#gasper saladino

[batmanonthecover]

Justice League of America #54 - June 1967

Cover Art: Mike Sekowsky

HISTORY MAKING COSTUMES OF THE ROYAL-FLUSH GANG

Script:  Gardner Fox

Art:  Mike Sekowsky (Pencils), Sid Greene (Inks), Gasper Saladino (Letters)

Characters: Justice League of America [JLA; Atom [Ray Palmer]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Flash [Barry Allen]; Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Hal Jordan (does not appear as Green Lantern)]; Alvin Marley (first appearance; death); Irene Marley (first appearance); Dr. Clay Rockwell (first appearance); Oleg Kormann; Royal Flush Gang [Ace [Professor Amos Fortune; Serpent Man]; King [Alexander the Great]; Queen [Elizabeth the First]; Jack [Sir Lancelot]; Ten [Judge Duffy]] (villains)

Synopsis: When Hal Jordan is gravely injured after retrieving a mysterious parcel, the Justice League must set off on a search for an ancient treasure, which the Royal Flush Gang is also seeking, disguised as various historical and legendary figures.

Batman story #1,200

#comics #dc comics #justice league of america #batman #wonder woman #flash #martian manhunter #mike sekowsky #gardner fox #sid greene #gasper saladino #1967

[jedivoodoochile]

Silent Night, Deadly Night! - In the early 1970s, late creators Dennis O’Neil and Neal Adams brought the Dark Knight back to his Gothic roots originally planted by Batman co-creators Bill Finger and Bob Kane. After Mike Friedrich's "The Silent Night of the Batman", the holiday adventures of the Caped Crusader still rolled on, even during this transformative period. Another memorable Batman holiday tale is "Silent Night, Deadly Night".

Published in February 1972’s Batman #239 and illustrated by Irv Novick and Giordano, as Batman tracks down a robber stealing from street corner Santa Clauses, he discovers the man, named Tim, is a laid off factory worker stealing to buy medicine for his ill niece. While Batman sympathizes, he tells Tim he broke the law and should face the consequences. Somehow Tim gets the upper hand on the Batman, knocks him out and goes to seek revenge on his boss that laid him off. This leads to Batman waking up in Tim’s apartment to his sick niece. The two of them go to find her uncle but as they walk to the Batmoblile, they are caught in a snow storm. The Caped Crusader carries the young girl through the sleet and snow and then of course find and abandoned horse and sleigh to ride so they can stop Tim before he does anything he regrets. In the end, to the Batman’s surprise, Tim has reconciled with his former boss and everyone, from the sick little girl to vengeful Tim, is helped and able to have a Merry Christmas. The Dark Knight may have returned to its vigilante nature in the Bronze Age, but we see the Caped Crusader enchanted t bright lights, Santa, and sleigh bells in the Christmas issues.

🖼️: Bat-Santa by Neal Adams, Dick Giordano, and Gasper Saladino, cover to 1972’s Batman #239.

#batman

[the-gershomite]

Looney Tunes #3 June 1994 “Half Baked Romance”

writer: Jack Enyart

penciler: Stephanie Gladden

inker: Scott McRae

letterer: Gasper Saladino

colorist: David Tanguay

#looney tunes #pepe le pew #dc comics

[morenovalleypubliclibrary]

Are there any books you'd add to this list?  I would include Grant Morrison's "Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on a Serious Earth" to this list.  Dave McKean's art and Gasper Saladino's lettering are a masterclass of graphic art.

[historyofthebatman]

“Batman 101: From A to Z” - A is for “Arkham Asylum”: An insane asylum on its own is a nightmare and Arkham is the epitome. Up until the late 1980s, Arkham Asylum was seen as a place to send the clinically and criminally insane. But the walls didn’t exhale the madness it truly inhaled until Grant Morrison wrote his 1989 graphic novel “Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth” illustrated by Dave McKean and Gasper Saladino. Beginning with a flashback to Amadeus Arkham renovating his home into an asylum after the death of his mother Elizabeth, the current time is April 1st. Commissioner Gordon tells Batman Arkham Asylum has been taken over by Joker and they have staff as hostages. As Batman enters, he sees Two-Face, driven further into insanity due to his coin traded in with a 6-sided die thanks to his psychiatrist. Calling back to the underground corridors in the real Danvers Insane Asylum in Massachusetts, Batman has one hour to complete this maze of terrors. Along the way, Batman enters dream like places, diving into the psychosis of some of his rogues gallery, such as the Alice in Wonderland obsessed Mad Hatter and Maxie Zeus with a Messiah complex. After finding ‘hostage’ Dr. Cavendish in a bridal gown about to cut Dr. Adam’s throat, Batman stumbles upon a lost diary that reveals the true horrors of this asylum. Amadeus slit his mother, Elizabeth’s, throat to end her suffering being attacked by the illusion of a large bat. Blocking this memory, he claimed she committed suicide, but when “Mad Dog” Hawkins raped and murdered his wife and child, his memories returned and went insane, wearing his mother’s wedding dress with a vow to kill the evil “Bat”. In the present, Cavendish believes that Batman is “The Bat” that continues to bring more madness into Arkham and he needs to be stopped. In the end Cavendish is defeated and the lost souls of the Asylum, such as Two-Face still roam. McKean’s surrealist symbolism in his multi-media art coupled with Morrison’s psychoanalysis on Batman and his rogues is the modern foundation of the Arkham Asylum mythos.✌🏼💙🦇📚

[batmanonthecover]

Brave & The Bold #77 - April 1968 (DC Comics - USA)

Cover Art: Ross Andru

SO THUNDERS THE CANNONEER

Script: Bob Haney

Art: Ross Andru  (Pencils), Mike Esposito (Inks), Gasper Saladino (Letters)

Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Jim Gordon; Atom; The Cannoneer; Lilli de la Pooche; Dr. Dulcamora; Titanic Tex; Dum-Dum; Queen Bee (not the more famous Justice League villain)

Batman story #1,229

#comics #dc comics #brave and the bold #batman #the atom #ross andru #bob haney #mike esposito #gaspar saladino #1968

[batmanonthecover]

Justice League of America #55 - August 1967

Cover Art: Mike Sekowsky

THE SUPER-CRISIS THAT STRUCK EARTH-2

Script:  Gardner Fox

Art:  Mike Sekowsky (Pencils), Sid Greene (Inks), Gasper Saladino (Letters)

Characters: Justice League of America [Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]]; Justice Society of America [Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince Trevor]; Johnny Thunder; Mr. Terrific [Terry Sloan]; Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Robin/ Batman [Dick Grayson](joins- first appearance as adult); Thunderbolt]; How Chu; Gem Girl [Claire Morton]; Money Master [Horace Rowland]; Smashing Sportsman [Marty Baxter]

Synopsis: The JSA, with new member an adult Robin, confront and are defeated by four normal persons on Earth-2, powered by black matter from another universe. When they ask for help from the JLA using Johnny's T-Bolt, he brings them a battered JLA team, suffering the same problem as their counterparts. Both groups them learn the black matter's origins, and resolve to end the problem on Earth-2 first, lest both worlds be destroyed.

Batman story #1,206

#comics #dc comics #justice league of america #robin #hourman #wonder woman #mike sekowsky #gardner fox #sid greene #gaspar saladino #1967

[batmanonthecover]

Justice League of America #53 - May 1967

Cover Art: Mike Sekowsky

SECRET BEHIND THE STOLEN SUPER-WEAPONS

Script:  Gardner Fox

Art:  Mike Sekowsky (Pencils), Sid Greene (Inks), Gasper Saladino (Letters)

Characters: Justice League of America [JLA; Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Atom [Ray Palmer]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Hawkman [Katar Hol; Carter Hall]; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Snapper Carr]; Hawkgirl [Shayera Hol; Shiera Hall]; Johnny Marbles (villain); The Treasure-Thief (villain)

Synopsis: A thief invents a device that teleports valuable objects away, replacing them with duplicates.  He also uses it on Batman's Utility Belt, Wonder Woman's Magic Lasso, and Green Arrow's trick arrows.

Batman story #1,196

#comics #dc comics #justice league of america #batman #superman #green arrow #flash #wonder woman #mike sekowsky #gardner fox #sid greene #gaspar saladino #1967

[batmanonthecover]

Batman  #195 - September 1967 (DC Comics  - USA)

Cover Art: Carmine Infantino

THE SPARK-SPANGLED SEE-THROUGH MAN

Script:  Gardner Fox

Art:  Sheldon Moldoff as “Bob Kane” (Pencils), Joe Giella, Jack Abel (Inks) Gasper Saladino (Letters)

Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; See Through Man [Ned Creegan] (villain, thief, introduction, origin); Nevil Logan (villain, scientist); Charley Rivets (villain, a fence)

Synopsis:  Creegan steals some jewels from the laboratory of a scientist, who has treated the gems with radition. During a battle with the Caped Crusaders, Creegan is transformed into a skeletal figure possessing a deadly electrical touch.

Batman story #1,208

#comics #dc comics #batman #carmine infantino #gardner fox #sheldon moldoff #joe giella #jack abel #gaspar saladino #1967

[batmanonthecover]

Justice League of America #52 - March 1967

Cover Art: Mike Sekowsky

MISSING IN ACTION - 5 JUSTICE LEAGUERS

Script:  Gardner Fox

Art:  Mike Sekowsky (Pencils), Sid Greene (Inks), Gasper Saladino (Letters)

Characters: Justice League of America [JLA; Aquaman [Arthur Curry] (cameo)]; Atom [Ray Palmer]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Flash [Barry Allen] (cameo); Green Arrow [Oliver Queen] (cameo); Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz; also as Faceless]; Hawkman [Katar Hol; Carter Hall]; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Snapper Carr; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince] (cameo)]; Hawkgirl [Shayera Thal; Shiera Hall]; Benjamin Franklin (cameo flashback); Bobby; Jor-El (statue); Lara (statue); cubist aliens (villains)

Synopsis: Snapper relates the stories that five Leaguers told as to why they could not answer a recent emergency signal and join in the fight against the Lord of Time.

Batman story #1,188

#comics #dc comics #justice league of america #batman #superman #mike sekowsky #gardner fox #sid greene #gaspar saladino #1967

[batmanonthecover]

Justice League of America #51 - February 1967

Cover Art: Mike Sekowsky

Z - AS IN ZATANNA - AND ZERO HOUR

Script:  Gardner Fox

Art:  Mike Sekowsky (Pencils), Sid Greene (Inks), Gasper Saladino (Letters)

Characters: Justice League of America [JLA; Atom [Ray Palmer]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Hawkman [Katar Hol; Carter Hall]]; Zatanna Zatara; Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Zatara; Amen-Hotep (villain); Allura (villain)

Batman story #1,182

#comics #dc comics #justice league of america #batman #atom #elongated man #zatanna #mike sekowsky #gardner fox #sid greene #gaspar saladino #1967

[batmanonthecover]

JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #50 - December 1966

Cover Art: Mike Sekowsky

THE LORD OF TIME ATTACKS THE 20TH CENTURY

Script: Gardner Fox

Art: Mike Sekowsky (Pencils), Sid Greene (Inks), Gasper Saladino (Letters)

Characters:  ustice League of America [Aquaman; Batman; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Arrow; Wonder Woman; Snapper Carr; Superman (cameo); Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (cameo); Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz] (cameo); Hawkman [Katar Hol] (cameo); The Atom [Ray Palmer] (cameo)]; Robin [Dick Grayson] (guest star); The Lord of Time (villain); Eddie Brent

Synopsis:  War hero Eddie Brent becomes the hypnotized pawn of the Lord of Time, but the JLA traces the Lord of Time's location through the radiation given off by the weapons he gives Eddie to use and puts a stop to his plans.

Batman story #1,174

#comics #dc comics #justice league of america #batman #robin #flash #green arrow #mike sekowsky #gardner fox #sid greene #gaspar saladino #1966

[batmanonthecover]

Detective Comics #358 - December 1966

Cover Art: Carmine Infantino

THE CIRCLE OF TERROR

Script:  John Broome

Art:  Sheldon Moldoff as “Bob Kane” (Pencils), Joe Giella (Inks), Gasper Saladino (Letters)

Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Spellbinder [Delbert Billings] (villain, introduction); Aunt Harriet Cooper; Alfred Pennyworth

Batman story #1,169

#comics #dc comics #detective comics #batman #carmine infantino #john broome #sheldon moldoff #joe giella #gasper saladino #1966

[batmanonthecover]

Detective Comics #355 - September 1966

Cover Art: Carmine Infantino

HATE OF THE HOODED HANGMAN

Script:  John Broome

Art:  Carmine Infantino (Pencils), Joe Giella (Inks), Gasper Saladino (Letters)

Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Hangman (villain); James Gordon

Batman story #1,151

#comics #dc comics #detective comics #batman #carmine infantino #john broome #joe giella #gasper saladino #1966

[batmanonthecover]

JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #47 - September 1966

Cover Art: Mike Sekowsky

THE BRIDGE BETWEEN EARTHS

Script: Gardner Fox

Art: Mike Sekowsky (Pencils), Sid Greene (Inks), Gasper Saladino (Letters)

Characters:  Justice League of America [Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; The Flash [Barry Allen]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Atom [Ray Palmer]]; Justice Society of America [Black Canary [Dinah Drake Lance]; Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Dr. Mid-Nite [Charles McNider]; Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Dr. Fate [Kent Nelson]]; Blockbuster [Mark Desmond] (villain); Solomon Grundy [Cyrus Gold] (villain); Anti-Matter Man (villain); Enrichetta Negrini

Synopsis:  The ultimate cause of the trouble is revealed to be an experimental space-warp machine of Ray Palmer's assistant. The gathered JLA and JSA hold the Anti-Matter Man at bay until The Atom (Ray) and The Spectre can re-align the two Earths to their proper times and spaces -- The Atom (Ray) turning off the machine, and the Spectre using his enormous magicks to realign the Earths back to their proper spots.

Batman story #1,155

#comics #dc comics #justice league of america #batman #flash #dr fate #hawkman #mike sekowsky #gardner fox #sid greene #gasper saladino #1966

[batmanonthecover]

BATMAN #186   -  November 1966

Cover Art:  Murphy Anderson

THE JOKER’S ORIGINAL ROBBERIES

Script: John Broome

Art: Sheldon Moldoff as “Bob Kane” (pencils), Joe Giella (Inks), Gasper Saladino (Letters)

Characters: Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Philip Perry (inventor); The Joker (villain); Joker's gang [Gagsworth A. Gagsworthy [aka Gaggy] (dwarf); other unnamed] (villains)

Synopsis: The Joker returns to haunt the Caped Crusaders, this time with a new member added to his gang: Gaggy, who makes the Joker laugh, which then inspires the Clown Prince of Crime with new crime ideas.

Batman story #1,163

#comics #dc comics #batman #the joker #murphy anderson #john broome #sheldon moldoff #joe giella #gasper saladino #1966