Remembering Artist Rich Buckler

Remembering artist Rich Buckler on his birthday (February 6, 1949 - May 19, 2017) with a couple of his covers for Secret Society of Super-Villains (#13 and #14, March and April-May, 1978), where Captain Comet, the hero dedicated to fight the villains, gets thrown off the dimensional path, so instead of following them to Earth-2, ends up on Earth-3, where he fights the villains who looked like heroes, the Crime Syndicate of America, specifically Johnny Quick, Superwoman and Power Ring.

Celebrating Artist Val Semeiks

Celebrating artist Val Semeiks on his birthday (February 5, 1955) with a couple of his covers to The Demon (issues #23 and #24, of May and June, 1992),  where the reader is reminded that Etrigan lives in Gotham, as Robin and Batman get involved in his adventures with the Howler, yet it ends up being Jason Blood's girlfriend, Glenda Mark, who solves the problem.

The Wedding Of Karate Kid and Queen Projectra

After a whirlwind romance, and a long period of courtship, Karate Kid and Queen Projectra finally got married.

But, where did this love affair start?

A quick look below....

Adventure Comics #346 (July, 1966)

With "One Of Us Is A Traitor" by Jim Shooter and Sheldon Moldoff, with a cover by Curt Swan and George Klein, the Legion welcomed four new members to their ranks...Karate Kid (Val Armorr) from Earth, Princess Projectra from Orando, Ferro Lad (Andrew Nolan) from Earth and Nemesis Kid (Hart Druiter) from Myar.  These four had to prove themselves to the other Legion members, and did.  

They joined right in time, as Earth and the United Planets were menaced by a new warlike race called the Khunds...and it seems Earth's defenses were being destroyed by a member of the Legion...Karate Kid.

That was not true, and the real traitor was reveal, and the other three remaining on the team...with Val and Jeckie falling in love.  Val had to endure many trials to eventually wed his Princess...but was only finally able to after the death of her father, when she became Queen of Orando.

Legion of Super-Heroes Annual #2 (September, 1983)

Under a cover by Keith Giffen and Larry Mahlstedt, with a story by Paul Levitz, Keith Giffen and Dave Gibbons, Val and Jeckie were finally married in "Whatever Gods There Be...". 

Legion wedding are usually big affairs, and this one was as well, with the full Legion membership gathering from their busy adventures...

...as the team had just fought off Darkseid, and was busy restoring Daxam from the damage he did to Mon-El's homeworld, and another group (including Supergirl) just fought the Emerald Empress of Fatal Five.

Strangely enough, the wedding was relatively uneventful on Jeckie's home planet of Orando, but a team of Legion members (including Dream Girl and Ultra Boy) were accidentally sent back in time to ancient Greece, where they encountered aliens who were pretending to be the Greek gods.

Still, the marriage happened, and the two could live on her planet in peace (well, for a too short time....).

Celebrating Artist Ron Frenz

 

Celebrating the birthday of artist Ron Frenz (February 1, 1960) with the American Dream...

...a heroine from Earth-982, a near future approximation of the Marvel Universe, with the daughter of Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson as Spider-Girl, and a next generation of Avengers)....who is Shannon Carter, the cousin of S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Sharon Carter, who idolized Captain America, trained in his combat techniques, and eventually got Captain America's shield.  Debuting in A-Next #4 (January, 1999) to join those Avengers, Shannon then had her own 5 issue mini-series.

A-Next #4 (January, 1999) and American Dream #1 (July, 2008)

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American Dream #2 and #3 (July and , August 2008)

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American Dream #4 and #5 (August and September, 2008)

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Star Trek On Android

More schenanigans from Q...this time around, Q turns the Enterprise-D crew into Soong type androids like Data, and they learn while Data has incredible abilities, he also lacks the humanity of the crew, in this two part story from Star Trek: The Next Generation #79 and #80 (January and February, 1996) by Michael Jan Friedman, Gordon Purcell and Terry Pallot, with Gordon and Terry providing the covers.

Celebrating Artist Steven Butler

Celebrating the birthday of artist Steven Butler (January 29, 1965) with a couple of his covers for Nightwatch (#5 and #6, August and September, 1994), wherein the hero (the Spawned Nightwatch) faces off against Venom.

Celebrating Artist Frank Miller

Celebrating artist Frank Miller on his birthday...here, with a couple of his earlier efforts at Marvel, drawing two Star Trek covers (#5 and #10, August, 1980 and January, 1981), as the crew of the Enterprise had just come out of their movie debut in Star Trek: The Motion Picture.