365 Days with Hank McCoy, Day 2

Page from [Uncanny] X-Men #57 (June 1969), script by Roy Thomas, pencils and colors by Neal Adams, inks by Tom Palmer, letters by Sam Rosen

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Saturday Morning Cartoon: "The Powerpuff Girls Meet the Super Friends"

"The Powerpuff Girls Meet the Super Friends," produced by Cartoon Network

I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello

Goodbye Ten.

Hello Eleven.

Ten of a Kind: Reelin' in the Years

(More Ten of a Kind here.)

365 Days with Hank McCoy, Day 1

Oh my stars and garters! It's a new year, a new hero, a new 365 Days:

The first appearance of Henry "Hank" McCoy, The Beast, in a portion of the splash page panel from [Uncanny] X-Men #1 (September 1963), script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Paul Reinman, colors by Stan Goldberg, letters by Sam Rosen

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365 Days with Sue Storm, Day 5

Snowbird battles Kolomaq in a blinding snowstorm, with special guest-star Invisible Girl standing in the background. (Also featured: White Tiger and Moon Knight), in panels from Alpha Flight #6 (January 1984), script, pencils, and inks by John Byrne, letters by Michael Higgins, coloring by Andy Yanchus

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You know, this ain't quite working out the way I'd hoped. Let's try something else. Hmmmm...how about...

He'll see you tomorrow.

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365 Days with Ben Grimm, Day 365

Panels from Fantastic Four #574 (February 2010), script by Jonathan Hickman, pencils by Neil Edwards, inks by Andrew Currie, colors by Paul Mounts, letters by Rus Wooton

So, why that image, above, for the very final "365 Days with Ben Grimm"?

Well, glance back at the very first 365 Days with Ben Grimm, and you'll find this image...




...which was the very first appearance of Mr. B. Grimm in the Marvel Universe. The first image is, as a bookend, the most recent appearance: the final panel in Fantastic Four #574, the most recent FF comic book to be published before the end of 2009. My point with this panel—and I do have one—is that I've taken you from first to most recent, but it's not "the last" Ben Grimm. In other words..."And the adventure continues."

Here's to you, Benjamin J. Grimm: thanks for a fantastic year. See ya down on Yancy Street, big guy!

365 Days with Ben Grimm, Day 364

Panels from Fantastic Four: The End #2 (January 2007), written and penciled by Alan Davis, inked by Mark Farmer, colored by John Kalisz, letters by David Lanphear
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365 Days with Sue Storm, Day 4

Panel from Fantastic Four #21 (December 1963), script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by George Roussos Sinnott, letters by Artie Simek

365 Days with Ben Grimm, Day 363

Panels from Marvel Two-in-One #14 (March 1976), script by Bill Mantlo, pencils by Herb Trimpe, inks by John Tartaglione, colors by Janice Cohen, letters by Karen Mantlo

365 Days with Sue Storm, Day 3

Panel from Fantastic Four Annual #6 (November 1968), script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Sinnott, letters by Sam Rosen

365 Days with Ben Grimm, Day 362

Panels from Marvel Two-in-One #10 (July 1975), script by Chris Claremont, pencils by Bob Brown, inks and colors by Klaus Janson, letters by John Costanza

365 Days with Sue Storm, Day 2

Panel from Fantastic Four #13 (April 1963), script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Steve Ditko, letters by Artie Simek

Twenty-Five of a Kind: All I Want for Christmas is You (And Comic Books)

Click on each picture to Santa-size. Happy Christmas, everyone!

See also and as well. (And there's more Ten of a Kind here.)

365 Days with Ben Grimm, Day 361

Panel from Fantastic Four #236 (November 1981), script, pencils, and inks by John Byrne, colors by Glynis Wein, letters by Jim Novak