365 Days of Power and Responsibility, Day 53: One-Punch (Spider-)Man

Panels from Amazing Spider-Man (2014 series) #19.1 (September 2015), script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Carlo Barberi, inks by Juan Vlasco, colors by Israel Silva, letters by Joe Caramagna

Today in Comics History, February 22, 1902: Wow, James T. Kirk really gets around

from "Colonel David (Mickey) Marcus — Fighter for Freedom" in Real Fact Comics #21 (DC, July 1949), script by Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, George Kashdan, pencils and inks by Jon Small
This panels is actually about Colonel David "Mickey" Marcus. Read more about him.

365 Days of Power and Responsibility, Day 52: This is indeed a disturbing universe

Panels from "Great Incomprehensibility!" in Secret Wars Too one-shot (January 2016), script by Al Ewing, pencils and inks by Jacopo Camagni, colors by Jesus Aburtov, letters by Travis Lanham

Today in Comics History, February 20: Happy birthday, Dwayne McDuffie!

Born on this day in 1962: Dwayne McDuffie, writer, producer, co-founder of Milestone Comics, co-creator of Damage Control, Static, Icon and Rocket, Hardware, and much more.



from (top) "Bullpen Bulletins" in Marvel Age #60 (Marvel, March 1988);
R: "Bullpen Bulletins" in Marvel Comics cover-dated September 1989

365 Days of Power and Responsibility, Day 51: Electric Boogaloo

Panels from Spider-Men II #4 (January 2018), script by Brian Michael Bendis, pencils by Sara Pichelli, inks by Sara Pichelli and Elisabetta D'Amico, colors by Justin Ponsor, letters by Cory Petit

365 Days of Power and Responsibility, Day 50: Moral of the story: don't put your stove right next to your sofa

Panel from Amazing Spider-Man #38/479 (February 2002), script by J. Michael Straczynski, pencils by John Romita, Jr., inks by Scott Hanna, colors by Dan Kemp, letters by Richard Starkings and Wes Abbott
In my humble little stuffed opinion, Aunt May discovering and dealing with the revelation that her nephew is Spider-Man was one of the greatest growth stories and potential spin-off for dozen upon dozens of fresh storylines. (So of course, they retconned it away.)

Today in Comics Real History, February 19, 1945: They battled up Iwo Jima hill / Two hundred and fifty men / But only twenty-seven lived / To walk back down again

The comics you are about to see are products of their time. They may depict some of the ethnic and racial prejudices that were commonplace in American society. These depictions were wrong then and are wrong today. While the following does not represent the comics industry view of today's society, these panels are being presented as they were originally created, because to do otherwise would be the same as claiming these prejudices never existed.

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from "Scoops... Pictures to Remember" in Real Fact Comics #5 (DC/National, November 1946), pencils and inks by George Roussos

365 Days of Power and Responsibility, Day 49: Sad Living Tribunal Is Sad

Panel from Warlock and the Infinity Watch #1 (February 1992), script by Jim Starlin, pencils by Angel Medina, inks by Terry Austin, colors by Ian Laughlin, letters by Jack Morelli

365 Days of Power and Responsibility, Day 48: That Time Is Now

Panels from Spider-Man (1990 series) #51 (October 1994), script by Howard Mackie, pencils by Tom Lyle, inks by Scott Hanna, colors by Kevin Tinsley, letters by Richard Starkings

365 Days of Power and Responsibility, Day 47: Old Guys with White Beards Theatre Presents, Part 2

Panels from Spider-Gwen (December 2015 series) #1 (December 2015), pencils by Jason Latour, pencils and inks by Robbi Rodriguez, colors by Rico Renzi, letters by Clayton Cowles