Today in Comics History, October 13, 1648: Siegfried kicks Roy out of the act

from Night Force (2012 series) #5 (DC, September 2012), script by Marv Wolfman, pencils and inks by Tom Mandrake, colors by Wes Hartman, letters by Wes Abbott

Horrendous Halloween Same Story, Different Cover: The hills are alive (and it's pretty frightening)

Left: Journey into Mystery v.1 #68 (May 1961), pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers, colors by Stan Goldberg, letters by Artie Simek
Right: Creatures on the Loose v.2 #15 (January 1972), pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Joe Sinnott, letters by Sam Rosen

(Click picture to Paramount Picture-size)

366 Days with Alfred Pennyworth, Day 287: Alfred's Terrifying Halloween, Day 1

Beginning two-plus Bat-tastic weeks of beasts, brutes, barbarousness, bedevilment and butlers as Alfred Pennyworth celebrates the scariest of all his 366 days: Tax Day Halloween! Hold onto your bowler hat and get your mop out of the pantry...to soak up all the blood! Bwah-ha-ha-ha-ha!


Panels from Batman: Bloodstorm graphic novel (November 1994), script by Doug Moench, pencils by Kelley Jones, inks by John Beatty, colors by Leo Dorscheid, letters by Todd Klein

Today in Comics History, October 13, 1910: A shop window learns to say "Lord Hinchcliffe"

from The New Deadwardians #2 (DC/Vertigo, June 2012), script by Dan Abnett, pencils and inks by I. N. J. Culbard, colors by Patricia Mulvihill, letters by Travis Lanham

Hellmouth: Hanna-Barbera, Night 13

Cover of Abbott & Costello (Charlton 1968 series) #13 (February 1970)

Another spine-tingling Countdown to Halloween site to visit: Fantasy Ink makes yours little stuffed truly's day with horror-themed comic book covers and artwork! Really cool stuff, so take a look! (And don't forget to check out the whole graveyard of ghoulish Countdown to Halloween features!)

Today in Comics History, October 12: Commissioner Gordon works on his Don Johnson impersonation

from Batman #407 (DC, May 1987), script by Frank Miller, pencils and inks by David Mazzucchelli, colors by Richmond Lewis, letters by Todd Klein

Today in Comics History, October 12, 1910: Slowly, stealthily, the other buildings creep up on Big Ben

from The New Deadwardians #2 (DC/Vertigo, June 2012), script by Dan Abnett, pencils and inks by I. N. J. Culbard, colors by Patricia Mulvihill, letters by Travis Lanham

366 Days with Alfred Pennyworth, Day 286

Panel from Batman: Mr. Freeze one-shot (May 1997), script by Paul Dini, pencils by Mark Buckingham, inks by Wayne Faucher, colors by Linda Medley, separations by Jamison Services, letters by John Costanza

Today in Comics History, October 12, 1910: John Lennon continues to have trouble writing the lyrics to "I'm So Tired"

from The New Deadwardians #1 (DC/Vertigo, May 2012), script by Dan Abnett, pencils and inks by I. N. J. Culbard, colors by Patricia Mulvihill, letters by Travis Lanham
Whoa, check this out: it looks entirely different in the Vertigo Preview of the title a month previously!


from Vertigo Preview Sampler 2012 (DC/Vertigo, April 2012); script by Dan Abnett; pencils, inks, and colors by I. N. J. Culbard; typeset letters

Hellmouth: Hanna-Barbera, Night 12

Cover of Scooby-Doo (DC series) #46 (May 2001), pencils by Joe Staton, inks by Dave Hunt

Another spine-tingling Countdown to Halloween site to visit: Cinema du Meep has 31 Days Of October Terror Images! Be sure to look away when you click through to the blog! Oh wait, that kind of defeats the whoel point. Then STAR INTO THE FACE OF EVIL with stills from thirty-one frightful films! Arroooo! (And don't forget to check out the whole graveyard of ghoulish Countdown to Halloween features!)

366 Days with Alfred Pennyworth, Day 285

Page from Batman: Turning Points #3 (January 2001), script by Ed Brubaker, pencils by Dick Giordano, inks by Bob Smith, colors by Glenn Whitmore, color separations by Jamison, letters by Willie Schubert

Today in Comics History, October 11, 1985: WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

from Before Watchmen: Ozymandias #2 (DC, October 2012), script by Len Wein, pencils and inks by Jae Lee, colors by June Chung, letters by John Workman

Today in Comics History, October 11, 1926: Jim Gordon gets married and misuses an apostrophe

from "The Private Life of Commissioner Gordon" in World's Finest Comics #53 (DC, August 1951), script by David Vern, pencils by Dick Sprang, inks by Charles Paris

Today in Comics History, October 11, 1985: Adrian Veidt can't decide what channel to watch and which to Tivo

from Before Watchmen: Ozymandias #1 (DC, September 2012), script by Len Wein, pencils and inks by Jae Lee, colors by June Chung, letters by John Workman

Hellmouth: Hanna-Barbera, Night 11

Cover of Abbott & Costello (1968 Charlton series) #4 (September 1968), pencils and inks by Henry Scarpelli

Another spine-tingling Countdown to Halloween site to visit: Branded in the 80s! This month over there it's "31 Days of Monsters Strike Back," the various creatures from The Real Ghostbusters animated TV series, with animation cels and background history! I ain't afraid of no blog about ghosts! (And don't forget to check out the whole graveyard of ghoulish Countdown to Halloween features!)

Today in Comics History, October 10, 1901: Happy birthday, Talon!

from Nightwing (2011 series) #8 (DC, June 2012), script by Kyle Higgins, pencils by Eddy Barrows, inks by Eber Ferreira and Ruy José, colors by Rod Reis, letters by Pat Brosseau

366 Days with Alfred Pennyworth, Day 284

Panels from "Who Is Capricorn?!" in World's Finest Comics #218 (July-August 1973), script by Bob Haney, pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Dave Cockrum

Today in Comics History, October 10: Harvey Dent just got the one about the grasshopper who walked into a bar

from Batman #407 (May 1987), script by Frank Miller, pencils and inks by David Mazzucchelli, colors by Richmond Lewis, letters by Todd Klein

Hellmouth: Hanna-Barbera, Night 10

Cover of The Flintstones (April 1962 Gold Key series) #33 (April 1966), pencils by Phil de Lara

Another spine-tingling Countdown to Halloween site to visit: The Big Scare! B.S. (tee hee) is spotlighting the figures and pieces from the Universal Monsters Hawthorne Village Collection! It's like the Christmas village...from heck! Collect 'em all an place them around your Halloween tree! (And don't forget to check out the whole graveyard of ghoulish Countdown to Halloween features!)

366 Days with Alfred Pennyworth, Day 283

Panels from "Invitation to a Murder!" in Batman #267 (September 1975), script by David Vern, pencils by Ernie Chan, inks by Dick Giordano, letters by Ben Oda

Today in Comics History, October 9, 2027: Deadman has scheduled a lot of dentist appointments

from The Kingdom #1 (DC, February 1999), script by Mark Waid, pencils and inks by Ariel Olivetti, colors by John Kalisz, color separations by Chris Chuckry, letters by Phil Felix

Today in Comics History, October 9, 1888: The Zatara Twins feign interest

from "Murder in the Monument" in Detective Comics #64 (DC, June 1942), pencils by Pierce Rice, inks by Arturo Cazeneuve

Hellmouth: Hanna-Barbera, Night 9

Cover of Speed Buggy #2 (September 1975)

Another spine-tingling Countdown to Halloween site to visit: The Vault of Halloween Sculpts! Fantastic 3D art and photos of models celebrating the ghosty and the ghouly in not two, not one, but all three dimensions! No 3D glasses needed! (And don't forget to check out the whole graveyard of ghoulish Countdown to Halloween features!)

366 Days with Alfred Pennyworth, Day 282

Panels from "Batman's Gangland Guardians!" in Batman #201 (May 1968), script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Chic Stone and Joe Certa, inks by Joe Giella

Although it's been said, many times, many ways

Today in Comics History: Another one of those darn multi-color Lantern Rings cross-overs

Page from Batman: Dark Victory #13 (December 2000), script by Jeph Loeb, pencils and inks by Tim Sale, colors by Gregory Wright, color separations by Heroic Age, letters by Richard Starkings

Hellmouth: Hanna-Barbera, Night 8

Cover of Dexter's Laboratory #12 (August 2000)

Another spine-tingling Countdown to Halloween site to visit: A Field Guide To Doomsday! Subtitled "A Bestiary for Mutant Futures, Gamma Worlds, and Assorted Post-Apocalyptic Wastelands," FGTD takes classic and obscure movie monsters and creates D&D-style gaming stats and descriptions for them. Hey guys, do The Tingler next!



(And don't forget to check out the whole graveyard of ghoulish Countdown to Halloween features!)

Today in Comics History, October 7: The ghosts of Billie Holiday and Bruce Lee are roused violently from their graves

from Gotham Central #11 (DC, November 2003), script by Ed Brubaker, pencils and inks by Brian Hurtt, colors by Lee Loughridge, letters by Willie Schubert

Halloween Ten of a Kind: These are a few of my favorite Man-Things

(Whoever looks for more Ten of a Kind... eh, you know the rest.)

366 Days with Alfred Pennyworth, Day 281

Cover of Batman #216 (November 1969), pencils by Irv Novick, inks by Dick Giordano

Today in Comics History, October 7: The Norman Osborn haircut is proven to cause severe medical problems

from Batman #407 (DC, May 1987), script by Frank Miller, pencils and inks by David Mazzucchelli, colors by Richmond Lewis, letters by Todd Klein

Hellmouth: Hanna-Barbera, Night 7

Cover of Harlem Globetrotters #8

Another spine-tingling Countdown to Halloween site to visit: Dave Lowe Design. Dave does illustration and prop and set design, and he's creating a scale flying saucer model to put on his roof for Halloween! Check this out, folks, it's pretty cool! Best of luck Dave, we all want to see the finished project! Also, if you need a little stuffed bull to pilot it, I've already got the spacesuit.



(And don't forget to check out the whole graveyard of ghoulish Countdown to Halloween features!)