Johnny Hazard Daily 5/11/76 - Frank Robbins

Even though it doesn’t really get me closer to my goal of owning a Hazard strip from every decade of its run sometimes the later strips are just too cheap to pass up. Another strip from the same storyline where Hazard and another agent are observing a secret aircraft test flight. Hazard started as a WWII strip and the early Sundays included a feature to help readers identify specific aircraft in the sky so I knew I needed at least one example in my collection of Robbins’ ability to draw and cartoon planes . While there are a few connoisseurs out there that appreciate every period of Robbins’ development as an artist I still frequently hear people speak derisively about his 70’s work. If you check out the close ups I think what you’ll see is a cartoonist fearlessly wielding his tools with the confidence of more than 30 years of experience working on this strip and I bet he could’ve gone another decade without a drop in quality if he wanted.