Frank Giacoia (1925-1989) is an American comic book artist who sometimes worked under the name Frank Ray and to a lesser extent Phil Zupa and the single moniker Espoia. 1925 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... Artist is a subjective term which describes a person creative in, innovative in, or adept at, their endeavors. ...

Giacoia studied at the School of Industrial Arts and at the Art Students League. In 1941, he joined the of the New York City comic-book packager Eisner-Iger, the studio of Golden Age greats Will Eisner and Jerry Iger. His early works includes crime comics for Ace Comics, horror for Avon Comics,and a multitude of characters for National Publications (the primary company that evolve into DC Comics) including The Flash and Batman. The Art Students League of New York is an art school founded in 1875. ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, the most densely populated major city in North America, and is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture. ... Superman, the catalyst of the Golden Age, from Superman #14, January-February 1942. ... Will Eisner (March 3, 1917 – January 3, 2005) was an acclaimed American comics writer and artist who is considered one of the most important contributors to the development of the medium. ... Horror can mean several things: Horror (emotion) Horror fiction Horror film This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... National Publications was one of the companies that would later become DC Comics. ... The current DC Comics logo, adopted in May 2005. ... The Flash is a DC Comics superhero possessing super-speed, nicknamed Created by Gardner Fox and Harry Lampert, the original Flash first appeared in Flash Comics #1 (1940). ... The comic book character Batman is a fictional character and superhero who first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939. ...

Other companies for which Giacoia did art during the 1940s and 1950s include Crestwood, Dell Comics, Eastern Color, Fawcett, Harvey Comics Lev Gleason Publications and Timely Comics, the 1940s predecessor of Marvel Comics // Events and trends The 1940s were dominated by World War II, the most destructive armed conflict in history. ... // Events and trends The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-type consumer society built on credit and boom-times, as well as the height of the baby-boom from returning... Crestwood is the name of some places in the United States of America: Crestwood, Illinois Crestwood, Kentucky Crestwood, Missouri Crestwood, Washington, DC There is also Crestwood Village, New Jersey and Crestwood Hills, Los Angeles, California. ... Dell Comics was the comic book publishing arm of Dell Publications, which got its start in pulp magazines. ... Harvey Comics (also known as Harvey Publications) was an American comic book publisher, founded by Alfred Harvey. ... Leverett Gleason Publications was the publisher of a number of popular comic books during the 1940s and early 1950s, including Daredevil and Boy Comics. ... Marvel Comics NYSE: MVL, (AKA Marvel Entertainment Group, Marvel Characters, Inc. ...

During the 1960s Silver Age of comic books, Giacoia became best known as Marvel Comics inker, particularly of Captain America stories penciled by the character's co-creator, industry legend Jack Kirby. Giacoia was one of the preeminent inkers for the company, working on virtually every title at one time or another. The 1960s, or The Sexy Sixties, in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... Showcase #4 (September-October 1956), often thought the first appearance of the first Silver Age superhero, the Barry Allen Flash. ... The inker is one of the two line artists in a traditional comic book, or graphic novel. ... Captain America, the alter ego of Steve Rogers (in some accounts Steven Grant Rogers), is a Marvel Comics superhero. ... In producing a comic book, the penciller (or penciler) draws the comic based on the script created by the writer. ... The Fantastic Four, one of Kirbys most famous creations. ...

Giacoia also worked on the newspaper comic strip The Amazing Spider-Man (based on the famous, same-name Marvel comic-book series) from 1978-1981, as well as on the strips Flash Gordon, The Incredible Hulk, Johnny Reb and Billy Yank, Sherlock Holmes and Thorne McBride. This article is about the comic strip, the sequential art form as published in newspapers and on the Internet. ... The Amazing Spider-Man is the title of both a comic book published by Marvel Comics and a daily newspaper comic strip. ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Flash Gordon is a science fiction comic strip originally drawn by Alex Raymond, first published on January 7, 1934. ... The Incredible Hulk The Hulk, often called The Incredible Hulk, is a Marvel Comics superhero. ... Johnny Reb and Billy Yank was a Sunday comic strip drawn by Frank Giacoia from November 18, 1956 to May 24, 1959. ... Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes (1854–1957, according to William S. Baring-Gould) is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, created by British author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. ...

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Atlas Comics [retailer] Presents the 20 Greatest Inkers of American Comic Books [1]: #5 Frank Giacoia "In comics from 1941, Frank Giacoia's smooth, thick line has been recognizable over a surfeit of outstanding pencillers. Gil Kane (who called him "an extraordinarily powerful inker"), Carmine Infantino, Gene Colan and Jack Kirby all benefited from his heavy, robust linework which always helped tell the story in a simple, direct way. His collaboration with Kirby on the short-lived newspaper strip Johnny Reb and Billy Yank (which Giacoia created) was superb, as was generally the case when he teamed with 'the King.' Frank worked for many publishers during his 40-odd years in comics: Lev Gleason, Hillman, Timely, DC and of course Marvel (where he sometimes moonlighted under the alias Frankie Ray while still working for DC)."

External links

• Lambiek Comiclopedia: Frank Giacoia
• The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
• POV Online: Why did some artists working for Marvel in the sixties use phony names?