Well, That'll Happen

Panels from "The End of the World!" in Venus #11 (November 1950), pencils and inks by Werner Roth

Today in Comics History, March 15, 44 BC: At 13th Dimension: 13 Comic Book Julius Caesars! Plus, Caesar in the Marvel Universe!

Today, it's all about Caesar! Caesar, everybody!


from Batman '66 #21 (DC digital comic, November 2013), script by Tom Peyer, pencils and inks by Derec Donovan, colors by Tony Avina
No, no, no, wrong Cesar. I've made another one of my silly mistakes. I meant Julius Caesar.


from "Julius Caesar at Yankee Stadium" in Hit Comics #30 (Quality, November 1943), pencils by Sheldon Moldoff
That's why today at 13th Dimension, my pal John celebrates the 2059th anniversary (2059? I think that's the gift of haggis) of the Death of Julius Caesar, the so-called Ides of March, with 13 Comic Book Julius Caesars! That includes the one that wore a toga. And twelve others! I helped out by clipping the panels out of comic books.

John didn't include, however, the vast history of Julius Caesar in the Marvel Universe, because it's just too darn big a story. Why, if you check his page in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe, Caesar chalks up an amazing one billion and three Earth-616 stories, including all those issues of Guardians where he was Rocket Raccoon's drinking buddy, his stint as a supporting cast member of Skrull Kill Krew, and the short-lived miniseries Julius Caesar: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.* But let's start with perhaps the first Marvel appearance of Caesar (if not his eponymous salad or birthing method), way back in the Golden Age of Timely Comics!


from Ideal #1 (Marvel/Timely, July 1948), creators unknown

Well, that'll happen: I think this solves Zatara's problem

Quite possibly the greatest difference in tone and mood between two consecutive comic book panels ever!:


Panels from "Tidal Wave of Terror" in Venus #18 (February 1952); script, pencils and inks by Bill Everett


4,900.

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Panels from Chaos War #3 (January 2011), script by Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente, pencils by Khoi Pham, inks by Tom Palmer, colors by Sunny Gho, letters by Simon Bowland

Well, that'll happen

Panels from "Thru the Lens" from Venus ("The Most Beautiful Girl in the World") #16, (October), art by Joe Maneely

How does that make you feel about water now, kids?

Well...pleasant dreams!