365 Days of Defiance, Day 266: Chelonaphobia

Panels from Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #4 (February 2017), script by Matthew K. Manning, pencils by Jon Sommariva, inks by Sean Parsons, colors by Leonardo Ito, letters by Shawn Lee

365 Days of Defiance, Day 265: The Captain of Her Heart

Even when he's not fighting garbed in red, white, and blue, and even when he's known as just plain The Captain instead of Captain America, Steve Rogers still puts up not only a good fight, but the best fight.



Panels from The Avengers (1963 series) #290 (April 1988), co-plot by Mark Gruenwald, co-plot and script by Ralph Macchio, breakdowns by John Buscema, finishes by Tom Palmer, colors by Christie Scheele, letters by Bill Oakley

365 Days of Defiance, Day 264: "My name is Blackagar Boltagon, king of the uncanny Inhumans, son of Agon and Rynda, guest star in Fantastic Four comics. Father to a mad son, husband to a wife having a really great hair day. And I will have my comic book series, in this life or the next."

Gladiator combat! It's all the rage this season for Kirby-created characters! But don't make black Bolt thor...when you throw him in the ring and tell him to kill his defeated opponent, there's only one thing Mister Boltagon is gonna say, and that's "..............." Oh wait, he can talk now.


Panels from Black Bolt #2 (August 2017), script by Saladin Ahmed, art by Christian Ward, letters by Clayton Cowles
Man, they shoulda used this for the TV series!

But as one of the great philosophers of our time has opined, that trick never works! And B.B. is tossed back into the cells, whwre he and his better-not-turn-your-back-on-'em temporary allies are prepared to get out of Dodge! Because jailbreak! It's all the rage this season for Kirby-created characters!



Next issue: The Great Escape! It's all the rage this season for...eh, you know the rest.

365 Days of Defiance, Day 263: Oppor-tuna-ty knocks for Aquaman

Aquaman's mad as halibut...


Panels from Aquaman #23 (Late July 2017), script by Dan Abnett, pencils by Scot Eaton, inks by Wayne Faucher, colors by Gabe Eltaeb, letters by Pat Brosseau
...he's not gonna take it any moray!


Panels from Aquaman #24 (Early August 2017); script by Dan Abnett; pencils by Scot Eaton and Philippe Briones; inks by Wayne Faucher, Philippe Briones, and Scott Hanna; colors by Gabe Eltaeb, letters by Pat Brosseau
Walleye'm outta here.

365 Days of Defiance, Day 262: World War Batman (also: Today in Comics History, September 19, 1944)

Earth-2 Batman...stalking Nazis! This can only mean one thing...it must be a Roy Thomas story!


from The Brave and the Bold (1955 series) #167 (DC, October 1980), pencils by Dave Cockrum, inks by Dan Adkins, colors by Adrienne Roy, letters by Ben Oda, and script by...


Oh. Maybe not.

You can tell it's Earth-2 Batman because he doesn't have a yellow circle around his chest emblem. And that the cars are from the 1940s. And that his parents died after the 1920 Douglas Fairbanks version of Zorro, not 1972's The Erotic Adventures of Zorro.


Meanwhile also minutes later...the Blackhawks! Hey, it's a Mark Evanier script! Oh wait, it isn't.


But what was the Nazi's evil plan?


OH NO THEY BLEW UP DOC SAVAGE

365 Days of Defiance, Day 261: *Striking Hypervillains In an Expanded, Lumped-together Dimension

Panels from Bruce Wayne, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.* #1 (April 1996), script by Chuck Dixon, pencils by Cary Nord, inks by Mark Pennington, colors by Steve Buccellato, color separations by Malibu, letters by Richard Starkings

365 Days of Defiance, Day 260: He's told us not to blow it 'cause he knows it's all worthwhile

Panels from 1st Issue Special [Starman III] #12 (March 1976), script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Mike Vosburg, inks by Mike Royer
And then we didn't see Mikaal again for nineteen years, so let's just assume he kept on keepin' on defying all that time. Okay?



Panels from Starman (1994 series) #3 (January 1995), script by James Robinson, pencils by Tony Harris, inks by Wade Von Grawbadger, colors by Gregory Wright, letters by John Workman
Oh. Oh, crap.

Does Starman-Blue get better? Does he live once more to fight and defy again?



Panels from Starman (1994 series) #8 (June 1995), script by James Robinson, pencils by Tony Harris, inks by Wade Von Grawbadger, colors by Gregory Wright, letters by John Workman
Why, of course. Yes, he did.



Shine on, you crazy blue diamond!