Today in Comics History, April 9, 1942: Batman falls; newspaper makes a typo

cover of Marvel Premiere #29 (Marvel, April 1976), pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Frank Giacoia, letters by Danny Crespi (?)

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 100: Old Man Jonah

Panels from The Buzz #1 (July 2000), co-plot and script by Tom DeFalco, co-plot and pencils by Ron Frenz, inks by Sal Buscema, colors by Nel Yomtov, letters by Paul Tutrone

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 99: In which we learn the jurisdiction of flagpoles in Manhattan of Earth-616

Panels from Avengers (1963 series) #59 (December 1968), script by Roy Thomas, pencils by John Buscema, inks by George Klein, letters by Sam Rosen

Today in Comics History, April 7, 1952: Condé Nast publishes the past tense of Spin magazine

from Misbegotten #1 (Action Lab, March 2015), story by Caesar Voghan, script by Caesar Voghan, Justin Case, and Eric Granger; art by Justin Case; letters by William Bohm

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 98: First Appearance: Rob Liefeld

Panel from Amazing Spider-Man (1963 series) #22 (March 1965), script by Stan Lee, pencils and inks by Steve Ditko, colors by Stan Goldberg, letters by Artie Simek
Hey Steve Ditko, don't sugarcoat it...just what do you think of modern art?





Panels from "Blue Beetle Faces the Destroyer of Heroes" in Blue Beetle #5 (November 1968; plot; pencils, and inks by Steve Ditko; script by D.C. Glanzman, with Keuffel & Esser Leroy lettering
In case you're scratching your head a little bit over Ditko's theories of perception and morality, let's just clear that up with one simple page:


Page from Steve Ditko's 160-Page Package (March 1999); script, pencils, inks, and letters by Steve Ditko
Simple as pie!

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 97: This entire sequence is brought to you by Boots Randolph's "Yakety Sax"

Panels from Amazing Spider-Man (1963 series) #24 (May 1965); plot, pencils, and inks by Steve Ditko; script by Stan Lee; colors by Stan Goldberg (?); letters by Sam Rosen

Stuff Bully Got Wants: Happy Flash is happy

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 96: How does this comic know I began reading it 46 hours ago?

Panels from Creatures on the Loose #35 (May 1975), script by David Anthony Kraft, pencils by George Péerez, inks by Frank McLaughlin, colors by Petra Goldberg, letters by Dave Hunt

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 95: So this is the "Spider-Man: Homecoming" everybody's been talking about

Panel from Amazing Spider-Man (1963 series) #17 (October 1964), script by Stan Lee, pencils and inks by Steve Ditko, colors by Stan Goldberg, letters by Sam Rosen

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 94: We'll have a wolf time then, Dad, you know we'll have a wolf time then

Panels from Captain America (1968 series) #403 (Late July 1992), script by Mark Gruenwald, pencils by Rik Levins, inks by Danny Bulanadi, colors by Gina Going, letters by Joe Rosen

Stuff Bully Got*: Star Trek Fotonovels

*Ages ago but only just rediscovered: I completely forgot I had these stored away in Mama Bull's basement: stripped cover Star Trek Fotonovels!

That's Fotonovel with an "F!"


See here for more about Fotonovels and the one I have that does still have a cover!

Today in Comics History, April 2, 2014: The City Bugle turned into Craigslist so gradually we didn't even notice

cover of Henchmen, Inc. #1 (Monkeybrain, April 2014); cover art by Garrett Warren

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 93: This Thing I Believe

Panel from Amazing Spider-Man (1963 series) #20 (January 1965), script by Stan Lee, pencils and inks by Steve Ditko, colors by Stan Goldberg, letters by Sam Rosen

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 92: Foiled again!

Panels from The Pulse #9 (July 2005), script by Brian Michael Bendis, pencils by Michael Lark, inks by Stefano Gaudiano, colors by Pete Pantazis, letters by Cory Petit

Today in Comics History, April 1: That's Slick Willie for you, always with the smooth talk

from Deadpool (1997 series) #9 (Marvel, October 1997), script by Joe Kelly, pencils by Ed McGuinness and Shannon Denton, inks by Nathan Massengill, colors by Chris Sotomayor, color enhancement by Digital Chameleon, letters by Richard Starkings and Albert Deschesne

Today in Comics History, April 1, 1992: A harmless little April Fool's prank goes horribly, horribly wrong

So, what could possibly happen when Jules and Verne Brown decide to play a little gentle April Fool's Day trick on their dad, "Reverend" Jim Ignatowski "Doc" Emmett Brown, who just so happens to have invented the time machine and knows a thing or two about thinking fourth dimensionally, huh? Pretty innocent, right? What's the worst that could happen?


from Back to the Future (1991 series) #4 (Harvey, June 1992), story by Peyton Reed and Mark Cowen; adapted by Dwayne McDuffie; penciks, inks, colors, and letters by Nelson Dewey
Well, this is what happened. Are we all laughing now, Jules and Verne? Is it oh so funny that the fabric of time and space got pretty much destroyed, huh? Is it just a harmless prank for you to enjoy anymore? Are you not entertained?



Why don't they look? Why don't they look?!?


from Age of Ultron #10 (Marvel, August 2013), script by Brian Michael Bendis, pencils and inks by oh, take your pick, colors by Paul Mounts and Richard Isanove, letters by Cory Petit
So, if the next time machine I stop happens to be yours...don't tell me that you were speeding a little, only breaking the law a little...only doing something a little bit wrong, save that for somebody else, brother! Because I've seen too many "little bit" follies, and they end up a little bit dead! Now I'm gonna grab me a little bit of lunch!


Also: DON'T DATE ROBOTS!

The MAD 1960 2016 calendar for Awful April!

"The MAD 1960 Calendar: April" from MAD #52 (January 1960), script by Larry Siegel, art by Kelly Freas

Today in Comics History, March 31, 1988: Netflix's Punisher spin-off debuts; cancelled

from Fred Hembeck Destroys the Marvel Universe one-shot (Marvel, July 1989), script and pencils by Fred Hembeck, inks by Joe Staton, colors by Steve Mellor, letters by Rick Parker

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 91: No good deed goes unpunished

Panels from Amazing Spider-Man #176 (January 1978), script by Len Wein, breakdowns by Ross Andru, inks by Tony DeZuniga, colors by Glynis Wein, letters by Joe Rosen

A.F.B.t.* (Away from Blog) (temporarily*)

My point (and I do have one): Fear not, gentle reader, I've not forgotten this blog nor all of you Bully-Boosters out there in the Great Outside World. Unexpected and unplanned-for life events are right now preventing yours little stuffed truly from posting daily to this blog, but I'll be back pretty soon, as promised General Douglas MacArthur, Mister Arnold Terminator, and them wild-eyed boys that had been away. (You know the ones.)

When I come back I'll flood you with lots of long-awaited J. Jonah Jamesons, and more good stuff. In the meantime, more than ever, be good to yourselves and be good to each other. I little stuffed love each and every one of you.