He sometimes worked under the name Frank Ray,[2] and to a lesser extent Phil Zupa,[3] and the single moniker Espoia, the latter used for collaborations with fellow inker Mike Esposito.

His friend and collaborator Carmine Infantino, a classmate at the Art Students League, recalled that ...Frank Giacoia and I were in constant contact.

Giacoia and writer Otto Binder introduced the short-lived character Captain Wonder in Kid Komics #1 (Feb.

[10] The 1989 graphic novel The Amazing Spider-Man: Parallel Lives, the back cover of which was inked by Giacoia, is dedicated to his memory.

Gil Kane (who called him 'an extraordinarily powerful inker'), Carmine Infantino, Gene Colan and Jack Kirby all benefited from his heavy, robust linework which always helped tell the story in a simple, direct way.

His collaboration with Kirby on the short-lived newspaper strip Johnny Reb and Billy Yank (which Giacoia created) was superb, as was generally the case when he teamed with 'the King.'