tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35995922.post8565501598680362749..comments2023-09-17T03:58:27.286-04:00Comments on The Aquaman Shrine: Aquaman #58 Ad - 1977rob!http://www.blogger.com/profile/17556471244882205031noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35995922.post-50709637661178931452008-08-26T10:09:00.000-04:002008-08-26T10:09:00.000-04:00That's a great Aparo cver to feature in an ad - th...That's a great Aparo cver to feature in an ad - the Aquaman figure is nice and big!<BR/><BR/>As a kid, I remember seeing this ad, or one similar to it, featuring the cover to Batman #293. It's an Aparo cover also and depicts Lex Luthor punching Batman and in the process hurting a ghostly, mirror-image Superman, as well. <BR/><BR/>http://www.dcindexes.com/database/comic-details.php?comicid=3823<BR/><BR/>Aparo on Superman?!?! Now that's a whole different breed of Kryptonian! I could get into that! <BR/><BR/>I became obsessed with that comic and searched for it all over the place. Unfortunately, by the time I finally found a copy at a convention years later I had become a "condition prima donna" and couldn't bring myself to purchase any back issue that wasn't NM. So, I passed and started searching for a NM copy of Batman #293. Slightly harder to find, let me tell you.<BR/><BR/>In the late 90's I finally found a copy that lived up to my exacting standards and discovered two things ...<BR/><BR/>1) ... Batman #293 is one chapter in a longer story! In this multi-part epic Batman is believed dead. Luthor is just one of many evil-doers trying to take credit And ...<BR/><BR/>2) ... beyond the cover, Jim Aparo had nothing to do with Batman #293! Instead the team of John Calnan (sp?) and Tex Blaisdell (sp?) handled the interior art. <BR/><BR/>Oh, well, Calnan had his own Bat thing going on that I kinda liked and I hear that a trades coming out soon so I'll finally get to read the rest of the story.<BR/><BR/>Sorry, Rob. This wasn't about Aquaman much, was it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com