Jim Aparo contributed several covers (and at least one back cover) to
The Comic Reader, a much-beloved--and much-missed!--comics fandom-oriented publication published in the 70's and 80's (and maybe the early 90's? I can't remember when it finally ended).
Here are three of them for your enjoyment:
Issue 101: Jim Aparo drawing ...
...the Original Captain Marvel! Jim probably wouldn't have been the ideal choice for the series' artist, but DC had updated the Shazam Family to a more realistic look around that time, and if this sample is any indication, Jim would have been just as good a choice as Don Newton, who was assigned the task (he was the "New Artist on Captain Marvel!" mentioned on the cover, not Jim Aparo). And as we've seen in the Bikini Luv pages previously, Jim could have retained some whimsical cartoony touches that might have eased the shock of transition for some readers.
Issue 113: This might have been prepared...
...as part of a newspaper strip proposal Jim did for a science-fiction series called--don't laugh--"Zip Tyro". Or maybe it was just a tease he whipped up for the magazine...I don't know. But it's a nice job, reminiscent of the EC science fiction covers. Jim was a big SF fan in real life; it's too bad he didn't get to do more of this kind of work!
Issue 130: Familiar territory for Aparo...
...Batman and some of his most notable enemies. It's not that special, but it's a nice rendition, with the trademark Aparo Angle on the horizon.
