You don’t need special glasses to look at these…
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Hey, you mighta heard that there’s a big ol’ eclipse Monday. Of course, that means it’s time to celebrate the greatest eclipse-based character in all of comicdom — ECLIPSO ! Check out 13 ECLIPSO COVERS below. Then click here for an EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT from our pal Jim Beard’s new Brave and the Bold guidebook, Breaking Bold and Brave , highlighting Batman’s infamous showdown with the “hero and villain in one man”!
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I’ve loved Eclipso ever since I got The Brave and the Bold #64 in a stack of back issues given to me by my parents’ friends, the Sperlings. Even then, at the age of about 5, I thought it was weird that Batman was spanking a woman (not to mention making out with her in a different scene). But Eclipso himself? He was downright scary. (He’s also largely responsible for me giving any villain I created an “o” at the end of their name. “Inviso,” for example, was an invisible bad guy who bedeviled my Mego Batman and Robin.)
13th Dimension columnist Jim Beard has a groovy piece on that issue over here, but I also wanted to bring you 13 ECLIPSO COVERS, mostly from his days as a feature in the Silver Age House of Secrets (he was co-created in 1963 by writer Bob Haney and artist Lee Elias). You’ll also find a splash page by Alex Toth. ( Alex Toth! )
Far out!
Lee Elias
Dick Dillin pencils, Sheldon Moldoff inks
Jack Sparling
Possible Dillin pencils, Moldoff inks
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Bernard Baily. Eclipso’s small but I just love seeing him in negative!
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Gil Kane
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I’d love to know
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House of Secrets #65. Written by Haney, art by Toth.
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MORE
— BRAVE AND THE BOLD #64: BATMAN’s Memorably Bizarre Showdown With ECLIPSO. Click here .
— PAUL KUPPERBERG: My 13 Favorite BOB HANEY Creations. Click here .
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