Same Story, Different Cover: Bad Wolf

L: Doctor Who Weekly #30 (UK, May 7, 1980), pencils and inks by Dave Gibbons
R: Doctor Who #3 (US, December 1984), pencils and inks by Dave Gibbons, colors by George Roussos
(Click picture to The Doctor's scarf-size)


Doctor Who #3 reprinted parts 1-4 of "The Dogs of War," which were originally printed in Doctor Who Weekly #30 (above) and Doctor Who Weekly #27-29 (below).

366 Days with Alfred Pennyworth, Day 42

Panels from Batman: Castle of the Bat (1994), script by Jack C. Harris,
painted art by Bo Hampton, letters by Tracy Hampton-Munsey

366 Days with Alfred Pennyworth, Day 41

Panels from Batman & Robin Adventures #13 (December 1996), script by Ty Templeton, pencils by Brandon Kruse, inks by Rick Burchett, colors by Linda Medley, letters by Tim Harkins

The Zen of Batman: Blackmail

From Batman: "Barbecued Batman?" (September 22, 1966), written by Francis Cockrell and Marian Cockrell; directed by Murray Golden

366 Days with Alfred Pennyworth, Day 40

Page from Batman Secret Files one-shot (October 1997), text by Scott Beatty, pencils and inks by Lee Weeks, colors by Tom McCraw,

Caranimels

Series of advertisements for Kraft Caramels that ran in Dell Comics in 1960-1961 (from top to bottom, in Andy Panda #50 and #54, Adventures of Mighty Mouse #151, and Gunsmoke #25

366 Days with Alfred Pennyworth, Day 39

Panels from "Batman: Black & White: Broken Nose" in Batman: Gotham Knights #3 (May 2000), script, pencils and inks by Paul Pope; letters by John Workman

366 Days with Alfred Pennyworth, Day 38

Panels from Batman Forever: The Official Comic Adaptation of the Warner Bros. Motion Picture (July 1995), script by Dennis O'Neil, pencils by Michal Dutkiewicz, inks by Scott Hanna, colors by Adrienne Roy, letters by Albert DeGuzman

Like a clone, smartly dressed in your pressed uniform

Well, I for one didn't think that Madonna's outfit at the Super Bowl was all that bad. In fact, I kinda liked the Asgardian influence. Get Jack Kirby in there to add a few more epaulets and shoulder pads and it's pretty much something you'd expect Sif's kid sister (Tiff) to wear during one of those big-ass Norse god parties they're always having, with Odin at the head of the table, Loki skulking behind the arras, and the mashed potatoes never even getting past Volstagg.



You couldn't even say it's the worst outfit ever, because I think that award has to go to Miss Katherine Juno Pryde of Deerfield, Illinois for her infamous entry "Colorblind Disco Zap Girl."


Panel from Uncanny X-Men #149 (September 1981), script by Chris Claremont, loose breakdowns by Dave Cockrum, finishes by Joe Rubinstein, colors by Don Warfield, letters by Janice Chiang

Yep, this crime against optic nature debuted in Uncanny X-Men #149 and lasted through the following issue, where Magneto took such pity on her fashion sense that he spared the X-Men from their untimely deaths by magnets. You can try to claim it's not canon because it wasn't lettered by Tom Orzechowski (which, come to think of it, is a really good way to determine your personal X-Canon), but it happened. As Cyclops is fond of saying: "AIEEEEEEE MY EYES!"

This krazy kreation by Kitty is also an occasion for another "Professor X Is a Jerk" entry:




Chuck is really critical of Kitty's "costume" (note that word), even though, hey, Charley: pot, meet kettle:


Panels from Uncanny X-Men #193 (May 1985), script by Chris Claremont, breakdowns by John Romita, Jr., finishes by Dan Green, colors by Glynis Oliver, letters by Tom Orzechowski

So I wouldn't be that critical, Professor. Well, at least it coulda been worse...it could have been Thor's outfit from Thor #498:


Panel portion from Thor #498 (May 1996), scriot by William Messner-Loebs, pencils by Pino Rinaldi, inks by Andy Lanning, colors by Marie Javins, letters by Jonathan Babcock

Anyway, my point (you know the rest of that phrase) is that this infamous Kitty Pryde/Sprite/Ariel/Shadowcat/Li'l Intangible outfit is seen again, years later, in Wolverine: First Class #12, a continuity implant tale that takes place immediatel following X-Men #150. Say goodbye to Kitty Pryde, the Disco Era.


Panels from Wolverine: First Class #12 (April 2009), script by Fred Van Lente, pencils and inks by Scott Koblish, colors by Ulises Arreola, letters by Joe Caramagna

Pull up your seats, students: Professor Logan is about to tell us the official term to refer to one of those skintight unstable-molecule outfits all our favorite superheroes (except Lockjaw) wear.



Naturally, not everybody agrees on this terminology.



By the end of the comic, and keeping with the universal truth that Cyclops is a putz, Kitty makes her choice of not only what she wants to call that yellow and black outfit, but also who she wants to be her tutor in learning how to protect a world that is sworn to hate and destroy them.



So, as we have now learned, Wolverine calls the blue/yellow and/or brown/black outfit he wears a uniform. He never, never, ever calls it a "costume."


Panels from Wolverine: First Class #15 (July 2009; three months later), script by Peter David, pencils and inks by Scott Koblish, colors by Ulises Arreola, letters by Joe Caramagna

Oh for crying out loud.

366 Days with Alfred Pennyworth, Day 37

Panels from Batgirl v.1 #3 (June 2000), co-plot by Scott Peterson, co-plot and script by Kelley Puckett, pencils by Damion Scott,, inks by Robert Campanella, colors by Jason Wright, letters by John Costanza

Ten of a Kind: Are you experienced?

(More Ten of a Kind here.)

366 Days with Alfred Pennyworth, Day 36

Panel from The Brave and the Bold v.1 #190 (September 1982), script by Mike W. Barr, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Sal Trapani, colors by Gene D'Angelo, letters by Milt Snapinn