Thursday, August 13, 2026

Remembering Artist Jim Mooney

Remembering artist Jim Mooney on his birthday (August 13, 1919 - March 30, 2008) with a couple of covers with punch, as Robin delivers the haymaker in Star Spangled Comics #80 (May, 1948) and gets one in Star Spangled Comics #82 (July, 1948).


Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Kirby Tales Of Suspense

Alien menaces were all over the pre-hero Marvel Universe, as the hapless humans of Earth had to deal with Zarkorr from Tales of Suspense #35 (November, 1962) and Haag (name misspelled on the cover as Hagg) from Tales of Suspense #37 (January, 1963) in these two covers by Jack Kirby.

Sunday, August 9, 2026

Celebrating Artist Rick Leonardi

Celebrating the birthday of artist Rick Leonardi (August 9, 1957) with his covers to the first Vision and Scarlet Witch mini-series...


...which resulted in a big revelation about Wanda's dad!




Vision and the Scarlet Witch #1 and #2 (November and December, 1982)

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Vision and the Scarlet Witch #3 and #4 (January and February, 1983)

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Thursday, August 6, 2026

Celebrating Artist Ed Hannigan

Celebrating the birthday of artist Ed Hannigan (August 6, 1951) with his covers for the second Annuals for the Question and Green Arrow from July, 1989, focusing on another team up of these streetwise heroes.


Wednesday, August 5, 2026

Kirby Amazing Adventures

Here, a couple of random Amazing Adventures, with covers by Jack Kirby, (#3 and #4, August and September, 1961), featuring humans dealing with a prehistoric age with dinosaurs and cavemen, and a village dealing with robotic invaders.


Sunday, August 2, 2026

National Sisters Day 2026

Celebrating National Sisters Day with Wonder Woman and Troia.  Though Diana and Donna are not quite real sisters, they are pretty close....and it gives an opportunity to show off these Wonder Woman covers by George Perez from #47 and #48 (October and November, 1990), facing Circe's beastiamorphs.


Saturday, August 1, 2026

Kirby Journeys

A couple of Journey Into Mystery (#77 and #78, February and March, 1962) with covers by Jack Kirby, with a slightly supernatural bent, as Marvel's super heroes were just starting to settle on the line.