I meant to say "CHARLTON" at the beginning of the video but somehow the word "DC" came out instead. I wasn't going to reshoot the entire video because of that mix up.
For me, the quintessential Aquaman run will always be his brief stint in Adventure Comics in the mid-1970s. Hands-down my favorite Aparo work on the character. The first of Jim's work that I vividly remember was Detective Comics #437; it blew my 9-year-old mind. He did some wonderful work in Charlton's "The Phantom", too, which I discovered in the back issue bins of the late 1970s. ...and, of course, there's all the stunning Phantom Stranger and Spectre stuff.....and all kinds of goodies in the Brave And The Bold. :-) Can't wait to see what's next.....thanks for sharing, bud....!
DrVonChilla Jim Aparo's Aquaman is the best ever. I couldn't agree with you more. I just picked up his Phantom Stranger in the b&w reprint books. Love his works!
Over the years I've been able to spot certain artists work, especially Jim aparo. But this was really great I wouldn't have guessed Jim's art in a lot of these panels.
Nice. very nice Nick , thanks for highlighting Jim Aparo for me one of the most under rated artists in the industry in the late sixties, seventies and eighties he deserves this spotlight and also some wonderful Nick Cardy covers there another master of the art, grat video Nick, thanks
Nick, been looking forward to this spotlight for sometime. Can't wait for you to feature more of Mr. Aparo's early Bronze Age work. His efforts on Adventure (spectre) and Phantom Stranger (Neal Adams covers) is absolutely stunning with splash pages second to none. There are also gems inside the HOM and Unexpected titles. Got to have more Aparo!
I'll give my honest unpopular opinion: I read Batman in the 80s and early 90s and never liked his art. I considered it stiff and boring, and all his characters had the same face. His art IMO paled in comparison with for example Norm Breyfogle's which was superb. For the first time, I've seen Aparo's early work on this video and I think it's so much better than his later work
I love his work on Batman, and he illustrated some of the most iconic moments like Joker killing Jason Todd and Bane breaking Batman's spine.
I loved his art on Batman as well as Aquaman! My favorite artist on both! Great work!
For me, the quintessential Aquaman run will always be his brief stint in Adventure Comics in the mid-1970s. Hands-down my favorite Aparo work on the character.
The first of Jim's work that I vividly remember was Detective Comics #437; it blew my 9-year-old mind. He did some wonderful work in Charlton's "The Phantom", too, which I discovered in the back issue bins of the late 1970s.
...and, of course, there's all the stunning Phantom Stranger and Spectre stuff.....and all kinds of goodies in the Brave And The Bold. :-)
Can't wait to see what's next.....thanks for sharing, bud....!
Now that I shot part 2, and see how much stuff I still haven't touch, there will be part 3 and 4..LOL
DrVonChilla Jim Aparo's Aquaman is the best ever. I couldn't agree with you more. I just picked up his Phantom Stranger in the b&w reprint books. Love his works!
Over the years I've been able to spot certain artists work, especially Jim aparo. But this was really great I wouldn't have guessed Jim's art in a lot of these panels.
great...I am glad you saw something new
Nice. very nice Nick , thanks for highlighting Jim Aparo for me one of the most under rated artists in the industry in the late sixties, seventies and eighties he deserves this spotlight and also some wonderful Nick Cardy covers there another master of the art, grat video Nick, thanks
thanks!
Thank you for Sharing this artist in this series...Awesome Video...
GREAT ! I like Brave and Bold series ant Batman and OUTSIDERS :) APARO is one of the best artists all the time !
one of my fav for sure
Nick, been looking forward to this spotlight for sometime. Can't wait for you to feature more of Mr. Aparo's early Bronze Age work. His efforts on Adventure (spectre) and Phantom Stranger (Neal Adams covers) is absolutely stunning with splash pages second to none. There are also gems inside the HOM and Unexpected titles. Got to have more Aparo!
there will be at least 2 more videos :)
Nick, please consider including his Phantom Stranger work. Awesome run! Perhaps issues 8, 12 or 22?
I will show a bunch of Phantom Stranger on the 3rd installment of this spotlight series.
I really love the dynamism of his poses. If Gil Kane is the master of the up the nose shot, Aparo is the master of the behind the booty.
I would both Aparo and Adams as the masters of the behind the booty angle :)
I have a copy of that Aquaman 37. The artwork is amazing on the interior.
Captain Atom at that time was published by Charlton not DC but his art style is recognizable.
bluemonkeyball67 also the cover are was Steve ditko
Whoa there.... Were those future industry professionals Duffy Vohland and Mark Gruenwald in the letter col?
possibly :)
Nice show and tell. Sound is a little screwy. Jim aparo batman is my favorite
I'll give my honest unpopular opinion: I read Batman in the 80s and early 90s and never liked his art. I considered it stiff and boring, and all his characters had the same face. His art IMO paled in comparison with for example Norm Breyfogle's which was superb. For the first time, I've seen Aparo's early work on this video and I think it's so much better than his later work
his work on Aquaman was some of his best