Today in Comics History, May 31: Penguin is nervous because the street has turned to oatmeal

from Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #71 (DC, November 2013), script by Marc Guggenheim, pencils and inks by Federico Dallocchio, colors by Alejandro Sanchez, letters by Saida Temofonte

Today in Comics History, May 30, 1951: George gets to work on time

from "The Shadow!" in Strange Tales #3 (Marvel/Atlas, October 1951), pencils and inks by Joe Maneely

Today in Comics History, May 27, 1804: Following a bloody battle, mice replace birds as comic book artists

from Manifest Destiny #3 (Image, January 2014), script by Chris Dingess, pencils and inks by Matthew Roberts, colors by Owen Gieni, letters by Pat Brosseau

Remember.

from Sgt. Rock #363 (DC, April 1982), script by Robert Kanigher, pencils and inks by Frank Redondo, colors by Tatjana Wood, letters by Esphid Mahilum

Today in Comics History, May 26, 1804: Comic book artists continue to be put out of work by birds

Panel from Manifest Destiny #3 (Image, January 2014), script by Chris Dingess, pencils and inks by Matthew Roberts, colors by Owen Gieni, letters by Pat Brosseau

Today in Comics History, May 23, 1804: Comic book continues to be viewed from a bird's POV

from Manifest Destiny #2 (Image, December 2013), script by Chris Dingess, pencils and inks by Matthew Roberts, colors by Owen Gieni, letters by Pat Brosseau

Today in Comics History, May 23, 1804: Comic book is narrated entirely by heron

from Manifest Destiny #1 (Image, November 2013), script by Chris Dingess, pencils and inks by Matthew Roberts, colors by Owen Gieni, letters by Pat Brosseau

At 13th Dimension: The Crazy Costumes of Kitty Pryde

Do you know what week it is? Why, yes indeed, it's the week of May 18th. Also this week, over at 13th Dimension, it's X-Men Week, which means they must have another movie comin' out or something. What is this, X-Men XXII: The Search for Maggott? In any case, my best pal John has written about The Crazy Costumes of Kitty Pryde, and you know the drill, yadda yadda yadda, I can't figger out why he left out this amazing costume: Baby Kitty Pryde!


Panels from Excalibur (1988 series) #6 (March 1989), script by Chris Claremont, pencils by Alan Davis, inks by Paul Neary, colors by Francois Mouly, letters by Tom Orzechowski
Oh, wait, I think I can guess why he left it out.

Today in Comics History, May 19, 1981: Death Row Criminal Uses Comics Lettering Barred I Correctly

from Fantastic Four (1961 series) #233 (August 1981); script, pencils, and inks by John Byrne, colors by Glynis Wein, letters by Jim Novak

Today in Comics History, May 16, 2002: Toyfare predicts a better movie than what we actually got

from "Mr. Spidey Goes to Coruscant" in Toyfare #26 (Wizard, October 1999), by Pat McCollum, Tom Root, and Douglas Goldstein

At 13th Dimension: Godzilla vs. the Marvel Universe!

ROWWWWWWWWWWR! "Dine-saw!" (as my little pal George Pig would say). Why, that's no mere dinosaur, that's the king of the dinosaurs, and that statement should enable you to complete the following analogy question from the B.S.A.T. (Bully's Special Aptitude Test):

Comic book artist:Jack Kirby :: dinosaur:???????

Why of course, the answer is GODZILLA! Yes, over at 13th Dimension, it's time to salute Godzilla, the big guy who destroys Tokyo with more flair and panache than any monster (I'm lookin' at you, Gamera). That's why my best pal John has written about The Ultimate Battle...GODZILLA vs. the Marvel Universe!, which is all about Big G's 1977-1979 Marvel comic book series and how he tramped across Earth-616's America from coast to coast! And yet as usual John left out my favorite moment in the series, Godzilla versus Cowboys!


Page from Godzilla #16 (November 1978), script by Doug Moench, pencils by Herb Trimpe, inks by Dan Green, colors by Francois Mouly, letters by Jean Simek
Whoa, that cowboy in the lower left is plum hopped up on loco weed, ain't he? Well, at least he probably won't try to do anything too stupid...


Once again, that's Godzilla vs. the Marvel Universe over at 13th Dimension! And while you're there, don't forget to enter to win a Dimaond Select Godzilla! (Because I can't.) RAWRRRRRRRRR!

Today in Comics History, May 10, 1994: Free Bendy Arrow or Devil's Tail with purchase of every Times-Universe

from "There Were 3 Victims!" in Astonishing #53 (Marvel/Atlas, September 1956), pencils and inks by Sid Greene

Today in Comics History, May 8, 1980: Fictional record has real recording date

from Hawkeye (2012 series) #16 (Marvel, March 2014), script by Matt Fraction, pencils and inks by Annie Wu, colors by Matt Hollingsworth, letters by Chris Eliopoulos

Today in Comics History, May 7, 1996: Ricardo Montalbán conquers Earth, promises rich Corinthian leather for all

Page from Star Trek: Khan #3 (IDW, December 2013), script by Mike Johnson, pencils by Claudia Balboni, inks by Marina Castelvetro, colors by Claudia ScarletGothica, letters by Valentina Cuomo

Today in Comics History, May 6, 1939: Batman fools his first known photographer by waving a copy of Detective #27 at him

from Batman: Year 100 #2 (DC, May 2006); script, pencils, and inks by Paul Pope; colors by José Villarrubia; letters by Jared K. Fletcher and John Workman


cover of Detective Comics #27 (DC, May 1939), pencils and inks by Bob Kane

Today in Comics History, May 5, 1929: Happy birthday, Jon Osterman...hope you survive the experience of being disintegrated in an an Intrinsic Field Subtractor

from Before Watchmen: Dr. Manhattan #4 (DC, April 2013), script by J. Michael Straczynski, pencils and inks by Adam Hughes, colors by Laura Martin, letters by Steve Wands

At 13th Dimension: Spidey's 13th Wackiest Team-Ups

Thanks to his second amazing movie opening today (seriously, why was this movie not called Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man?), this week on 13th Dimension, it's Spider-Man Week, the week that does whatever a Spider can! While I'm away wrestling with oversized maps, my best pal John has written about Spidey's 13 Wackiest Team-Ups! Say, I wonder why John didn't include this great team-up moment:


Panels from The Punisher (2001 series) #2 (August 2001), script by Garth Ennis, pencils by Steve Dillon, inks by Jimmy Palmiotti, colors by Chris Sotomayor, letters by Richard Starkings and Wes Abbott
Once again, that's Spider-Man at 13th Dimension! It's amazing and spectacular! Also: web of.

Today in Comics History, May 2, 1960: Sailors set out on voyage without condoms

from "Log of the Snorkel Wolf Pack" in Atomic War! #3 (Ace, February 1953), creators uncredited and unknown

365 Days of KirbyTech, Day 111: The Sandman's Hypnosonic Whistle

"You know how to whistle, don't you?" said the hottest woman in the universe:



But for the Sandman, whistling involves — you guessed it! — a very special piece of KirbyTech: the Hypnosonic Whistle.


Panel from The Sandman (1974 series) #2 (April-May 1975), script by Michael Fleisher, pencils by Ernie Chan, inks by Mike Royer, letters by Ben Oda
Gosh, Mr. Sandman, Miss Bacall don't need no magic whistle to do that.