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Jason Larouse
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I was reading a Batman comic from the early 90s today (Detective 629) that Aparo drew and it dawned on me how long of a career he had. He has to be up there in the most issues of Batman drawn.
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Andrew Hess
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What I find amazing is that most of Aparo's work hasn't been reprinted up until now, and that just barely.
His work in the Brave & the Bold has just been reprinted as a part of the Showcase series, as was his opening work for Batman & the Outsiders. His Spectre work was put into a great collection a few years ago. And his later work on "A Death in the Family" has been reprinted a few times. But other than that, including the aforementioned "Batman: Murderer" series? Nothing.
Glad to see this collection giving him his due; hope it continues and includes his Batman work in titles other that B&B.
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Jason Larouse
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Yeah but when you think about it Andrew, DC has been pretty bad about reprinting pre-crisis comics in general until recently. Not counting the Showcases of course.
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Brian Hague
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The Bat-Murderer Saga was reprinted as a digest-sized edition in Best of DC #9. Of course, it would benefit from a modern full-sized reprint... 
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Marc M. Woolman
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Jim Aparo's Batman is one my of absolute favourites. I always thought it was a shame we didn't get to see late 70's-Early 80's Aparo inked by Dick Gordano. (That would have combined my favourite Batman penciler with my favourite Batman inker)
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Stephen Robinson
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BATMAN 414 was my first exposure to Aparo. When I started buying
comics regularly, he was essentially the main Bat artist. I loved his
work on Ten Nights of the Beast and later Death in the Family. He
even drew the climax of Knightfall.
I discovered his B&B in back issues and fell deeper in love with his
work. I prefer when he inked himself and those issues were just so
much fun.
I recommend the Showcase volumes of his B&B because his work
looks so great in black and white.
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Tony Midyett
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Aparo rocks. I think I first became aware of him on Detective, and shortly thereafter on Batman & the Outsiders. He's got a kind of Kubert vibe that I like......kind of loose, but very crisp at the same time. Heckuva talent, that Mr. Aparo.
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Andrew Hess
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yeah, as I typed that thought I remembered DC doing a li'l digest reprint of Bat-Murderer back in the early 80s.
But still, Aparo deserves better than that.
Still waiting for TwoMorrows tribute to him, announced before his death and since...shelved?
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Brian Kirk
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Jim Aparo is to Batman like Ross Andru is to Spider-Man (for me). They are MY artists on said characters 'cuz thats when I started reading their books. Would have loved to seen Aparo's Spider-Man.
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Knut Robert Knutsen
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"announced before his death and since...shelved?" As I recall, there was some mention that the book had expanded in scope since it was announced. Though there is a timeliness issue with most of Twomorrows output. The "how-to-book" by Manley and Blevins has been delayed for years as well, in addition to the "once in a blue moon" schedule of "Draw!". Though I suspect that has a lot to do with most of the principal contributors being freelancers with "day jobs" that take precedence.
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Andrew Hess
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An Aparo DC/Marvel crossover would have been fabulous!
Brave&theBold vs. Team-Up!
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Dave Aikins
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Knut- I think it's best to consider the contributors of Twomorrows magazine publications as being more "volunteers" than "freelancers".
I look forward to DC's hardcover collections like this. My only concern is the "bait & switch" problem that has occurred with the Secret Society of Super Villains book, where it was solicited as a one volume complete big book, but arrived as a much smaller volume 1, at the same price. It's made me a bit concerned when dealing with these collections of more recent work, due to the different royalty agreement...
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