among the works that made Wallace "Wally" Wood one of the most legendary of all comic book and science-fiction creators. Now, Vanguard continues their Woodwork, Wally Wood Classics series with new, previously uncollected Western works in,
Wally Wood Cowboys & County Girls. This is the definitive collection of Wally Wood western comics, which range from six-guns blazing out molten lead to the kitschy to the risqué. Nearly 200 pages spanning the Hall of Fame creator’s career, from 1949 to 1972 with titles like Western Outlaws, Jesse James, Western Crime Busters, Frontier Romances, Hoot Gibson, Gunfighters, Red Wolf and Shattuck―most have never been collected. Plus examples of Wood's EC Comics and Marvel Westerns with commentary by J. David Spurlock.
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Wallace ("Wally") Wood is one of the most celebrated cartoonist-illustrators of all time. Wood's creative efforts on such properties as Daredevil, Weird Science, T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents, MAD, Witzend, Mars Attacks, Power Girl, etc., have earned him great acclaim both during his lifetime and posthumously. For his science fiction work, Wood received various Hugo Award Nominations including: 1959 Best Professional Artist; 1960 Best Professional Artist; and 1997 for Best Dramatic Presentation: Mars Attacks! Other awards include: National Cartoonists Society for best Comic Book Artist, 1957 (MAD), 1959 (MAD), and 1965 (T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents); Alley Award, Best Pencil Artist, 1965; Alley Award, Best Inking Work, 1966; Best Foreign Cartoonist Award, Angoulême International Comics Festival, 1978; The Jack Kirby Hall of Fame, 1989; The Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame, 1992; and The Inkwell Awards' Hall of Fame Award, 2011.
