365 Days of Defiance, Day 212: The Line Is Drawn

Panels from 52 #32 (February 2007); script by Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, and Mark Waid; breakdowns by Keith Giffen; pencils by Patrick Olliffe; inks by Drew Geraci; colors by David Baron; letters by Travis Lanham

A Month of... There Is No Hope in Crime Alley, Night 24: And on that day, Batman had the idea of building a giant statue of his parents

Panels from The Brave and the Bold #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

365 Days of DC House Ads, Day 322: Unbelievable or fantastic? (Either.)

House ad for Teen Titans (1966 series) #25 (January-February 1970) and Strange Adventures #222 (January-February 1970); printed in Detective Comics #395 (January 1970)
Comic cover art: Teen Titans #25: pencils and inks by Nick Cardy, letters by Gaspar Saladino
Strange Adventures #222: pencils and inks by Murphy Anderson, letters by Gaspar Saladino
Ad designed and lettered by Gaspar Saladino
Hey look: in the ad, Adam Strange is fighting by day, but on the cover, it's all happening at night!


'Coz that's the way they roll on Rann.

365 Days of DC House Ads, Day 198: Joan Jett Attacks!

House ad for Strange Adventures #220 (October 1969); printed in Teen Titans (1966 series) #23 (September-October 1969)
Ad designed and lettered by Gaspar Saladino
From the era when Strange Adventures was cover-billed as Adam Strange Advemtures, here’s Allana and Mister S. versus the Beast from the Runaway World. Run away! Run away!


Cover of Strange Adventures #220 (October 1969), pencils and inks by Joe Kubert
And, since "The Beast from the Runaway World" was a reprint from Mystery in Space, that makes this not only a double-barreled cover-stravagnaza on tonight's 365 Days of DC House Ads but also a new rare sighting of a Same Story, Different Cover!


Cover of Mystery in Space #55 (November 1959), pencils by Gil Kane, wash by Jack Adler
Which is not to be confused with The Beast from the Runaways World:


Cover of Runaways (2005 series) #4 (July 2005), panted by Jo Chen
Or, indeed, The Beat from a Runaway World.

365 Days of DC House Ads, Day 92

House ad for The Atom v.1 #7, The Flash v.1 #167, My Greatest Adventure v.1 [The Doom Patrol] #80, and Mystery in Space v.1 [Adam Strange] #84 (all June 1963)
printed in Batman #156 (June 1963)
Ad designed and lettered by Ira Schnapp