A SNEAK PEEK at TwoMorrows’ Jim Aparo: Brave & Bold Artist…
TwoMorrows’ long-awaited Jim Aparo: Brave & Bold Artist, by Eric Nolen-Weathington and Jim Amash, is finally shipping this week (and will be in comics shops, as well).
You can check out a big, ol’ preview on the TwoMorrows site, but we also wanted to bring you artist Alan Davis’ introduction — a tribute to one of the most beloved artists of the Bronze Age:
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Jim Aparo: Brave & Bold Artist is a 176-page, full-color, oversize hardcover. It lists for $39.95 and will be in comics shops Wednesday, Feb. 18. You can also order it directly from the publisher. Click here.
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MORE
— FIRST DETAILS: TwoMorrows’ New JIM APARO Illustrated Biography. Click here.
— THE CRISIS COMPANION Coming in 2026 From TwoMorrows. Click here.
February 15, 2026
This had been a VERY long time coming!!!
I’m just glad that it’s finally seeing print!
February 15, 2026
Ok, here’s a question that I’ve searched for the answer for a while now:
I read somewhere that Aparo had been eyed to draw Spider-Man at one point – or he expressed interest in doing so. I’m now sure which – whatever the case, I think often of how great that would’ve been. It would have been around the time my favorite Spider-Man artist was on the book, Ross Andru. And to see my favorite Batman artist fill in would’ve been so great. Everything Alan Davis spoke of – the Aparo anatomy. Aparo motion. Aparo layouts. Aparo storytelling, view point. Could’ve been so great!
Anyone know anything about this?
February 15, 2026
I think the best Marvel titles for Jim Aparo would have been either “Spider-Man Team-Up”. Or “Narvel Two-In-One”.
Just imagine him drawing the varied characters from the Marvel pantheon…
February 15, 2026
I noticed a very small detail about Jim Aparo’s work in The Brave and the Bold.
Some of the most frequent guests were shapeshifters. Plastic Man, the Metal Men, and Metamorpho. It’s a pity the Elongated Man only guest-starred once.
Thing is, those frequent guest had something in common. They were not human. Their bodies were not subject to the rules of biology.
But pay attention to how Aparo drew Elongated Man. In most cases, you can see an inner structure of bones and muscles. Just look at the panel foreshadowing (literally) the Creeper. Elongated Man’s legs are stretched but keep their shapes. He is not, unlike the others, human-shaped putty.
Of course, there was some need for artistic license. The neck looks like spaghetti when stretched, vertebrae would have been too much!
February 15, 2026
>> Some of the most frequent guests were shapeshifters.
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Was that due to the writer? Editor trying to push a favorite? Collaboration between writer and artist and what stories they wanted to tell? Whatever it was, things worked. B&B was a great book in the ‘70s in my opinion (sales numbers aside). Jim was a fantastic artist. I just wish DC would have left things alone and just added The Outsiders as its own thing.
February 15, 2026
I always loved Jim Aparo’s work. My favorites though are the ones he did of The Spectre in Adventure Comics in the 1970s. Nobody will ever beat those. That was perfection.
February 15, 2026
I agree with Lexarius that it would have been cool to see Aparo’s versions of various Marvel characters in Marvel Team-Up, but He also would have been great on the Fantastic Four, bringing his experience with stretchy characters to Mr. Fantastic and aquatic characters to Namor. And his Sue Storm would have been beautiful. He is my favorite Batman artist.
February 15, 2026
Ese comic es muy bueno