Batman teaches us about counting

Ad printed in Justice League of America #61 (March 1968)

Also: The Count teaches us about bats!:



Well, that about covers it.

365 Days with the Warriors Three, Day 116

Panel from Incredible Hulk #102 (April 1968), script by Gary Friedrich, pencils by Marie Severin, inks by George Tuska and Syd Shores, letters by Artie Simek

Tales of the Spoiler: Everybody must get stoned

from "Dead Planet!" in Tales to Astonish #27 (January 1962), script by Stan Lee, pencils and inks by Steve Ditko, letters by Artie Simek

Because Sometimes You Have to Post the Story Where Hal Jordan Auditioned to Be in Looney Tunes

Panels from Justice League of America (February 1968), script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Sid Greene

365 Days with the Warriors Three, Day 115

Panel from Avengers #310 (Mid-November 1989), script by John Byrne, pencils by Paul Ryan, inks by Tom Palmer, colors by Christie Scheele, letters by Bill Oakley

Tales of the Spoiler: That'll do, pig.

The Mid-Day Matinee this week, all week: Tales from the Spoiler! Take it away, Mister S!






from "The Hog" in Tales of Suspense #27 (January 1955), art by Joe Kubert

Same Story, Different Cover: That's the way he became the Mighty Thor

L: Thor #159 (December 1968), art by Jack Kirby, Vince Collett, and John Romita Sr.
R: Thor #254 (December 1976), art by Rich Buckler and Joe Sinnott

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365 Days with the Warriors Three, Day 114

Panel from Thor v.2 #28 (October 2000), script by Dan Jurgens, pencils by Erik Larsen, inks by Klaus Janson, colors by Gregory Wright, letters by Wes Abbott

Ten of a Kind: There's yet one good in ten*

More Ten of a Kind here.

See also.

Happy Birthday, Will Shakespeare!

*All's Well that Ends Well, Act 1, Scene 3

Fezzes are cool!

Are you ready?

365 Days with the Warriors Three, Day 113

Panel from Fantastic Four: The World's Greatest Comic Magazine #10 (November 2001), by a whole lotta guys

365 Days with the Warriors Three, Day 112

Panel from Thor #168 (September 1969), script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Vince Colletta and George Klein

Great Moments in Comic Book History: Victor von Doom's action figures are no longer mint

Panel from What If? v.1 #6 (December 1977), script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Rick Hoberg, inks by Sam Grainger, colors by Phil Rachelson, letters by Joe Rosen

365 Days with the Warriors Three, Day 111

Panels from The Impossible Man Summer Vacation Spectacular #2 (September 1991), script by Michael Gallagher, pencils (and inks?) by Kieron Dwyer, colors by Gregory Wright, letters by Ken Lopez

Great Moments in Comic Book History: Johnny Storm gets the lyrics to "The Wall" wrong

Panel from Ultimate Fantastic Four Annual #1 (October 2005), script by Mark Millar, pencils and inks by Jae Lee, colors by June Chung, letters by Chris Eliopoulos

Ladies and Gentlemen...Mister Buck Owens!

Hey, everybody! Let's get our our crayons again because this time we're gonna color country music superstar and legend Buck Owens!


From Hee Haw #1 (July 1970), art by Frank Roberge

What? There was a comic book based on Hee Haw? The CBS (then syndicated for two decades) down-home country comedy variety hour set in the fictional Kornfield Kounty? Why, yes. And not just for one issue, but for seven...bringing us country-fried comic book comedy from the good ol' boys at Charlton Comics. (oh, c'mon—who else woulda published this?)

But 'round about now you may be having some problems coloring Buck Owens because you don't know what he looks like in real life. Well, let me help you little 'uns there. Right here's a gen-u-ine photgraphical picture of Mister Buck Owens in all his sartorial splendor, so you can see him in real life an' all. It's straight out of the comical book, too! (Okay, I promise to stop talking like this.)



So get out your grey, black, and white crayons, and get to work? What's that? My goodness, I never heard so much squawkin' from y'all since the chickens got ahold of the truck keys and headed on down to the Country Roadhouse Bar. (No, seriously, I will stop talking cornpone any minute now, promise.) Well, for those of you who have those new-fangled color tellyvisions and comic books, here's the way Mr. Owens oughter be colored, just like he is in this here cartoon. Ladies and gentlemen...Buck Owens!



Yup, that's about the type of humor you're gonna get on Hee Haw, broad, slapstick, and...dare I say it...corny. Take it away, Hee Hawwers!

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Yup. That..............'s about the size of that. Still, it's easy to mock Hee Haw because of its redneck country humor. Go ahead! I'll be right here while you do!:



Um, yeah. Grant Morrison, this ain't. But Hee Haw the comic book has a certain goofy charm, and while you can poke fun at the TV show, you can't fault it for one of its great achievements: long before CMT or The Nashville Network and way before American Idol, it brought the great stars of country/western music to your television once in a week. And I do mean great stars:

Johnny Cash! (video opens in a new window)



Tanya Tucker (14 years old in this appearance!)



Charley Pride!



Kenny Rogers!



Chet Atkins!



Dolly Parton!



Queen of Rockabilly Wanda Jackson!


And of course...ladies and gentlemen...Mister Buck Owens!

365 Days with the Warriors Three, Day 110

Panel from Thor v.2 #31 (January 2001), script by Dan Jurgens, pencils by Andy Kubert, inks by Scott Hanna, colors by Gregory Wright, letters by Wes Abbott and Richard Starkings

Great Moments in Comic Book History: Hulk Needs Sunglasses

Page from Marvel Universe: The End #2 (June 2003), script and pencils by Jim Starlin, inks by Al Milgrom, colors by Christie Scheele, letters by Cory Petit

The Big-Ass Book of Asgard

Hey! Didja get your copy of the Thor Omnibus by Walt Simonson yet? I've been waiting for this book to be published ever since I first saw it in an ish of Journey Into Mystery!


Panel from Journey into Mystery #504 (December 1996), script by Tom DeFalco, pencils and inks by "Deodato Studios," colors by Marie Javins, letters by Jon Babcock

Well, they certainly gave it a fancier cover than the first volume in the series:


Panel from Journey into Mystery #510 (July 1997), script by Tom DeFalco, pencils and inks by "Deodato Studios," colors by Marie Javins, letters by John Costanza

But, you know, realistic depictions of book volumes isn't exactly what we come to the art of Mike Deodato and his Sussudio Studio for, is it? It's usually something more like



Ah, Mike Deodato and Studio. If we can't say anything else about you, it's this: you drew comics during the Nineties.

Anyway, pick these up! Thus speaketh Odin Bully!

365 Days with the Warriors Three, Day 109

Panel from Thor: Godstorm #2 (December 2001), script by Kurt Busiek, pencils by Steve Rude, inks by Mike Royer, colors by Greg Wright, letters by John Costanza