Monday, September 9, 2013
The Night of the Mummy!
Thought I'd give ya's something else a little more grandiose action / adventure oriented today, and never fear-- there's plenty of horror elements included to keep you monster kids happy as well! Lamont Cranston, aka The Shadow finds himself wrapped up in another weird, sinister situation with an epic mystery involving a murderous, unstoppable mummy! Denny O'Neil's script is fast paced and fun, and Frank Robbin's atmospheric artwork is awesomely suited to the thrills and chills! From the Dec-Jan 1974 issue of The Shadow #8 (check the THOIA Archive for another great Frank Robbins horror tale about a vampire vixen by clicking HERE!)
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Being a Marvel Zombie, I always remember Robbins from his stint on Ghost Rider, and didn't like the art very much, but here it's great. I really run hot and cold on him, he's one of those artists, IMHO, that worked well in the right stories.
The story is a nice done-in-one from O'Neil, very reminiscent of his other work for DC. A fun diversion!
I gave up on "The Shadow" when Mike Kaluta quit the gig. The first few issues were brilliant; Bernie Wrightson covers et al. However, I may have revisted the franchise if I had known Robbins had become involved. Very nice noir drama!
Robbins seems to have been one of those artists that you either loved or hated.
I always loved his work. Invaders being a personal favorite.
I love Robbins, in the same way I love Eisner, Lee Elias, Grandenetti, and Darwyn Cooke... a style that bridges cartoony and realistic perfectly, with energy and unique detail
Invaders is great, I have the entire run too, and the Morbius Living Vampire series was fun too when Robbins was on it
pretty cool story--great art.
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Of course it isn't that bad... Robbins is brilliant
I grew up on Kirby and Ditko and didn't appreciate Robbins right away. But then, I grew up and realized what a genius he was! I discovered newspaper strips and studied other art styles and then found Johnny Hazard! Holy smokes! I also felt that way about Alex Toth at first! It is amazing that some artwork actually has a level of sophistication that does require maturity to appreciate.. Even in the comics! Thanks for sharing this great piece! The atmosphere, the movement, the compositions and, above all, that great brushwork! The man was a genius!
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