Awesome Pics Thread 3

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[blueharvest]

 

[Brutikus]

 

[jolldan]

Sick Steampunk art, wish I knew the artist to give the credit

 

[3rdstone]

Some Jim Aparo stuff. Just recently realised he passed away back in 2005. RIP, and Godspeed mr. Aparo.

Maybe mostly known for his Batman stuff, and often with the Brave and Bold DC moniker. As a kid in the 70s he was up there with Neal Adams and Jack Kirby.

Below are the issues I remember owning back in the day. There were more, but googling and trying to "borrow" pics doesn't always work, unfortunately..

I think the red and yellow Kung-Fu guy was called Richard Dragon (during the 70s Kung-Fu craze, of course DC wanted some of that. And of course went for the obvious blonde white guy.. ).

Below is a special one for me: The end of the Paul Kirk/Manhunter story which started in 1975 I think. Aparo did the cover, but Walt Simonson did the actual art inside during the whole run.

Simonson was also one of the favourite artists, maybe the top one. My avatar is of course not a coincidence. Probably still my all time favourite DC story, in which Batman got involved closer to the end. Recommended reading.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

Some Jim Aparo stuff. Just recently realised he passed away back in 2005. RIP, and Godspeed mr. Aparo.

Maybe mostly known for his Batman stuff, and often with the Brave and Bold DC moniker. As a kid in the 70s he was up there with Neal Adams and Jack Kirby.

Below are the issues I remember owning back in the day. There were more, but googling and trying to "borrow" pics doesn't always work, unfortunately..

I think the red and yellow Kung-Fu guy was called Richard Dragon (during the 70s Kung-Fu craze, of course DC wanted some of that. And of course went for the obvious blonde white guy.. ).

Below is a special one for me: The end of the Paul Kirk/Manhunter story which started in 1975 I think. Aparo did the cover, but Walt Simonson did the actual art inside during the whole run.

Simonson was also one of the favourite artists, maybe the top one. My avatar is of course not a coincidence. Probably still my all time favourite DC story, in which Batman got involved closer to the end. Recommended reading.

All kinds of old school awesome.

Re: Richard Dragon... Have you ever read the Denny O'neil Question run? Dragon shows up there and is a presence as an important figure in The Question's life until the end of the series. It's probably one of the most amazing and underrated series of all time. I always say, when the cool kids were reading Sandman in High School, my go to complex comic book that touched on human nature and philosophy was The Question.

 

[3rdstone]

All kinds of old school awesome.

Re: Richard Dragon... Have you ever read the Denny O'neil Question run? Dragon shows up there and is a presence as an important figure in The Question's life until the end of the series. It's probably one of the most amazing and underrated series of all time. I always say, when the cool kids were reading Sandman in High School, my go to complex comic book that touched on human nature and philosophy was The Question.

That sounds great. And no, I haven't read that one. Denny O'Neil has written a ton of great stuff, so I definitely should check this one out. And The Question is an awesome character, but I assumed Richard Dragon was more or less a 70s Kung-Fu flair thing and was gone in the 80s.

Thanks for the tip, and bonus points for that comparision to Sandman (even though I love the parts I've read from that book).

 

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That sounds great. And no, I haven't read that one. Denny O'Neil has written a ton of great stuff, so I definitely should check this one out. And The Question is an awesome character, but I assumed Richard Dragon was more or less a 70s Kung-Fu flair thing and was gone in the 80s.

Thanks for the tip, and bonus points for that comparision to Sandman (even though I love the parts I've read from that book).

O'neil takes the version of the Question that it's creator Steve Ditko had left, who was essentially a mouthpiece for Randian Objectivism and rebuilds him as a man who is more in line with the Eastern approaches of Taoism and Zen. And... It's truly something. He has a brush with death and as part of his healing process trains with Richard Dragon in the most unorthodox way, giving him fighting edge skills but also teaching him about Zen and Taoist philosophy. This allows for the marital arts angle, obviously but being who and what he is as a character and super hero type, this is, oddly, better for the Question than what Ditko had set up. Objectivist viewpoints are pretty cut and dried. There's little nuance in it's world view. In other words... It's a philosophy of no... Questions. A is A. B is B. And there is no in between. If we are dealing with math and science... Okay. That's fine. Dealing with the human heart, mind and spirit... That's another story, and human civilization is as much built with our hearts, minds and spirit as it is with our science and math. So O'neil turns The Question into a person that looks much deeper into the mysteries and reasons of the cases he takes on in his adventures. It's pretty mature take as well, which isn't to say overly filled with sex and violence that feels exploitive or for shock value but the rougher stuff does show itself, though some of that is a product of it's time and in many places in the US let's remember how out of control crime could seem at the time of the late 80's and early 90's especially in urban settings.

So as not to totally derail the thread here is some art from the series, which is another selling point as Denys Cowan does some of his best comic book work ever with the character, and staying for all but a small handful of issues during the series run. It went with O'neil's storytelling hand in glove.

 

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Yeah, wont derail the thread with a long answer other than I feel a severe urge to to check this out. Art looks good as well (which for me was pretty tough in the 80s, going from the masters of the bronze age). Once again, thanks for the tip, KRYPTON INC.

 

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[Brutikus]

 

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[ArmsHeldOut]

Some of my personal favorites from the legendary JON BOGDANOVE

 

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[Reek]

you should buy me one

 

[Perfect Cell]

Yeah, you should probably buy Reek one.

 

[Reek]

not the biggest fan of Links head being right on Ganons crotch though

 

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