Jim Aparo - Batman/Spectre: Brave and the Bold # 116 pg. 9
Artist: Jim Aparo (All)
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DescriptionBatman/Spectre: Brave and the Bold # 116 pg. 9 from the story "Grasp of the Killer Cult" Jim Aparo pen and ink 1974, spectacular dialogue and Batman in five out of six panels, but it's The profile of Jim (Spectre) in the top right panel that catches the attention and burns to the memory... At least it did so to a kid many years ago, and Yes, I can confirm that it still does.Social/Sharing |
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Mark Geier
Member Since 2013
Posted on 12/4/2013
Wow, this is right about the time I start buying comics. Brings back fond memories of those old B&B issues.
The Este
Member Since 2011
Posted on 12/8/2013
This page also brings me back to my childhood and I am still mesmerized by the beautiful artwork as I was back then. There's no doubt that Aparo was a masterful inker back then. I think he is one of the greatest American artists along with Kirby, Adams, Swan, Steranko, Buscema & Ditko (to name a few). Congratulations on this acquisition!
Dietmar Krueger
Member Since 2010
Posted on 1/25/2014
The early Aparo Batman is fantastic and this is a great example.
Nick Katradis
Member Since 2005
Posted on 5/2/2014
Nicolaj, a superb Jim Aparo panel page! Jim Aparo was the greatest Batman artist of the 1970s! The third panel on the top right stunned me when I saw it. It is a smaller version to a panel from Adventure Comics #435, a Spectre story, from page #7, which I own. The character in both pages is of the reporter named Earl Crawford who interacts with Jim Corrigan aka the Spectre, introduced by Michael Fleisher, the writer; Your page from BB 116 comic is dated Dec 1974/Jan 1975 and Adventure #435 was dated Sept/Oct 1974, only a few months earlier. So apparently Aparo used the same figure in the same pose twice! Incredible, indeed!
Nicolaj Borch
Member Since 2012
Posted on 5/5/2014
Nick Katradis wrote:
Nicolaj, a superb Jim Aparo panel page! Jim Aparo was the greatest Batman artist of the 1970s! The third panel on the top right stunned me when I saw it. It is a smaller version to a panel from Adventure Comics #435, a Spectre story, from page #7, which I own. The character in both pages is of the reporter named Earl Crawford who interacts with Jim Corrigan aka the Spectre, introduced by Michael Fleisher, the writer; Your page from BB 116 comic is dated Dec 1974/Jan 1975 and Adventure #435 was dated Sept/Oct 1974, only a few months earlier. So apparently Aparo used the same figure in the same pose twice! Incredible, indeed!Thanks Nick, and i must say thats a good observation, and page 7 from Adventure #435 is just amazing : ) "Jim Aparo was the greatest Batman artist of the 1970s! " I couldn't agree more, if not the best one ever! I have corrected the description.
Nick Katradis
Member Since 2005
Posted on 5/5/2014
Nicolaj Borch wrote:
Thanks Nick, and i must say thats a good observation, and page 7 from Adventure #435 is just amazing : ) "Jim Aparo was the greatest Batman artist of the 1970s! " I couldn't agree more, if not the best one ever! I have corrected the description.Nicolaj, hi, the guy is the panel with the cigarette is indeed Jim Corrigan aka the Spectre. Sorry to confuse you. For some reason i thought Commissioner Gordon, who Jim Corrigan is speaking to, was Earl Crawford; it is not; the glasses fooled me; so you were correct in your original description of the Spectre! Im sorry, I goofed and I confused you in the process.
Nicolaj Borch
Member Since 2012
Posted on 5/5/2014
Nick Katradis wrote:
Nicolaj, hi, the guy is the panel with the cigarette is indeed Jim Corrigan aka the Spectre. Sorry to confuse you. For some reason i thought Commissioner Gordon, who Jim Corrigan is speaking to, was Earl Crawford; it is not; the glasses fooled me; so you were correct in your original description of the Spectre! Im sorry, I goofed and I confused you in the process.Hey, with the likeness it made me wonder for a while there too... : )
Damon Wright
Member Since 2008
Posted on 10/5/2014
I don't think you could get a better classic Aparo. Pencils, inks, letters, Brave and Bold, Bob Haney, The Spectre...wow. Pass these great pages down to future art-lovers in your family! :)
Al Simpleton
Member Since 2013
Posted on 10/13/2014
A genuine film noir ambiance on this page. I'm also mesmerized by that Corrigan portrait: not your standard happy-go-lucky type... All this, plus an outstanding lesson at how to make a dialogue page look exciting... Aparo on top of his game!
Nicolaj Borch
Member Since 2012
Posted on 10/13/2014
Al Simpleton wrote:
A genuine film noir ambiance on this page. I'm also mesmerized by that Corrigan portrait: not your standard happy-go-lucky type... All this, plus an outstanding lesson at how to make a dialogue page look exciting... Aparo on top of his game!Thanks Al, a right on the "spot" description of this Aparo page!
Tommy Kohlmaier
Member Since 2008
Posted on 1/17/2018
Aparos B+B's were the best thing after a Neal Adams Bats. And he was the only artist at DC/Marvel in this period who drew, inked and even lettered his pages !
Bill J 
Member Since 2009
Posted on 5/14/2022
Stunning page by Jim Aparo! I loved his take on the Dark Knight!
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