Bear Attack! Month 2014, Day 31: I saved the bearst for last

Panels from Teen Titans (1966 series) #8 (March-April 1967), script by Bob Haney, pencils by Irv Novick, inks by Jack Abel, letters by Stan Starkman

Bear Attack! Month 2014, Day 30: 99 Bottles of Bear on the Wall

Panels from "Ursus the Ultra-Bear!" in The Age of the Sentry #2 (November 2008), script by Jeff Parker, pencils by Nick Dragotta, inks by Gary Martin, colors by Val Staples, letters by Dave Lanphear

Bear Attack! Month 2014, Day 29: Bearcause you demanded it

Showcase! The exciting 1950s DC comic which features the stories you demanded!


"The Story Behind Showcase" from Showcase #1 (March-April 1956), script by Jack Schiff, pencils and inks by Win Mortimer
OKAY THEN SO WHICH ONE OF YOU DEMANDED THIS?!?




Panels from "Runaway Bear" in Showcase #2 (May-June 1956), pencils and inks by Russ Heath

Bear Attack! Month 2014, Day 28: How to Get Ahead in Bearsness

Panels from Harley Quinn (2014 series) #6 (July 2014), script by Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti, pencils and inks by Chad Hardin, colors by Alex Sinclair, letters by John J. Hill

Bear Attack! Month 2014, Day 27: Number 3 is trying to find her arm

Panels from Detective Comics #511 (February 1982), script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Don Newton, inks by Frank Chiaramonte, colors by Adrienne Roy, letters by John Costanza

Bear Attack! Month 2014, Day 26: That bear blowed up reeeeeeal good!

Panels from X-Factor (2006 series) #258 (August 2013), script by Peter David, pencils by Neil Edwards and Carmen Carnero, inks by Jay Leisten, colors by Matt Milla, letters by Cory Petit

Bear Attack! Month 2014, Day 25: I don't have to be faster than the bear, just faster than you

"Escape Bear...and a Bare Escape": P-F Canvas Shoes advertisement in World's Finest Comics #25 (July-August 1949),
pencils and inks by Al Plastino (?)

Bear Attack! Month 2014, Day 24: I don't think I'm allowed to read this comic book...

...and it's not because of the savage bear attack.


Panels from [Son of] Tomahawk #137 (November-December 1971), script by Robert Kanigher, pencils and inks by Frank Thorne

Bear Attack! Month 2014, Day 23: Gladly the Cross-Eyed Bear

Panels from Animal Man (2011 series) #7 (May 2012), script by Jeff Lemire, pencils and inks by Travel Foreman, colors by Lovern Kindzierski, letters by Jared K. Fletcher

Bear Attack! Month 2014, Day 22: Mmmmmmm, pic-a-nic baskets

Panels from "Mass Historia!" in Simpsons Comics #200 (March 2013), script by Ian Boothby, pencils by Phil Ortiz, inks by Mike DeCarlo, colors by Art Villanueva, letters by Karen Bates

Bear Attack! Month 2014, Day 21: Batman beats bad guys like a rug

Panels from "The Creatures That Stalked Batman" in Detective Comics #279 (May 1960), script by Bill Finger (?), pencils by Sheldon Moldoff, inks by Charles Paris

Bear Attack! Month 2014, Day 20: Eagles and elephants and bears, oh my

Panels from The Road to Oz #1 (November 2012), script by Eric Shanower based on the book by L. Frank Baum, pencils and inks by Skottie Young, colors by Jean-Francois Beaulieu, letters by Jeff Eckleberry
What? you say that's only a story about an Oz bear attack?

Okay! Here's a real Oz bear attack!


Panels from The Road to Oz #1 (November 2012), script by Eric Shanower based on the book by L. Frank Baum, pencils and inks by Skottie Young, colors by Jean-Francois Beaulieu, letters by Jeff Eckleberry
You may note that I have included for good value an eagle and elephant attack as well. Actually, those are Phanfasms, shape-shifting creatures who are planning to attack Oz but who are completely out of their depth against the wiles of Ozma of Oz.

I like to think the Phanfasms are Skrulls who have been marooned in their mountainous land south of the Nome Country and north of the Kingdom of Dreams, banished there by the Ancient One, Doctor Strange's mentor...but we'll never know for sure.

Bear Attack! Month 2014, Day 19: I Know Why the Caged Bear Springs

Panels from "Pincus Popnecker, Private Eye!" in Herbie #12 (September 1965), plot by Richard Roesberg, script by Shane O'Shea, pencils and inks by Ogden Whitney, letters by Ed Hamilton

Bear Attack! Month 2014, Day 18: Bear baiting: a popular WWII-era exhibition sport

Panels from the Wonder Woman story "Wanted by Hitler, Dead or Alive" in Comic Cavalcade #2 (Spring 1943), script by William Moulton Marston, pencils and inks by Frank Godwin

Bear Attack! Month 2014, Day 17: ROBOBEAR SMASH!

Panels from The Incredible Hulk (2011 series) #10 (August 2012), script by Jason Aaron, pencils and inks by Tom Raney, colors by Frank Martin, letters by Chris Eliopoulos

Bear Attack! Month 2014, Day 16: The ASPCA vs. Batman, Case Evidence #440

Panels from "Ghost Mountain Midnight!" in Detective Comics #440 (April-May 1974), script by Archie Goodwin, pencils by Sal Amendola, inks by Dick Giordano, letters by Milt Snapinn ?

Bear Attack! Month 2014, Day 15: Aw Yeah Bear Attack!

Panels from "Never Bring a Gun to a Pie Fight" in Aw Yeah Comics! #5 (December 2012), script by Marc "Brother Bear" Hammond, art by Scoot McMahon

Bear Attack! Month 2014, Day 14: 365 Days 1 Day of KirbyBears

Panels from Kamandi, The Last Boy on Earth #8 (August 1973), script and pencils by Jack Kirby, inks and letters by Mike Royer, colors by Jerry Serpe (?)

Ten of a Kind: Bear Attack!

(More covers than you can (sigh)..."bear"...here and here. And there's more Ten of a Kind here.)

Bear Attack! Month 2014, Day 13: Bi-Polar Bear

Panels from "Shako!" in 2000 AD #20 (July 9, 1977), script by Pat Mills and John Wagner, pencils and inks by Ramon Sola, letters by Jack Potter
I could devote the entire rest of the month to the gruesome bear attacks of the black-humored feature Shako, which ran for 16 installments in the early issues of 2000 AD. In the words of the feature's slogan: "Shako hates mankind, and what Shako hates, Shako destroys!" Which, you have to admit, is certainly a better slogan than "smarter than the average bear." Yep, I could just post any random panel from a Shako story to fulfill the requirements of Bear Attack! Month, but let's just indulge with a couple more that cement Shako's position as the killer Incredible Hulk of the bears:


Not to mention this tagline: the only bear on the CIA death list!

Shako, won't you?