#frank robbins

[batmanonthecover]

Batman #209 - February 1969 (DC Comics - USA)

Cover Art: Irv Novick

JUNGLE JEOPARDY

Script: Frank Robbins

Art: Irv Novick (Penicils) Joe Giella (Inks), John Duffy (Letters)

Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Alfred Pennyworth; Commissioner James Gordon; Second-Story Aces [Squelch (villain); Brainwash [Mr. Esper] (villain); Fingers (villain); Ginko (villain); Jax (villain)]

Batman story #1,262

#comics #dc comics #batman #robin #irv novick #frank robbins #joe giella #john duffy #1969

[comicbookbrain]

The Shadow issue 8, Dec-Jan 1974

Frank Robbins Cover Art

#frank robbins #The Shadow

[tomoleary]

Jim Starlin and Alan Weiss 1976 Marvel Calendar November Illustration Adam Warlock, Silver Surfer, and Captain Marvel Original Art (Marvel, 1975)

More from 1976

Gil Kane, Frank Robbins with Frank Giacoia, Bob Brown with Mike Esposito and Frank Brunner.

#jim starlin #alan weiss #1976 Marvel Calendar #adam warlock #silver surfer #captain marvel #gil kane #frank robbins #bob brown #Mike Esposito #frank giacoia #frank brunner

[evilhorse]

I want those motherless superheroes wasted!

(Captain America #190)

#captain america #nightshade #deadly nightshade #tilda johnson #s.h.i.e.l.d. #shooting #blam #uh oh #dat rack #tony isabella #frank robbins #marvel comics #comics #70s comics #bronze age comics

[marvelousmrm]

Daredevil #155 (Mckenzie/Robbins, Nov 1978). Matt’s already in a sulk when his ex Nat, fresh from the Champions’ collapse, rolls back into town.

#marvel #marvel 616 #daredevil #matt murdock #roger mckenzie #frank robbins

[linesandmarksonpaper]

Frank Robbins - Johnny Hazard Sunday 08/07/1966

#newspaper strips #frank robbins #sunday comics

[thebestcomicbookpanels]

Captain America #189 by Frank Robbins

#the best comic book panels #marvel comics #marvel #captain america #the falcon #nightshade #frank robbins #double page spread

[comicarthistory]

Johnny Hazard Quarterly #2 cover. 1986. Art by Alex Toth.

#Johnny hazard #frank robbins #newspaper strips #comics #alex toth #dragon lady #king features syndicate

[cantsayidont]

Summer 1977. While the Alex Schomburg cover might suggest that this is some kind of Golden Age reprint compilation, this was in fact an all-new full-length story. Created by Roy Thomas (initially with artist Frank Robbins, who also wrote many a Batman story in the 1960s and 1970s), THE INVADERS was set during WW2 and was intended to recapture the spirit and energy of the comics of that time. It starred a pre-deep-freeze Captain America, a younger Namor, the original Human Torch and Toro, and as many other old Timely characters as Roy could cram in. For this Annual, Thomas also arranged to hire several Golden Age artists who'd worked at Timely in the 1940, including Schomburg, Don Rico, and Lee Elias; each does a chapter, with Robbins doing the framing sequence.

Thomas gave these guest artists a script of singular ludicrousness. In fact, what happens in the Namor chapter is SO weird that I fear you will not believe me unless you see some excerpts for yourself.

To set the scene: Just prior to the following sequence, Namor had attempted to save a British freighter from a weird shark-shaped torpedo, only to have the torpedo administer a massive electric shock that knocked him unconscious. When he wakes up:

Who could it be who changed Namor's shorts while he was knocked out? And well you might ask!

The Shark is a Golden Age villain, albeit an extremely obscure one who didn't actually appear until after the war. (If you're curious, Thomas explains why elsewhere in the issue.) But why would this dastardly villain steal Namor's trunks (the only clothes Namor was wearing) while he was unconscious? Surely not for any of the awful reasons you may be thinking — this was a mainstream comic published in 1977, after all, and it DOES carry the Comics Code Authority seal on the cover, so it couldn't be TOO nefarious, could it? Fear not, as one thing one may reliably expect in any Roy Thomas superhero comic of this vintage is exposition. The villain explains:

Well, okay then! ("Pressure-resisting materials" indeed.)

I must regretfully now explain that the ACTUAL, IRL explanation for this bit of sartorial legerdemain is even more ridiculous. You see, the genesis of THE INVADERS was a story Roy Thomas had done when he was writing THE AVENGERS several years earlier. In THE AVENGERS #71 (December 1969), Kang the Conqueror had thrown some of the Avengers back in time to WW2 Paris, where they had briefly encountered the Captain America, Namor, and Human Torch of that time. This Annual was intended to bookend that earlier story. However, somewhere along the way Roy happened to notice, or recall, that in that 1969 Avengers story, artists Sal Buscema and Sam Grainger had inadvertently drawn the Sub-Mariner with trunks that were not consistent with the ones he was normally drawn with in the comics of 1941–1942! Horror!

Now, a reasonable person might simply assume that Namor owned more than one pair of trunks and rotated them occasionally, a solution Thomas later applied to explain why the Golden Age Hawkman's mask was so inconsistently drawn. Instead, we not only get this whole absurd plot about creating INVINCIBLE NAZI FROGMEN from Namor's SUPER-TRUNKS — which, to be clear, is intended to rationalize a very minor art discrepancy in exactly nine panels (10 if you count the cover) of a comic book published eight years earlier — Roy has the Shark call out the earlier art glitch in dialogue:

Was this all a private joke? Did Thomas and Sal Buscema have a good laugh about this? (I certainly hope so.)

I generally try to remain fairly po-faced in presenting this stuff, but I just can't do it with this one. This is quite possibly the silliest goddamn thing I've ever seen, and I have read a LOT of completely ridiculous comic books.

#comics #timely comics #the invaders #namor #submariner #human torch #captain america #roy thomas #alex schomburg #frank robbins #lee elias #frank springer #sal buscema

[ufonaut]

Hah! Aren't we the 'trio macabre'... hear no evil... see, but tell no evil...

The Sinister House of Secret Love (1971) #3

(Frank Robbins, Alex Toth, Frank Giacoia)

#the sinister house of secret love #the sinister house of secret love 1971 #alex toth #frank robbins #frank giacoia #dc #dc comics #horror comics #dcedit #comicedit #comicsedit #u can reblog #alex's art. his design for the count. my fucking god #nobody in history has ever done anything like this im in awe legitimate awe. need to buy this asap #alex drew the prettiest girls ever too... my god

[browsethestacks]

Original Art - Daredevil #155 Pg 01 (1978) by Frank Robbins And Frank Springer

#Comics #Marvel Comics #Daredevil #Frank Robbins #Frank Springer #Vintage #Art #Marvel #Original Art #1978 #1970s #70s

[spacekidcomics]

Fifties faces from Johnny Hazard by Frank Robbins

#cartooning #drawing #pencil #doodle #comic strips #johnny hazard #frank robbins

[brevoorthistoryofcomics]

BHOC: DAREDEVIL #155

I’ll mention it right up front, as a kid, I didn’t like DAREDEVIL #155. Mostly I think this was down to the artwork of Frank Robbins, who filled in on this issue. I had enjoyed Robbins’ idiosyncratic work on INVADERS, a title that had been his home for a few years. And he honestly wasn’t a bad fit in theory for DAREDEVIL given his strong Milton Caniff influence with its reliance on spotting…

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#Avengers #Daredevil #Frank Robbins #Marvel #Roger McKenzie

[evilhorse]

That’s where you come in, handsome.

(Captain America #190)

#captain america #steve rogers #nightshade #tilda johnson #handsome #flirting #dat rack #tony isabella #frank robbins #marvel comics #comics #70s comics #bronze age comics

[marvelousmrm]

Invaders #25 (Thomas/Robbins, Feb 1978). Oh, is this still running?

#marvel #marvel 616 #the invaders #steve rogers #captain america #jacqueline falsworth #spitfire #brian falsworth #union jack #roy thomas #frank robbins

[linesandmarksonpaper]

Frank Robbins - Johnny Hazard 03/29/1977

#newspaper strips #frank robbins