'Yellow Heat' by Bruce Jones (story) and Russ Heath (art)
from the March, 1977 issue (No. 58) of Vampirella
By the early 70s publisher James Warren had begun using Spanish and Filipino artists to provide much of the artwork for his magazines.
This was because by the standards of the exchange rates at the time, the Spaniards were comparably cheaper to employ than American artists. And many American artists, fed up with late or (nonexistent) checks from Warren, were refusing to work for him.
Nonetheless, occasionally an American artist would show up in the pages of the Warren titles, and a real gem of a story appeared in the March, 1977 issue of Vampirella (the issue was actually on newsstands in December 1976).
'Yellow Heat' features some memorable artwork by veteran comics artist Russ Heath, and a great plot by writer Bruce Jones. Indeed, the last two panels are a commendable example of an adept partnership by the writer and artist.
[And needless to say, a comic like this would be very, very, very politically incorrect by today's standards.
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