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Romita cover/art; 1st app. The Ox; COMIC BOOK IMPACT rating of 6 (CBI)
First appearance of the second Ox (Dr. Karl Stragg) in And Men Shall Call Him Ox!, script by Stan Lee, pencils by John Romita, inks by Frank Giacoia; The Ox is convinced by his cellmate, Dr. Karl Stragg, that if the two can escape, the good doctor will make Ox smarter; Stragg double-crosses the Ox and switches bodies with the brute; DD tracks down the new and improved Ox only to defeat him permanently.


Artists Information

Frank Giacoia (July 6, 1924 – February 4, 1988) was an American comics artist known primarily as an inker. He sometimes worked under the name Frank Ray, Giacoia made the rounds to almost every Golden Age publisher, notably working on Flash and Batman stories, he also worked at Timely during this period. In the Silver Age Frank worked on many Jack Kirby pages, particularly in Captain America, and he also notably inked the first appearance of the Punisher in AMS #129.

John Romita was one of the driving forces behind Marvel's Silver Age, he took up the reins on Spider-Man following the departure of Steve Ditko with issue #38. Romita's run on Spider-Man would be long and significant, introducing characters including Mary Jane Watson, the Kingpin and many others. He would be a major contributor to the entire Marvel line throughout the 1970s including designing the look of The Punisher.