Month: October 2005

Ah-ah-ah! You forgot to say the “safety word”! Here’s something until I can see why my initial post isn’t working.

Jay! I know Joan isn’t “that kind of girl” but that doesn’t give you the right to accost poor unsuspecting cows!

Gotham may have had a loony dressed in a bat-suit, but Jay Garrick knew the real way to strike fear in the heart of criminals everywhere: Give ’em a little taste of prison life. At super speed. Making up for this week’s missed day.

You can’t see it, but I’m fanning myself right now. And this was before they loosened the Comic Code! Sorry about yesterday. Jim MacQuarrie was supposed to be covering for me. I hope he’s ok.

From All-Star Batman & Robin, enlarged for your pleasure: You can’t tell me that Miller and Lee didn’t do this on purpose. Just look at the way Vickie Vale is staring at Bruce: “Wait, you’ve had your eye on an underage boy in tights? Is that on the record Mr. Wayne?”

Wait, when the owner of the hand says he’s “beating him with one finger” what does he mean exactly? Because going by the position of his hand and the expression on Barry’s face, I have to wonder.

I give you Iron Man # 68, the birth of The Infamous Nose Why yes Mr. Stark, that nose is quite fearsome. I fear that I may die of laughter. He ended up getting rid of the stupid thing when some cosplayers mocked him about it at a comic con. I’m serious. Stop laughing. This…

Since the prevailing Opinion seems to be that this morning’s scan was not funny… here’s a bonus: From Tales of Suspense # 55 Okay, I give up. You tell me: How the heck can the Mandarin tell if someone’s smiling through a suit of armor? Especially when he’s looking at Iron Man’s profile!

No, this isn’t about The Falcon. Check it out – Cap look a bit different to you? Defenders # 19 here, last page.

Taken from the issue that introduced Bruce Wayne’ s long lost brain-damaged brother! When a dead guy would rather sleep with your brother than you, that’s got to be pretty hurtful. Especially when he’s mentally stunted. P.S.: Happy 20th anniversary to my friends Jim & Terri MacQuarrie!

I’m “off” again for the Holiday of Sukkot, so once again Jim MacQuarrie will be pinch-hitting for me. If you haven’t checked out Jim’s 4th Wall comic strip over at Monkeyspit.com, you’re missing out. “Oh G-d Not THAT!” I love how The Vision is shielding his eyes so he doesn’t have to stare at Kang’s…

Meet Ruby Ryder, created in the old Brave and the Bold books. She was supposed to be a “liberated woman”. By this, of course, DC meant a cold, evil shrew who hated all men. In her first appearance, she asks Batman to find her missing fianceé. Batman comments that he thought she hated men. Because,…

Doesn’t that seem more like the name of a Supergirl villain? Fortunately, Batman saved the day by throwing himself on the Vibrator. He was glad to do it. WF # 104, for thems what’s counting

…ew This is one colorist’s error from being Wonder Bukake. (Circa Brave and The Bold 63) (two today, since they’re so small)

Well no wonder Namor, The Hulk, and the Silver Surfer are always so mopey! Explains why Clea’s pissed all the time too. This image is from Defenders # 4. Should now be working.

I’m almost done with Iron Man volume 1. After that, I have a true gem to read. Bad science, goofy villains, cheesy romance. Yes, it’s practically the poster child for “What WERE They Thinking?” I speak, of course, of THE FLASH. Pure Silver Age Goodness. I debated reading the Adventure Era Legions I have, but…

“Of course there’s an “unpleasantness” in the dungeons you stupid goon! That’s the whole bloody point of them!” Good help is so hard to find these days, don’t you think? Although now I’m wondering about something… Isn’t it odd that a character named “The Executioner” locks his foes in a dungeon instead of, well, executing…

Fortunately, Scalphunter saved Batman before it could be inserted in his “batcave—. Jumping out of a tree and stabbing someone in the chest counts as saving them, right? Because that’s what it looks like Scalphunter is aiming to do up there. Still, it beats what those Confederate Reenactment dudes want to stick where, right?

Okay, I’m sure that’s not what the language is called…. but can anyone translate this: http://www.kvaak.fi/keskustelu/index.php?topic=4318.msg70147 ? Thanks in advance!

Yeah well, trust me lady: you’ve got a better chance with Tony. Just trust me. Tales of Suspense #39) Also, thanks Jim MacQuarrie for filling in for me while I was unavailable.

World’s Finest #42 has forced me to view the Lois Lane/Superman dynamic in a whole new light. The premise is that a bunch of aliens are going to destroy the Earth if Superman doesn’t go and collect some samples of the local fauna for them. In other words, they’re willing to travel hundreds of light…

“Oh dear G-d,” shouts the soldier in the bottom left “They aren’t fighting!” Image from The Incredible Hulk #103 P.S.: Typo Lad is observing the Holy Days, so I (MacQuarrie) am handling the updates for him today and tomorrow. Sorry for the delay this morning; I’m west coast and he’s on the east.

Okay, explain this to me, folks. The Mandarin is an “evil genius”. The Mandarin lives in the “remote vastness of Red (sic) China.” Yet, the Mandarin has the English letter “M” on his chest! What the heck? (Oh and Fu Manchu called: he wants his mustache back). Thank you Tales of Suspense # 50.