Sunday, October 18, 2026

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.


Saturday, October 17, 2026

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).


Thursday, October 15, 2026

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).


Tuesday, October 13, 2026

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.





Sunday, October 11, 2026

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.


Friday, October 9, 2026

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).

Thursday, October 8, 2026

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.