Today in Comics History, August 22: Happy birthday, Bob Brown!

Born on this date in 1915: Bob Brown, who drew Tomahawk, Tales of the Unexpected, Challengers of the Unknown, Superboy, Detective Comics, Action Comics, Daredevil, The Avengers, and many more)! He's also the co-creator of Talia al Ghul, Beast Boy, Rawhide Kid, Silver Samurai, Space Ranger and others (like district attorney Blake Tower)! Please ignore the "24" on this calendar panel: he was born on August 22.


from Marvel Comics Memory Album 1977 (Marvel, 1976)
Sadly, Bob doesn't seem ti have appear in any comics as himself, but here's a touching obituary for him and fellow creators Edmond Hamilton and John Rosenburger.


from DC Comics cover-dated August 1977, text by Mike Gold
A very happy birthday to you, Bob.

Today in Comics History, December 31, New Year's Eve: Defenders HR has a little talk with Hulk

from Marvel Comics Memory Album Calendar 1977 (Marvel, 1976)

The Marvel Comics Memory Album Calendar for 1977 2022: Nasty No-Protective-Armor November

Hey, it's Conan! And his red-headed sidekick Andy Richter, wekcoming us to November! And reminding us that you too can use this very 1977 calendar for all this month in 2022...eh, you know the drill by now.

"November" from Marvel Comics Memory Album Calendar 1977 (Marvel, 1976), pencils by John Buscema, inks by P.Craig Russell
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Hope you'll enjoy this calendar all November, and remember: don't go out in the chilly late fall air just wearin' a fuzzy bathmat loincloth or a bikini made out of those state quarters!

Today in Comics History, October 15: Happy birthday, Vince Colletta!

Born on this day in 1923: Vince Colletta, longtime artist and (controversial) inker for the big comics publishers, especially Marvel and DC, where he worked over the artwork of many major artists!


from (left) Marvel Comics Memory Album Calendar 1977 (Marvel, 1976); and
(right) Marvel Age #58 (Marvel, January 1988), text by Mike Carlin, pencils and inks by Ron Zalme, colors by Paul Becton

The 1977 2022 Marvel Comics Memory Album Calendar: October Occult Obliterators

Hello there, boils and ghouls! Here's old Boo-ly from the cow-rypt, bringing you another Shock-tober Fail-endar! Be sure to collect this one...it's scare-ce! This one's all about Dracula and he's facing high...stakes! Hee hee hee hee!

"October is a Mess of Narvel-ous Monsters" from Marvel Comics Memory Album Calendar 1977 (Marvel, 1976), epcnsil by Gene Colan, inks by Tom Palmer
(Click picture to vamphigher-size, hee hee!)
Here's hoping you have a boo-tiful October and an Ornithopappi Halloween! Oh wait, that last one didn't work at all.

The Marvel Comics Memory Album Calendar for 1977 2022: Sequential September 'Semmblin'

Fresh from his motion picture debut sometime in the near future, the Monarch of All Calendars, th conqueoror known as Kang! Named after the sound it makes when Thor's Hammer hits his face. (You may also substitute Captain America's shield or Iron Man's fist if you care.) He's travelled back in time from 2024 to watch this week's episode of She-Hulk, Attorney at Law and also to warn us that this September, all mankind will be doomed to cower under the realm of unending realm of Kang! Bwah-ha-ha-ha! Except...no, those cursed Avengers! Seize them! Seize them!

from Marvel Comics Memory Album Calendar 1977 (Marvel, 1976), pencils by George Pérez, inks by Joe Sinnott
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Kang sez: "It's good all month! Clip it out and gaze upon it! Kang has decreed it so!"

The Marvel Comics Memory Album Calendar for 1977 2022: August Aesop Angst

Say, Spidey, whatcha thinkin' about this August? That with great power should have come great responsibility? Isn't now a little too late to think about that, huh?

Oh well, I'm sure he'll get over it pretty fast.

from Marvel Comics Memory Album Calendar 1977 (Marvel, 1976), pencils by Ross Andru, inks possibly by Mike Esposito (?)
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The real moral of this month? That this calendar works perfectly for August 2022 as well as it's original 1977! How's that for a boisterous Bully Bonanza, huh?

The Marvel Comics Memory Album Calendar for 1977 2022: Justifiably Juju July

I bet you thought this month would be all about Captain America, huh? Well, who else did you think would be featured on a July calendar that you can print out and hang on your wall because it works this month, too, Doctor Octopus?*

Naw, instead devote your attention instead to the mildly marvelous magical Doctor Strange as he fights Sandman Nightmare, then spend the whole month staring at important events in the Marvel Universe like Bardo Mordo's birthday and Dormammu's Bar Mitzvah. Now he is a man (with a head that's on fire).

from Marvel Comics Memory Album 1977 (Marvel, 1976), art by Gene Colan
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* Stay tuned in October for Doctor Octoberpus!

The Marvel Comics Memory Album Calendar for 1977 2022: June Jive Jackhammerin'

Look! Luke! Luke Cage, that is, the fiercest, fabulousist, funkiest crimefighter this side of 1977's pre-Disneyfied Times Square. And you can look at him all month long with this Marvel calendar specially designed to entertain and inform you during the month of June in 1977 and 2022! It's got everything: the late great George Pérez, Dracula, Forbush Man, and double-sized Mary Jane Watson! Why, the only holiday this calendar doesn't have?: Sweet Christmas!

"June 1977," from Marvel Comics Memory Album Calendar 1977 (Marvel, 1976), pencils by Ron Wilson, inks by Joe SInnott
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The Marvel Comics Memory Album Calendar for 1977 2022: May Mjolnir Mashing

Don't argue, Thor and Loki...you can both sit on Big Daddy Odin's lap this month, because it's May, the traditional Viking Month of Cuddling! Recommended by all good Norse gods and a few evil ones.

Use this calendar to see how many cuddles you're gettin' this month from the All-Father! (Answer: lots!)

"May 1977", from Marvel Comics Memory Album Calendar 1977 (Marvel, 1976)
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The Marvel Comics Memory Album Calendar for 1977 2022: March to the tune of the Captain America March!

Captain America welcomes you to his favorite month! Why is March his fave? Well, because March 14 is Pi Day...and if there's only one thing more American than Cap, it's apple pie!

Captain America asks that you please stop booing the little bull's dumb joke, and to clip out his calendar for use all throughout March 2022! And eat your pie!

"March 1977", from Marvel Comics Memory Album Calendar 1977 (Marvel, 1976)
(Click picture to baseball, hotdogs, apple pie and Captain America-size)

The Marvel Comics Memory Album Calendar for 1977 2022: February Fish-Man Fight!

HULK WANT PUNY HUMANS TO ENJOY FEBRUARY, MONTH OF DISCOUNT CANDY AND THROWING PARTIES FOR PRESIDENTS. HULK THEREFORE PRESENT HULK'S 1977 FUN CALENDAR WHICH IS STILL FUN IN 2022. HULK THANK YOU VERY MUCH. (leaps off, pastes a haymaker right in Namor's face)

"February 1977", from Marvel Comics Memory Album Calendar 1977 (Marvel, December 1976)
(Click picture to that-surely-must-be-Roosevelt-Islandsize)

From Your Calendar Bull: Calendars for January 2022 and the whole dang year, actually!

cover of Popular Comics #13 (Dell, February 1937), artists unknown
Happy New Year! Well, I'm a little late, but I know you've been awaiting patiently (I hope) the beginning of my posts for Calendars from Past Comics Books That Work in 2022! That means (checks my handy clockwork wind-up Perpetual Calendar copyright 1907 by Smith & Tinker, Inc.) any calendar for 1949, 1955, 1966, 1977, 1983, 1994, 2005, or 2011...the Golden Age of Comics! (And, uh, the other ones.)

All of these you can cut out from your computer (please turn the power off first) and paste them up on your wall for January 2022 (or, as mentioned above, the whole dang year) for everyday calendarin' enjoyment! Note: before you use scissors, please get the permission of a parent or guardian or the nearest otter.