Paper Doll Month, Day 18: Geez, Paper Barbie has the same measurements as Doll Barbie

"Polynesian Fashions" in Barbie Fashion #12 (Marvel, December 1991), script and inks by Trina Robbins, pencils by Amanda Conner, colors by Ed Lazellari, letters by Jade Moede; George Roberts

Paper Doll Month, Day 17: Then I saw her face, now Irma believer

"Irma's Fashions" from My Friend Irma #35 (Marvel/Atlas, September 1953), pencils and inks by Dan DeCarlo
My Friend Irma was a popular radio, movie, TV (and, yes, comic book) series focusing on the antics of smart girl Jane and her best friend and roommate, the silly-headed Irma (like Gracie Allen, though, Irma was always full of some sort of universal sense).



Mostly forgotten today, My Friend Irma is perhaps best remembered as the movie that introduced the duo of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis to a worldwide audience:



...and while Irma's comic book was at Marvel, Dean and Jerry's was over at DC, on what I like to call Earth-28, the world they shared with the adventures of Bob Hope. Therefore, we can deduce that the My Friend Irma movie took place on the same world that hosted the Superman/Spider-Man crossovers or the X-Men and the Teen Titans team-up...Crossover-Earth, the only Earth that lies directly between the DC and Marvel multiverses. Until Grant Morrison blew it up. BOOM!

So, now you know how My Friend Irma died...in a cataclysmic crossover comic book event.

You could have one more page of Batman adventures, or you could have this

So, this is what passed for "humor" in the Golden Age:


"Kafloppos" from Batman #33 (February-March 1946), pencils and inks by Jack Callahan
Oh, the hilarity.

Please write to DC Comics and demand they bring back a murderous, vengeful Curly Kafloppo in the New 52! You know you want it!

Paper Doll Month, Day 16: Dress Misty for Me

Paper doll pages from [Meet] Misty #6 (Marvel/Star Comics, October 1986); script, pencils, and inks by Trina Robbins, letters by L. Lois Buhalis

If I Ran DC Comics

Scooby-Doo: Futures End #1 (one-shot) (November 2014), incorporating cover art from Scooby-Doo #113 (December 2006), art by Scott McRae and Robert W. Pope
And here's the variant lenticular version!:

Today in Comics History, September 15, 1988: Batman progressively walks closer to you until you can see he's carrying FOR PETE'S SAKE BATMAN PUT THAT THING DOWN

Yes, today, September 15, is when a phone vote to assassinate a comic book icon determined the fate of Batman comic books forever. Don't ask who it is that killed Jason Todd: as Mick Jagger sang, "after all it was you and me."




"Some Will Die" ads from DC comics cover dated September-December 1988, pencils by Jim Aparo

Paper Doll Month, Day 15: Les belles de domaine de ressorts

"Patty & Selma's Fascinatin' Fashions!" from Simpsons Comics #2 (January 1994), artist unknown
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Ten of a Kind: Got myself a crying, talking, sleeping, walking, paper doll

(Click wide images to super-size. More Ten of a Kind here.)

Paper Doll Month, Day 14: Take my hand

Katchoo and Francine paper dolls and fashions from Strangers in Paradise #28-30 (November 1999-February 2000), pencils and inks by Terry Moore

Paper Doll Month, Day 13: Marvel really needs to resurrect this feature for Wolverine and Iron Man

"Kathy's Cut-Ups!" and "Look at Liz!" from Kathy #6 (Marvel, August 1960), script by Stan Lee, pencils and inks by Stan Goldberg

Today in Comics History, September 12: Don Blake's cane has a pretty good monthly minutes plan

from Thor: Season One graphic novel (Marvel, October 2013), script by Lilah Sturges, pencils and inks by Pepe Larraz, colors by Wil Quintana, letters by Cory Petit

Paper Doll Month, Day 12: Wait, isn't Tyrolea where Dr. Doom comes from?

"Tillie Cutouts: Tyrolean Outfit" from Four Color #237 [Tillie the Toiler] (July 1949), pencils and inks by Jack Callahan

At 13th Dimension: Spider-Man's Screwiest Spider-Verses debuts!

Tonight over at 13th Dimension, my pal John begins a series of posts about Spider-Man's Screwiest Spider-Verses...weird and wacky alternate versions of Spider-Man we probably won't be seeing in the new Spider-Verse crossover event (darn it). Although Spider-Verse promises every Spider-Man known to man...I bet pal John's come up with a few more! (I helped.)

Here's a web-slinger we can only hope we'll see: Rick Geary's Spider-Man! Here's a sneak preev:


Page from Spider-Man: Chase for the Blue Tiger (1995), written and illustrated by Rick Geary
Whoa, what the Sam Scratch is that crazy silver coin right in the middle of the page? You'll just have to head over to 13th Dimension for Spider-Man's Screwiest Spider-Verses to find out! A splendid time is guaranteed for all!*

*Guarantee does not apply to Green Goblin.

Paper Doll Month, Day 11: I wish they all could be color paper dolls

"Is This Max... or Mo?" from California Girls #1 (Eclipse, June 1987); script, pencils, inks (and colors?) by Trina Robbins; letters by L. Lois Buhalis
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I understand it's Internet Slowdown Day and I fully support that

Today in Comics History, September 10, 1919: Riddler does not understand how eBay works

from Detective Comics #707 (DC, March 1997), script by Chuck Dixon, pencils by Graham Nolan, inks by David Roach, colors by Gloria Vasquez, letters by John Costanza

Paper Doll Month, Day 10: Cutting Mad

"Paper Doll Page" from Mad #28 (July 1956), pencils and inks by Will Elder

The Zen of Batman: Justice

from Batman '66: "The Thirteenth Hat" (February 23, 1966), written by Charles Hoffman, directed by Norman Foster

Today in Comics History, September 9, 1948: A crime happens long before Bruce became Batman, even though he had a comic book in 1948

from "Marital-Bliss Miss" in Detective Comics #380 (DC, October 1968), script by Frank Robbins, pencils by Bob Brown, inks by Joe Giella

Paper Doll Month, Day 9: On the newsstand that same month: Fantastic Four #1. But hey, this comic has paper dolls in it

Paper doll pages from Linda Carter, Student Nurse #2 (Marvel, November 1961), script by Stan Lee, pencils and inks by Al Hartley