Remembering D-Day

Remembering the invasion of Normandy during World War II, which happened on June 6, 1944...called D-Day.  D-Day was also a war comic from Charlton, with 5 issues (no number three was published), and though they weren't entirely focused on that date, it did show our heroic armed forces in action, with the first two covers likely by Dick Giordano, cover four by Sam Glanzman, cover five by Rocco Mastroserio, and cover six by Carlos Cassala.

D-Day #1 and #2 (Summer, 1963 and Fall, 1964)

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D-Day #4 and #5 (September, 1966 and October, 1967)

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D-Day #6 (November, 1968)

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Tharn In Jungle Action

When is a hero debut not a hero debut?

When the hero is Tharn!   

Tharn, a jungle hero debuted in Jungle Action #1 (October, 1972, cover by John Buscema), but was a reprint of adventures of Lo-Zar, who debuted in Jungle Action #1 (October, 1954) by Don Rico and Joe Maneely, with Joe also providing that cover.  Tharn stories appeared in the first 4 issues of the new Jungle Action, with the name change to prevent confusion with Ka-Zar, sharing space with reprints of Lorna Queen of the Jungle and Jann of the Jungle.  Lo-Zar had 6 issues in his Jungle Action run as Lord of the Jungle.

Jungle Action #1 (October, 1972) and Jungle Action #1 (October, 1954)

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Covers by John Buscema and Joe Maneely

Jungle Action #2 (December, 1972) and Jungle Action #2 (December, 1954)

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Covers by Gil Kane and Joe Maneely

Jungle Action #3 (February, 1973) and Jungle Action #4 (April, 1955)

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Covers by Jim Starlin & Frank Giacoia and Carl Burgos

Jungle Action #4 (April, 1973) and Jungle Action #6 (August, 1955)

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Covers by Gil Kane & Frank Giacoia and Joe Maneely

Original Jungle Action #3 and #5 (February and June, 1955)

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Covers by Syd Shores & Frank Giacoia and Joe Maneely

Given time, maybe later we'll look into Lorna the Jungle Queen and Jann of the Jungle!

Lorna the Jungle Queen #1 (July, 1953) and Jann of the Jungle #14 (December, 1956)

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Covers by Carl Burgos

Celebrating Artist Scott Rosema

Celebrating the birthday of artist Scott Rosema (June 2, 1958) with his cover to the Archie Comics Cartoon Network Presents Space Ghost #1 (March, 1997).

Adventures With Superboy-Prime

Looking in on Superboy-Prime (the Superboy from an alternate world called Earth-Prime where super heroes were characters in comic book, taken away after the end of the Crisis On Infinite Earths, only to return, with a psychopathic rage and murdering many heroes including Titans and Bloodlines heroes)....here, in Adventure Comics #4 and #5 (January and February, 2010, with covers by Jerry Ordway, with variants by Francis Manapul as #507 and #508)...

...this Clark Kent was forced to face some of those he killed, brought back as Black Lanterns, with Alexander Luthor Jr. leading the charge (and these stories might also have been his step towards redemption).

Plus back up stories with the Black Witch (Mysa, the former White Witch of the Legion of Super-Heroes), and Superboy/Kon-El as well.

Adventure Comics #4 and #507 (January, 2010)

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Adventure Comics #5 and #508 (February, 2010)

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Celebrating Artist Greg Horn

Celebrating the birthday of artist Greg Horn (May 30, 1970) with his covers to the 4 issue mini-series : Justice League: The Rise Of Arsenal.

In the mini-series, Roy Harper, Arsenal (the former Speedy) deals with the loss of his daughter Lian and his arm, due to the attack on Star City by Prometheus.  During the course of this series, Roy falls back on drugs, gets a prosthetic arm, fights Lian's mother (Cheshire), fights with Black Canary and Nightwing, and ends up executing the Electrocutioner and battling his mentor, Green Arrow (who says 2010 comics weren't fun???).

Justice League: The Rise Of Arsenal #1 and #2 (May and June, 2010)

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Justice League: The Rise Of Arsenal #3 and #4 (July and August, 2010)

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Celebrating Artist Scott Koblish

Celebrating the birthday of artist Scott Koblish (May 28, 1970) with his wraparound cover to the Despicable Deadpool #300 (July, 2018) featuring...well, Deadpool and a ton of his alternate world counterparts (well, who would it feature...Shakespeare?).

Celebrating Artist Tom Mandrake

Celebrating the birthday of artist Tom Mandrake (May 26, 1956) with a couple of his early Spectre covers (#1 from December, 1992 and #4 from February, 1993) along with the cover to the Spectre: Crimes And Punishments from December, 1993, which reprints Spectre #1 through #4 from that run.