Today in Comics History in Pittsburgh: Well, that'll happen

Panel from Star Brand #13 (March 1988); script and pencils by John Byrne, inks by Tom Palmer, colors by Andy Yanchus, letters by Joe Rosen


Panel from Marvel Graphic Novel: The Pitt one-shot (April 1988); script by John Byrne and Mark Gruenwald; pencils by Sal Buscema; inks by Stan Drake; ink assists by Chris Ivy and Donald Hudson; colors by Janet Jackson; letters by Agustin Mas, Michael Heisler, and Rick Parker


Panels from Justice (1986 New Universe series) #18 (April 1988); script by Peter David, pencils by Lee Weeks, inks by Tony DeZuniga, colors by Janet Jackson, letters by Agustin Mas
That first panel above (from Star Brand) is accurate, and that panel at the top of the Justice page is not: Ken Connell was hovering above the earth when he set off the Star Brand, and therefore the hole named "The Pitt" that destroys Pittsburgh is actually the lower part of the energy sphere.Well, here, check it out in your Official Handbook of the New Universe:


from Marvel Graphic Novel: The Pitt
"And the New Universe would never be the same again."

365 Days of Star Wars Comics, Day 335: Well, That'll Happen

Panels from Star Wars: Rebellion #16 (August 2008), script by Rob Williams, pencils and inks by Dustin Weaver, colors by Wil Glass, letters by Michael Heisler

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

Countdown to Halloween: Jack Kirby's Monsters! Night Two: When you see him, say a prayer and kiss your heart goodbye

Hey, who's this dude? What's his story? What's he all about?


Panels from "Alien on Earth!" in Journey into Mystery (1952 series) #51 (March 1959), script (?) and pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Christopher Rule, colors by Stan Goldberg, letters by Artie Simek
What's a-goin' on here, dude? What's your major malfunction? (Besides phonics.)


What do the intelligentsia, Les Français, those dirty commie Russkies, and…I don't know, Alfred Pennyworth and that one guy from Ghost Hunters...all think about him?


Well, I don't know what the heck that thing is...you kids, don't put your lips on it!


Oh, let's just do to it what we do to everything. Let's blow that sucker up with a nuke! Yee-haw!


Oh, say! Turns out he was smarter than us. Well, that'll happen. Wah-wah-wah-wahhhhhhhhhhh!


Join us tomorrow when we prove beyond the shadow of a doubt that...Jack Kirby has seen the motion picture King Kong!

There Is No Hope in Crime Alley, Night 24

Panels from "Worlds Apart" in Elseworlds 80-Page Giant one-shot (August 1999), script by Chuck Dixon, pencils by Trevor Von Eeden, inks by Joe Rubinstein, colors by Digital Chameleon, letters by Ken Bruzenak

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: Well, That'll Really Happen

Panels from "News Snapshots: Past and Present" in It Really Happened #10 (August 1947), creators unknown

Today in Comics History: In Soviet Russia, balloon crashes you

On this day in 1934: Soviet soldiers make a bold step forward in the space race with their Lenin-riffic super-balloon!


Panel from "Journey into Space" in Eagle Comics #1 (February-March 1945), creators unknown
Let's salute this daring endeavor and the giant leaps ahead in air transportation...


Whoops. Well...(you know the rest).

365 Days of Star Wars Comics, Day 16: Well, that'll happen.

Panel from Star Wars (1977 series) #65 (November 1982), co-plot and script by David Michelinie, co-plot and layouts by Walt Simonson, finishes by Tom Palmer, colors by Glynis Wein, letters by Joe Rosen

Today in Comics History: Well, that'll happen

Panels from Fearless Dawn #3 (January 2010); script, pencils, and inks by Steve Mannion; colors by Frank Forte and Steve Mannion

Well, that'll happen.

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

Well, that'll happen.

Panel from "The Stronghold of Dr. Strange!" in Tales of Suspense #41 (May 1963), plot by Stan Lee, script by Robert Bernstein, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers, letters by Marty Epp

Well, that'll happen.

Panel from "It Fell from the Flying Saucer!" in Tales to Astonish #31 (May 1962), pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers

Well, that'll happen on the Fourth of July

Page from Spider-Woman (1978 series) #7 (October 1978), script by Marv Wolfman, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Steve Leialoha and Al Gordon, colors by Glynis Wein, letters by Rick Parker

Well, that'll happen

Panel from "The Reptile Girl of Metropolis!" in Lois Lane #61 (November 1965), script by Leo Dorfman, pencils and inks by Kurt Schaffenberger, letters by Vivian Berg

Well, that'll happen (adapted from the Eagle-Lion Films motion picture!)

Panels from "Raw Deal" (based on the 1948 movie),
in Mysterious Traveler Comics #1 (November 1948), pencils and inks by Bob Powell
And now

Well, that'll happen in a movie.

The final scenes of Raw Deal (1948), directed by Anthony Mann, starring Dennis O'Keefe, Raymond Burr, and Claire Trevor
Wait, where's the ship at the end?

Well, that'll happen next Wednesday

Panel from "The Gangster Boss of Small Town" in Big Town #2 (February 1951), script by France Herron, pencils by Dan Barry, inks by Sy Barry

Well, that'll happen.

Panel from "The Fifth Challenger" in Challengers of the Unknown #30 (February-March 1963), script by Arnold Drake (?), pencils and inks by Bob Brown

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