Jerry Robinson

(1922 - 2011)

The OTHER good Batman artist . . .

Nostradamus Predicts

Simon & Kirby. Boy Commandos. July 1942. 'Nuff said.

Detective Comics #65—cover by Simon & Kirby and Jerry Robinson

The Commandos Have Landed

Here then is the opening salvo of The Boy Commandos, from Detective Comics #64, June of 1942 — written by Jack Kirby, art by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby.

Below, the cover for this issue, one of my all-time favorites of the Golden Age—by the great Jerry Robinson. No camp, no corn, just another risky adventure for the Batman and his young protege.

A Break for Santa - 3

And this is the classic Jerry Robinson cover to the issue the story was in: