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.

 

For Memorial Day

Remembering those in the United States armed forces who have lost their lives in service to our county this Memorial Day with this very emotional cover by Joe Kubert, featuring Sgt. Rock, mourning the loss of Easy Company, from Sgt. Rock #389 (June, 1984).

Remembering Artist Carmine Infantino

Remembering artist Carmine Infantino on his birthday (May 24, 1925 - April 24, 2013) with the end run of his covers for the Flash, covering the trial of the Flash.  

The Flash was on trial for murdering the Reverse Flash....and, as the powers that be at DC decided Barry's fate in the upcoming Crisis (to end the title), instead of starting a new story with the Flash, the trial just seemed to go on forever....

Flash #340 and #341 (December, 1984 and January, 1985)

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Flash #342 and #343 (February and March, 1985)

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Flash #344 and #345 (April and May, 1985)

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Flash #346 and #347 (June and July, 1985)

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Flash #348 and #349 (August and September, 198)

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....though Flash was found guilty, he was later cleared, dealt with the end of his title, and then ran headlong into the Crisis on Infinite Earths....

Remembering Artist George Baker

Remembering artist George Baker on his birthday (May 22, 1915 - May 8, 1975) with a couple of his covers featuring Sad Sack (Sad Sack Laugh Special #35 and #36, April and June, 1967) featuring Sad Sack and crew working on a ship!

Celebrating Artist Steve Lieber

Celebrating the birthday of artist Steve Lieber (May 19, 1967) with a couple of his covers featuring Hawkman (appropriate for someone who attended the Joe Kubert School)...as Hawkman's history went from mildly crazy to really intense with Zero Hour, from Hawkman #10 and #11 (June and July, 1994).

Remembering Artist Alan Kupperberg

Remembering artist Alan Kupperberg on his birthday (May 18, 1953 - July 17, 2015) with a couple of his covers featuring the heroes of World War II, the Invaders (#38 and #39, March and April, 1979), where Captain America, the Sub-Mariner and the original Human Torch faced U-Man, the Nazi from Atlantis!

Remembering Artist Dave Hoover

Remembering artist Dave Hoover on his birthday (May 14, 1955 - September 4, 2011) with a couple of his Starman covers....featuring Will Payton dealing with the legacy of Ted Knight, including his son, David Knight, and his foe, the Mist (temporarily using the name of Nimbus) for Starman #26 and #27 (September and October, 1990).

Spotlight On War Against Crime!

A quick spotlight on War Against Crime!....an 11 issue series from EC, here, with two covers by Johnny Craig (#6 and #7 from April-May and June-July, 1949)....with the criminals under the spotlight by the police.

Happy Mother's Day Lois Lane

A happy Mother's Day to all, especially to Superman's wife, Lois Lane, who, sometimes has happy kids with Superman, like in Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane #23 (February, 1961, with cover by Curt Swan and Stan Kaye) or not so much, from Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane #39 (February, 1963, with cover by Kurt Schaffenberger).

Celebrating Artist Ty Templeton

Celebrating the birthday of artist Ty Templeton (May 9, 1962) with a couple of his covers for Secret Origins....#30 (September, 1988) featuring Elongated Man, Plastic Man and Woozy Winks, and #37 (February, 1989) featuring Doctor Light and the Legion of Substitute Heroes!

Ken Shannon Crime-Busting Private Eye

Ken Shannon Crime-Busting Private Eye was one of the last titles of Quality Comics, featuring Ken Shannon, who, as a private eye, would bust crime.  Ken had some odd cases in his 10 issue career, with issues written by Joe Millard, Robert Bernstein and Bill Woolfolk, with art by Reed Crandall (who did covers for #2-#8), John Daly and Chuck Cuidera....and a short feature in most issues...Angles O'Day by Jack Cole.

Ken Shannon Crime-Busting Private Eye #1 and #2 (October and December, 1951)

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Ken Shannon Crime-Busting Private Eye #3 and #4 (February and April, 1952)

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Ken Shannon Crime-Busting Private Eye #5 and #6 (June and August, 1952)

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Ken Shannon Crime-Busting Private Eye #7 and #8 (October and December, 1952)

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Ken Shannon Crime-Busting Private Eye #9 and #10 (February and April, 1953)

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Celebrating Artist Adam Hughes

Celebrating artist Adam Hughes on his birthday (May 5, 1967) with a couple of his Wonder Woman covers featuring Clayface (#160 and #161 from September and October, 2000)....where Wonder Woman (who was made from magical clay) faces Clayface (a man who uses magical clay to change shape).

Celebrating Artist John Ridgway

Celebrating artist John Ridgway on his birthday (May 4, 1940) with his covers to Babylon 5 featuring their law officer, Michael Garibaldi, his war against the Shadows...

...as well as a special issue focusing on Bester and the Psi-Corps.

Babylon 5 #6 and #7 (July and August, 1995)

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Babylon 5 #8 and #11 (September and December, 1995)

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Early Detective Comics

A couple of early Detective Comics (#26 and #28, April and June, 1939) both by Fred Guardineer, showcasing the types of stories in comics in those days, cops fighting crime (oh, but the issue between started something....as you can see here). 

Remembering Artist Tim Sale

Remembering artist Tim Sale on his birthday (May 1, 1956 - June 16, 2022) with a couple of his covers featuring Batman and Commissioner Gordon, as the two prepare to fight crime in Gotham, in Detective Comics #779 and #784 (April and September, 2003).

Sad Sack Laugh Special

 

A few out of this world laughs with Sad Sack Laugh Special (#1 and #18, and Winter 1957-1958 and October, 1963), with covers by George Baker, featuring Sad Sack in out of this world adventures, from Harvey Comics!

Celebrating Artist Kerry Gammill

Celebrating the birthday of artist Kerry Gammill (April 26, 1954) with his covers to the 1994 Supergirl mini-series...

...where Supergirl (the protoplasmic Matrix) finds her independence from Lex Luthor, in the height of the Superman triangle of comics.

Supergirl #1 and #2 (February, and March, 1994)

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Supergirl #3 and #4 (April, and May, 1994)

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Alien Laughs

Even aliens find Archie Andrews funny, as seen on these two alien themed Laugh covers (Laugh #128 from November, 1961 by Bob White; and Laugh #133 from April, 1962 by Harry Lucey).

Celebrating Artist Bryan Hitch

Celebrating the birthday of artist Bryan Hitch (April 22, 1970) with a secret....a couple of issues of Secret Files....the DCU Villains Secret Files #1 (April, 1999) featuring Neron, Malefic, the Body Doubles, Vandal Savage, Mawzir and Amazo and DCU Heroes Secret Files #1 (February, 1999) featuring Captain Marvel, Hitman, Martian Manhunter, Resurrection Man, Blue Beetle, Lobo and Doctor Fate.

Skating Laughs

A couple of Laugh covers by Dan DeCarlo, with Archie and friends having some funny times ice skating, from Laugh #393 (February, 1986) and #399 (February, 1987).

Celebrating Artist Des Taylor

Celebrating artist Des Taylor's birthday (April 18, 1971) with a couple of bombshells....the DC Bombshells variants to Catwoman #43 and New Suicide Squad #11 (October, 2015) featuring Catwoman, Cheetah and Poison Ivy.

Remembering Artist Earl Norem

Remembering artist Earl Norem on his birthday (April 17, 1924 - June 19, 2015) with a couple of his high kicking painted covers for the Deadly Hands Of Kung Fu (# 9, February 1975 and #33, February, 1977) featuring Shang-Chi.  

Remembering Artist Tom Sutton

Remembering artist Tom Sutton on his birthday (April 15, 1937 - May 1, 2002) with a couple of his painted covers for Creepy (#22 and #23, August and October, 1968), because there are things creepier than tax day!

Celebrating Artist Dave Gibbons

Celebrating the birthday of artist Dave Gibbons (April 14, 1949) with a pair of his JSA covers (JSA #70 and #71 from April and May, 2005), featuring pairs of heroes, the original and new Mr. Terrific and the Atom and Atom-Smasher!

Tennis Laughs

A couple of Laugh covers with a tennis theme, both by Dan DeCarlo, just to serve up the funny today, from Laugh #248 (November, 1971) and Laugh #353 (August, 1980). 

Celebrating Artist Amanda Conner

Celebrating the birthday of Amanda Conner (April 12, 1967) with a pair...of Harley Quinn #11 (December, 2014) covers, featuring that unlikely duo, Harley Quinn and Power Girl!

Remembering Artist Irv Novick

Remembering artist Irv Novick on his birthday (April 11, 1916 - October 15, 2004) with a pair of Wonder Woman covers (#84, August, 1956 and #90, May, 1957), featuring Wonder Woman with double trouble!

Celebrating Artist Scott Hampton

Celebrating the birthday of artist Scott Hampton (April 10, 1959) with his three covers for Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, where Batman fell into a coma...

...and had to fight his way through a dreamland to regain consciousness.

Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #76 and #77 (October and November, 1995)

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Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #78 (December, 1995)

Remembering Artist Mac Raboy

Remembering artist Mac Raboy on his birthday (April 9, 1914 - December 12, 1967) with a couple of his Fawcett covers featuring heroes not in the Marvel Family...Minute Man from Master Comics #12 (March, 1941) and Ibis from Ibis #1 (1942).

Minute Man was Jack Weston, a patriotic hero who was also a member of the Crime Crusaders Club, and Ibis was an ancient Egyptian prince as well as a magician, revived in the modern day to fight crime with his Ibistick.

Remembering Artist Gil Kane

Remembering artist Gil Kane on his birthday (April 6, 1926 - January 31, 2000) with a few covers of his before his super hero work...

...the covers he did for Sensation Mystery, the last titles of the former Sensation Comics featuring Johnny Peril!  

Sensation Mystery #110 and #112 (July-August and November-December, 1952)

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Sensation Mystery #114 and #115 (March-April and May-June, 1953)

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