Bob Larkin is an American

United States

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 artist

Artist

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 primarily known for his painted covers for Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics

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' magazine-format titles, published under the imprints of Curtis Magazines

Curtis Magazines

Curtis Magazines was an imprint of Marvel Comics that existed from 1971 to 1980. The imprint published black-and-white magazines that did not carry the Comics Code Authority seal. Initially, page counts varied between 68,76, and 84 pages....

 and Marvel Magazines in the 1970s and early 1980s.

Larkin's many credits include titles such as The Savage Sword of Conan

Savage Sword of Conan

The Savage Sword of Conan was a black-and-white magazine-format comic book series published beginning in 1974 by Curtis Magazines, an imprint of Marvel Comics, and then later by Marvel itself. Savage Sword of Conan starred Robert E...

, Marvel Super Special, Marvel Preview

Marvel Preview

Marvel Preview was a magazine-sized black-and-white showcase comic book published by Curtis Magazines, an imprint of Marvel....

, Crazy Magazine, The Deadly Hands of Kung-Fu, Planet of the Apes, and Tomb of Dracula

Tomb of Dracula

The Tomb of Dracula is a horror comic book series published by Marvel Comics from April 1972 to August 1979. The 70-issue series featured a group of vampire hunters who fought Count Dracula and other supernatural menaces...

. Larkin also painted covers for many of the Marvel Fireside Books

Marvel Fireside Books

The Marvel Fireside Books Series was a series of full-color trade paperbacks featuring Marvel Comics stories and characters co-published by Marvel and the Simon & Schuster division Fireside Books from 1974 to 1979....

 paperback collections, lending them a simple, movie-poster feel. He did the same thing for the cover to the second major intercompany crossover

Intercompany crossover

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, Superman and Spider-Man

Superman and Spider-Man

Superman and Spider-Man is an intercompany comic book jointly published by DC Comics and Marvel Comics in July 1981. Number 28 in the Marvel Treasury Edition series, it is the "sequel" to 1976's Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man....

. In addition, Marvel occasionally tapped Larkin to paint covers for premiere issues of such comic book

Comic book

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 titles as Dazzler

Dazzler

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and The Saga of Crystar

The Saga of Crystar

The Saga of Crystar, Crystal Warrior was a 1983 11-issue fantasy-based Marvel comic book with an associated toy line from Remco, consisting of seven figures, some vehicles and accessories...

.

Besides his work for Marvel, Larkin has painted covers for Vampirella

Vampirella

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and The Rook

The Rook

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(Warren Publishing), The Amazing Adventures of Holo-Man

Holo-Man

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(Peter Pan Records), Lorelei: Building the Perfect Beast (StarWarp Concepts), and many others.

Larkin also provided covers to Bantam Books

Bantam Books

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 reprints of Doc Savage

Doc Savage

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, as well as World Wrestling Entertainment

World Wrestling Entertainment

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merchandise featuring The Rock, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, The Undertaker, Kane, and Chris Jericho.

With wife Fran, Larkin is the father of a son named Ken and two daughters, Claire and Holly.

Covers

• Bizarre Adventures #28
• Crazy Magazine #17-63, 65, 68-69, 71-72, 74-75, 77-78, 80-81, 83-94
• Dazzler #1
• The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #21, 31
• Marvel Fireside Books
  • The Incredible Hulk (1978)
  • Marvel's Greatest Superhero Battles (1978)
  • The Mighty Marvel Pin-Up Book (1978)
  • The Fantastic Four (1979)
  • The Amazing Spider-Man (1979)
  • Doctor Strange: Master of the Mystic Arts (1979)
• Marvel Illustrated Books
  • Spider-Man: His Greatest Team-Up Battles (1981)
  • Daredevil: The Man Without Fear (1981)
  • Star Trek: The Further Adventures of the Starship Enterprise! (1982)
• Marvel Preview #18, 19, 21
• Marvel Super Special #3, 5, 6, 8, 15, 16, 21
• Marvel Treasury Edition #28 (Superman and Spider-Man)
• Planet of the Apes #1, 4
• The Punisher: A Man Named Frank
• The Saga of Crystar #1
• Savage Sword of Conan #8, 27, 42–44, 82, 89, 92, 103, 120, 192, 198, 206
• Tomb of Dracula #2, 3