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Sunday, June 18, 2023

Today in Comics History, Father's Day: Bully's Father's Day Gift Suggestion #619: A restraining order against the old fascist next door

Way to pack on the guilt, Henry. He's only...(looks up first appearance of Dennis the Menace)...SEVENTY-TWO YEARS OLD?!?

from "The June Swoon" in Dennis the Menace Bonus Magazine Series #151 (Hallden/Fawcett, April 1976), creators unidentified and unknown

Today in Comics History, Father's Day: Bully's Father's Day Gift Suggestion #264: Window blinds, apparently

'You know, looking through binoculars really doesn't do that.' 'It DOESN'T?!?'

from Batman: The Long Halloween #9 (DC, August 1997), script by Jeph Loeb, pencils and inks by Tim Sale, colors Gregory Wright Letters Richard Starkings
What do you think of that gift, Comissioner Gordon?

'Another gift card from Sephora. Thanks, Babs.'

'Another gift card from Sephora. Thanks, Babs.'

Say, Batman, who're you getting your dad for...oh, wait. I'm sorry. So very sorry.

'MY FATHER IS DEADDDDDDD!'

Today in Comics History, Father's Day: Bully's Father's Day Gift Suggestion #101: A copy of the 1974 Harry Chapin album Verities & Balderdash*

This guy, right?:

'Did I tell you to have these babies?' 'It was in our PRE-NUP, George!'

from "A Cry for Help!" in World of Fantasy #2 (Marvel/Atlas, July 1956), pencils and inks by Kurt Schaffenberger, letters by Joe Letterese
Pausing only momentarily to turn into the Clock King, Professor Mason begins construction on his army of killer robots.

'Just workin' on this robot's peen here, dear.'

'Just workin' on this robot's peen here, dear.'

The Doctor Noonian Soong Story!

Because of a necessary impurity in his ring, Professor Mason is helpless against the cowardly attack of the wooden beam.

Because of a necessary impurity in his ring, Professor Mason is helpless against the cowardly attack of the wooden beam.

Happy ending! Hey look, a June Calendar you can use!

Later, the robots, feeling abandoned by their human father, kill all humans.

Ten minutes later, Dad died of a heart attack. (Of joy, so, okay.)

*Because it has "Cat's in the Cradle" on it, see?

Today in Comics History, Father's Day: Bully's Father's Day Gift Suggestion #73: Really, anything at all, Clark, ya load

Guess who forgot it was Father's Day! Golly, that computer-like brain of yours is great for categorizing super-criminals and which girls on the Legion of Super-Heroes you'd like to see in their underwear, Kid Kal...not so good for remembering dates.

'Um, thank you, Clark, for the...the 'Galaxy Almanac of Sports 2063'.' 'Bought it myself at Barnes and Nxblrck's, Pa!'

'Um, thank you, Clark, for the...the 'Galaxy Almanac of Sports 2063'.' 'Bought it myself at Barnes and Nxblrck's, Pa!'

from "Father's Day on Planet Krypton!" Adventure Comics #313 (DC/National, October 1963), script by Leo Dorfman and Mort Weisinger, pencils and inks by George Papp, letters by Joe Letterese
It's a story cleverly called "Father's Day on Planet Krypton!" because it's about...Father's Day on Planet Krypton. Not Earth, so you can shove it, Pa Kent.

'Oh no! My glow-in-the-dark collectible series of Phantom Zone Prisoners is taunting me? Why *did* I collect those?'

'Oh no! My glow-in-the-dark collectible series of Phantom Zone Prisoners is taunting me? Why *did* I collect those?'

Today in Comics History, Father's Day: Bully's Father's Day Gift Suggestion #58: A plea to get off my back, geez, you don't understand me at all, you're not even my real father

'But maybe they were right when they told me to take a sweater.'

from "Father's Day" in Aquaman 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular #1 one-shot (DC, October 2021), script by Geoff Johns, pencils by Paul Pelletier, inks by Norm Rapmund, colors by Hi-Fi, letters by Josh Reed

Today in Comics History, Father's Day: Bully's Father's Day Gift Suggestion #32: A Face

Either this or a copy of FACE/OFF on DVD and Blu-Ray, now available from Touchstone pictures!

from 52 #7 (Dc, June 21, 2006); script by Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, and Mark Waid; breakdowns by Keith Giffen; pencils and inks by Ken Lashley; colors by Alex Sinclair and Draxhall Jump Studios, letters by Travis Lanham

Today in Comics History, Father's Day: Bully's Father's Day Gift Suggestion #16

Why not give Dae the gift he's been longing for...a subscription to a defunct magazine!

'What...what *is* this, johnny?' 'Dad, I know this much is True.'

house ad from Fawcett Comics, 1951

All-Fathers (Today in Comics History: Father's Day)

This is an expanded and updated version of a post originally published June 19, 2011.

Fathers

Fathers gone...

from Batman (1940 series) #404 (DC, February 1987), script by Frank Miller, pencils and inks by David Mazzucchelli, colors by Richmond Lewis, letters by Todd Klein

...but never forgotten.

'Good thing I didn't bother buyin' him seats he could see from.'

from Daredevil: Battlin' Jack Murdock #1 (Marvel, August 2007), co-plot and script by Zeb Wells; co-plot, pencils, and inks by Carmine Di Giandomenico; letters by Dave Lanphear

Fathers found...

Professor X: rockin' that ascot in the eighties manner.

from Uncanny X-Men (1963 series) #148 (Marvel, August 1981), script by Chris Claremont, breakdowns by Dave Cockrum, finishes by Joe Rubinstein, colors by Glynis Wein, letters by Janice Chiang

...missing...

'But dad explained to me that Mars ain't no kind of place to raise his kids.'

from Generation X (1994 series) #22 (Marvel, December 1996), script by Scott Lobdell, pencils by Chris Bachalo, inks by Al Vey and Scott Hanna, colors by Steve Buccellato, letters by Richard Starkings

...and lost again.

from X-Factor (2006 series) #7 (Marvel, July 2006), script by Peter David, pencils and inks by Ariel Olivetti, colors by Jose Villarrubia, letters by Cory Petit

Fathers misguided...

'Final Vengeance': a sixty-four part crossover event, coming this fall from Marvel Comics!

from Avengers West Coast #57 (Marvel, April 1990), script and pencils by John Byrne, inks by Paul Ryan, colors by Bob Sharen, letters by Bill Oakley

...and those led astray.

Looks like that rice casserole got a little away from you, Pietro.

from Silent War #2 (Marvel, April 2007), script by David Hine; pencils, inks, and colors by Frazer Alex Irving, letters by Cory Petit

Fathers with tough love.

from Wolverine: Origins #48 (DC, July 2010), script by Daniel Way; pencils and inks by Will Conrad, colors by Andy Troy, letters by Cory Petit

Fathers who know best.

'But since she was invisible when she said it, it doesn't really count, right?'

from Franklin Richards: Super Summer Spectacular #1 one-shot (Marvel, September 2006), co-plot and script by Mark Sumerak; co-plot, pencils, and inks by Chris Eliopoulos; colors by Lovern Kindzierski; letters by Chris Eliopolous

Bad fathers.

'Okay! So, that's done. Denny's, anyone?'

from Starman (1994 series) #72 (DC, December 2000), script by James Robinson, pencils and inks by Peter Snejbjerg, colors by Gregory Wright, color separations by Jamison, letters by Bill Oakley

Fathers and sons reconciled...

The future is a Pampers full of green poop?

...And grandfathers too.

'...because I'll tell him I was an orphan.'

New fathers.

Bib from the Tomar-Re line of fine baby accessories!

from Starman (1994 series) #75 (DC, March 2001), script by James Robinson, pencils and inks by Peter Snejbjerg, colors by Gregory Wright, letters by Bill Oakley

Fathers never met.

'Did he say anything about buried treasure?'

Men who were like fathers.

Later, Peter forgot all about Uncle Ben, and lived a happy, uninteresting life as a newspaper photographer and amateur chemist.

from Amazing Fantasy (1995 series) #16 (Marvel, December 1995), script by Kurt Busiek, painted by Paul Lee, letters by Richard Starkings

Fathers with their sons.

Oh, this is just going to be ten pages of Odin beating up Surtur and telling Thor and Loki to hold the flashlight steady, right?'

from Thor (1966 series) #353 (Marvel, March 1985), script, pencils, and inks by Walt Simonson; colors by Christie Scheele, letters by John Workman

Fathers with their daughters.

'I knowest how to spank your bottom, young lady.'

from Thor: Whoever Wields This Hammer one-shot (Marvel, June 2011), script by Christos Gage, pencils and inks by Marco Torricelli, colors by Chris Sotomayor, letters by Dave Sharpe

Fathers! Appreciate them!*

Later, Fred Andrews finally paid for Archie's orthodontist, and that terrible overbite was gone forever.

from Archie Comics #56 (Archie, May 1952), art by George Frese
*Except for The Mist.

Today in Comics History, Father's Day: Celebrate by sending your only son off to another planet

'Thank Rao, now we can party on without that little brat underfoot!'

from Super DC 1976 Calendar (DC, 1975), letters by Ben Oda

Friday, June 10, 2022

Today in Comics History, The Day Before Father's Day (June 10): Jimmy Olsen discovers the terrifying future fate of his beautiful, beautiful red hair

This is an expanded and updated version of a post originally published June 10, 2014.

Say, that's where Donald Duck's car number came from.

from "The Mystery of Convict 313!" in Jimmy Olsen #75 (DC/National, March 1964), script by Leo Dorfman, pencils and inks by John Forte

Sunday, June 19, 2016

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 171: Bad Wolf

Hey, Happy Father's Day, Jonah!

'I LOVE MY DEAD GAY WEREWOLF SON!'

Panels from Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #3 (1981), script by David Anthony Kraft, pencils by Jim Sherman, inks by Steve Mitchell, colors by Bob Sharen, letters by Diana Albers

Saturday, June 20, 2015

365 Days of Star Wars Comics, Day 171: Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. (Today in Comics History, Father's Day)

AND they had to travel all the way to the ice planet of Hoth to get those cones.

from Darth Vader and Son (April 2012), script and art by Jeffrey Brown

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Today in Comics History, Father's Day: Happy Father's Day, Bruce Wayne

'...so I'm taking yours off to live with me. Say, lad, do you like green, red, and yellow?'

from The All-New Batman: The Brave and the Bold #10 (October 2011), script by Sholly Fisch, pencils by Rick Burchett, inks by Dan Davis, colors by Guy Major, letters by Sal Cipriano

Today in Comics History, Father's Day: Happy Father's Day, Dick Grayson

Wow, Robin and Alfred are wrinkling the fabric of time and space.

'Wait a minute...we can clone Martha Wayne from her hair!'

from Batman: Dark Victory #9 (DC, August 2000), script by Jeph Loeb, pencils and inks by Tim Sale, colors by Gregory Wright, separations by Heroic Age, letters by Richard Starkings

Today in Comics History, Father's Day: Happy Father's Day, Slam Bradley

Wow, this is so noir it makes The Big Sleep look like Mame.

from "The McSweeney Case" in Catwoman Secret Files and Origins #1 (DC, November 2002), script by Ed Brubaker, pencils and inks by Cameron Stewart, colors by Matt Hollingsworth, letters by Sean Konot

Today in Comics History, Father's Day: Happy Father's Day, Jesse Custer

'So I didn't have anything I could do with the Father's Day card I'd got him...'

from Preacher #9 (DC/Vertigo, December 1995), script by Garth Ennis, pencils and inks by Steve Dillon, colors by Matt Hollingsworth, letters by Clem Robins

366 Days with Alfred Pennyworth, Day 169 (Today in Comics History, Father's Day)

'Actually, I was jesting. My father was really Benny Hill.'

from "Regnum Defende, Part One" in Detective Comics #806 (DC, July 2005), script by Scott Beatty; pencils, inks, and colors by Jeff Parker; letters by Phil Balsman

Sunday, June 19, 2011

365 Days with the Warriors Three, Day 170

Meanwhile Mrs. Volstagg is getting out her Uru rolling pin...

Panels from Thor #361 (November 1985), script, pencils, and inks by Walter Simonson; colors by Christie Scheele, letters by John Workman

Sunday, June 20, 2010

365 Days with Hank McCoy, Day 171: Father's Day

from X-Men Unlimited (2004 series) #10 (Marvel, October 2005), script by Joe Meno, pencils and inks by Homs, colors by Gotham, letters by Dave Sharpe