Of the two, I preferred Tuska’s layouts and, let’s call it tact. Sekowsky’s characters ofter seemed overwrought [appropriate for something like Justice Leage of America with its over-the-top villains], while Tuska’s were dialed back a bit, but seemed to have more inner tension.

I guess my first look at Tuska’s work was his Buck Rogers stuff in 1959 [I was eight]. He may not have been as realistic as Alex Raymond on Flash Gordon, but I believed in the characters in Buck Rogers.

I still recall, as vividly as when I first saw it, a villain threatening Rogers with an ancient six-gun which had physical bullets that would not be stopped by Buck’s defensive force field – and the way the ancient weapon backfired, destroying itself [and, probably, the villain's gun hand and forearm].

There aren’t too many artists who equalled the impact of the frame, in my memory.

I join Mr. Bittick in thanking him for many hours of enjoyment/entertainment his work provided me.

RIP, Mr. Tuska, and thank you for the many hours of enjoyment you’ve given me, now and in my youth.