Monday, August 5, 2013

Elisha

(Continued from Elijah)

Elijah's protoge was the similarly-named Elisha.  It would have seemed natural to continued the one story straight into the other, but I wanted each to be collected separately.  The story of "Elisha" was covered in the BOYS' LIFE series a mere 4 times, beginning with June 1962.

Once again, artist Frank Bolle covered the story TWICE, so I'm presenting each pair of episodes back-to-back for easy comparison.

It's interesting to note how many miracles Elisha is shown to have performed, which centuries later were repeated by Jesus (who hardly appears in the BOYS' LIFE series at all, and not since the 1960's).

VERSION 1
June 1962  /  art by IRV NOVICK
July 1962  /  art by IRV NOVICK
VERSION 2
January 1972  /  art by CURT SWAN
February 1972  /  art by CURT SWAN
March 1972  /  art by CURT SWAN
April 1972  /  art by CURT SWAN
May 1972  /  art by CURT SWAN
June 1972  /  art by CURT SWAN
VERSIONS 3 & 4
April 1983  /  art by FRANK BOLLE
April 1993  /  art by FRANK BOLLE
May 1983  /  art by FRANK BOLLE
May 1993  /  art by FRANK BOLLE
June 1983  /  art by FRANK BOLLE
June 1993  /  art by FRANK BOLLE
July 1983  /  art by FRANK BOLLE
July 1993  /  art by FRANK BOLLE
August 1983  /  art by FRANK BOLLE
August 1993  /  art by FRANK BOLLE
September 1983  /  art by FRANK BOLLE
September 1993  /  art by FRANK BOLLE
(Contined in Jonah)

Copyright (C) BOY'S LIFE Magazine
Restorations by Henry Kujawa

Read the entire STORIES FROM THE BIBLE series from the beginning!

For More:
Read the Wikipedia page on Elisha

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