365 Days of Defiance, Day 336: Batman Explains It All for You

"Batman and Robin Stand Up for Sportsmanship!" from Batman (1940 series) #57 (February-March 1950), script by Jack Schiff, pencils and inks by Win Mortimer, letters by Ira Schnapp
Especially pay attention to this part! It was true in 1950, and it's true in 2018!:


So who ya gonna believe...racists?...or Batman?!?

365 Days of Defiance, Day 335: You tell 'em, Wonder Woman

"The Conscience of Man" — in the form of a beautiful transparent fairy, as good a form as any — has spent the last 50 pages sending the Justice Society of America throughout time striving to put right what once went wrong to battle the violent fear and prejudice of mankind throughout the ages. "I promised you a reward," girl with wings but sometimes not says, "Perhaps you already know what it is. You have earned it, and by earning it, you have attained the solution to your problem — it is understanding!" Which, in addition to being a pretty good albeit oft-forgotten Bob Seger song, is also the lesson du jour for fighting against bigotry and prejudice.



Panels from "The Test of Time!: Conclusion" in All-Star Comics (1940 series) #22 (Fall 1944), script by Gardner Fox, pencils and inks by Joe Gallagher
So say we all!

365 Days of Defiance, Day 334: Whoa, Aquaman is ticked.

Panels from Secret Empire #8 (October 2017), script by Nick Spencer, pencils by Andrea Sorrentino and Daniel Acuña, inks by Andrea Sorrentino and Rod Reis, colors by Sean Izaakse and Java Tartaglia, letters by Travis Lanham

365 Days of Defiance, Day 333: Still, they resisted

Miss America has been captured by the Ubermädchen! How will the pageant survive? Oh, wait, this is Miss America the superhero, not Miss America the beauty queen. I've made another one of my silly mistakes. Carry on!




Panels from "Shipyard Sabotage!!" in Miss America Comics 70th Anniversary Special one-shot (August 2009), script by Jan Van Meter, pencils and inks by Andy MacDonald, colors by Nick Filardi, letters by Dave Lanphear

365 Days of Defiance, Day 332: Say hello to my little friend

Panels from Poe Dameron Annual #1 (August 2017), script by Robbie Thompson, pencils and inks by Nik Virella, colors by Jordan Boyd, letters by Joe Caramagna

365 Days of Defiance, Day 331: A thinly-disguised parable

Panels from "The Oxnalian Revolution" in Superman (1940 series) #15 (March-April 1942), script by Jerry Siegel, pencils and inks by John Sikela

365 Days of Defiance, Day 330: There's a skyman waiting in the stars

Panels from the Skyman story "The Rescue of Slaviski" in Big Shot Comics #29 (Columbia, November 1942), script by Gardner Fox, pencils and inks by Ogden Whitney

365 Days of Defiance, Day 329: And then Roy Thomas's head exploded

Panels from The Avengers (1963 series) #97 (March 1972), co-plot and script by Roy Thomas, co-plot by Neal Adams, pencils by John Buscema, inks (and colors?) by Tom Palmer, letters by Sam Rosen

365 Days of Defiance, Day 328: I'll face it with a grin / I'm never giving in / On with the show

Panels from Countdown to Infinite Crisis #9 (April 2008); script by Paul Dini (head writer), Keith Giffen (story consultant), Justin Gray, and Jimmy Palmiotti; pencils by Tom Derenick; inks by Wayne Faucher; colors by Pete Pantazis; letters by Ken Lopez

365 Days of Defiance, Day 327: Dare to be Stupid

Panels from The Infinity Gauntlet #4 (October 1991), script by Jim Starlin, pencils by Ron Lim and George Pérez, inks by Josef Rubinstein and Bruce N. Solotoff, colors by Christie Scheele and Ian Laughlin, letters by Jack Morelli

What's Bully Watching on Thanksgiving?: Pretty much everything

Happy Thanksgiving! It's the day which (appropriately enough) you give thanks. So before I get gorged on the traditional thanksgiving BBQ pork ribs and chili, I want to thank each and every one of you (yes, even you) for being great and good pals online and offline. Thanks for being lights in a dark year!

365 Days of Defiance, Day 326: It wasn't a Ragnarok; it was a Ragnarok Lobster

Panels from Thor (1966 series) #156 (September 1968), script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Vince Colletta, letters by Sam Rosen

365 Days of Defiance, Day 325: War! (Huh!) What Is It Good For? Smashin' Nazis! Say it again!

Batman's going to war!
Each native bat will grab a gat
And run away to war!
At last we’re going to...
Feet will beat along the street to...
War!
Batman's going to war!
At last Batman's going to war
It seems that Batman's going to war!
At last the Batman's going to war!
He's going to war!
This is a fact we can’t ignore
He's going to war!
This is a fact we can’t ignore!
Batman's going to war!

Is there anyone in any doubt about where Batman is going?

Meanwhile, in the war...



Panels from "The Two Futures" in Batman (1940 series) #15 (February-March 1943), script by Bill Finger, pencils and figure inks by Jack Burnley, background inks by Ray Burnley, letters by Betty Bentley
Well, everything seems to be going swimmingly for the Caped Crusader and the Boy Wonder, and I'm sure they'll beat the Nazis and



WHAT THE HECK COMIC BOOK?!? Batman and Robin are executed by a Nazi firing squad? I'm sure they escape in the very next panel! Let's look.



















Oh heck. They don't. Yeeeeeesh. Um, could this be a dream, or a hoax, or an Imaginary Story?...No. No, it is not.

It's actually just a thought experiment suggested by some gloomy-outlooked professors at an unnamed university (but you can totally tell it's Metropolis University, those horse-asses). They've projected that America will lose the war, but Batman rightly ain't havin' none of that. ("Yeah!" says Robin. "And me too!") Batman points out that with the military, industrial, financial, and moral support of the armed forces teamed-up with the citizens of America in the most important Brave and the Bold of them all, we are going to win this war!



Moral of the story is: with the industrial might of the United States, we can beat the Axis! So hand in your scrap metal, donate your old comic books (eeeeeeek) and buy bond where you work or bank! Batman does it, and don't you want to be cool like Batman is? (Also, defeat Nazis.)

Also:


PSA ad in Batman (1940 series) #15 (February-March 1943), script and art by Dr. Seuss

The Adventures of Bully: Live from the red carpet at the 45th International Emmy Awards in New York City!

365 Days of Defiance, Day 324: No one you can save that can't be saved

Panels from Yellow Submarine one-shot (Dell, February 1969), script by Paul Newman, pencils and inks by Jose Delbo

365 Days of Defiance, Day 323: Ben Has Not Yet Begun to Fight

Wow, I can't believe I haven't done this one yet.









Panels from Marvel Two-in-One Annual #7 (1982); script by Tom DeFalco; pencils by Ron Wilson; inks by Bob Camp, Mike Esposito, Frank Giacoia, Dan Green, Armando Gil, and Chic Stone; colors by George Roussos; letters by Jim Novak

365 Days of Defiance, Day 322: Search high and low / Follow every byway / Every path you know

Prologue...




...and Epilogue:





Panels from Daredevil (1964 series) #190 (January 1983), script and layouts by Frank Miller, finishes and colors by Klaus Janson, letters by Joe Rosen