Comic Book Artist Jim Aparo

[@darrylwiggins4799]

Jim Aparo's work on the Spectre blew my mind as a teen.His artwork was simply magnificent.Oh,Milt Caniff drew and wrote the comic strip,Terry and the pirates.Strange,you look old enough to remember that.

[@jwsoldcomiccorner2104]

I might be, i am 68. I did not start reading comics until 1963 to 1964. I really only collected DC superhero comics. Superman being my primary hero. I have been in and out of the comic industry from 1977 till 2019. Still never read terry i will have to pick up some to read. Thx for watching and leaving a comment.

[@jarvis69fr]

Oddly enough, as a teenager at the time, it was with him that I discovered Batman in the French editions 🙂 Thanks for this video 👍

[@jwsoldcomiccorner2104]

You are so welcome. It does my heart good to hear from all that leave a comment. There will be more content comming. The last 2 years i have had some medical setbacks. I am good and working on some new stuff. Thx again.

[@indyatmn420]

@@jwsoldcomiccorner2104 I am glad to hear you are doing better.

[@jwsoldcomiccorner2104]

Thank you for that. Let me know of any artists or writers you would like to see. It may take a little time as of my one man operation. Thx for the 2nd comment.

[@jarvis69fr]

@@jwsoldcomiccorner2104 , I'm curious and open mind 😉

[@1971thedoctor]

Great tribute to a fantastic artist . Brave and the Bold also his Aquaman was some of my favorite childhood memories but my favorite comic cover was Batman #291 where some of the villains are claiming they killed Batman at his gravesite.

[@jwsoldcomiccorner2104]

Thank you for watching the video. I really loved his artwork. I found his history really interesting to read. Thx for commenting.

[@arthurtripp6922]

Terry and the Pirates and a touch of Hal Forester in his style. One of the Workhorses of DC. He was one of the artists you could talk to.

[@jwsoldcomiccorner2104]

Thank you for taking the time to watch my video. Jim was one of my go to artists. I collected anything that he drew. i loved his Brave and the Bolds. I was a big team-up fan. My only regret was I never got a chance to meet him. Thank you again for the commentary.

[@Mr.Digit115]

i liked aparo's work a lot, the batmans, aquamans, and of course the spectre,....but another comic of his i loved gold key's phantom...def a workihorse and easily in the hof for comic artists,...

[@jwsoldcomiccorner2104]

thx for watching the video. i loved all his work. My biggest regret was never meeting him and thanking him.

[@A100-ND]

The 3 previously unpublished Spectre stories actually first saw print in 1988, in comic book format, in *Wrath of the Spectre #4.* That was a Baxter paper limited series of Aparo reprints. So the book you've referred to did not have the first appearance of those. Thanks for the video.

[@jwsoldcomiccorner2104]

Thx for the update. I Actually own those and forgot they were there. Appreciate the catch on that. I loved that run of spectres. Thanks for watching.

[@indyatmn420]

I have a question for you re: Wrath of Spectre #4: any idea why Aparo's reporter in that first story was drawn to look exactly like Clark Kent? I was thinking that maybe Fleisher's original script was about Kent, but that doesn't seem likely since the reporter allows things to happen that Superman would never allow.

[@jwsoldcomiccorner2104]

Not sure why, but i thought it was fun. Mikes stories put the spectre back to the way he was in the golden age.

[@indyatmn420]

I’m just discovering his work on the early 70s Phantom Stranger- beautiful

[@jwsoldcomiccorner2104]

I was a big phantom stranger fan. His work was such a joy to look at. I am glad to see so many fans of his work. Let me know if there are any other artists you would like to see Thx for watching

[@indyatmn420]

@@jwsoldcomiccorner2104 Thank you for posting. I've always been a big fan of Aparo's, but I was completely unfamiliar with his work on PS, and I'm reading it now and thinking this is probably my favorite thing he's ever done. It certainly doesn't hurt that the supernatural/gothic themes allow him to convey alot more in terms of mood/feeling. Another big surprise for me: discovering that Aparo's Batman (which is my fave Bats) was not fully formed at that time and was the result of his evolving as an artist. Reading some of the Brave and Bold of the period, I don't care for his Batman, but it evolved and those ears grew longer and more pointed. Another big surprise: Aparo lettered alot of his PS stories too! Talk about one-stop shopping! Some underappreciated artists I wouldn't mind see more made of: Don Newton, especially his Batman; Mike Grell's Warlord (Grell clearly couldn't draw fast enough for a full monthly but boy are all those splash pages beautiful). George Perez certainly isn't underappreciated, but I wouldn't mind seeing videos regarding some of his lesser-known work like his JLA/JSA crossovers or his Firestorm. Oh, speaking of! I always thought Pat Broderick's work was underappreciated.

[@jwsoldcomiccorner2104]

You will definately see don newton sometime in the near future. His style blew me away. He died to soon.

[@martyemmons3100]

Jim Aparo's The Spectre is what I remember most. But there were many other comic books I bought where Jim Aparo did the art on.

[@jwsoldcomiccorner2104]

Thank you for watching the video. I hope you saw the Partial list of books that Jim Aparo has done at the end of the video.. I am sure that there are some that are not listed as his body of his work is quite vast. I was surprised at how many people are still aware of the artistic contribution he did for the comic book world. He is missed by me. If you would like to see anyone else's work please feel free to leave a small list and i will put it on my list of future podcasts. note: this is a one man operation and it does take time to do these podcasts. thanks again.

[@arthurtripp6922]

Another.fine artist was.Lee Elias from Black Cat to Green Arrow also Tommy Tomorrow. Lost it on Adam Strange his only poor work.

[@jwsoldcomiccorner2104]

Thx for comment. Also for taking the time to watch it. I really wasn't sure how many fans of jim aparo were out there. My goal is to engage and hopefully get new collectors to maybe look at the work he did.