How Hot Is It?

All in all, it is too hot to make a column.  

But you want it hotter?

Well, how about this cover to Vault Of Evil #13 (September, 1974) by Larry Lieber and Vince Colletta?

...and if you really want it hotter, you can go to...

Celebrating Artist Charles Vess

Celebrating the birthday of artist Charles Vess (June 10, 1951) with his Spectre covers, 3 from the 1980s, and one from the 1990s...

...a hint of the fantasy art he is much more famous for.

Spectre #13 and #14 (April and May, 1988)

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Spectre #15 and #5 (June, 1988 and April, 1993)

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Remembering Artist George Perez

Remembering artist George Perez on his birthday (June 9, 1954 - May 6, 2022) with a pair of his Justice League of America covers (#192 and #193, July and August, 1981) where in the JLA faces T. O. Morrow, and learn just a little extra about the Red Tornado (and his ties to the Tornado Tyrant and the Tornado Champion).

Justice League of America #192 (July, 1981)

In "Quest For Genesis" written by Gerry Conway, with art by George Perez and John Beatty, Red Tornado attacks the JLA in their satellite...forcing them to destroy him.  While debating this, Red Tornado attacks again...with the team stopping that Red Tornado as well.  This makes the team think of Reddy's android status, and his creator, T. O. Morrow and Red Tornado's origins.  

Meanwhile, Red Tornado is at home with Kathy Sutton and Traya, until his mind is attacked by....T. O. Morrow, who summons Reddy to his secret mountain base.  Red Tornado had told the JLA that Morrow was dead, but Morrow explains that, after his being thrown out of reality when Red Tornado joined the JLA, one version of him ended up on a planet, while another mutated into the Future Man (who was the one who died).  So, Morrow tried to recreate Red Tornado....but neither worked.  

Why?

Justice League of America #193 (July, 1981)

In "Secret Of Genesis" written by Gerry Conway, with art by George Perez and John Beatty, as T. O. Morrow attempted to deconstruct Red Tornado, he found so much more than he was looking for.  A being called the Tornado Tyrant came out of Red Tornado, and, thanks to the arrival of the JLA team, Firestorm had time to search around, and found the Tornado Champion (two beings from Rann, where faced Adam Strange, but then came to Earth to admire the JLA, and then, on its own created world, had to create a JLA to stop its evil side).  

Still, imitating the JLA wasn't enough for the Tornado Champion, so, ending up on Earth-2, found T. O. Morrow creating his android, and attempted to take control of it...he did, but at the cost of his memory.  So, Tornado Tyrant and Tornado Champion were hold up inside of Red Tornado, without Reddy's knowledge.  To contain the Tornado Tyrant, Firestorm recreated Red Tornado's android body, and with the help of the Tornado Champion, recreated Red Tornado (without memories of his two warring factions, a secret which Firestorm would keep....at least until the Crisis).

Celebrating Artist Darryl Banks

Celebrating the birthday of artist Darryl Banks (June 7, 1964) with a couple of his Green Lantern covers (#98 and #99, May and June, 1998), where Kyle Rayner ended up in the 30th century of the Legion of Super-Heroes.  

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).