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| Wham Annual 1972, p.15 |
Richard Sheaf has sent me a new bit of information showing a reprint of Bellamy's work which gives me a good excuse to show you some more unusual Bellamy artwork. The above piece, sent by Richard, comes from the
Wham Annual of 1972, so interestingly would have been on sale while Bellamy was still alive.
He created two covers at the end of his
Eagle work before moving onto his 4 year stint on "Thunderbirds" in
TV21. The first was for
Eagle Vol.16:35 (28 August 1965) titled
"Arms Through the Ages: No. 5: The crossbow"
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| Eagle Vol 16:35 |
It was for 16:36 copy dated 4 September 1965 he created his "Arms Through the Ages: No. 6: The floating mine".
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| Eagle Vol. 16:36 |
This lovely example of a Bellamy explosion shows his professionalism - just because he was leaving didn't mean he would stint his employer. Wikipedia has a long article on the subject of
floating mines, but obviously Bellamy would not have had access to the Internet in the early 1960s. He had previously visited the Imperial War Museum when researching Churchill's life so it does not seem unreasonable to assume he repeated this experience.
And here's what the cover to the Wham Annual 1972 looks like:
