There's no denying that Howard Nostrand was channeling the prolific and easily recognizable style of Jack Davis to the extreme but, my, my, my, wasn't he doing it well? Here's a Harvey horror from 1953 that's actually a black comedy parody of the then-new movie HIGH NOON with Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly. GCD credits Nostrand with the writing also.
On Facebook Bhob Stewart commented: "That was in BLACK CAT #47 (December 1953) which means it actually appeared BEFORE the Harvey Kurtzman/Jack Davis "Hah! Noon!" in MAD #9 (February-March 1954). Kurtzman had satirized a few film classics, but "Hah! Noon!" was the first MAD parody of a contemporary film--and Nostrand was already there. I always thought Kurtzman should have hired Nostrand to be on the MAD staff."
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