The Al Williamson stuff is great i love it. still it is deliberate Pastiche of Alex Raymond's Flash Gordon from when Raymond drew the strip. The Inking and line work is very much Like Joseph Clement Coll.
Williamson was also influenced by Wally Wood of EC comics, Harold Fosters Prince Valiant and Milton Caniff's Terry and the Pirates.
He was also an avid movie serial fan, and swashbuckling film addict. Flash Gordon with Buster Crabbe, Errol Flynn in The Sea Hawk, Captain Blood and the adventures of robin hood, stewart granger in Scaramouche etc.
I am still looking for the original Color Sundays by williamson and goodwin. The Dark Horse trades have the new artwork and redone edits to make the classic star wars comic series and the dailies were colored and the sundays were re-colored. Unlike the Star Wars a long time ago volume reprints of the marvel comics no care was taken to preserve the original color.
Still I have the Entire original run in black and white uncut from Russ Cochrane Publishing in a three volume slipcased set signed on the title page by goodwin and williamson. Nobody has ever scanned these volumes.
Too bad i don't have a hi resolution scanner or a scanner of any kind,lol.