Today in Comics History: Blame It on Mister Mole

Hey, remember when everybody an' his brother were trying to figger out who blew up Earth? When after all it was the Mole People?



Panels from "When the Earth Blacked Out!" in Strange Adventures #144 (September 1962), script by John Broome, pencils and inks by Murphy Anderson
Well...that'll happen.

Today in Comics History: The world's greatest detectives ignore an obvious clue that the Riddler did it

Panels from "When the Earth Blacked Out!" in Strange Adventures #144 (September 1962), script by John Broome, pencils and inks by Murphy Anderson

Well, That'll Happen

Panels from "The End of the World!" in Venus #11 (November 1950), pencils and inks by Werner Roth

Today in Comics History: Choose Your Own Ad-venger

The date: August 30! The year: 1992! And you have your choice of two possible earths: the one where the world blew up and killed everybody...


Panel from Avengers (1963 series) #355 (Late October 1992), script by Bob Harras, pencils by Steve Epting, inks by Tom Palmer, colors by Tom Palmer, letters by Bill Oakley
...or you could pick the one with the newfangled version of Avengers Mansion, the one that looks like the Contemporary Hotel at Walt Disney World!


Yep, the 1990s Avengers Mansion: the architecture that makes today's Avengers Tower look like a masterpiece of Frank Lloyd Gehry artisanship. And it's the reality where all the Avengers wore leather jackets.

Uh...I think I'll take the global apocalypse, please.

Well, that'll happen.

Panels from "The Evil Eye" in Strange Tales #4 (December 1951), pencils and inks by Bill Everett

Today in Comics History: You Were Suckered

Panels from Futurama Comics #60 (March 2012), script by Ian Boothby, pencils by James Lloyd, inks by Dan Davis, colors by Robert Stanley, letters by Karen Bates

Oh, so maybe it's next year. Never mind.

Panel from Batman: Book of the Dead #1 (June 1999), script by Doug Moench, pencils by Barry Kitson, inks by Ray McCarthy, colors by Dave Stewart, letters by Kurt Hathaway

Well, That'll Happen: Mayan End-of-Days Edition

Page from Batman: The Brave and the Bold #12 (February 2010), script by Landry Q. Walker, pencils and inks by Eric Jones, colors by Heroic Age, letters by Rob Clark

Today in Comics History: Ancient Mayan prophets foresee the death of Thomas and Martha Wayne

Page from Batman: Book of the Dead #1 (June 1999), script by Doug Moench, pencils by Barry Kitson, inks by Ray McCarthy, colors by Dave Stewart, letters by Kurt Hathaway

Today in Comics History: And now, a commercial word from Maya's Massage

Panel from Batman: Shadow of the Bat #69 (December 1997), script by Alan Grant, pencils by Mark Buckingham, inks by Wayne Faucher, colors by Gloria Vasquez, color separations by Android Images, letters by Bill Oakley

So long, Earth-1, Earth-2, Earth-Prime, Earth-616, etc.

Panels from Crisis on Infinite Earths #4 (July 1985), script by Marv Wolfman, layouts by George Pérez, finishes by Mike DeCarlo; colors by Anthony Tollin, letters by John Co

Today in Comics History: So, just another Friday then

Panel from Batman: Shadow of the Bat #70 (January 1998), script by Alan Grant, pencils by Mark Buckingham, inks by Wayne Faucher, colors by Gloria Vasquez, color separations by Android Images, letters by Bill Oakley

Well...it's been fun. This blog now concludes its broadcasting millennium.

Panels from "All the Deadly Days, Chapter 4: Wednesday's Stepchild" in Batman 80-Page Giant #3 (July 2000), script by Chuck Dixon, pencils by Graham Nolan, inks by Mark Pennington, colors by Glenn Whitmore, letters by John Costanza

Today in Comics History: Goodbye to All That

Panels from Futurama Comics #60 (March 2012), script by Ian Boothby, pencils by James Lloyd, inks by Dan Davis, colors by Robert Stanley, letters by Karen Bates

Comics News for December 20, 2012

Son of Well, That'll Happen!

Splash page from Time Warp #1 (October-November 1979), script by George Kashdan, pencils and inks by Dick Giordano, colors by Jerry Serpe, letters by Milton Snapinn

Well, That'll Happen!: It could be worse. Oh, wait...

Panels from Hal Lindsey's There's A New World Coming one-shot (1974), script by Hal Lindsey; pencils, inks, and letters by Al Hartley

Well, That'll Happen: It Was a Short War, Charlie Brown.

Panels from "Till Death Do Us Part" in Journey Into Mystery v.1 #15 (April 1954), pencils and inks by Vic Carrabotta

Well, that'll happen

Panels from "Thru the Lens" from Venus ("The Most Beautiful Girl in the World") #16, (October), art by Joe Maneely

How does that make you feel about water now, kids?

Well...pleasant dreams!