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#Ross Andru #Mike Esposito #Saturn Girl #Duo Damsel #Phantom Girl #Princess Projectra #Karate Kid #Light Lass #Shrinking Violet #Cosmic Boy #Ultra Boy #Shadow Lass #Lightning Lad #Night Girl #Chlorophyll Kid #Legion of Substitute Heroes

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Marvel Team-up #46, June 1976, written by Bill Mantlo, original art by Sal Buscema and Mike Esposito

#Comics #Original art #Sal Buscema #Mike Esposito #Spider Man #Deathlok #Marvel Team Up

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July–August 1969. Although it's a reasonable inference, the idea that Bruce Wayne was legally unable to formally adopt Dick Grayson was actually a Silver Age retcon, added by E. Nelson Bridwell in a recap of Robin's origin in BATMAN #213. (Bridwell also makes a point of excising the various of Boss Zucco's men that Robin apparently kills in the first version of the story — which by my count may have been as many as five — but we won't dwell on that.)

The reference to obtaining "the consent of his nearest relatives" brings to mind the very interesting alternate version of Robin's origin that appeared on the ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN radio show in the fall of 1946. (It's recounted in the latter part of the episode for September 25, 1946, kicking off a serial called "The Dead Voice" that ran from September 26 through October 16, 1946.)

In the radio version, Bruce Wayne had been friends with Dick's parents (who in this version were named John and Yvonne), and knew Dick prior to his parents' murders, since Bruce would hang around with the circus acrobats to practice his own acrobatic skills. After the Flying Graysons' fatal fall, John survived long enough to ask Bruce to take care of Dick — Yvonne's family was at that time trapped in occupied France, and as the storyline subsequently reveals, John was estranged from his own family for joining the circus (and I guess for marrying Yvonne, although I don't think that's stated outright).

So, in the radio version, Bruce taking custody of Dick is not a matter of his arbitrarily scooping up a random orphan, but rather Bruce taking charge of the son of his dead friends at their express request, as a kind of godfather. This is so much more logical, and so much more reasonable, than the comics version that I'm mildly surprised that it's never been picked up by the comics or other media, particularly since post-Crisis Batman stories made such a big deal out of Bruce's odyssey to develop the various skills needed to become Batman; his having befriended some circus acrobats during that journey would fit in pretty seamlessly, I think.

#comics #batman #80 page giant #e nelson bridwell #ross andru #mike esposito #bruce wayne #robin #dick grayson #adventures of superman #old time radio #golden age batman #silver age batman #robin the boy wonder #superman radio

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World’s Finest #180 - November 1968 (DC Comics - USA)

Cover Art: Neal Adams

SUPERMAN'S PERFECT CRIME

Script: Cary Bates

Art: Ross Andru (Pencils), Mike Esposito (Inks) Bem Oda (Letters)

Characters: Superman [also as Nova]; Batman; Robin; Alfred Pennyworth; Horatio Socrates

Batman story #1,254

#comics #dc comics #world's finest #batman #superman #neal adams #cary bates #ross andru #mike esposito #ben oda #1968

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Vintage Comic - Tomb Of Darkness #010

Pencils: Larry Lieber

Inks: Mike Esposito

Marvel (Sept1974)

#Comics #Marvel Comics #Tomb Of Darkness #Larry Lieber #Mike Esposito #Vintage #Art #Marvel #Horror #Horror Comics #Ghouls #Graveyard #1974 #1970s #70s

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GH: ROM #43

ROM, SPACEKNIGHT is one of the better-remembered series of the early 1980s, this despite the fact that it was a toy tie-in comic. The toy was a bust, but the comic wound up running for 75 issues, a respectable run by any metric. Along with MICRONAUTS, it was writer Bill Manto’s greatest success in this period, as he invested these series with the same amount of imagination and energy that he…

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#Bill Mantlo #Brian Garvey #Ian Akin #Marvel #Mike Esposito #ROM #Sal Buscema

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(1959)

#Suicide Squad #comic book #1959 #The Brave and the Bold #Ross Andru #cover art #Mike Esposito #DC comics #vintage #1950s #Colonel Rick Flag #Karin Grace #silver age #comic books

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

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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

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#the amazing spider-man annual #4 #spider-man #marvel comics #1967 #stan lee #larry lieber #mike esposito #peter parker

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Godzilla, King of the Monsters - art by Carmine Infantino and Mike Esposito (1979)

#carmine infantino #mike esposito #godzilla king of the monsters #marvel comics #kaiju art #comic art #cover art #marvel uk #seventies #1979

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Mister Universe #3 (December 1951) cover by Ross Andru and Mike Esposito.

#mister universe #comic covers #50s #ross andru #mike esposito

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Rad art and vintage promotional ads from the new book on Marvel’s value stamps!

#marvel #man wolf #morbius #wolverine #Logan #fantastic four #Spider-Man #hulk #blade #Thor #Hercules #brother voodoo #avengers #70s comics #bronze age marvel #bronze age comics #jack kirby #gil kane #joe sinnott #mike esposito #john buscema #power man #Luke Cage #defenders #doctor strange

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IT’S CLOBBERIN’ TIME! (by Sal Buscema & Mike Esposito from Marvel Two-In-One #5, 1974)

#the thing #ben grimm #sal buscema #mike esposito

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World’s Finest #181 - December 1968 (DC Comics - USA)

Cover Art: Irv Novick

THE HUNTER AND THE HUNTED

Script: Cary Bates

Art: Ross Andru (Pencils), Mike Esposito (Inks) Gaspar Saladino (Letters)

Characters: Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Lois Lane; Alfred Pennyworth; Kralc

Batman story #1,258

#comics #dc comics #world's finest #batman #superman #irv novick #cary bates #ross andru #mike esposito #gaspar saladino #1968

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Metal Men (1963-1964)

Art by Ross Andru And Mike Esposito

#Comics #DC Comics #Metal Men #Ross Andru #Mike Esposito #Science Fiction #Robots #Vintage #Art #CGC #DC #1963 #1964 #1960s #60s #Gas Gang

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BHOC: INCREDIBLE HULK #232

This issue of INCREDIBLE HULK was the conclusion of the two-part Corporation saga that had begun in CAPTAIN AMERICA #230 a couple of weeks earlier. Though the roots of this saga had been developing for years, all the way back to a number of Jack Kirby’s final stories for Marvel, in which he introduced the criminal conglomerate. I’d encountered cross-title crossovers before this, but they still…

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#Captain America #David Michelinie #Incredible Hulk #Marvel #Mike Esposito #Roger Stern #Sal Buscema