alizarin1 wrote:

 So one of the main reasons why Kane lost some measure of artistic interest in GL after the first couple of years is simply that he wasn't allowed to ink his own work to any degree (and he didn't like the inking that he was getting from Giella).  Personally, I'd rather have seen Gil Kane doing the complete art on Green Lantern any day [he inked that first GL Showcase cover above] as opposed to either Giella or Greene getting their hands on it.  Murphy Anderson's finishes were fine, though he was a rather dominant inker.


What Schwartz should have done in my opinion is allow Kane to ink a decent amount of his own penciling on Green Lantern (if that's what he wanted to do) move Giella not only off the strip entirely but out of his artistic "stable" altogether and hire Reed Crandall to replace him.  Crandall, who had been one of Quality's very best artists (and that's saying a lot) would have been an excellent inker for Kane.  Not only would Gil have been delighted by the choice, but as a bonus Crandall could have done some solo artwork on a few of the historical "Time Pool" stories in The Atom as well-- a perfect assignment for him.  DC comics readers of the era used to seeing the rather sparse and simplified work of an Infantino or Kane would have been absolutely bowled over to encounter the level of detailed pen and ink artistry that Reed Crandall would have brought to that strip. 

I quite like Sid Greene's inks, particularly over Infantino and (Gil) Kane's pencils. Joe Giella's inks are rather pedestrian at best, however, which is very unfortunate given all the inking he did over Infantino's and Kane's pencilling in the 1950s and 1960s - his inks seem better on Infantino, though.

Murphy Anderson and Wally Wood were the two best inkers of Kane in my opinion, including Kane himself. Vince Colletta was the worst inker of Kane (and many others).

I would love to have seen Reed Crandall inking Kane, or just working for DC, period.