Separated at Birth: Their bark is worse than their bite

L: Justice League of America #9 (February 1962), art by Mike Sekowsky and Murphy Anderson
R: Justice League Europe #37 (April 1992), art by Ron Randall and Murphy Anderson
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Addendum on 8/3/09: Check out this other man-to-tree-amorphosis sent in by illustrious blogger and my pal Sleestak, he of the check-it-out Lady, That's My Skull blog!:


Fantastic Stories of Imagination Volume 11, Number 12 (December 1962), art by Robert Adragan

Hmm, December 1962. I know there's a long lead time on magazines and comics, but d'ya think cover artist Adragan coulda been influenced by the 2/62 JLA cover? Hmmmmmmmmm!

Thanks so much and a tip o' the nose ring to ya, Sleestak! Consider yourself the honored winner of The Hayley Mills Bull-Prize!

365 Days with Ben Grimm: Day 213

Main title from Fred and Barney Meet the Thing (NBC, 1979).
Hey, why isn't this out on DVD? Oh, yeah...because it stinks.

Saturday Morning Bullyfilm: Go West

Friday Night Fury Freakout: Who let Nick read Ultimates?

It's time for yet another Friday Night Fury Freakout! Can you even handle the intensity of this psychedelic mind-blowing trip? Nick Fury can't!!


Panel from Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos #114 (September 1973), script by Gary Friedrich, pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by John Tartaglione, colors by George Roussos, letters by Shelly Leferman

Whoa, looks like Fury got ahold of the brown acid! There's a reason they call it dope, ya big lug!

Tune in next Friday when somebody spikes the punch at the Howlers' Christmas Party and Fury takes off all his clothes and runs around naked in the snow, proclaiming that he is the Lord of the Winter Wonderland! Laffs a-plenty!

365 Days with Ben Grimm: Day 212

Panel from Dark Reign: Fantastic Four #3 (July 2009), script by Jonathan Hickman, pencils by Sean Chen, inks by Lorenzo Ruggiero, colors by John Rauch, letters by Rus Wooton

Ben Grimm, Graffiti Artist

365 Days with Ben Grimm: Day 211

Splash panel from The Thing #1 (July 1983), script by John Byrne, pencils by Ron Wilson, inks by Joe Sinnott, colors by Bob Sharen, letters by Janice Chiang

Hot devil in the city/Swingin' wild and looking pretty

Baby, it's hot outside today. How hot is it? So hot that Tigra found another piece of clothing to take off. So hot that J. Jonah Jonah Jameson has amended his front page headline to read "Spider-Man: Arsonist or Cause of Global Warming?" So hot that Howard the Duck smells delicious. So hot that Galactus has been spotted wearing his original short sleeves and galacticapri pants. So hot that people are huddling around Ghost Rider just to cool down. So hot that The Watcher has been going commando. And I don't think any of us want to see that. As a matter of fact, we probably better check the official Marvel temperature gauge and see where today's scorcher is rated:



Whoa, that's pretty hot at the top, but I think today's recorded big number temperatures require a new level of heat, doncha think? Let's call it

So hot that Daredevil takes off his costume and swings around Manhattan in just his mask and trunks.

Panel from Daredevil #130 (February 1976), script by Marv Wolfman, breakdowns by Bob Brown, finishes and inks by Klaus Janson, colors by Michele Wolfman, letters by John Costanza
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AIEEEEEEEEE! Don't do that, Matt! You're not frightening the criminal scum and ruthless villains of the city...you're just scaring everybody else.

Let's take a closer look at DD strippin' down to his BVDDs:



AIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! There's a reason there's phone booths in 1976 Manhattan, DD, and it's not just for calling' the DJs at WNEW-FM and asking them to play your favorite reggae song.

So, let that be a lesson to you all. If you're walking down a Manhattan sidewalk on a scorching summer afternoon, and a red spandex leotard falls out of the sky onto the pavement in front of you, don't look up if you know what's good for you.

I said, don't look up!

365 Days with Ben Grimm: Day 210

Panel from Fantastic Four: First Family #1 (May 2006), script by Joe Casey, pencils by Chris Weston, inks by Gary Erskine, colors by Chris Chuckry, letters by Comicraft

Daredevil Hates Windows!

365 Days with Ben Grimm: Day 209

Panel from The Thing #22 (April 1985), script by John Byrne, pencils by Ron Wilson, inks by Joe Sinnott, colors by Bob Sharen, letters by John Morelli

Bully-Con 2009

365 Days with Ben Grimm: Day 208

Panel from Wolverine v.3 #22 (January 2005), script by Mark Millar, pencils by John Romita Jr., inks by Klaus Janson, colors by Paul Mounts, letters by Chris Eliopoulos

Ten of a Kind: How many ways can a Robin die? A: Ten.

(More Ten of a Kind here.)