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Saturday, August 27, 2011

Ten of a Kind: Here comes the story of the Hurricane

'Holy moley, I should have stuck to being Fred MacMurray. Those three sons weren't that bad!' (Captain Marvel Adventures #132)

Girls' love is like a storm raining within you. (Girls' Love #74)

Wow, these umbrella salesmen are getting more aggressive all the time. (Incredible Hulk #452)

'Hey, Alfred, check out this somersault I can do!' 'Careful, Master Bruce, it's raining and slippery...oh, dear.' (Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #58)

So, I think we have learned reading H. P. Lovecraft is NOT an acceptable activity on a rainy day, right? (Defenders #72)

Oh NO! He got RAIN all over the OCEAN! (The Fury of Firestorm #8)

The eternal Betty/Veronica/Archie question is about to be resolved with one lightning strike. (Betty #38)

It's not so much the rain that's scary, it's that FREAKY GIRL. (2000 AB Prog 473)

'T.C., please, I'm beggin' ya! Can I PLEASE share your garbage can lid? I got pneumonia!' 'Not on your life, Choo-Choo!' (Top Cat #10)

Stay safe, everybody! (And share your shelter...don't be a jerk like Top Cat!)

(More Ten of a Kind here.)

365 Days with the Warriors Three, Day 239

Page from Thor: Blood Oath #2 (December 2005), script by Michael Avon Oeming, pencils and inks by Scott Kolins, colors by Wil Quintana, letters by Dave Lanphear

Stan Lee Saturdays #7: So they thought until they looked up the phrase "Work for Hire."

'Um, Stan, the city's on fire...' 'Quiet, you. And keep drawing.'

Splash page from 1985 #1 (July 2008), script by Mark Millar; pencils, inks, and colors by Tommy Lee Edwards; letters by John Workman

Friday, August 26, 2011

365 Days with the Warriors Three, Day 238

'You know, of course, this means Ragnarok.'

Page from Thor #608 (May 2010), script by Kieron Gillen, pencils by Billy Tan, inks by Batt, colors by Christina Strain, letters by Joe Sabino

Ace the Bat-Hound Week, Day 5: Well, when you put it like that...

Aw, he's a dog, he can't read his own Who's Who entry.

Panel from Ambush Bug #3 (August 1985), plot and pencils by Keith Giffen, script by Robert Loren Fleming, inks by Bob Oksner, colors by Tony Tollin, letters by John Costanza

Thursday, August 25, 2011

365 Days with the Warriors Three, Day 237

'No, no, Hogun, the line is 'KHAAAAAN'...look, don't call us, we'll call you.'

Panel from Thor: Blood Oath #6 (February 2006), script by Michael Avon Oeming, pencils and inks by Scott Kolins, colors by Wil Quintana, letters by Dave Lanphear

Ace the Bat-Hound Week, Day 4: A facial expression Batman doesn't make anymore

'Haw! It's funny because Ace has rabies!'

Panel from Batman #103 (October 1956), script by Bill Finger, pencils by Sheldon Moldoff, inks by Charles Paris, letters by Pat Gordon

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

I'm off on the Road to Morocco...

...or is that the Road to Singapore? I can never keep those two straight. That's why I rely on Batman and Spider-Man to help me out.

The Kingpin does a LOUSY Santa Claus impersonation.

The Kingpin does a LOUSY Santa Claus impersonation.

Panels from Batman & Spider-Man one-shot (October 1997), script by J. M. DeMatteis, pencils by Graham Nolan, inks by Karl Kesel, colors by Gloria Vasquez, letters by John Costanza

Anyway, I'll be on the road (not with Mr. Kerouac) for the rest of the week, so no nighttime features on Wednesday through Friday. But: stick around for the usual all-noon-time goodness of Ace the Bat-Hound (all this week!) and your usual late-afternoon dose of The Warriors Three! You can't escape the Warriors Three!

I'll be back this weekend with Stan Lee Saturday, LOL Sunday, Same Cover and Ten of a Kind, ya, you betcha! And in the meantime, since he seems to enjoy Hope and Crosby movies, what do you think Batman's favorite Woody Allen movie is, huh?

'Woody Allen shot my parents in Crime Alley after a viewing of 'Match Point.'

'Woody Allen shot my parents in Crime Alley after a viewing of 'Match Point.'

Panels from Starman #34 (September 1997), script by James Robinson, pencils by Mark Buckingham, inks by Wade Von Grawbadger, colors by Gregory Wright, letters by Bill Oakley

Aw, man, Batman is a total wet blanket.

'And Alfred enjoys 'A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy.'

'And Alfred enjoys 'A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy.'

Panels from Starman #35 (October 1997), script by James Robinson, pencils by Steve Yeowell, inks by Wade Von Grawbadger, colors by Gregory Wright, letters by Bill Oakley

Oh, that's better. Say, while we're on the subject, Batman...what's your favorite movie about yourself?

'Although I really like 'Batdance' from that Keaton movie.'

'Although I really like 'Batdance' from that Keaton movie.'

Oooh, good taste, Batman.

(See ya back this weekend, folks!)

365 Days with the Warriors Three, Day 236

If you go up to Asgard today you're sure of a big surprise / If you cross over the Rainbow Bridge you'd better go in disguise / For each Norse god that ever there was / Will gather there for certain, because / Today's the day Asgardians have their picnic!

Panel from Thor and the Warriors Four #1 (June 2010), script by Alex Zalben; pencils, inks, and colors by Gurihiru; letters by Dave Sharpe

Ace the Bat-Hound Week, Day 3: Without Ace, crime-fighting itself would be impossible

'Also, Alfred makes the most delicious Snausages!'

'If only Bruce had invented Bat-Opposible-Thumbs for me!'

'...if you don't count that episode of Wacky Races where Muttley made a collapsing bridge for the other cars.'

'Enough with the hugs...bring on the SNAUSAGES'

Panels from Batman #125 (August 1959), script by Bill Finger, pencils by Sheldon Moldoff, inks by Charles Paris, letters by Stan Starkman

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Before the Earthquake / After the Earthquake

365 Days with the Warriors Three, Day 235

We now return to 'Married with Volstagg.'

Page from Marvel Fanfare #34 (July 1987), script by Alan Zelenetz, pencils and inks by Charles Vess, colors by Elaine Lee, letters by John Workman

Ten of a Kind: You shake my nerves and you rattle my brain

'Geez, I should have replaced that penny with a giant foam number 1 finger at some point.' (Batman Chronicles #12)

Serves them right for trying to steal Scrooge McDuck's gold pyramid. (Goofy Adventures #13)

Also, below that you will see my design for an iPod.' (Adventures of the Big Boy #80)

Okay, Huntress is trying to punch through the windshield of a car full of gangsters which is falling on Spoiler who is being attacked by rats. Ehhh, needs more action. (Batman: Huntress/Spoiler: Blunt Trauma)

Now Doctor Strange is just being a jerk. (Suspense #36)

'Oh no! A yellow earthquake!' (Green Lantern Album #2)

(More Ten of a Kind here.)

Ace the Bat-Hound Week, Day 2: Gritty realistic crime drama the way you like it

'Careful now, Bat-Hound, we don't want this story to get TOO silly.'

Panel from Batman #133 (August 1960), script by Bill Finger, pencils and inks by Sheldon Moldoff, letters by Stan Starkman

Monday, August 22, 2011

365 Days with the Warriors Three, Day 234

'But enough about the Star Wars prequels.'

Panel from Thor #200 (June 1972), script by Stan Lee, pencils by John Buscema, inks by John Verpoorten, letters by Artie Simek

Ace the Bat-Hound Week, Day 1: Who he is and how he came to be

The Mid-Day Matinee this week, all week: Ace the Bat-Hound! The Canine Crimefighter, the Pooch Patrolman...the Dog Knight Returns! He'll sniff out crime by its bottom and he'll mark his territory of justice! He's Ace...The Bat-Hound!

What this origin story leaves out is that Ace and his parents were walking through a dark alley one night when suddenly Joe Chill lept out and...