Menacing Monkeys

In the early days, anything could be a menace, including monkeys, as evidenced by Cholly the Chimp in House of Mystery #55 (October, 1956) with cover art by Leonard Starr, or an organ grinder's pet, as in House of Mystery #58 (January, 1957), with cover by Bill Ely.

Remembering Artist Luis Dominguez

Remembering artist Luis Dominguez on his birthday (October 17, 1923 - July 1, 2020) with a couple of his covers featuring people under a watery threat...from Ghosts #38 (May, 1975) and Unexpected #165 (June, 1975).

Chamber Of Chills

A couple of creepy covers by Gil Kane and Tom Palmer for Chamber Of Chills #2 and #16 (January, 1973 and May, 1975).

Celebrating Artist George Pratt

Celebrating the birthday of artist George Pratt (October 13, 1960) with a couple of his covers for the Impact! line (an experiment of DC's focusing on the Archie super heroes of earlier days...), with a couple of the annuals from June, 1992 featuring the Black Hood, the Comet, the Legend Of The Shield, the Fly, Jaguar and The Web during the EarthQuest crossover.

Femme Fatales

A couple of femme fatales coming at you, with the Lady In The Moon from House Of Secrets #17 (February, 1959) and The Girl From 50,000 Fathoms from House Of Secrets #21 (June, 1959), both covers by Bill Ely.

Celebrating Artist Jim Starlin

Celebrating writer/artist Jim Starlin on his birthday (October 9, 1949) with the original ending to his Warlock/Thanos saga, featuring Captain Marvel, the Avengers, Adam Warlock, Spider-Man and the Thing, with the covers to Avengers Annual #7 (November, 1977) and Marvel Two-In-One Annual #2 (December, 1977).

Vault Of Evil

A couple of scary covers from the Vault of Evil series (#17 of February, 1975 and #22 of October, 1975) featuring main art by Ed Hannigan, and inked by Mike Esposito and Klaus Janson, respectively, with unwary victims to be taken by the undead.

Celebrating Artist Howard Chaykin

Celebrating artist Howard Chaykin on his birthday (October 7, 1950) with a couple of his early Marvel covers that leap out at you...with Tigra from Marvel Chillers #3 and the Scarecrow from Marvel Spotlight #26, both from February, 1976.

Celebrating Artist Pop Mahn

Celebrating the birthday of artist Pop Mahn (October 5, 1973) with a couple of femme fatales (Barbara Ketch and Lilith), as featuring in Ghost Rider #83 and #84, March and April, 1997.

Celebrating Artist Chris Warner

Celebrating artist Chris Warner on his birthday (October 4, 1955) with a couple of his Doctor Strange covers (#76 and #77, April and June, 1986), with Doc facing off against Iuriale and Khat, respectively.

Skeletal Scares

A couple of covers by Nick Cardy featuring skeletons, a group at a hotel for Ghosts #27 (June, 1974), and on a train for Ghosts #30 (September, 1974).

Remembering Artist Ramona Fradon

Remembering artist Ramona Fradon on her birthday (October 2, 1926 - February 24, 2024) with a couple of her Super Friends covers (#36 and #37, of September and October, 1980) featuring guest stars Plastic Man and Supergirl.

Scary Staircases

A couple of scary staircases, made scarier by what they lead to, in a couple of Luis Dominguez covers for House Of Secrets (#125 and #126, November and December, 1974).

Conan Vs Swamp Creatures

Conan fights creatures in the swamp in two issues of Conan The Barbarian (#148 and #149, July and August, 1983), under covers by John Buscema. 

Remembering Artist Russ Heath

Remembering artist Russ Heath on his birthday (September 29, 1926 - August 23, 2018) with a couple of his early covers featuring Easy Company fighting with and facing tanks!  

Our Army At War #86 and #87, September and October, 1959.

Celebrating Artist Bob Layton

Celebrating writer/artist Bob Layton on his birthday (September 25, 1953) with Hercules...that is, the mini-series, Hercules: Prince of Power.  

Set in the 2300s, this series follows Hercules as he runs through the galaxy, meets Recorder 417 and Galactus (and had a few follow ups, all of which deserve to be collected again).

Hercules #1 and #2 (September and October, 1982)

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Hercules #3 and #4 (November and December, 1982)

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Sorcery Vs Red Sonja

Red Sonja usually fought monsters and men, but occasionally fought sorcerers, like the evil Kulan-Gath (as shown in these two versions of Red Sonja #12 (July, 2006, by George Perez and John Romita Jr).

But, Kulan Gath began his career in Conan The Barbarian #14 (March, 1972), and faced Red Sonja (via possession) along with Spider-Man in Marvel Team-Up #79 (March, 1979).

Kulan Gath would also return to fight the X-Men in Uncanny X-Men #190 and #191, February and March 1985, as well as the Avengers in Avengers #28 through #30, May to July, 2000.

Remembering Joe Kubert

Remembering artist, editor, art teacher and founder of the Kubert School, Joe Kubert, on his birthday (September 18, 1926 - August 12, 2012).  

As this birthday is something special, here it is recalled with his 3 DC Specials.

DC Special #5 (October-December, 1969)

This special has a nice sample of Joe Kubert's work at DC, as well as a history of the artist.

Included here are:

Our Army At War #113 (December, 1961) with Sgt. Rock, a story of young Eagle Feather from Showcase #2 (May-June, 1956), Hawkman vs. the Matter Master from Brave and the Bold #35 (April-May, 1961) and a Viking Prince story from Brave and the Bold #18 (June-July, 1958).

DC Special #12 (May-June, 1971)

This issue featured the Viking Prince, with stories from Brave and the Bold #1, #5 and #16 (August-September, 1955, April-May, 1956 and February-March, 1958, though the cover for #16 is by Irv Novick) as well as non-Kubert stories featuring the Silent Knight and The Golden Gladiator from Brave and the Bold #1 (August-September, 1955).

More on the Viking Prince here!

DC Special #26 (February-March, 1977)

This special focused on the Enemy Ace, with stories from Star Spangled War Stories #143 (February-March, 1969, but sadly, edited), a feature from Star Spangled War Stories #139 (June-July, 1968) and Hans von Hammer's debut from Our Army At War #151 (February, 1965) (with more about Enemy Ace here). 

For these, and so many more, like Ragman and Tarzan, we will remember Joe Kubert.

Celebrating Artist Mike Mignola

Celebrating the birthday of artist Mike Mignola (September 16, 1960) with something cosmic...Cosmic Odyssey, that is.  

A 4 issue mini-series of the late 1980s, setting the heroes of Earth, including the Justice League, and Doctor Fate, the Demon, Starfire and more against the forces of Apokolips under Darkseid.

Cosmic Odyssey #1 and #2 (December and Winter, 1988)

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Cosmic Odyssey #3 and #4 (Holiday, 1988 and January, 1989)

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Celebrating Artist Mike Grell

Celebrating artist Mike Grell on his birthday (September 13, 1947) with the first twelve covers for the 2009 Warlord series...

...with Travis Morgan as the Warlord, and a cast of characters from the lost world of Skartaris.

Warlord #1 and #2 (June and July, 2009)

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Warlord #3 and #4 (August and September, 2009)

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Warlord #5 and #6 (October and November, 2009)

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Warlord #7 and #8 (December, 2009 and January, 2010)

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Warlord #9 and #10 (February and March, 2010)

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Warlord #11 and #12 (April and May, 2010)

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Celebrating The Monkees

Celebrating the Anniversary of the debut of the Monkees TV show on September 12, 1966 on NBC.  The show featured light comedy and music by the band, featuring Davy Jones, Peter Tork, Michael Nesmith and Micky Dolenz.  

The show lasted 2 seasons with 58 episodes, ending on March 25, 1968, followed up by the movie, Head, in November, 1968 and an NBC TV special, 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee on April 14, 1969, and an ABC one hour special, Hey Hey It's The Monkees, on February 17, 1997.

The band also had 9 albums under their original run, and 4 reunion albums from the 1980s to the 2010s.

Dell, a powerhouse in comics at the time, provided 17 issues of comics, based on the Monkees series, with interior art mostly by Jose Delbo, with the last issue being a reprint of the first. 

The Monkees #1 and #2 (March, and May, 1967)

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The Monkees #3 and #4 (July, and September 1967)

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The Monkees #5 and #6 (October and November, 1967)

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The Monkees #7 and #8 (December, 1967 and January, 1968)

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The Monkees #9 and #10 (February and March,1968)

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The Monkees #11 and #12 (May and June, 1968)

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The Monkees #13 and #14 (July and August, 1968)

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The Monkees #15 and #16 (September and November, 1968)

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The Monkees #17 (October, 1969)

Amethyst Princess Of Gemworld

Amy Winston was just a normal teenager...or so she thought.  In reality, she was Amethyst, Princess Of Gemworld, possessing magical powers and the will to fight for her enchanted land....though finding this out shattered her own world, as shown on these 2 covers for her original mini-series, issues #5 and #8 from September and December, 1983 by George Perez and Ernie Colon.

Celebrating Artist Kevin Maguire

Celebrating artist Kevin Maguire on his birthday (September 9, 1960) with a small group of his covers with the Justice League...

...as he made his fame drawing the Justice League as a group with attitude (especially Guy Gardner) starting with Justice League #1 (May, 1987) and going well into the 1990s.

Justice League International #24 (February, 1989) and Justice League Europe Annual #2 (October, 1991)

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Justice League Europe #36 (March, 1992) and Formerly Known As The Justice League #1 (September, 2003)

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Titans Sell Out Special #1 (November, 1992) and Fanboy #3 (May, 1999)

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