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Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Top Tens: José Luis García-López

José Luis Garcia-Lopez worked on various Argentine comic strips before he began work on several romance titles for Charlton Comics. In 1974 he was hired by DC and moved to New York where he began working on titles like Superman, Batman, Jonah Hex, Cinder and Ashe, Deadman, and the New Teen Titans. My own personal introduction to Lopez’s work was on the DC title "Hercules Unbound" # 2 in 1975 (cover below) Lopez also provided the inks over Wally Woods pencils on this title however, Wally's style was so dominant that it was hard to see what Lopez's work looked. That was until he began creating covers and internal art for the early issues of “DC Comics Presents” (1977) that I managed to see his stunning pencils strip art. At a time (circa 1977/8 ) when I was losing interest in many US superhero comics J Garcia Lopez “drew me back in” to give them a second chance. Below are just a few of my favourite Lopez covers:
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  1. KidJanuary 14, 2025 at 2:51 AM

    Now you're talking, McS. He sure could draw hot women, as demonstrated by that pic of Lois Lane. The Untold Legend Of The Batman was a 3-issue mini-series (as you'll know) and I have all three. I later got a set with a dramatization of the story on three cassette tapes.

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    1. McSCOTTYJanuary 14, 2025 at 9:56 AM

      He could draw just about anything beautifully. The one DC artist I wish would do work for Marvel ( unless he has and I missed it) I know he did Hulk v Batman but would have been great to see his work on a regular series like the Avengers or Spider-Man . I only have that single issue of "Untold Legend..." but it looks a nice series

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  2. Rip JaggerJanuary 14, 2025 at 7:59 AM

    Jose Garcia-Lopez is easily an overlooked giant from the era. His dynamics were a step above anyone except for Neal Adams. DC deployed him in odd ways at first, but eventually give him a taste of the Superman franchise with DC Presents and he never looked back. He became the "John Romita" of DC with his definitive character designs. That 1982 style-guide has been published for the masses but is too rich for my blood.

    Here's a link to the Internet Archive which has the original.

    https://archive.org/details/1982-dc-comics-style-guide/mode/2up

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  3. McSCOTTYJanuary 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM

    Lovely stuff ( and what a great site - thanks for the link) his Superman comics are probably my favourites of his work. A good comparison there as DC's Romita.

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