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https://heavy.com/entertainment/frank-thorne-dead-wife-marilyn/I love Thorne's work, I started with his run of KORAK stories in 1972. His work is compatible with Kubert's work, but still distinctly Thorne, hence his recruitment to work on Kubert's Edgar Rice Burroughs adaptation titles, and on Kubert's war titles.
I also enjoyed Thorne's anthology stories in books like HOUSE OF MYSTERY, HOUSE OF SECRETS, ADVENTURE COMICS, STAR SPANGLED WAR, and other titles for DC.
Obviously Thorne's work with writer Bruce Jones on RED SONJA (in MARVEL FEATURE, circa 1976-1977) hit a chord with a lot of readers.
Thorne later did his own version of Red Sonja, "Ghita of Alizar", in Warren's 1984 magazine (issues 1-10) and 1994 (issues 11-29). It's also fun, kind of a darker more pornographic version of Red Sonja.
Dave Sim spoofed both in an issue of CEREBUS, issue 19 in 1980, where Red Sonja and Ghita clashed, although un-named and in parody form.
When I first saw Thorne's work, I thought he was new talent coming in during the early 70's, like Wrightson, Bruce Jones, Simonson and Howard Chaykin, But he was a bit older than these guys, more a contemporary of Williamson, Frazetta, Krenkel and Morrow.
Photos of Frank Thorne at comics conventions (often surrounded by rather attractive cosplay girls in Red Sonja outfits) can be seen in many 1970's issues of SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN.
Thorne lived to a very respectable age of 90. Also touching that his wife passed on within hours of when Thorne himself did.
