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"WEIRD" ADVENTURE COMICS #437 SPLASH ART by ERNIE CHUA (CHAN) and JIM APARO - THE HUMAN BOMBS AND...THE SPECTRE!

Artists: Ernie Chan (Penciller) , Jim Aparo (Inker) , Michael Fleisher (Writer)

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WEIRD ADVENTURE COMICS #437 SPLASH ART by ERNIE CHUA (CHAN) and JIM APARO - THE HUMAN BOMBS AND...THE SPECTRE! Comic Art

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Title:	"WEIRD" ADVENTURE COMICS #437 SPLASH ART by ERNIE CHUA (CHAN) and JIM APARO - THE HUMAN BOMBS AND...THE SPECTRE!
Artist:	Ernie Chan (Penciller)
Artist:	Jim Aparo (Inker)
Artist:	Michael Fleisher (Writer)
Media Type:	Colored Pencils
Art Type:	Animation
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	1,845
Likes on CAF:	5 6
Comments:	3
Added to Site:	12/21/2019
Comic Art Archive:	Adventure Comics Issue: 437 Page: 1 View

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Spectacular title splash original artwork from "Weird" Adventure Comics #437 (DC, 1975) for the terrifying tale, "The Human Bombs and...the Spectre." Artwork is by Ernie Chua (Chan - pencils), with fantastic finishes by the legendary, Jim Aparo (inks). This spooky scene showcases the awesome Spectre in his full ghostly glory, playing with TWO-MILLION VOLTS of electricity as if they were but a ball of string for a cute kitten. This is one of the better stories of this classic run that features everything one could ask for from a Spectre story: a vile villain bent on a murderous campaign that endangers innocent bystanders, as well as Jim Corrigan's beloved, Gwendolyn Sterling. Tale also includes two ingenious death traps and the ironic, but just turning of the tide, as the Spectre disposes the villain via his own evil invention - a Michael Fleisher trademark.

This story is likewise graced with one of the all-time classic lines of this classic series:
"There are heroes who fight crime with magic rings (Green Lantern), or with the powers they have brought with them from distant planets (Superman). But all these pale into insignificance beside the astral awesomeness of...the Spectre..."

Has there ever been a more apropos description of the Spectre offered anywhere and/ or at anytime? I think not.

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Nick - Barry - Matt - Hal - Namor
Member Since 2015

Posted on 12/21/2019

Beautiful Rob! Stunning! Congrats!

Robert Hughes
Member Since 2006

Posted on 12/23/2019

Nick - Barry - Matt - Hal - Namor wrote:

Beautiful Rob! Stunning! Congrats!

Thanks Nick. Picked this up a while back and thought that it was time to share it.

Mark Yanko
Member Since 2009

Posted on 12/22/2019

Thrilling and stunning, from one of my favorite comic book series. The detail is remarkable!

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