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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Happy Easter...Island

A happy Easter to all...and even though Easter Island has nothing to do with the holiday, this little cover by Jack Kirby and Christopher Rule, where a man discovers invading aliens on Easter Island from Tales To Astonish #5 (September, 1959), reprinted in Where Monsters Dwell #24 (October, 1973) should make you happy that that is not how you are spending the day.

Remembering Artist Joe Orlando

Remembering artist Joe Orlando on his birthday (April 4, 1927 - December 23, 1998), with this one off cover of Plastic Man #3 (March-April, 1967), as DC had recently added the pliable policeman to their lineup from Quality Comics, here matching wits with Dr. Dome to save Micheline de Lute 3rd.

Laughs In Class

A couple of Laughs at school, from Laugh #287 (February, 1975) and Laugh #290 (May, 1975), with the latter definitely being by Dan DeCarlo, with Moose in trouble with Miss Grundy. 

World's Finest Fools

What's more fun than one magical extradimensional imp?

Why, two of course!  

So, in honor of April Fool's Day, two of the earliest team-ups of Batman and Superman's two foolish foes, Bat-Mite and Mr. Mxyzptlk!

Bat-Mite Meets Mr. Mxyzptlk

The two imps first meet in World's Finest Comics #113 (November, 1960) in a story by Jerry Coleman, Dick Sprang and Sheldon Moldoff (under a cover by Curt Swan and Stan Kaye), where it was an ordinary day in Gotham, with Batman and Robin about to take down a criminal robot...or at least planning on it.  But the robot seemed too much, so Superman was going to pitch in...until Bat-Mite stopped the help because he wanted his hero to do the job.  The dynamic duo went to continue the battle, but Superman was distracted by mystical menaces....but Bat-Mite said it wasn't him stopping Superman.  

It was Superman's 5th Dimensional foe, Mr. Mxyzptlk!  Mr. Mxyzptlk was not happy that Bat-Mite was vexing Superman.  The two imps battled for a while, but, after a time, Mxy got tired of it, and went home to the 5th Dimension, and Bat-Mite tired of the activity as well, and also went home (much to the relief of the heroes). 

The Incredible Team of Bat-Mite and Mr. Mxyzptlk

For their second go around in World's Finest Comics #123 (February, 1962) under a cover by Dick Dillin and Sheldon Moldoff, and story by Jerry Coleman, Dick Sprang and Sheldon Moldoff, Batman and Robin were taking down a criminal gang that used a rocket to commit crimes (with Bat-Mite watching his hero in action).  The criminals were giving the dynamic duo a hard time, so Superman joined in (with Mr. Mxyzptlk appearing at the same time).  

Superman was taking out the rocked with a boulder (because of Kryptonite on the rocket), but Bat-Mite changed the boulder into a creature....then, Mr. Mxyzptlk changed it again....then, the creature took on a life of its own due to the combined magic, and became a big menace!  The two couldn't defeat it, even working together...as the creature would just change into an even bigger problem.  Superman's powers didn't work well against the magic creature, but Batman helped with a solution, making an opposite of magnetic creature it had become, and the two cancelled each other out.  The two imps went back home to not be insulted by the heroes. 

The two would meet again, and find more history on that with Bat-Mite's history, or a little on Mr. Mxyzptlk himself.