365 Days of DC House Ads, Day 91

House ad for Legion of Substitute Heroes Special one-shot (1985); printed in World's Finest Comics #317 (July 1985)
Ad art taken from the cover of Legion of Substitute Heroes Special, pencils by Keith Giffen, inks by Karl Kesel

Today in Comics History: That park you always saw advertised in comic books opened

Yep, it's the Palisades Amusement Park in beautiful New Jersey, only moments from Metropolis and Gotham City (if you're Superman). Here's the full ad (from Challengers of the Unknown #20, June 1961):


The Clyde Beatty and Cole Bros 3-Ring Circus! Remember, pound for pound, the only circus that gives you more orphaning action is this one:


Panel from Batman: Dark Victory #7 (August 2000), script by Jeph Loeb, pencils and inks by Tim Sale, colors by Gregory Wright, color separations by Heroic Age, letters by Richard Starkings

Hey Batman! What month is it?

I'm sorry, Batman, I didn't hear you. What month is it?


Panels from Batman: Gotham After Midnight #9 (March 2009), script by Steve Niles, pencils and inks by Kelley Jones, colors by Michelle Madsen, letters by Pat Brosseau
Oh, thanks!

Today in Comics History: Two-Face's coin is startled

Panels from Batman: Dark Victory #7 (August 2000), script by Jeph Loeb, pencils and inks by Tim Sale, colors by Gregory Wright, color separations by Heroic Age, letters by Richard Starkings

Today in Comics History, March 31: Fanboys have heart attacks

from Superman #145 (DC, May 1961), script by Jerry Siegel, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Sheldon Moldoff
What the Superman "Sam" Scratch is goin' on here?!? Well...find out tomorrow!

Today in Comics History, Easter: After the Easter Bunny's parents are murdered in cold blood in front of him, he becomes a grim avenger of the night

from Batman: Shadow of the Bat #83 (DC, March 1999), script by Bob Gale, pencils by Alex Maleev, inks by Wayne Faucher, colors by Matt Hollingsworth, letters by Willie Schubert

365 Days of DC House Ads, Day 90

House ad for Legion of Super-Heroes v.4 #8 (June 1990); printed in [Batman:] Legends of the Dark Knight v.1 #7 (May 1990)

Ad art based on the cover of LSH #8:

Left side: pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Murphy Anderson and Al Gordon. Right side: pencils by Keith Giffen, inks by Al Gordon. Colors by Tom McCraw.

Psylocke Psaturday #9: No one, no one, no one ever is to blame

Hey, suddenly Betsy is in the Doctor Who episode "Turn Left"! England's under a brutal totalitarian rule! But hey, they've got a slide! WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!


Panels from "The Twisted World (Reprise)" in The Mighty World of Marvel v.2 #8 (January 1984), script by Alan Moore, pencils and inks by Alan Davis, letters by Steve Craddock. Color version from X-Men Archives featuring Captain Britain #6 (December 1995), colors by Andy Seddon.
(Hair: still purple.)

365 Days of DC House Ads, Day 89

House ad for Batman: Nosferatu one-shot (March 1999); printed in The Invisibles v.3 #12 (April 1999)
Ad art from the cover of Batman: Nosferatu: painted by Ted McKeever

Today in Comics History: Tony Stark arrives for his court-ordered date at the cardboard box factory

from Invincible Iron Man #514 (Marvel, May 2012), script by Matt Fraction, pencils and inks by Salvador Larocca, colors by Frank D'Armata, letters by Joe Caramagna

Just don't call him late for dinner

There's a lot of brou-ha-ha (Brou-ha-ha? Ha ha ha!) about Havok's rejection of being called "mutant" in Uncanny Avengers #5.

Which of course means that I had to re-letter several panels from the book.





Panels from Uncanny Avengers #5 (May 2013), script by Rick Remender, pencils by Olivier Coipel, inks by Mark Morales, colors by Laura Martin with Larry Molinar, letters by Chris Eliopoulos, redialogue and relettering by Bully the Little Stuffed Bull
Take that, Mister Reminder Remender! And you keep that hobo pee away from me!

365 Days of DC House Ads, Day 88

House ad for The Brave and the Bold #29 [The Justice League of America's second appearance] (April-May 1960) and Showcase #26 [Rip Hunter, Time Master] (May-June 1960)
printed in Wonder Woman #114 (May 1960)
Comic cover art: Brave and the Bold #29: pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Murphy Anderson, letters by Ira Schnapp
Showcase #29: pencils and inks by Joe Kubert, letters by Ira Schnapp
Ad designed and lettered by Ira Schnapp

365 Days of DC House Ads, Day 87

House ad for Action Comics #484 (June 1978) and Batman #300 (June 1978); printed in Batman #300
Comic cover art: Action #484: pencils by José Luis García-López, inks by Dick Giordano, colors by Tatjana Wood
Batman #300: pencils and inks by Dick Giordano, colors by Tatjana Wood
Ad designed and lettered by Gaspar Saladino

Today in Comics History, March 28: Sex workers become canonical characters in the Marvel Universe

from X-Statix #10 (Marvel, June 2003), script by Peter Milligan, pencils and inks by Philip Bond, colors by Laura Allred, letters by Nate Piekos

Please Stand By

365 Days of DC House Ads, Day 86

House ad for Adventure Comics [Superboy and the Lion of Super-Heroes] #280 (May 1969); printed in Wonder Woman #182 (May-June 1969)
Comic cover art: pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Mike Esposito, letters by Gaspar Saladino
Ad designed and lettered by Gaspar Saladino

Today in Comics History: Hunter S. Thompson finally drops his lawsuit against DC

Cover of Transmetropolitan #57 (August 2002), pencils and inks by Gene Ha, colors by Nathan Eyring

365 Days of DC House Ads, Day 85

House ad for Sgt. Bilko's Pvt. Doberman #1 (June-July 1958); printed in Peter Porkchops #56 (July 1958)
Comic cover art: pencils and inks by Bob Oksner (?)
Ad art: pencils and inks by Bob Oksner (?), letters by Ira Schnapp

Happy Birthday, Robert Frost!

One of my favorite poets, Robert Frost (or, as we used to call him, "Mister Cool,"), was born today in 1874! That makes him 139 years old! (That's a lotta candles.)


Page from Batman: Detective #27 graphic novel (December 2003), script by Michael Uslan, "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost, pencils and inks by Peter Snejbjerg, colors by Lee Loughridge, letters by Kurt Hathaway
Happy Birthday, Mister Cool!

365 Days of DC House Ads, Day 84

House ad for Kong the Untamed #1 (June-July 1975); printed in World's Finest Comics #230 (June 1975)
Ad art: pencils and inks by Alfredo Alcala