The Zen of Batman: Traffic Safety

From Batman: "Ma Parker" (October 6, 1966), script by Henry Slesar

365 Days with the Warriors Three, Day 280

Panels from Thor #352 (February 1985), script, pencils, and inks by Walt Simonson; colors by Christie Scheele, letters by John Workman, Jr. Letters

DC Ads of the Golden Age, Day 5: DC Presents the New 5!

Ad from Detective Comics #26 (April 1939)



Ad from Detective Comics #34 (December 1939)



Ad from Detective Comics #41 (July 1940)

Duckburg: Hellmouth (Day 7)

Donald Duck [and Friends] #308 (October 2003), cover art by William Van Horn

365 Days with the Warriors Three, Day 279

Panel from Thor #136 (January 1967), script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Vince Colletta, letters by Artie Simek

DC Ads of the Golden Age, Day 4: Well, it's just after six o'clock, and time for the Superman on top of your radio set to explode.

Ad from Detective Comics #40 (June 1940)



Ad from Detective Comics #33 (November 1939)



Ad from Detective Comics #42 (August 1940)

Duckburg: Hellmouth (Day 6)

Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge #370 (October 2007), cover art by Giorgio Cavazzano

Batman & Robin & Gilbert & Sullivan

Panels from "The Case Batman Failed To Solve!!!" in Batman v.1 #14 (December 1942-January 1943), script by Don Cameron, pencils and inks by Jerry Robinson, letters by George Roussos



By popular request, here's the alt-text:

I am the very model of a Gotham City crimefighter
I try to make the hope of common people in the town lighter
Let's go! Atomic batteries to power! Turbines up to speed!
I'll put you behind bars for every felony and crooked deed!
With crooks like these behind jail bars you'll soon see Gotham's crimes decreased
I fight Two-Face, the Penguin, Doctor Hugo Strange and KGBeast
Professor Pyg and Ra's a Ghul (that's Arabic for Demon's Head)

(long pause)

I do this every night because a bad guy shot my parents dead!

(He does this every night because a bad guy shot his parents dead)
(He does this every night because a bad guy shot his parents dead)
(He does this every night because a bad guy shot his parents dead!)

365 Days with the Warriors Three, Day 278

Panels from Thor: The Trial of Thor one-shot (August 2009), script by Peter Milligan, pencils and inks by Cary Nord, colors by Christina Strain, letters by Joe Caramagna

DC Ads of the Golden Age, Day 3: One of these things is not like the other

Ad from Detective Comics #40 (June 1940)

Hey, wait a minute...what's that guy doing there?!? Yeah, you...yes, you know I'm talking about you. G'wan, get along, nobody cares about you. Get lost, pallie! Sheesh. Can we get a real star in here?


Ad from Detective Comics #41 (July 1940)

Ah, good. There we go.

(Click to read pal Andrew Weiss's forensic dissection of Ultra-Man at Armagideon Time!)

Duckburg: Hellmouth (Day 5)

Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #158 (November 1953), cover art by Carl Barks

Here's What I Don't Get: You Catholic girls start much too late

Hey look, it's Huntress!


Batman: Streets of Gotham #5 (December 2009), cover art by Dustin Nguyen

She's a good Catholic girl. That is, a good comic book Catholic girl. Ah, yes, comic books: the place where Catholic girls look like this:


The Ride: Die Valkyrie #1 (June 2007), cover art by Jason Pearson

Here's what I don't get about Huntress...


Panel portion from Batman: Streets of Gotham #5 (December 2009), script by Chris Yost, pencils by Dustin Nguyen, inks by Derek Fridolfs, colors by John Kalisz, letters by Sal Cipriano

...why would someone who early in her career took a freakin' gunshot to the stomach...


Panels from Batman Chronicles #1 (July 1995), script by Chuck Dixon, pencils by Lee Weeks, inks by Bill Sienkiewicz, colors by Gregory Wright, letters by Ken Lopez

...and survived because of Kevlar armor...




...later wear a a costume that exposes her stomach? Huh? Huh? That's what I don't get.




Even Batgirl doesn't get it, and she can't even see or breathe out of her costume. Disclaimer: dissing of the totally awesome Cassandra Cain Batgirl done purely for humorous effect.


Panels from Batman: Battle for the Cowl: The Network one-shot (July 2009), script by Fabian Nicieza, pencils by Don Kramer and Jim Calafiore, inks by Mark McKenna, colors by Jonathan D. Smith, letters by Steve Wands

Still, at least Huntress can protect her soft underbelly with a sound effect.




And at least now she has higher, leg-covering boots, which would have come in handy with her old uniform:




Still wouldn't you think that Huntress could use a helmet?




There's what I don't get.

365 Days with the Warriors Three, Day 277

Panels from Thor #338 (December 1983), script, pencils, and inks by Walt Simonson; colors by George Roussos; letters by John Workman

DC Ads of the Golden Age, Day 2: Na na na na

Ad from Detective Comics #40 (June 1940)

Duckburg: Hellmouth (Day 4)

Walt Disney's Donald Duck Featuring "Hobblin' Goblins" one-shot (2005)

With This Ring, I Thee PWN

Batman's great, but stealing the power ring off the finger of a Green Lantern without him even noticing it? I call shenanigans.


Panels from Justice League America v.2 #1 (October 2011), script by Geoff Johns, pencils by Jim Lee, inks by Scott Williams, colors by Alex Sinclair, letters by Patrick Brosseau

Uh huh. Yep. (He said, dismissively.) This out-of-character nonsense from the New 52niverse is a poor plot device that, let's face it, wouldn't have happened under the "old guard." Before the events of Infinite Crisis Final Crisis Flashpoint, you'd never catch a GL getting de-ringed by the Dark Knight! Not in a bajillion years.




Panels from The Batman Chronicles #15 (Winter 1998), script by Kelley Puckett, pencils by Joe Staton, inks by Bill Sienkiewicz, colors by Rob Schwager, letters by Ken Lopez

Oh. Um. Okay. Well...

Never mind.

365 Days with the Warriors Three, Day 276

Page from Thor Giant-Size Finale one-shot (January 2010), script by J. Michael Straczynski; pencils by Marko Djurdjevic; inks by Danny Miki, Allen Martinez, and Marko Djurdjevic; colors by Christina Strain; letters by Joe Sabino

DC Ads of the Golden Age, Day 1: This guy'll never catch on

The Mid-Day Matinee this week, all week: DC Ads of the Golden Age! Forget the New 52...let's kick it old schoo'! Here's announcements and advertisements for all the comics books that were the rage back in the cheerful, joyous happy days of the Depression and World War II, introducing a few guys who you might remember today, if they could stick around for a while. But now, less talk, more Action...on DC Ads of the Golden Age!




Inside front covers of Detective Comics #15, 16, and 17 (May, June, and July 1938)


Hey, check it out...Separated at Birth!:



Flash Comics #1 (January 1940), cover art by Sheldon Moldoff

Duckburg: Hellmouth (Day 3)

Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #38 (November 1943), cover art by Carl Buettner

Thirteen of a Kind: Bells starting rings and chains rattled loud

(More Ten of a Kind here. And get ready: only ONE more until Ten of a Kind #300!)