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SOLD ON: Monday, 12/12/2022 7:17 PM
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PUBLISHER: DC
COMMENTS: Bob Brown pencils/Joe Giella inks; page 12; 1969; image size 10" x 15"
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Bob Brown pencils/Joe Giella inks; page 12; 1969; image size 10" x 15"Not even gas can stop the Batman, is there nothing his utility belt can't do? Wonderful middle panel, with great drawing throughout from Brown and Giella. Pen and ink. Art is in very good condition, there is moderate toning to the page.
Artists Information
Joe Giella is an American comic book artist best known as a DC Comics inker during the late 1950s and 1960s Silver Age of comic books. Giella's career began in the 40's at Hillman and later working with C.C. Beck on Captain Marvel stories at Fawcett. He would also assist on Captain America, Human Torch, Sub-Mariner and other stories at Timely. It was the Silver Age where he would come to his most prominence, working at DC on many of their biggest titles, including Batman, Green Lantern and Strange Adventures, working often with artist Carmine Infantino.
Brown bounced back and forth from Marvel to DC throughout his career which began in the Golden Age, primarily known for illustrating Challengers of the Unknown for over a decade, Brown worked on a wide swath of genres and titles, from Western to Horror to Superhero books. His last great contribution to comics was the character Bullseye, who first appeared in Daredevil #131.