Today in Comics History, May 25: Batman has a cracking time

variant cover of Heroes in Crisis #2 (DC, December 2018), art by Ryan Sook
Which means today must be the day that this happened:


from Batman #497 (DC, July 1993), script by Doug Moench, pencils by Jim Aparo, inks by Dick Giordano, colors by Adrienne Roy, letters by Richard Starkings
Happy back-crackin' day, Batman!

Today in Comics History, May 5, Cinco de Mayo: Happy Batto de Mayo!

Here's possibly the greatest English-language Cinco de Mayo comic book story – perhaps one of the very few? It's a time for celebration...



from "Cinco De Madness" in Batman: Li'l Gotham #5 (DC, May 2013); co-script, pencils, art, and colors by Dustin Nguyen, co-script by Derek Fridolfs; letters by Saida Temofonte
...for ♥ romance ♥...



...for puns...


...and for tacos!



Happy Cinco de Mayo, everybody!

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

There Is No Hope in Crime Alley, Night 17: Somehow Batman and Bane have the same origin

Panels from Batman (2011 New 52 series) #18 (May 2013), script by Scott Snyder, pencils by Andy Kubert, inks by Sandra Hope, colors by Brad Anderson, letters by Nick J. Napolitano
Later, as young Dorrance sat in his father's study pondering his life, an object which causes death or destroys life suddenly flew through the window! "That's it, fadder!" he declared aloud. "I shall become a BANE!"

The internet in one panel

Panel from Batman and Robin Eternal #9 (February 2016), story by James Tynion IV and Scott Snyder, script by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly, pencils and inks by Roge Antonio, colors by Allen Passalaqua, letters by Saida Temofonte

365 Days of DC House Ads, Day 125

House ad for Batman & Robin movie tie-in comics (1997);
printed in Batman/Wildcat #3 (June 1997)
Ad art taken from the covers of Batman: Bane, Batman: Batgirl, Batman: Mr. Freeze, and Batman: Poison Ivy; all painted by Brian Stelfreeze

(Click picture to Clooney-size)

Separated at Birth: Ow, My Back.

L: Batman #497 (Late July 1993), art by Kelley Jones and Bob Le Rose
R: Detective Comics #740 (January 2000), art by John Cassaday
(Click picture to Bane-size)