Goodbye, cruel world! You're not going to have Comics Are Awesome to push around anymore! Well, okay, you might, maybe, at some point. But for now, enjoy this one, last, super-final, ultimate special extravaganza that will BLOW YOUR MIND.

Stay awesome, comics.

11 Comments

• At March 28, 2009, Cass wrote:

  It's amazing that a single cover could generate twenty years of work in comics for Grant Morrison :)

  But I ...

• At March 28, 2009, Gabriel Mckee wrote:

  Aww, somebody beat me to the Morrison joke.

  No more Comics Are Awesome? But they're.... awesome!

  CURSES!!!

• At March 28, 2009, Zombie X wrote:

  Thanks for doing Comics are Awesome. It's been very entertaining. It's a reminder of how much fun it can ...

• At March 28, 2009, Ian A. wrote:

  Not enough creatures rampage beaches anymore.

  Not enough creatures shoot laser beams from their eyeballs anymore, either.

  Sigh. Comics these ...

• At March 28, 2009, Manglr wrote:

  Now now, Atomic Robo has a fine monster rampaging on the beach story as one of their B plots. ...

• At March 28, 2009, danjack wrote:

  awesome!

• At March 28, 2009, Ariel S. wrote:

  NOOOO!!! Please don't end Comic are Awesome!!!! T_T

• At March 28, 2009, JackKing wrote:

  I like how the guys been chased all day but he stops to check out the new comics at a ...

• At March 30, 2009, Blackjak wrote:

  Can you at least post the cover to part 2??

• At March 30, 2009, Bill Reed wrote:

  By "two-part," they probably mean something like twelve pages within the book. Comics had multiple stories back then. "Novel-length" meant ...

• At May 12, 2009, sgt rawk wrote:

  I WANT THAT COMIC.

  I also want Comics Are Awesome to stick around! Do Special/Annual ones or something! (You know, ...

Boy howdy, they sure liked to strap suspicious-looking gorillas into chairs back in the Silver Age.

9 Comments

• At March 21, 2009, Tuomas wrote:

  I love the smug look on that gorilla's face! He's smiling because he knows humans have no chance against their ...

• At March 21, 2009, Dan wrote:

  Has DC done any Essential collections of these crazy years of Strange Adventures?

• At March 21, 2009, jazzbo wrote:

  I fail to see how this qualifies as a "Strange" adventure. Seems pretty ordinary to me.

• At March 21, 2009, Ian A. wrote:

  Gitmo was so much sunnier back in the Silver Age.

• At March 21, 2009, Bill Reed wrote:

  Actually, yeah, DC released a Showcase volume spanning #53 to 74 of this series. No, I don't know why ...

• At March 21, 2009, Alvin wrote:

  Damn filthy apes! later!

• At March 21, 2009, Felipe wrote:

  >Boy howdy, they sure liked to strap suspicious-looking gorillas into chairs back in the Silver Age.

  What would Wertham say?

• At March 21, 2009, JJ wrote:

  #53 is the first code-approved issue and it's been mentioned that they started there because that's the first issue they ...

• At May 12, 2009, sgt rawk wrote:

  That gorilla looks high, not smug. And why are lie detector operators always old men? And isn't procedure that only ...

112% Rex the Wonder Dog. (Kisses, MGK.)

12 Comments

• At March 14, 2009, logomatic wrote:

  Hey, that thing is in Alan Moore's Youngblood: Judgment Day.

• At March 14, 2009, Felipe wrote:

  Hmm.

  That happened to me too, once.

• At March 14, 2009, Nitz the Bloody wrote:

  He gets the intellect of a genius and the virile, savage libido of a beast....I fail to see the dilemma.

• At March 14, 2009, Ian A. wrote:

  "Prisoners of Hate Island" seems tailor made for the Fox Reality Channel.

• At March 14, 2009, Chris Jones wrote:

  Man, that cover is so fucked up and cool.

• At March 14, 2009, Tom Fitzpatrick wrote:

  Photoshop. Obviously.

• At March 14, 2009, rwe1138 wrote:

  So we're descended from reptiles?

• At March 14, 2009, The Mutt wrote:

  I'm not going to google Green Glob Weirdie. I'm just not.

• At March 14, 2009, Michael wrote:

  Hate Island.

  Sounds like a lovely place.

• At March 14, 2009, bob, resident of hate island..... thanks for asking...Jerk. wrote:

  @ Michael.

  you would think that....Jerk.

• At March 16, 2009, Jack Norris wrote:

  So Gary Groth appears in this?

  (It's kind of pathetic that nobody's said this already.)

• At May 12, 2009, sgt rawk wrote:

  And Kim Thompson. (I agree, it's pathetic. First thing I thought when I saw it.)

  Bagge is obviously the Green ...

Eight thousand prizes is almost too many prizes.

Also, this was the original premise for Shel Silverstein's "Where the Sidewalk Ends."

5 Comments

• At March 1, 2009, Grico wrote:

  I would think with the cool sidewalk killer thing you would really only need like 6000 prizes to sell this ...

• At March 1, 2009, tk. wrote:

  A prost to Comics Are Awesome! I also just heard about the idea of Beta Ray Bill hunting Galactus ...

• At March 2, 2009, Sijo wrote:

  So, drinking makes you see the sidewalk attacking you? Good thing I never started. :D

• At March 2, 2009, T. wrote:

  Is that a Ditko cover?

• At March 2, 2009, Bill Reed wrote:

  Ditko, yes.

  And drinking doesn't make you think the sidewalk attacks you. It really does. 'course, it's usually because you've fallen ...

Why yes, that would be quite unexpected.

24 Comments

• At February 21, 2009, McK wrote:

  I am incredibly intrigued to read this issue to find out how, what, and why. Thank God for DC ...

• At February 21, 2009, Goh Mifune wrote:

  I too need to know. What if that happens in our neighborhoods. How would we be able to cope?

  There must ...

• At February 21, 2009, T. wrote:

  That is really intriguing. I wish you'd discuss the plots within these books sometimes, I'm really curious as to ...

• At February 21, 2009, Mike Loughlin wrote:

  The ironic ending has to be when the world is saved and/or ruled by somebody colorblind.

• At February 21, 2009, Anonymous wrote:

  The Skittles factory had a meltdown. This was well before

• At February 21, 2009, Anonymous wrote:

  Chernobyll

• At February 21, 2009, Cass wrote:

  But why... WHY?!

• At February 21, 2009, Crash-Man wrote:

  ^^The second "Why?" really makes the cover.

• At February 21, 2009, Grico wrote:

  The issue beg for A Morrison sequel. Preferable a universe wide DC event. Death of the Red Lanterns maybe?

• At February 21, 2009, DCD wrote:

  How will this change affect comedian Red Green? TELL ME!

• At February 21, 2009, Greg Burgas wrote:

  I love how the cover makes it seem like a big deal. Who cares if everything red turns to ...

• At February 21, 2009, Chris Tolworthy wrote:

  So the four color printing offset was wrong again. Was this issue a dig at DC's cost cutting?

• At February 21, 2009, Chad Walters wrote:

  The best part is that their skin turns green, too. That's an attention to detail that I don't expect ...

• At February 21, 2009, Chris Jones wrote:

  "Oh shit, what the FUCK just happened to my Skittles?!?"

• At February 21, 2009, John Seavey wrote:

  Something tells me this would be the most confusing "Showcase Presents" reprint ever.

  "Red's turning to green, huh? Guess I'll take ...

• At February 21, 2009, Ted wrote:

  So we get all up in Flash's grill for going many times faster than the speed of light but no-one ...

• At February 21, 2009, T. wrote:

  So we get all up in Flash’s grill for going many times faster than the speed of light but no-one ...

• At February 21, 2009, Ted wrote:

  I just don't see why we can't just give everything a pass, at least on the finer points of scientific ...

• At February 22, 2009, T. wrote:

  My personal rule of thumb is this: I only take a scientific scene in a comic book as seriously as ...

• At February 22, 2009, Ted wrote:

  I guess the question then is how we define 'ultraspecific'.

• At February 23, 2009, FunkyGreenJerusalem wrote:

  How that issue wasn't the best selling comic of all time, I'll never understand.

  How could anyone walk past that and ...

• At February 23, 2009, Bill Reed wrote:

  Part of me hopes the protagonist of this story was colorblind, and he's just wandering around in a world turned ...

• At February 23, 2009, T. wrote:

  Part of me hopes the protagonist of this story was colorblind, and he’s just wandering around in a world turned ...

• At February 28, 2009, Talent Copies - Genius Steals » Blog Archiv » Why Comics Are Awesome wrote:

  [...] Are Awesome, in dem er jeweils ein besonders abstruses aber ebenso wundervolles Cover postet. Vor ein paar Tagen zum ...

I really feel like this is something that would be expected, as he would have to have taken the skeleton out of his little box and walked onto stage with him, unless the skeleton was a master of disguise, as the story title implies. Again, I prefer to think of the ventriloquist as a fellow who had a psychotic break and so murders little people and takes their skeletons onto stage with him, because it is funnier.

Add another one onto the "Actually a Skeleton!" cover meme. From decades ago.

7 Comments

• At February 14, 2009, Grico wrote:

  Well a skeleton instead of a dummy sounds like a way of spicing up the old ventriloquism act. Probably not ...

• At February 14, 2009, Zombie X wrote:

  If I saw this in a store, it would be hard not to pick it up, if not buy it.

  The ...

• At February 14, 2009, Chris Jones wrote:

  That ventriloquist is SO DISTRAUGHT.

• At February 15, 2009, Blackjak wrote:

  @Zombie X: I'm with you there. That cover would have sold the comic to me whatever was inside...

• At February 16, 2009, Sijo wrote:

  ...Call me clueless, but what does this have to do with Jason, K-Mart, or Valentine's Day?

  (That IS a freaky, effective ...

• At February 16, 2009, Bill Reed wrote:

  A new Friday the 13th came out the day before this post, on Friday, the 13th, so I am making ...

• At May 12, 2009, sgt rawk wrote:

  I own this comic as well.

Then again, I suppose there's only so many ways you can draw a gorilla strapped into a chair. But, man! Only seven issues apart? Was audience turnover that fast, or is this a long-running plot thread where Captain Comet commits murders in the body of a gorilla and blames it on other people? Because that would be awesome.

6 Comments

• At February 7, 2009, Ian A. wrote:

  Wow, that is pretty flagrant.

  Did the same artist draw both covers?

  If so, well...I can't decide if that'd be better ...

• At February 7, 2009, Grico wrote:

  After they saw the sales figures for the first, time for the sequel. The silver age was all about ape ...

• At February 7, 2009, sononsj wrote:

  Somewhere in here there´s a joke about the second cover artist aping the first.

• At February 7, 2009, Alvin wrote:

  Awesome I like the fact that they are standard issue gorillas, their almost exact, check the cover of 186 for ...

• At February 7, 2009, Luis Dantas wrote:

  It is indeed the same gorilla - and in fact, the story in Strange Adventures #39 is a direct sequel ...

• At February 8, 2009, Dalarsco wrote:

  I don't think it's a swipe, just the same pose with the same Gorilla. There are several different details. ...

This issue seems slightly less astonishing than average. "YOU WILL BELIEVE A MAN CAN OPEN A DOOR!"

7 Comments

• At January 31, 2009, Mike Deodato wrote:

  LOL!!!

• At January 31, 2009, Tom Fitzpatrick wrote:

  CRREEEEEEEEPY in a weird, eerie, odd, mysterious, enigmatic, outlandish and strange way.

  Think that's enough descriptive words?

  ;-)

• At January 31, 2009, sgt rawk wrote:

  Why, that's not astonishing at all! Most mystery titles failed to live up to their name. 'The Unexpected?' I TOTALLY ...

• At January 31, 2009, Nitz the Bloody wrote:

  Would My Cracker Jack Prize Be A Lame Sticker...Or SOMETHING ELSE?!?

• At February 2, 2009, Bill Reed wrote:

  They used the word "astonishing" three times. You'd think I'd be at least slightly tonished.

• At February 2, 2009, Blackjak wrote:

  FOUR times! Across the top left corner, the tagline, the tite and in the blurb!

  The artwork's nice ...

• At February 2, 2009, P_B wrote:

  Done well, though; makes me want to know what's behind that door.

I can't explain it, but this cover just makes me laugh and laugh.

14 Comments

• At January 24, 2009, sgt rawk wrote:

  He wants to hold their hand. He is the Beetle Beast, isn't he?

• At January 24, 2009, Stephane Savoie wrote:

  I'm sure there's a clever Kafka joke I could make here,. but it's not coming to me.

• At January 24, 2009, sebastian wrote:

  Aww, new best friend.

• At January 24, 2009, edc wrote:

  this is ringo starr's autobio isn't it?

• At January 24, 2009, Tom Fitzpatrick wrote:

  Can't explain it?

  Try.

• At January 24, 2009, Nitz the Bloody wrote:

  I've seen plenty of old comic covers where the scientist was trapped in the body of an ape, but a ...

• At January 24, 2009, The Last Boy Scout wrote:

  Maybe it's the peculiarly expressive body language of the giant beetle? He's practically shvitzing!

• At January 24, 2009, Blackjak wrote:

  You're laughing because the beetle is drawn so badly!?!?

  Eyes have lids, legs attached wrong, TWO pairs of antennae, and the ...

• At January 24, 2009, jjc wrote:

  The thought balloon reminds me of one of those romance comics covers where the person in the foreground is staring ...

• At January 24, 2009, Chris Jones wrote:

  I think it's because maybe the artist interpreted the script directions "terrifying beetle monster" as " big sad bird".

• At January 25, 2009, edc wrote:

  the oh my! beetle hand is the best

• At January 25, 2009, Bill Reed wrote:

  Can’t explain it?

  Try.

  I think it's something to do with the monster's expression-- some kind of infernal mix of "yawn" and ...

• At January 25, 2009, Mark G wrote:

  >What the hell are those three dudes doing up there with guns, anyway?

  Hunting giant beetles of course!

• At January 26, 2009, edc wrote:

  they know its townsend, they hate him and his smarter than you 'tude.

Why read those three books when you can read the Roy Thomas-penned Marvel Illustrated versions? Eh?

Anyway, those aren't the three books required to conquer the world. The following three, however, would do just nicely:

1. If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B-Movie Actor, by Bruce Campbell
2. The Dilbert Future, by Scott Adams
3. There's a Monster at the End of This Book, by Grover

Do you dare wield the STAGGERING POWER!?

(If you only want to conquer part of the world, however, you can substitute in The Areas of My Expertise by John Hodgman, Superfudge by Judy Blume and Everybody Poops by someone who poops.)

26 Comments

• At January 17, 2009, Anonymous wrote:

  I think that comic was a conspiracy to get children to read true literature. "Hey! I read all three books, ...

• At January 17, 2009, Zombie X wrote:

  "Stories to Stagger the Imagination" . . . Hey, my imagination is staggered by this cover!!!

  The Comics are Awesome ...

• At January 17, 2009, Ariel S. wrote:

  Sheer Awesomeness!

• At January 17, 2009, john p. wrote:

  my son loves ''There's a Monster at the End of this Book". I read it to him all the time. ...

• At January 17, 2009, Michael wrote:

  I've read 5 out of 6 of those books you listed, Brad, and I wouldn't know where to begin conquering ...

• At January 17, 2009, Michael wrote:

  Erg. Meant Bill, honest I did.

• At January 17, 2009, Chris Jones wrote:

  I think it's sort of amusing that that gorilla needs a gun to get what he wants out of people.

• At January 17, 2009, Grico wrote:

  You would think if he just filled out the paperwork for a library card he could get all 3 books ...

• At January 17, 2009, fanboy d wrote:

  yes! all i need to do is read moby dick and i will be the greatest criminal mind of our ...

• At January 17, 2009, Blackjak wrote:

  Nah, the secret's definitely in "If Chins Could Kill..."

  After all Bruce Campbell does rule the world...

• At January 17, 2009, Mike Loughlin wrote:

  Gorilla's threatening librarians with guns are okay, I guess, but I was on the fence until I saw that the ...

• At January 17, 2009, veghead wrote:

  If you're any kind of man at all, Hodgman's list of Nine President's who had Hooks for Hands alone should ...

• At January 17, 2009, Jack browne wrote:

  Could make sense but check this exciting comic out!!

  http://www.digitalcribs.net/DisplayVideo.aspx?id=971429333

• At January 17, 2009, David wrote:

  Sweet! I've read all 6 of those books!

• At January 17, 2009, Travis Pelkie wrote:

  We need more gorillas with handguns threatening librarians on the covers of comics! Especially when a gorilla reading leads ...

• At January 18, 2009, edc wrote:

  you want cool?

  three words.

  six. gun. gorilla.

  lay back and bathe in some grain alcohol and rain water with a copy of ...

• At January 18, 2009, sgt rawk wrote:

  And may I say, what a hot librarian. Thanks, Bill, thanks, everyone. PS - this is not the first version ...

• At January 18, 2009, Dalarsco wrote:

  I'm very curious as to how those three books are supposed to let him conquer the world. Anyone actually ...

• At January 19, 2009, edc wrote:

  umm, its a library. the books are free. why the gun? get a library card.

• At January 19, 2009, Travis Pelkie wrote:

  I say why not a gun? He's a gorilla and doesn't play by your "human" rules. Just give ...

• At January 19, 2009, sgt rawk wrote:

  @ Dalarsco - Oh, man. This tory is an six-pager from 1956 about an alien who looks EXACTLY like a ...

• At January 19, 2009, edc wrote:

  Travis Pelkie: I like your views and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

• At January 19, 2009, edc wrote:

  y'know, I've never been one for the library card myself. if only I had a gun I could finally find ...

• At January 20, 2009, Rick Jones, really wrote:

  I love, love, love, love "There's A Monster At The End Of This Book." Second only to Dr. Seuss, it's ...

• At January 23, 2009, Tanzim wrote:

  Thanx for the summery, sgt.

  Comics are awesome!!

• At January 26, 2009, The Rear wrote:

  Oh man, more wackiness from the writer who brought us Captain Marvel. Sheer awesomness. By the by, I think this ...

"BAT"BOY GET IT? GET IT?

12 Comments

• At January 11, 2009, jazzbo wrote:

  I don't get it.

• At January 11, 2009, Lord Paradise wrote:

  I GET IT!

  It's funny cause he uses bats but wears a catcher's helmet, right? Hence "bat"boy?

• At January 11, 2009, garbonzo wrote:

  that is 8 kinds of awesome!

• At January 11, 2009, DanLarkin wrote:

  Frankly,I'm more than a little annoyed that Morrison didn't find some way to bring Batboy back.

• At January 11, 2009, Ian A. wrote:

  I'm with DanLarkin on this one.

  He should've at least been one of the fake Batmen that showed up.

• At January 11, 2009, DubipR wrote:

  If you look carefully, you can see some of the clothing of Batboy in the Zur-En-Arrh costume... :)

• At January 11, 2009, Bill Reed wrote:

  Hmm.

  Batboy: The Black Glove? Or a Battler for the Cowl?

  U-Decide!

• At January 11, 2009, Grico wrote:

  yeah he should at least to be in the play in game for the battle of the cowl. I won't ...

• At January 11, 2009, stephen cade wrote:

  Now the Comics Urban Legend that this where Stan Lee REALLY got the idea of Spider-Man from.

  :);)

• At January 12, 2009, Jbird wrote:

  From the thumbnail I thought he was capturing JFK.

• At January 12, 2009, fanboy d wrote:

  tsk tsk

• At January 12, 2009, Bill Lee wrote:

  That is the best thing I have ever seen. Ever.

  Seen.

1. Where is the rotor?

2. Who is flying this thing?

3. Has the artist ever seen a helicopter?

4. I love comics.

13 Comments

• At January 3, 2009, Greg Hatcher wrote:

  1. Where is the rotor?

  I think he TRIED to draw it. It's that little wiggly vaguely horizontal blur there. The ...

• At January 3, 2009, The Mutt wrote:

  The Dino-Eagle is actually much smaller than you think. He's just a whole lot closer to the "camera" because his ...

• At January 3, 2009, The Mutt wrote:

  Oh, and I love comics too. The way I love Misty at The Platinum Club, who gives the best lap ...

• At January 3, 2009, Ian A. wrote:

  That helicopter isn't flying. It's falling. Check out its trajectory. Sucker's going down. And, that glass bubble's only going to ...

• At January 3, 2009, Lord Paradise wrote:

  Professor! A dinogriff is attacking our Circle with a Triangle Sticking out the Back! It's time to RAISE ...

• At January 3, 2009, Lord Paradise wrote:

  And, of course, I love comics like I love chocolate-covered Tarantino movies.

• At January 4, 2009, Anonymous wrote:

  1. Where is the rotor?

  2. Who is flying this thing?

  3. Has the artist ever seen a helicopter?

  Well it is called ...

• At January 4, 2009, stephen cade wrote:

  Oops--I forgot to put my name on that one.

  But then a weird dinosaur type thingy was bearing down on my ...

• At January 4, 2009, Rohan Williams wrote:

  I looked at your first question and honestly thought it said 'where is the editor?'... I knew it was a ...

• At January 4, 2009, The Mutt wrote:

  Ian, shouldn't that be The Pilot Wheatcakes at Dawn?

  This is comics after all.

• At January 5, 2009, sgt rawk wrote:

  1. The rotor is hidden by the awesomeness!

  2. The craft is powered by awesomeness!

  3. The artist has seen helicopters and ...

• At January 5, 2009, Blackjak wrote:

  It's not a helicopter, it's a sled, powered by a buzz-saw at the rear!

• At January 5, 2009, Mark G wrote:

  You had me at:

  "a gorilla is robbing a library at gunpoint."

How the hell can you expect your average comic book reader from this era to guess a secret as startling as this one, years and years before Seaguy #3 had even come out?

8 Comments

• At December 20, 2008, Chris Jones wrote:

  I would think that the secret of the Moon Sphinx would be that there was a sphinx on the moon.

• At December 20, 2008, Ian A. wrote:

  The Moon Sphinx secretly hates overtly phallic objects landing in its domain?

• At December 20, 2008, Danny wrote:

  It had a secret affair with the moon statue of liberty?

• At December 20, 2008, Chris Jones wrote:

  A secret MOON affair with the moon statue of liberty.

• At December 20, 2008, Julian wrote:

  It was neutered by Martians?

• At December 20, 2008, Lord Paradise wrote:

  Um, maybe the secret of the Moon Sphinx is that it has LASER VISION?

  NASA defied so much precedent in the ...

• At December 22, 2008, Blackjak wrote:

  I think we're getting the wrong impression... The spacecraft was suffering from Erectile Dysfunction... But one look from the Moon ...

• At December 22, 2008, Jbird wrote:

  I'll tell you what's not a secret about Moon Sphinx: Moon Sphinx is a total dick who will bust your ...

Were this made today, the invaders would be defeated by global warming.

13 Comments

• At August 16, 2008, Randy wrote:

  couldn't you just kill them with a snow shovel.

• At August 16, 2008, Dan K wrote:

  Good choice. Might I suggest Strange Adventures #52, "Planet of the Parekeets," for a future entry.

• At August 16, 2008, R. J. Sterling wrote:

  They appear to have HEAT VISION. You want to approach them with a shovel?

• At August 16, 2008, stephen cade wrote:

  I saw this on one of the sites with stupid comic covers--and it is my favorite.

  I'm sure the story isn't ...

• At August 16, 2008, sononsj wrote:

  Holy crap, I love how totally calm they are -- they're taking over the world but they're smoking a pipe ...

• At August 16, 2008, Blackjak wrote:

  Their back-up (in the form of that cannon on the nose of their Kal-el style spacecraft) is pretty intimidating too!

• At August 17, 2008, Grapeweasel wrote:

  If you take off their hats they turn into regular snowmen...

• At August 17, 2008, DoktorAndy wrote:

  A corn-cob pipe? REALLY?

• At August 17, 2008, R. J. Sterling wrote:

  Again, the heat vision is going to prevent me from trying to knock any of their hats off. With what, ...

• At August 17, 2008, Zombie X wrote:

  Snowmen with heat-vision . . . WHAT THE !!!

• At August 18, 2008, Blackjak wrote:

  Hmmm... After careful research, they would appear to be "Deranged Killer Mutant Monster Snow Goons"... At least as far as ...

• At August 18, 2008, Teebore wrote:

  Jesus H. Christ, those are Snowmen with laser-beam-shooting eyes.

  Comics are, indeed, awesome.

• At August 26, 2008, Mike wrote:

  At least they're not the yellow snow variety.

As ludicrous and impossible as this is, it does instill within me the Need to Know. So does anyone know?

I'll post real content one of these days, I swear.

10 Comments

• At July 1, 2008, Greg Burgas wrote:

  You know, I think if we could only answer that question, we'd know the secret of the universe.

• At July 1, 2008, layne wrote:

  I'd wager it has something to do with giant space crows.

• At July 1, 2008, layne wrote:

  And I'd be sorta right according to this site, which is jam-packed with old funny book synopsi and analysis:

  Secret of ...

• At July 1, 2008, Sleestak wrote:

  Because Julius Schwartz, that's why!

  Actually, teleportation accident, alien invasion.

• At July 1, 2008, Grico wrote:

  Well it would scare me off that is for sure.

• At July 2, 2008, avengers63 wrote:

  My first thought was "Where did they get a tree bog ehough to male that pole out of?"

• At July 2, 2008, Teebore wrote:

  I'm wondering how the aliens know that giant thing sticking out of a planet is a scarecrow? Is it just ...

• At July 2, 2008, Bill Reed wrote:

  Wow. The explanation really does kill the buzz.

• At July 2, 2008, wwk5d wrote:

  Damn, Tony Stark should look into this the next time the Skrulls or any other race try to pull something ...

• At July 3, 2008, Teebore wrote:

  A Skrullcrow! Brilliant!

Best episode of Boston Legal ever.

5 Comments

• At June 29, 2008, stephen cade wrote:

  Who knew Shatner had such range...

• At June 29, 2008, KMFPL wrote:

  I really want to know the story of the Kryptonite Xmas tree light on his head...

• At June 29, 2008, Tom Fitzpatrick wrote:

  Kinda reminds me of those episodes of John Laroquette (msp?) in where prosecutors tried him for murder and then they ...

• At June 30, 2008, Grico wrote:

  Is it illegal now to turn people into robots?

• At June 30, 2008, fanboy d wrote:

  so...i actually have a CASE?! that's not what my lawyer told me...maybe i should represent myself like this guy

Batman's dialogue here feels like a tongue-in-cheek summarization of this entire Bat-era.

9 Comments

• At June 22, 2008, Dunc wrote:

  If the entire silver age were a cover.

  All it needs is a monkey, a robot and an alien.

• At June 22, 2008, Dan K wrote:

  Heh, I'm guessing the writer pretty much phoned this one in.

• At June 22, 2008, edc wrote:

  angry chicken man, another idea they should bring back.

• At June 22, 2008, wwk5d wrote:

  Batman’s dialogue could also have been advertising for the issue or a cover blurb, and also what the creators behind ...

• At June 23, 2008, Teebore wrote:

  Maybe it's the wide eyes, but the Raven looks as though he just saw himself in the mirror.

• At June 23, 2008, Ian Astheimer wrote:

  How soon until Morrison brings the Raven and the Wasp back?

• At June 23, 2008, Grico wrote:

  You know, you would think Batman would have stopped getting surprised at seeing garish dressed villains, especially in that era. ...

• At June 23, 2008, Ryan wrote:

  Again, Batman, that's what she said.

• At July 2, 2008, Carycomic wrote:

  Actually, the color of his cape makes the Raven look more like a red-winged blackbird. And, the ...

Invisible robots. 'Nuff said.

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• At June 21, 2008, SanctumSanctorumComix wrote:

  Midget evil genius' with large facial scars, monocle... oh, and hydrocephalus, as well?

  ALSO awesome!

  ~P~

  PTOR

• At June 21, 2008, Ian Astheimer wrote:

  It's great that his giant noggin has absolutely nothing to do with his gimmick.

  Invisible robots? Rad.

  What were the other 999 ...

• At June 21, 2008, Ryan wrote:

  I think that a few may have been:

  Invisible dragons.

  Invisible ninjas.

  Invisible vampires.

  Invisible sharks.

  Invisible apes.

  Invisible giant spiders.

  And visible robots.

• At June 21, 2008, Omar Karindu wrote:

  Even better, this villain actually returned a few years later to fight J'onn J'onzz in his backup strip in Detective ...

• At June 22, 2008, edc wrote:

  does this dumbass still exist in dc continuity?

  'cause dr bighead and his invisible robots need to come back, kalibak..

  by monday, ...

• At June 22, 2008, Jbird wrote:

  There's only one thing to do when you trap Batman and Robin: transfer them safely to the next trap.

• At June 22, 2008, Tomer S wrote:

  I don't know about you, but I can see the dotted lines where the robots are suppose to be. Batman ...

• At June 22, 2008, Dan K wrote:

  In what way is a dungeon trap different from a dungeon? Surely being in a dungeon automatically implies and ...

• At June 22, 2008, Grico wrote:

  Libra should grand his greatest wish, perhaps its to have more/larger invisible robots?

• At June 22, 2008, Jason wrote:

  Oh, like the ones Steadman had to battle when Opra wanted to commit. Then he "accidently" hit her in the ...

• At June 23, 2008, Teebore wrote:

  I'm thinking the Wizard of 1,000 Menaces was using a sophisticated "hat drawing" method to fill out his repertoire. One ...

This will happen one day, mark my words. It'll be all tea and crumpets first, and then... bam! Planet of the Apes.

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• At June 16, 2008, timbre68 wrote:

  I've been rotating my desktop background with these covers! Classic stuff!

• At June 16, 2008, T. wrote:

  Is that Carmine Infantino art?

• At June 17, 2008, Carl wrote:

  Did the person who came up with the title not know the difference between a zoo and a circus?

• At June 17, 2008, Teebore wrote:

  "I, for one, welcome our new [ape] overlords. I'd like to remind them that as a trusted TV personality, ...

• At August 18, 2008, Jor-El wrote:

  I'm seeing a trend here...apes and monkeys.

  Ah the imagination of the 50s and 60s. Where have those days gone?

  Thanks ...

Sadly, those old Timely/Atlas/Marvel covers just aren't as mind-bogglingly wacky as the DC ones. I like this one, though, if only for the caption box: "It was more than just a head!" Also, the need to put "Strange Tales" on the cover three times.

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• At June 15, 2008, Tom Fitzpatrick wrote:

  Very repetitious.

• At June 15, 2008, Tom Fitzpatrick wrote:

  Very repetitious. 2.

• At June 15, 2008, Tom Fitzpatrick wrote:

  Very repetitious. 3.

  Strange, eh?

• At June 15, 2008, Ryan wrote:

  That cover is a "that's what she said" joke waiting to happen.

• At June 16, 2008, Apodaca wrote:

  "The Boy Who Was Afraid" is the most generic horror title ever.

• At June 16, 2008, Tomer S wrote:

  Seconds Apodaca.

• At June 16, 2008, fanboy d wrote:

  i love that the format is so similar to Tales of Suspense #39!

  also, the wording reminds me of the 'he's ...