![Two birthdays with Spidey, one with a typewriter, and one with bikini Mary Jane jumping out of a cake? I know which one I'D pick! (The one with the cake! Move aside, M.J.!)](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMovfgBhN0NDiK5uLB0u-PZn72tDl1z3XTlC2X8OiqyRQlPva0OvDYGrJi3wrI1DAJ6ujVgwwH27GHx5r3Fxk52QgY4Ki4tbZW3kGIMfaijn_M1K7WDS_gLMW36Z1AjXKa71uZxOmJr2uLcz7gcVQwY5AqxVwWiWBYylMmQNFU81VKUpog1j8/s280/1-0506-davidmichelinie-marvelage29-53-89-101.jpg)
from Marvel Age #29, 53, 89, and 101 (Marvel, August 1985, August 1987, June 1990, and June 1991); text by Jim Salicrup (#29), Mike Carlin (#53) and Chris Eliopoulis and Barry Dutter (#89 and 101); pencils and inks by Ron Zalme; colors by Paul Becton (#53) and Renee Witterstaetter (#89 and 101)
He arrived at Marvel in a cloud of dust and a hearty "heigh-ho, Silver!" Oh, excuse me, I've made another one of my silly mistakes. That was actually Bob Layton who did that.
![Page Seven is the page where Iron man takes off his armor and we find out he's not wearin' any pants.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwRDolky72vOn-2YIlcLiP477VIZZKbZEZvDTQ4kgpHLQVi-ljmmnXCy9YZWHA4qPrX4Qdy1OYPvOxmDcJDIR-z3KfFMeqqf2FfTLzcE820CqHpw9OVAVojK_LdecQqn65q_5_hbZoxs76jvWS92boZvuq9cuuLBn4bfAt_IBwoJuyX3_iDLk/s280/0506-davidmichelinie-marvel-1978-11.jpg)
from "Bullpen Bulletins" in Marvel Comics cover-dated November 1978, text by Jim Shooter
Page 7 of iron Man #116 provides a mind-shattering surprise? Well, let's check out page 7 of that comic and find out what the Sam Scratch is just so fantastic, amazing, incredible and uncanny!
!['The Ani-Men are Ani-FOOLS!'](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJzQFltzpvo6NJY1T5JfAtRuwn5mfpCTiMGJBq8pU2yE6GGDiXrDqSxEtDi-JEZ-2fb_ypia4op1P9RMb9cUBUcbn4OCY-s1lYABQ2BAM4nXsfpfYx-3M-W9btx7xWvMWuVew8_uqzDCqYfC-QdnUefBaDqLqoLyd4hSMeHbX-SqS-SVKFStk/s280/0506-davidmichelinie-ironman116a.jpg)
from Iron Man (1958 series) #116 (Marvel, November 1978), co-plot and script by David Michelinie, co-plot and inks by Bob Layton, pencils by John Romita Jr., colors by George Roussos, letters by Annette Kawecki
Oh, I guess the big surprise is that when you hit him, Iron Man goes BLANG BLANG BLANG.
Wait, didn't Shooter say page 7 of the script? That's different: that would be around the final panels of the story.
![Her tears or so big they are flooding her metal mask. THOSE ARE BIG-ASS TEARS.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXqyGM4z5Hb-do06OQroy7EKD3_0dbBDz9BGgwcHF3BCo52-CqiqRYfpCIWPtz1RTBE6zZuH1iD0Tmd97QfHhN_sNhJ7UGHk9gyPoFf0K6jJcy9XVEX4WCiinJCdHUC3VhuqgzkGqDS6V5Wl0KfpwcIEo_Dq3BfbsfMo5LRvVd6ZxWPEulttI/s280/0506-davidmichelinie-ironman116b.jpg)
Oooh, that is surprising! Okay, Bullpen Bulletins, I'll give ya this one.
But say! How do you pronounce "Michelinie?" Me, I'm been pronouncing it "Throatwarbler Mangrove," but I might have it wrong.
![Homer voice: 'Mmmmm, pickled knees.'](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho_EnX87pG4gVmM2QBQmOX-1160GFsbqD1RPs6I7s2ZUIla1pYLQVoyPL_Gi3ni3dgd3Bu8Itj3R5mahN7SNyH89norWrJbJnMk2WKlAxGhUor6pEJn6OEFnjjxpIdC3zXHuv3GdbX0YEP7nZImUrNHx5WKdDRO6JuylldL1IRgoes-0yn-qE/s280/0506-davidmichelinie-asm338.jpg)
letter column from Amazing Spider-Man (1962 series) #338 (Marvel, September 1990)
So there ya go. Don't pickle her knee, or his or even your cat's: pick my knee.
Can you find Michelinie among the guests at Superman's wedding?
![Am I blue? Yes I'm blue. So are you. Boo hoo hoo.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPc3dXDSnRb9VYL0kzyuRbQbskqML8KkjPcpu5ls4rbmlAMN-CzaXlMjy9zVFUnP_hmAdyefqjUrM2eszzsIAswSBvYxGcOCpuPj1r1bVtpqFCtmLAk58pg7EjIbks1iL2vXIYK2qD0o9CWBr_Hw6keZZ2qxeSABYsyp8RKNVq4k8FUjn5Wuw/s280/2-0506-davidmichelinie-supermanweddingalbumB.jpg)
![Later on, he'll be teaching 'Superman: Man of Steel or Man of Tomorrow?' 101 at the local community college.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-6IvkSj-3g223yH3tLHYf8qtYMJxCIHB9zClYawm4kCbhdhoXul09hWMRWrs1pkCH7ZW1pQP7E33CRq_4VGdAKQtkm0NDpZcMLk6nofBDvbTp0PmVEnd0St9wgyccbcUkp5DT4_Eam985bzWlhK3HaPpQmyc11uaKt6Mc13d7ngofrJKf3uk/s1600/2-0506-davidmichelinie-supermanweddingalbumC.jpg)
from Superman: The Wedding Album one-shot (DC, December 1996), pencils by Dan Jurgens, inks by Jerry Ordway, colors by Glenn Whitmore, letters by Bill Oakley
Click top picture to honeymoon-size
Here's a trickier one: find David (and other DC chiller creators) in the House of Mystery! (If you can't, don't fret it: it's a mystery!)
![Why is he snoring 'N's?](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4TM4wXr-ZLT78aDS9is0uuDln2gtKvYSNDyAV2GOBcugDiPYV6mM5RW49pEnkNMrf-JJVDpkti5e9IuE5tUuANPMjKuaCfHV95WDxXyhEBACTKq5mfFVY4KY3PMuD4pstpNLgJwdv6dyZ5SwHM_ZrtXF3h2XM7BLb0141OdNLZs7YsfujSeA/s280/3-0506-davidmichelinie-hom226b.jpg)
from "Do You Dare Enter The House of Mystery?" in House of Mystery (1951 series) #226 (DC, August 1974), script by Paul Levitz, pencils and inks by Sergio Aragonés
(Click top picture to ogre-size)
Finally, just in case that comic book writing career never becomes lucrative, Dave also runs a automobile tire business. They're having a hard month finance-wise, but if they can just deliver this van of radials without incident or accident...D'OH!
![I love the smell of burning rubber in the morning. It smells like John's cooking.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKymDbCWwxFWucwdzY6yF2VCkfyF3qdYFn_ZJ7yilUa9ocmZysEVC0GbVS1KP1o-b5Uzj3MNM6yasnqlg-kl3WeSCf5uwwhZYzm7qvF58Xf-_c5o1TrSfzMhn-ntdhc3hYfg-EbgvYMZKNcdlE0Rn6_b2Z9U8zuKcvgx70RDLuSAURnX_eUEo/s280/0506-davidmichelinie-mtu121.jpg)
from Marvel Team-Up (1972 series) #121 (Marvel, September 1982), script by J. M. DeMatteis, pencils by Kerry Gammill, inks by Mike Esposito, colors by Bob Sharen, letters by Joe Rosen
A very happy birthday to you, David Michelinie, from me an' Mrs. Arbogast!
!['Don't butter him up TOO much...he'll NEVER jump to Marvel!'](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5BarNeWWDGrrRCejefJNwhNpuJQ0Q9rVfPPVdxlqQDtRq024cVJ2LK8cRIZsx_b9T5dVPLfOXHMnn-e0wL4FrTgfJz8Khq8pHBUsnPeLUwZLgZCvNAznUCX1N8PCCc0HLwa3a0eS13olYz_yLlPhmo58lOeqTSllkRkszEOuhjqYh4KvUDqc/s280/4-0506-davidmichelinie-dc-1977-08.jpg)
from DC Comics cover-dated August 1977
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