366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 113: The real reason Martin and Lewis split up

Majestic Marie Severin week continues apace, with this, the weirdest of all the Marvel/DC crossovers!



Panels from "Fame Is a Cross-Eyed Blind Date With B-a-a-a-d Breath" in Not Brand Echh #11 (December 1968), script by Arnold Drake, pencils (and colors?) by Marie Severin, inks by John Tartaglione, letters by Joe Rosen
Actually, that bottom page is a mildly edited correction panel printed in NBE #13, with Marvel apologizing that it had fouled up the original attempt at printing a photograph of Spider-Man (it was too dark and reproduced as a muddy black blob). Yep, that's Rascally Roy Thomas in those far-famed togs — but I suppose you read that bit already.

Today in Comics History, April 21: "Dishwashing liquid lovingly depicted?" I don't know, you make up your own caption; I'm too broken up about Prince.

from Venom: Seed of Darkness #-1 one-shot (Marvel July 1997), script by Len Kaminski, pencils by James Fry, inks by Chris Ivy, colors by Tom Smith, letters by Jim Novak

Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today 2 get through this thing called life

Page from Prince: Prince: Alter Ego one-shot (Piranha Press/DC, 1991), script by Dwayne McDuffie, pencils by Denys Cowan, inks by Kent Williams, colors by Noelle Giddings, letters by Robert Lappan

I am yours now and u are mine
And together we'll love through all
Space and time, so don't cry
One day all seven will die

Prince (1958-2016)

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 112: Quality, value, style, service, selection, convenience, economy, savings, performance, experience, hospitality, low rates, friendly service, name brands, easy terms, affordable prices, money-back guarantee

Continuing Magnificent Marie Severin Week with a peek (once again) at the real inspiration for Mad Men's Don Draper, J. Jawbone Junkton!


Panels from "It's a Mad, Mad Ave!" in Not Brand Echh #11 (December 1968), script by Stu Schwartzberg, pencils and inks (and colors?) by Marie Severin, letters by Jean Izzo
Let's hope Stan 'n the Marvel Bullpen got a whole truckload of all these fine products absolutely free for their Madison Avenue-style unpaid placement in this li'l four-color spoof comic!:








Go out and BUY ALL THIS STUFF TODAY! Or, in 1968, as applicable.

The internet in one panel

Panel from Batman and Robin Eternal #9 (February 2016), story by James Tynion IV and Scott Snyder, script by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly, pencils and inks by Roge Antonio, colors by Allen Passalaqua, letters by Saida Temofonte

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 111: Will you surrender to me, Marie?

Yesterday I highlighted a rare-as-a-Wolverine-appearance (in Wonder Woman) J. Jonah Jameson portrayal by Jack Kirby — but with the caveat that, since it was a background appearance in Not Brand Echh after all, it mighta been one of Marie Severin's classic caricatures. So why not spend the rest of the week focusing in on the Divine Ms. M.S.'s depiction of the greatest newspaperman ever (who doesn't appear in Superman comics), J. Jawbone Junkton!




Panels from "Peter Pooper vs. Gnatman and Rotten" in Not Brand Echh #2 (September 1967), script by Stan Lee, pencils (and colors?) by Marie Severin, inks by Frank Giacoia, letters by Al Kurzrok
Tomorrow: more marvelous Marie!

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 110: Not Brand Ecchymosis

Last week I asked you the musical question (minus the music): Did Jack Kirby ever draw J. Jonah Jameson? Well, Bully-fan Carousin' Chris K. suggested one I'd missed from the pages of the ultimate Marvel mag of the 1960s, that scion of satire and paragon of parody, Not Brand Echh!



Panel from "The Origin of Sore, Son of Shmodin" in Not Brand Echh #3 (October 1967), script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Frank Giacoia, letters by Artie Simek
As Chris humbly suggests, that might actually be Magnificent Marie Severin chipping in on the background characters there, as she's definitely the doyenne of drollery when it comes to Not Brand Ecch caricature! But until definitely proven otherwise, let's declare this a Kirby JJJ and of course, there must be feasting and celebration! Let us party with pizza!

(What? You bring the pizza, I'm runnin' the blog here.)

Today in Comics History, April 18, 1938: A little less talk, a little more Action

from "Emmett Brown Visits the Future" in Back to the Future (2015 series) #4 (IDW, January 2016), story by Bob Gale and Erik Burnham, script by Bob Gale, pencils and inks by Erik Evensen, colors by Jose Luis Rio, letter by Shawn Lee
So which easily-obtainable, high-increase-in-investment resource did Doc bring back from 1938? Well, whaddaya think?


Well...wouldn't you?

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 109: Zing!

Panel from Amazing Spider-Man #670 (Late November 2011), script by Dan Slott, pencils by Humberto Ramos, inks by Victor Olazaba, colors by Edgar Delgado, letters by Joe Caramagna

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 108: Jonah and the Muffins

Panels from Marvel Team-Up (1972 series) #105 (June 1981), script by Tom DeFalco, pencils by Herb Trimpe, inks by Mike Esposito, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by Diana Albers

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 107: Stop Me Before I ¢#@% Again

Admittedly I'm just a little six-year-old stuffed bull who doesn't know many cusswords beyond "darn" and "jeepers," but can you solve the Madlibbian mystery of just what the Sam Scratch is the swear that Jonah is saying here? Seems like any curse you could sub in there just winds up being even more bizarre.


Panels from Marvel Team-Up (1972 series) #139 (March 1984), script by Cary Burkett, pencils by Brian Postman, inks by Mike Esposito, colors by George Roussos, letters by Diana Albers
Me, I think Jonah is saying "pudding."

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 106: And that's why Scarlett Johansson wound up suing the Bugle for invasion of privacy

Panels from Amazing Adventures (1970 series) #3 (November 1970), script by Gary Friedrich, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Bill Everett, letters by Artie Simek

Today in Comics History, April 15, 1912: Jughead joins the sixty-two other time travellers on board the Titanic

from "Unstuck in Time!" in Archie Giant Series Magazine #602 [The World of Jughead] (Archie, October 1989), script by Rich Margopoulos, pencils by Doug Crane, inks by Tom Moore, colors by Barry Grossman, letters by Bill Yoshida
"There's no Mr. Jones on our passenger list."

Today in Comics History, April 14: Rebecca Cross bets Jessica Jones her mother won't notice she's missing an entire month

from Alias #11 (Marvel/MAX, September 2002), script by Brian Michael Bendis, pencils and inks by Michael Gaydos, colors by Matt Hollingsworth, letters by Richard Starkings and Jason Levine

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 105: Yo, Jo!(nah)

Which do you think is the least likely Marvel comic book for Jolly Jonah to make an appearance in? (Well, besides his appearances in an extended subplot of Popples). What, you don't remember that he was a card-carrying (card written by Larry Hama) member of America's elite fighting force that also included Rocky Balboa, "the boxer who used to punch meat?"


Panels from G. I. Joe, A Real American Hero (1982 Marvel series) #95 (Mid-December 1989), script by Larry Hama, pencils by M.D. Bright, inks by Randy Emberlin, colors by Bob Sharen, letters by Rick Parker

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 104: Cereal Killer, qu'est-ce que c'est

Panels from Cap'n Crunch advertisement "Where's the Cap'n Mystery?" in Cloak and Dagger (1985 series) #5 (January 1986), pencils by Ron Frenz

Today in Comics History History, April 12, 1861: "Buy One, Get Two Free" is invented

from "The War Nobody Wanted to Fight!" in Marines in Battle #20 (Marvel/Atlas, November 1957), pencils and inks by George Tuska
Wow, the November '57 Atlas Implosion was literal.

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 103: 'Um, Jonah, that kinda proves exactly the opposite."

Cover of Amazing Spider-Man #169 (June 1977), pencils by John Romita, Sr., inks by Frank Giacoia

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 102 and Today in Comics History, April 11, 1976

from Daredevil #135 (Marvel, July 1976), script by Marv Wolfman, pencils by Bob Brown, inks by Jim Mooney, colors by Michele Wolfman, typeset letters

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 101: What If...Jack Kirby Drew J. Jonah Jameson?

As far as the internet tells me, "The King" never actually drew Jolly Jonah (JJJ doesn't even appear in Fantastic Four until ish #110, just after Kirby left the book). But here's the next best thing: a Kirbyesque portrayal by José Ladrönn, from the pages, of all places...Cable!


Panels from Cable (1993 series) #62 (December 1998); script by Joe Casey; pencils by José Ladrönn; inks by Juan Vlasco, Al Milgrom, Jimmy Palmiotti, and Scott Koblish; colors by Gloria Vasquez; letters by Richard Starkings
If you know of any comic in which Jack Kirby drew J. Jonah Jameson, for gosh sakes, let me know in the comments!

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