Robbins and Springer in Invaders

[sundrycollect]

Say what you like...but I really like Frank Robbins and Frank Springer in these books. It's just different...and a perfect fit for the title, I think. I am in the midst of building a run.

 

[50YrsCollctngCmcs]

I was a huge fan of this series. I picked up a piece of original art by Robbins from the series for $15. Back in New York in 1976 or so. A great Cap page where he is parachuting.

[Jeffro.]

Say what you like...

 

If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all

[Quicksilver Signs]

I stuck with the Invader when I was a kid because I loved the concept but Robbins art I absolutely hated. Some of his action poses were ridiculous. I think he did better work in the 50's

[Lonzilla]

Frank Robbins drew everyone like they had gas. Couldn't stand his art as a kid, and still hate it

[divad]

Say what you like...

 

If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all

 

[divad]

I am in the midst of building a run.

Historically, for the BA, it is a worthwhile endeavor - good luck!

[Quicksilver Signs]

It's still worthwhile for the Kirby and Kane covers and always liked Baron Blood and Union Jack

[Dick Pontoon]

Frank Robbins was a fine cartoonist who gets a bad rap. When working on newspaper strips like Johnny Hazard, he did a great job in a Milt Caniff-type style. However, he was ill-suited for superhero comics, especially Marvel books where Kirby-styled dynamism was de-rigueur; his attempts at the house style just didn’t work. I like to think I have wide-ranging tastes, but his art on those comics render them almost unreadable to me.

[Jeffro.]

Frank Robbins was a fine cartoonist who gets a bad rap. When working on newspaper strips like Johnny Hazard, he did a great job in a Milt Caniff-type style. However, he was ill-suited for superhero comics, especially Marvel books where Kirby-styled dynamism was de-rigueur; his attempts at the house style just didn’t work. I like to think I have wide-ranging tastes, but his art on those comics render them almost unreadable to me.

 

I'm looking at some Johnny Hazard stuff on google right now and I think you're correct. He should have stuck with newspaper strips. That stuff is pretty good. His comic book stuff is cringe-worthy

[Ken Aldred]

He didn't really develop his style into something that worked better with super-hero comics, as did other Caniff-influenced artists such as Kubert, Infantino and Romita, for example.

[Comicopolis]

Love the series.