Wild Planet Love

Supergirl #6 (1973) Cover by Bob Oksner

ANGEL AND THE APE #1 (DC, 1968)

Art: Bob Oksner

Bob Oksner

Bob Hope (DC, 1966)

Art: Bob Oksner.

Script, the great Arnold Drake

Supergirl (Adventure Comics #415) by Bob Oksner

Angel And The Ape (1968-1969)

Art by Bob Oksner

Superman #320, February 1978, Pencils: Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, Inks: Bob Oksner

The Original Captain Marvel

Shazam (1973-1974)

Art by C.C. Beck And Bob Oksner

Miss Cairo Jones, April 14 1946, newspaper strip by Bob Oksner.

In the 50′s DC’s love and war comics didn’t have any continuing characters. then late in 1959, they came up with Sgt. Rock and he was a hit.

In 1964 they decided to give it a try in one of their romance comics with April O’day, Hollywood Starlet.

Created by Bob Oksner she ran for eight issues of Girls’ Love Stories and then disappeared. I guess it was just a little too depressing to have a character whose whole thing was to find love each story only to be heartbroken again so she could be free of relationships for the next issue and start all over. Sure Sgt. Rock got shot at, but damn that’s mean!

Of note, Bob Oksner is also the person who created Angel O’day of Angel and Ape a few years later.

The total of April’s run is shown above.

All-Star Comics #50, January 1950, Pencils: Arthur F. Peddy, Inks: Bob Oksner

Supergirl #7 (1973), cover by Bob Oksner

Angel and the Ape by Bob Oksner

All-Star Comics #45 (Feb-Mar ‘49) cover by Irwin Hasen & Bob Oksner. 

"Superman’s Energy-Crisis!" - art by Bob Oksner (1975)

(via Fantasy Ink: Lois Lane…in a tree…with a snake!)