Today in Comics History, June 6: A T-Rex slowly, stealthily sneaks up on the Dynamic Duo

from Batman #387 (DC, September 1985), script by Doug Moench, pencils and inks by Tom Mandrake, colors by Adrienne Roy, letters by John Costanza

Today in Comics History, June 6, 1970: Once again, Peter Parker doesn't get a byline for his photographs

from "The Widow and the Militants" in Amazing Adventures (1970 series) #3 (Marvel, November 1970), script by Gary Friedrich, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Bill Everett, letters by Artie Simek

Today in Comics History, June 6: Black Baron gets pwned by Princess Peach

from "The Diary of a Desperado" in Adventure Comics #145 (October 1949), script by Otto Binder, pencils and inks by George Papp

There Is No Hope in Crime Alley, Night 5

Panel from Year One: Batman/Scarecrow #2 (August 2005), script by Bruce Jones, pencils and inks by Sean Murphy, colors and color separations by Lee Loughridge, letters by Nick J. Napolitano

There Is No Hope in Crime Alley, Night 4

Panel from Detective Comics #593 (December 1988), script by Alan Grant, pencils by Norm Breyfogle, inks by Steve Mitchell, colors by Adrienne Roy, letters by Todd Klein

There Is No Hope in Crime Alley, Night 3

Panels from Batman and the Outsiders (1983 series) #13 (August 1984), script by Mike W. Barr, pencils by Dan Day, inks by Pablo Marcos, colors by Adrienne Roy, letters by Ben Oda

There Is No Hope in Crime Alley, Night 2

Panels from Legends of the Dark Knight #36 digital comic (February 2013), script by Peter Milligan, pencils and inks by Riccardo Burchielli, colors by Wendy Broome with Randy Mayor, letters by Saida Temofonte

There Is No Hope in Crime Alley, Night 1

Panels from Batman #613 (May 2003), script by Jeph Loeb, pencils by Jim Lee, inks by Scott Williams, colors by Alex Sinclair, letters by Richard Starkings

Today in Comics History, June 1, 1990: Spider-Man somehow becomes a shill for Barbara Bush

inside front cover house ad from Adventures in Reading Starring the Amazing Spider-Man #1 one-shot PSA comic (Marvel, 1990), pencils and inks by John Romita Sr. (?)

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!