Today in Comics History: Some two-bit actress totally rips off Madonna's act and image

Panel from Before Watchmen: Ozymandias #4 (January 2013), script by Len Wein, pencils and inks by Jae Lee, colors by June Chung, letters by John Workman

Today in Comics History Future: Edgar Rice Burroughs World is opened to the public

Panel from Rascals in Paradise #1 (August 1994); script, pencils, inks, and colors by Jim Silke; letters by L. Lois Buhalis

365 Days of DC House Ads, Day 139

House ad for Batman and the Outsiders #1 (August 1983); printed in World's Finest Comics #294 (August 1983)
Ad art: pencils and inks by Jim Aparo

Kick in the Crotch Month, Day 19: Dial H for Hernia

Panel from H-E-R-O #7 (October 2003), script by Will Pfeifer, pencils and inks by Patrick Gleason, colors by J. D. Mettler, letters by Ken Lopez

365 Days of DC House Ads, Day 138

House ad for Jackie Gleason and the Honeymooners #1 (June-July 1956); printed in Sugar and Spike #2 (June-July 1956)
Comic cover art: unknown artist
Ad designed and lettered by Ira Schnapp

Kick in the Crotch Month, Day 18: Bentley-23 Admires His Own Work

Panels from FF v.1 #19 (August 2012), script by Jonathan Hickman, pencils and inks by Gabriel Hernandez Walta, colors by Cris Peter, letters by Clayton Cowles

Separated at Birth: Why So Negative?

Resurrecting a Mighty Bully Feature of the not-so-distant past in order to celebrate, nay, laud the most fun comic cover of the week!

Left: Fantastic Four v.1 #109 (April 1971); pencils by John Buscema, inks by Joe Sinnott, letters by Sam Rosen
Right: FF v.2 #7 (July 2013); pencils and inks by Michael Allred, colors by Laura Allred (the signature reads "All Red Loves Buscema." Well, who doesn't?)

(Click picture to Ms. Thing*-size)
*The Sensational New Character Find of 2013!

365 Days of DC House Ads, Day 137

House ad for Batman/Judge Dredd: Judgment On Gotham one-shot (December 1991)
from Hellblazer #48 (December 1991)

Kick in the Crotch Month, Day 17: Happy Father's Day from Bentley-23

Panel from FF v.1 #18 (July 2012), script by Jonathan Hickman, pencils and inks by Nick Dragotta, colors by Chris Sotomayor, letters by Clayton Cowles

Black Widow has somethink to tell you, dahlink

It may not look like it, but yes, that's actually Hawkeye and Black Widow in the panels below. This is the period of the Avengers when Clint had become Goliath and Natasha had become Super-Cocktail-Waitress-Woman. Anyway, the Black Widow has something to say, and by George, she's gonna say it!


Panels from Avengers v.1 #76 (May 1970), script by Roy Thomas, pencils by John Buscema, inks by Tom Palmer, letters by Sam Rosen
Yes, yes, but what is she going to say? For the benefits of those of you who are missing the next page in your Avengers comic book, here's a few of my suggestions as to Natasha Romanoff's very difficult, very next words!


Maybe she needs to speak the ultimate truth at the heart of the Marvel Universe:


Perhaps she's about to break the hearts of Hawkeye and most of the male population with a startling announcement!


Or perhaps just possibly she's hinting at the very first Marvel/DC crossover event.


Hey, why don't you try one? Go ahead, it'll be fine! I'll hold your ice cream cone while you're working on it. (Extra bonus points for mentioning "moose and squirrel!")

365 Days of DC House Ads, Day 136

House ad for Wonder Woman, Lois Lane and Supergirl (1973); printed in Love Stories #149 (March-April 1973)

Kick in the Crotch Month, Day 16: Bentley-23 Gets His Kicks

Panel from FF v.1 #15 (April 2012), script by Jonathan Hickman, pencils and inks by Nick Dragotta, colors by Chris Sotomayor, letters by Clayton Cowles

Today in Comics History, May 15, 1982: Jessica Jones reads the biography of Andy Kaufman to her baby; everyone is saddened by it

from New Avengers (2005 series) #29 (Marvel, June 2007), script by Brian Michael Bendis, pencils and inks by Leinil Francis Yu, colors by Dave McCaig, letters by Richard Starkings and Albert Deschesne

Today in Comics History, May 15, 2013: Wolverine finally remembers where he buried his Tamagotchi

from Wolverine and the X-Men (2011 series) #29 (Marvel, July 2013), script by Jason Aaron, pencils and inks by Ramón Pérez, colors by Laura Martin, letters by Joe Caramagna
Hey, this one isn't really comics history, because it takes place today! Yep, today, Wednesday, May 15, 2013, Wolverine and his students buried a time capsule on the grounds of the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning. This event was mandatory, which meant that none of them were able to duck out down to Salem Center for new comic book day. Hey, Quentin Quire needs that copy of Red Hood and the Outlaws #20, Logan! Geez.

On the other hand, since this scene is happening twenty-five years in the future, perhaps this post should be titled "Tomorrow in Comics History." Wait, on the other other hand, (as Arex might say) this scene takes place twenty-five years in the future but it's an event that happened today, so logically it should be "Yesterday in Comics History." On the other other other hand...

Ow. My little stuffed brain hurts. I bet Wolverine understands time travel a lot better.


from Age of Ultron #8 (Marvel, July 2013), script by Brian Michael Bendis, pencils and inks by Brandon Peterson, colors by Paul Mounts, letters by Cory Petit
See?

Today in Comics History, May 15, 1959: Superman smooshes Lois and Lana into one girl and marries her*

from "Superman's Romance with Lana Lane!" in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (1958 eries) #41 (DC, May 1963), script by Jerry Siegel, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by George Klein
*This is not too far off from what happens in this book, actually.

Yes, truly, this was The Greatest Lois Lane Story Ever.

Kick in the Crotch Month, Day 15: Right in the magic family jewels

Panel from Sword of Sorcery v.2 #0 (November 2012), script by Christy Marx, pencils and inks by Aaron Lopresti, colors by Hi-Fi, letters by Rob Leigh

Today in Comics History, May 15: DC Comics editors chooses the new Batman costume

from Batman #405 (DC, March 1987), script by Frank Miller, pencils and inks by David Mazzucchelli, colors by Richmond Lewis, letters by Todd Klein

Ten of a Kind: I don't know much about art, but I nouveau what I like

Hey! I forgot to put up "Ten of a Kind" this past Sunday, so here it is today. Good news for all you Tuesday people!












(More Ten of a Kind here.)

Aside from art nouveau-inspired illustration on comic book covers, you'll find a lot of it in fan-made illustration and artwork. Here's a few of my favorites.

365 Days of DC House Ads, Day 134

House ad for World's Finest Comics #7 (Autumn 1942); printed in Detective Comics #68 (October 1942)
Comic cover art: pencils and inks by Jack Burnley
Ad designer and artist unknown?

Today in Comics History, May 14, 1961: Pretty much everybody is suspicious of the sham wedding

from Before Watchmen: Dr. Manhattan #2 (DC, November 2012), script by J. Michael Straczynski, pencils and inks by Adam Hughes, colors by Laura Martin, letters by Steve Wands