#arnold drake

[kekwcomics]

Bob Hope #96 (DC, 1966)

Art: Bob Oksner.

Script, the great Arnold Drake

#dc #dcu #dc universe #bob hope #comics #comic book #comic books #60s comics #1960s comics #silver age #silver age comics #silver age dc #arnold drake #bob oksner #halloween #happy halloweeeeeeen #all hallows eve #humor comic #halloween comics

[macromicrodaily]

Today's macro of the day is Rita Farr, AKA Elasti-Girl, from the original run of Doom Patrol (1963-1968), created by Arnold Drake and Bruno Premiani!

#Macro #Giantess #Elasti Girl #Rita Farr #Doom Patrol #Arnold Drake #Bruno Premiani #Silver Age #Youtube

[wanderingmind867]

I like Stan Lee's original X-Men team. I read the first 20 issues or so at one point (all the ones Stan Lee wrote), and I remember really liking them. There was not a bad member on that team. Cyclops, Marvel Girl (Jean Grey), Angel, Beast and Iceman. Oh, and Professor X. All great characters. All with pretty good powers too, I'd say. There was not a bad member on that team.

Honestly, that might be the X-Men team I like most. Because once Chris Claremont shows up (and while I technically haven't read much of his stories, I know most of the cast of them), it all gets worse. Probably because of two things: The Sci-Fi and Wolverine. I don't like Sci-fi very much, so the Shi'ar and Lilandra and Corsair are not very interesting.

Also, Wolverine is not at all my type of character. I don't like him much, if at all. That's kind of funny, because he's some of the biggest Canadian representation in comics, yet I'm Canadian and I really dislike him. And because he's so prevalent all the time, I really think it's safe to say the original 60s X-Men were far superior. Oh, and I also don't care about the Phoenix. Jean Grey was better as a normal human with telekinesis. No Alien powers necessary.

This will stay true: after the 60s X Men run, I can't really bring myself to care to read anything after Chris Claremont takes over. The X-Men were fine under Roy Thomas, Stan Lee and Arnold Drake. And I think their revival made them worse, at least comics wise. We're not getting into how I like Storm and Nightcrawler and stuff in TV shows and movies. We're talking solely about how I can't bring myself to want to read their comics. Because those are two slightly different things.

#reposting this because it's still very true for me #marvel #comics #comic books #marvel comics #marvel universe #x men #stan lee #arnold drake #roy thomas #original x men #60s X Men #anti wolverine #scott summers #jean grey #warren worthington iii #hank mccoy #bobby drake #charles xavier #lorna dane #alex summers #anti chris claremont #superheroes

[balu8]

It Rhymes With Lust

by Arnold Drake, Matt Baker and Ray Osrin

St John,The Comics Journal #277 and  Dark Horse Comics

#st.john #it rhymes with lust #matt baker #arnold drake #comic book

[all-action-all-picture]

Weird War Tales No. 37, dated May 1975. "The Three Wars of Don Q.!" cover by Luis Dominguez. The story was written by Arnold Drake with art by Leopoldo Duranona.

#weird war tales #dc #dc comics #1975 #luis dominguez #arnold drake #leopoldo duranona

[nerds-yearbook]

The Guardians of the Galaxy were formed in the anthology comic Marvel Super-Heroes Presents 18 with a cover date of January, 1969. The issue introduced Charlie-27, Major Vance Astro, Martinex, Yondu, Maz, Maul, Muer, Yur, Drang, Betina Marsh, the Badoons, the Eastern Zone Council, and Hound-Hawks who were created by Arnold Drake and Gene Colan. ("Earth Shall Over Come!", "Courage!", Marvel Super-Heroes Presents 18#, Marvel Comic Event)

#nerds yearbook #real life event #first appearance #comic book #marvel #marvel comics #january #1969 #sci fi #arnold drake #gene colan #guardians of the galaxy #charlie 27 #vance astro #major vance astro #martinex #yondu #u.l.e. federation #ule federation #charlie 26 #badoon #eastern zone council #maz #maul #muer #yur #drang #betina marsh #jupitor #pluto

[splooosh]

Lorna

Arnold Drake

#Polaris #X Men #X Factor #Arnold Drake

[smashedpages]

Doom Patrol #99 by Arnold Drake and Bob Brown arrived on Sept. 2, 1965, bringing the debut of Beast Boy!

Garfield Logan would leave the Doom Patrol to join the Teen Titans, and even changed his codename for a time to Changeling during the Marv Wolfman/George Perez years.

#comics to remember #comics #dc comics #beast boy #new teen titans #teen titans #garfield logan #changeling #doom patrol #arnold drake #bob brown

[brevoorthistoryofcomics]

BHOC: DOOM PATROL #100

For whatever reason, Ed’s Coins and Stamps seemed to have a much greater variety of old DC titles than he did Marvels, and so much of what I bought from him on this first trip followed suit. This issue of DOOM PATROL was among them. I had never seen a copy of DOOM PATROL before this, though I’d encountered the group previously in SUPER-TEAM FAMILY and the like, and was already a fan of them. Ed’s…

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#Arnold Drake #Bruno Premiani #DC #Doom Patrol #Murray Boltinoff

[keepsmagnetoaway]

X-Men 49 (October 1968)

Arnold Drake/Don Heck & Werner Roth

So I was pretty harsh about last issue, Arnold Drake's first, and this one displays some of the same tendencies, but I've decided I like it. I am a fickle god. What I really like here, actually, is that the art, though stil in the same hands as before, has gone hard, playing a lot more with layouts and effects right from the first pages.

That's Angel back in the X-Mansion, by the way, where he discovers a threat and quickly reunites the team. Reunites, I say! They've been broken up for like three issues and this is technically a temporary reunion but it's very clear that the writers just realised the X-Men is and always should be a team story. Anyway the threat in question is wild:

I love the drawing of the house there, and the wild framings and colours of these panels. Last issue was doing similar stuff but with an unsteady hand, whereas this is absolutely going for it. Look at this!

There's also a lot of plot going on today: Mesmero's call to latent mutants draws out Lorna Dane, who is the first complex, non-villain character to show up in X-Men...ever? Basically everyone so far has been on the team, a baddie or a bystander, and it's crazy that it's taken so long to get some interesting supporting characters, but here one finally is. She's also a green-haired bombshell who's remarkably chil about being thrown in with a bunch of mutant superfreaks and gets down to some flirting with Bobby (she doesn't know he's Iceman)...

...and she's the one Mesmero has been looking for this whole time, giving us a cliffhanger in an orgy of green and yellow.

Last issue groped for some of this - crazy pop sci-fi designs, somewhat more complex characterization - but here it actually comes off, and now I'm excited to see where Drake goes with this all.

#x men comics #an xmen a day #arnold drake #xmen #uncanny xmen #lorna dane

[newwarriorstalk]

Happy Birthday Arnold Drake!

In 1968, he co-created the original Guardians of the Galaxy including Vance Astro, who inspired the creation of the New Warrior known as Justice.

In addition to the Guardians of the Galaxy, Drake also co-created Doom Patrol and Deadman.

#arnold drake #guardians of the galaxy #marvel super heroes #doom patrol #my greatest adventure #deadman #strange adventures #marvel comics #dc comics #comic books

[kekwcomics]

IT RHYMES WITH LUST

A 1950 crime-thriller-potboiler 'picture book' - a precursor to the graphic novel - written under a pseudonym by Arnold Drake (creator of Deadman, Doom Patrol, Guardians of the Galaxy, etc) and Leslie Waller.

Line art by the legendary Afro-American 'good girl' artist, Matt Baker.

#pulp #pulp fiction #pulp crime #crime novels #thrillers #thriller stories #arnold drake #matt baker #doom patrol #guardians of the galaxy #picture books #graphic novels #50s crime #50s thriller #50s noir #1950s crime

[theblackestofsuns]

"That Was A Close Call!"

My Greatest Adventure #80 (June 1963)

Arnold Drake, Bob Haney and Bruno Premiani

DC Comics

#My Greatest Adventure #The Doom Patrol #Arnold Drake #Bob Haney #Bruno Premiani #DC Comics #Great Comics #Great Comic Art #That Was A Close Call!

[wanderingmind867]

Arnold Drake's X-Men run here begins with Jean Grey as a model getting sexually harassed, and then Scott beating said harasser up. Oh, and Scott's a radio newscaster (which feels fitting). Bold choices. And somehow Scott is still relatable. My dad (and some others) have always told me they think I could be a voice actor or do something with radio (what holds me back is the stage fright and fear of fame and stuff). But Scott ends up relatable yet again.

#x men #xmen #original xmen #the xmen #the x men #o5 #jean grey #marvel girl #scott summers #cyclops #arnold drake #werner roth #autism #asd #adhd

[balu8]

House of Mystery #254: The Devil's Plague

by Arnold Drake; Marshall Rogers;,,?

DC

#dc comics #house of mystery #panel #marshall rogers #arnold drake #comic book

[intrapanelreturns]

DOOM PATROL #102 1966, DC Comics Art by Bruno Premiani, Writing by Arnold Drake

#doom patrol #comics #dc #1966 #bruno premiani #arnold drake #negative man #intrapanel