Jim Aparo became so strongly associated with DC heroes like Aquaman and Batman that we sometimes forget that he was a solid horror artist and in an alternate reality could have spent his career working in DC’s anthologies.
Case in point is this creepy cover from 1981 with the wonderfully-gnarled hand thrusting up from the pavement.
The story by Roy Thomas & Gene Colan was a tribute to Harvey Kurtzman’s “The Mole” from MAD No. 2.
New colour by me.
As published.
Scan from Heritage Auctions.
Trade dress removed, missing bits drawn in and art made production ready.
New colour version.
Re-created trade dress added.
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