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Batman: He's a complicated man and no one understands him like his Catwoman (right). But you can achieve greater Batman-awareness by picking up these recent Bat-backissues I've just put up for sale at ⁦Housing Works Bookstore and Café!

Today in Comics History, February 29, 1996: Don't call me Chief Bucky

from Super Soldier #1 (Amalgam/DC, April 1996); co-plot and script by Mark Waid; co-plot, pencils, inks, and letters by Dave Gibbons; colors by Angus McKie

365 Days of Power and Responsibility, Day 60: But where's the pig?

Panels from "Charlotte's Web" in Spider-Island: I Love New York City one-shot (November 2011), script by Joe Caramagna, pencils and inks by Max Fiumara, colors by Fabio D'Auria, letters by Clayton Cowles
Ah, February 29. Where 365 Days of Power and Responsibility becomes 366. Let's...let's not worry about that until December 31, okay?

365 Days of Power and Responsibility, Day 59: Yummy, yummy, yummy, I got responsibility in my tummy

Page from Edge of Spider-Verse #4 (December 2014), script by Clay McLeod Chapman, pencils and inks by Elia Bonetti, colors by Veronica Gandini, letters by Clayton Cowles

365 Days of Power and Responsibility, Day 58: "The Idiot Nullifier! In the hands of a human!"

Panel from Mythos: Spider-Man one-shot (August 2007), script by Paul Jenkins, painted art by Paolo Rivera, letters by Joe Caramagna

365 Days of Power and Responsibility, Day 57: Spider-Dad / Spider-Dad / His hairstyle is / Pretty bad

from Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows (2015 series) #1 (Marvel, August 2015), script by Dan Slott, pencils by Adam Kubert, inks by John Dell, colors by Justin Ponsor, letters by Joe Caramagna

365 Days of Power and Responsibility, Day 56: I'm taking what they're giving 'cause I'm workin' for a livin'

Panels from Damage Control (May 1989 series) #3 (July 1989), script by Dwayne McDuffie, pencils by Ernie Colon, inks by Bob Wiacek, colors by George Roussos, letters by Rick Parker

365 Days of Power and Responsibility, Day 55: The Young Isaac Hayes Chronicles

Panel from Thor #337 (November 1983); script, pencils, and inks by Walt Simonson; colors by George Roussos; letters by John Workman, Jr.

365 Days of Power and Responsibility, Day 54: Happy 800th Time Spider-Man Has Said That Phrase*

Panel from "The Goblin Triumphant" in Amazing Spider-Man #800 (July 2018), by a whole lotta guys
*This month.

Today in Comics History, February 23, 1971: Batman is really looking hard for a birthday gift for Conlan Seale

from "Death Mask" in The Batman Chronicles #1 (DC, Summer 1995), script by Doug Moench, pencils by Brian Apthorp, inks by Terry Austin, colors by David Hornung, letters by Todd Klein
The Batman Chronicles is a great anthology-type series featuring different characters from Batman's friends and foes in each story. And of course ya gotta love the first text page from Batman Chronicles #1:

365 Days of Power and Responsibility, Day 53: One-Punch (Spider-)Man

Panels from Amazing Spider-Man (2014 series) #19.1 (September 2015), script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Carlo Barberi, inks by Juan Vlasco, colors by Israel Silva, letters by Joe Caramagna

Today in Comics History, February 22, 1902: Wow, James T. Kirk really gets around

from "Colonel David (Mickey) Marcus — Fighter for Freedom" in Real Fact Comics #21 (DC, July 1949), script by Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, George Kashdan, pencils and inks by Jon Small
This panels is actually about Colonel David "Mickey" Marcus. Read more about him.

365 Days of Power and Responsibility, Day 52: This is indeed a disturbing universe

Panels from "Great Incomprehensibility!" in Secret Wars Too one-shot (January 2016), script by Al Ewing, pencils and inks by Jacopo Camagni, colors by Jesus Aburtov, letters by Travis Lanham

Today in Comics History, February 20: Happy birthday, Dwayne McDuffie!

Born on this day in 1962: Dwayne McDuffie, writer, producer, co-founder of Milestone Comics, co-creator of Damage Control, Static, Icon and Rocket, Hardware, and much more.



from (top) "Bullpen Bulletins" in Marvel Age #60 (Marvel, March 1988);
R: "Bullpen Bulletins" in Marvel Comics cover-dated September 1989

365 Days of Power and Responsibility, Day 51: Electric Boogaloo

Panels from Spider-Men II #4 (January 2018), script by Brian Michael Bendis, pencils by Sara Pichelli, inks by Sara Pichelli and Elisabetta D'Amico, colors by Justin Ponsor, letters by Cory Petit

365 Days of Power and Responsibility, Day 50: Moral of the story: don't put your stove right next to your sofa

Panel from Amazing Spider-Man #38/479 (February 2002), script by J. Michael Straczynski, pencils by John Romita, Jr., inks by Scott Hanna, colors by Dan Kemp, letters by Richard Starkings and Wes Abbott
In my humble little stuffed opinion, Aunt May discovering and dealing with the revelation that her nephew is Spider-Man was one of the greatest growth stories and potential spin-off for dozen upon dozens of fresh storylines. (So of course, they retconned it away.)

Today in Comics Real History, February 19, 1945: They battled up Iwo Jima hill / Two hundred and fifty men / But only twenty-seven lived / To walk back down again

The comics you are about to see are products of their time. They may depict some of the ethnic and racial prejudices that were commonplace in American society. These depictions were wrong then and are wrong today. While the following does not represent the comics industry view of today's society, these panels are being presented as they were originally created, because to do otherwise would be the same as claiming these prejudices never existed.

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from "Scoops... Pictures to Remember" in Real Fact Comics #5 (DC/National, November 1946), pencils and inks by George Roussos

365 Days of Power and Responsibility, Day 49: Sad Living Tribunal Is Sad

Panel from Warlock and the Infinity Watch #1 (February 1992), script by Jim Starlin, pencils by Angel Medina, inks by Terry Austin, colors by Ian Laughlin, letters by Jack Morelli

365 Days of Power and Responsibility, Day 48: That Time Is Now

Panels from Spider-Man (1990 series) #51 (October 1994), script by Howard Mackie, pencils by Tom Lyle, inks by Scott Hanna, colors by Kevin Tinsley, letters by Richard Starkings

365 Days of Power and Responsibility, Day 47: Old Guys with White Beards Theatre Presents, Part 2

Panels from Spider-Gwen (December 2015 series) #1 (December 2015), pencils by Jason Latour, pencils and inks by Robbi Rodriguez, colors by Rico Renzi, letters by Clayton Cowles