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He called you Creeper? The Brave and the Bold #178

Location: Interior Pages
Artists: Jim Aparo (Penciller) ,  Jim Aparo (Inker) ,  Jim Aparo (Letterer)

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Location: Interior Pages
Title: He called you Creeper? The Brave and the Bold #178*
Artist:  Jim Aparo (Penciller) ,  Jim Aparo (Inker) ,  Jim Aparo (Letterer)
Media Type: Pen and Ink
Art Type: Interior Page
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 69
Likes on CAF: 9
Comments: 12
Added to Site: 6/18/2026

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The Brave and the Bold #178 page 5.  <The image here is not as sharp as my scanned image.  I'm not sure why.>    

Jim Aparo did the pencils, inks, and lettering on this page.  The last panel shows the first full appearance of the Origami Man!  According to the book Jim Aparo Brave & Bold Artist, this was one of Aparo’s favorite B&B issues.

“The inspiration for the Origami Man came, visually, from the last issue of Blue Beetle (#6) that Steve Ditko produced for Charlton.  It was never published as a regular comic book, but ultimately the story appeared in [Contemporary Pictorial Literature], a [Charlton comics] fanzine.  The cover villain was the Specter, a crook who could turn himself invisible except for bands of white strips wrapping around his body, give him a spooky, ghostlike look.  I liked that and decided to do something similar with the Japanese art of origami.  But my description of it in the script was only a general one; the actual visual look was all Jim Aparo’s work, and he did a fine. Oh, and looking at my script I see that I sent along photo reference of origami, which Jim worked from.”  - Alan Brennert (writer of B&B #178), Jim Aparo Brave & Bold Artist, pages 83-84.

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Steven Dilworth Member Since 2012
Posted On 6/18/2026

That Origami Man may seem tough, but I heard he folds under pressure.

All 100% Aparo greatness!!

Ruben DaCollector Member Since 2008
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Posted On 6/18/2026

Steven Dilworth wrote:
" That Origami Man may seem tough, but I heard he folds under pressure.
All 100% Aparo greatness!! "

That's a very clever pun, Steven! But damn, The "first full appearance of the Origami Man"? Send it in to Heritage, Karen, become an instant millionaire and buy hundreds of other Aparo pages!

Marcus Wai Member Since 2005
Posted On 6/18/2026

Choice images by Aparo!  His clean Batman and Creeper images can be used individually in character files!

Jeffrey Wedding Member Since 2009
Posted On 6/18/2026

Growing up mostly a Marvel maniac, I've never heard of Origami Man before now. I'm intrigued, and now must do a little back issue bin diving!

Steve . M Member Since 2017
Posted On 6/18/2026

Origami man Origami man Folds himself whenever he can Can he be seen, nobody knows Origami man Origami man
Live Laugh Legion Member Since 2012
Posted On 6/19/2026

Fantastic page. Congrats!

F M Member Since 2005
Posted On 6/19/2026

Fantastic Aparo Bat page

Kavi H Member Since 2018
Posted On 6/19/2026

Killer all Aparo all the time B&B page! Also to comment on what you wrote in description about your scan looking sharper than what appears on CAF I think CAF may automatically compress the file resolution and DPI to a slightly lower quality if you have a larger resolution and larger DPI high quality scan even for Premium members at least to some degree but having a higher quality going into the upload is definately better than the alternative. However I think that compression down to lower quality is even more apparent and drastic for free members (looks like you're not a premium member at the moment so quality will be lower).

West Stephan Member Since 2007
Posted On 6/19/2026

Great page! That last panel gives me the creepers!

Robert Binkley Member Since 2011
Posted On 6/22/2026

Nice Aparo Page !  Congrats !

Posted On 7/13/2026

hey karen, missed this one, very nice page, congrats

Timothy Finney Member Since 2006
Posted On 7/18/2026

Origami Man is really just a square. (Aparo's ability to draw and give credence to even the most bizarre concepts inside the Batman/DC superhero oeuvre is beyond compare.) 

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