Robin Moore, 1925-2008

Elite comics blogger Gianfranco Goria brings to our attention this post from Matt Tauber noting that Robert Lowell "Robin" Moore passed away last month at the age of 82. While Moore is best known for penning a number of books including The Green Berets, and co-authoring the lyrics to one of the all-time inexplicable pop hits The Ballad of The Green Berets, Tauber notes Moore's involvement with Joe Kubert's Tales of The Green Berets: a largely honorific authorial credit one would guess designed to drive sales, while the feature was actually scripted by Jerry Capp.

With its popular movie tie-in and Kubert's excellent art resulting in only a short and troubled run, Tales of the Green Berets is often cited as one of the major signs of adventure comic strips' fade.
 
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