Writer Warren Ellis and artist Stuart Immonen chose to depict these various battles as a series of SIX double-page spreads in a row!

It looks amazing - Immonen just goes nuts here with awesomeness.

So click on read more to enjoy the SIX double-page spreads of greatness (click on each spread to enlarge)!!

32 Comments

• At August 23, 2009, Manglr wrote:

  What no poll to see which one of those is iconic? (I would have voted for the Elvii-MODOKs.)

• At August 23, 2009, chad wrote:

  love the Modoks looking like elvis of all the pannels . showing MoDock might have some music taste

• At August 23, 2009, Derek J. Goodman wrote:

  I've stared at these pages so many times before, and this is the first time I've noticed the Elvi-MODOKs are ...

• At August 23, 2009, Michael P. wrote:

  Whenever I hear people say they didn't like Nextwave, it makes me sad.

• At August 23, 2009, Marcus Brute wrote:

  Check out these widescreen wallpapers for the spreads http://comicbookwallpapers.blogspot.com/2009/05/nextwave.html

• At August 23, 2009, The Mad Monkey wrote:

  "Nextwave are in your room and touching your stuff."

  To me, that one sentence sums up Nextwave nicely.

• At August 23, 2009, Yook wrote:

  And, as usual when someone reminds of the existence of Nextwave, I must go and immediately re-read the entire series.

  Yes!

• At August 23, 2009, rwe1138 wrote:

  Who must I sleep with and/or kill to get new Nextwave comics?

• At August 23, 2009, Matt Ampersand wrote:

  Fuck yes, more Immonen and more Nextwave! As a matter of fact, I vote we rename this website to "Comics ...

• At August 23, 2009, Aaron Walther wrote:

  Elvis MODOK's shooting hamburgers are so amazing, peg leg pirate Nightcrawlers are so charming, and snake piloted bi planes are ...

• At August 23, 2009, Jeff wrote:

  These are ridiculously awesome, the complete and absolute randomness is what totally makes it.

  Snakes on a Bi-plane!

  Need I ...

• At August 23, 2009, stealthwise wrote:

  Best thing to come out of Marvel in YEARS.

  On the one hand, I kind of hope that we don't ...

• At August 23, 2009, Timothy Burke wrote:

  Come on, Titano-Wolverine! How can you not wuv him?

• At August 23, 2009, Mea wrote:

  Flying Stephen Hawkings, monkey wolverines, snakes on planes, naked ninja, Elvis MODOKs.. those pages just drip with awesome.

• At August 23, 2009, thekamisama wrote:

  I always wondered if the Elvis MODOK's where a homage to Bruce Campbell, who played the King in Bubba Ho ...

• At August 23, 2009, ben wrote:

  I always referred to the Elvi as MODOTCBs

  Mental Organism Designed Only for Taking Care of Business

• At August 23, 2009, djsweet wrote:

  Hello new wallpapers! I'm very sad that I didn't buy these when they came out. I really suck! Another example ...

• At August 23, 2009, kalorama wrote:

  Six words that should tell anyone all they need to know about Nextwave: Devil Dinosaur in a smoking jacket. If ...

• At August 24, 2009, Man-El wrote:

  I wonder how the trades sold... My guess is Nextwave sold a lot better as collected trades than it did ...

• At August 24, 2009, Matt D wrote:

  Giant Robot Ape Sentinel is and has always been my favorite.

• At August 24, 2009, BDaly wrote:

  Well, I bought the singles when they came out, and I literally laughed out loud when I read this issue. ...

• At August 24, 2009, Dan K wrote:

  I like the giant ape Wolverine and the sabretooth tigers with rocket packs the best.

  Even writing that last sentence ...

• At August 24, 2009, Alan Coil wrote:

  Nextwave was delightfully absurd. But to didn't sell in high enough numbers to keep publishing with the same creators. Perhaps ...

• At August 24, 2009, Lynxara wrote:

  I thought Ellis said that Marvel would've paid him to write more, but not to have Immonen draw it, and ...

• At August 24, 2009, kalorama wrote:

  Lynxara

  August 24, 2009 at 8:22 am

  I thought Ellis said that Marvel would've paid him to write more, but not to ...

• At August 24, 2009, Alan Coil wrote:

  The impression I got from the Marvel comment was that Immonen was paid too much for a book at that ...

• At August 24, 2009, discord8 wrote:

  Is it sad that I immediately recognize (now and when first reading the issues) the aliens in the bottom right ...

• At August 24, 2009, Tom Daylight wrote:

  I think the six two-page spreads were actually meant to be a single twelve-page spread of utter insanity, a parody ...

• At August 24, 2009, Lynxara wrote:

  The 50% rule has no bearing on actual copyright law, it was just the old rule of thumb at Scans ...

• At August 24, 2009, joshschr wrote:

  Who even thinks of doing something like this? Who could pull it off? Ellis and Immonen, that's who.

• At August 27, 2009, Paul McEnery wrote:

  @discord: No, you'd only be a megageek loser if you knew that they came from Fantastic Four 24.

• At September 3, 2009, Blackjak wrote:

  I hope one day they collect Nextwave in an Omnibus or similar, but this time INCLUDE THE THE OPENING DIALOGUE ...

Let's take a look!

First off, for a guy supposedly anti-social, he had his own team-up book....

But beyond that, check out these one-shots and mini-series just about Batman meeting other fictional characters!

That's not counting all the characters he met in JLA/Avengers...

and DC versus Marvel...

Then you add in all the characters he met as a member of the JLA...

And toss in the characters he met in his own title or their own title?

(and yes, Jerry Lewis technically is a real person, but THIS Jerry Lewis is really more of a fictional character)

And don't forget television!

Wow, Batman sure is a people person!!

79 Comments

• At December 23, 2008, agent_Torpor wrote:

  every one of those issues look supremely awful.

• At December 23, 2008, dgaloob wrote:

  What, no Batman Spawn?

• At December 23, 2008, Brian Cronin wrote:

  What, no Batman Spawn? I was so busy trying to think which one to use I forgot to use EITHER! ...

• At December 23, 2008, Adam wrote:

  Don't forget all the crazy guest-stars on the Adam West Batman show, who would pop out of windows while Batman ...

• At December 23, 2008, Julian wrote:

  That issue where Batman meets the Shadow looks to be aces.

• At December 23, 2008, Ryan wrote:

  "looks aweful"

  I dunno, Batman/Planetary, Batman/Punisher, Batman/Spawn and many others have some pretty good talent associated with them. IIRC Batman/Spirit ...

• At December 23, 2008, hangmanjury wrote:

  Love JLA/Avengers, Spider-Man/Batman (though not THAT Spider-Man/Batman), Batman/Cap, Batman/Spirit, Batman/Hulk (Garcia-Lopez rules!), and even that Sherlock Holmes story.

• At December 23, 2008, karl wrote:

  i want that batman / punisher one shot!!!

• At December 24, 2008, Greg Hatcher wrote:

  I forget who said this-- for some reason I'm thinking it might have been Roger Stern-- but someone at DC ...

• At December 24, 2008, Grico wrote:

  Hmm, I need to get that Batman/Starman/Hellboy book by James Robinson. Sounds intriguing.

• At December 24, 2008, T. wrote:

  every one of those issues look supremely awful.

  I dunno, haven't read all of them but most of those issues look ...

• At December 24, 2008, James wrote:

  Batman/Hellboy looked supremely cool, if only because if anyone could draw an awesome, moody, creepy Batman, it's Mike Mignola. I ...

• At December 24, 2008, Paul wrote:

  Since this is snarkBLOCKER, I'll weigh in against "agent" and point out that Batman/Grendel is great, as well as Batman/Planetary ...

• At December 24, 2008, Jbird wrote:

  I like how mean that first B&B cover is to Batman. WAY TO GO BATMAN, I MEAN, COME ON.

  I like ...

• At December 24, 2008, Zee wrote:

  Of what I have read without in depth consideration:

  Batman/Aliens: decent

  Batman/Captain America: good

  Batman/Hulk: don't remember

  Spawn/Batman: like Frank Miller, but barely remember ...

• At December 24, 2008, Tungsten Man wrote:

  If I can chime in, the Dixon Punisher/Batman is actually pretty good. Nice scene where Batman meets Jigsaw - who ...

• At December 24, 2008, Zee wrote:

  And I mean Good++ for Batman/Punisher. Excellent. Even referenced in later Batman comics if I remember. Actually, ...

• At December 24, 2008, Cass wrote:

  I dunno, haven’t read all of them but most of those issues look at least fun. Except for Batman/Spirit, which ...

• At December 24, 2008, jazzbo wrote:

  Yeah, I'm pretty sure that Batman/Spirit did win an Eisner. I'm not a Jeph Loeb hater like so many people ...

• At December 24, 2008, Tony wrote:

  Don't forget the animated The Batman vs. Dracula movie. It's notable in that Dracula is probably the only other fictional ...

• At December 24, 2008, Blackjak wrote:

  Don’t forget the animated The Batman vs. Dracula movie. It’s notable in that Dracula is probably the only other fictional ...

• At December 24, 2008, DanCJ wrote:

  Batman versus Predator: good, Batman versus Predator II: better, Batman versus Predator III: even better, the best… such good ART ...

• At December 24, 2008, J to the AAP wrote:

  every one of those issues look supremely awful.

  Wow, the snark blocker has a snarky first comment! You're entitled to your ...

• At December 24, 2008, Patrick Rennie wrote:

  You know, beating up Aliens and Predators doesn't really contribute the people person premise. Of course, now I want to ...

• At December 24, 2008, Tom Fitzpatrick wrote:

  Batman as a "people/person". That slut! He'll just team-up witn anybody and everybody!!! ;-)

  The Spawn/Batman, Planetary/Batman, Batman/The ...

• At December 24, 2008, Matt wrote:

  Also, it seems that you forgot Batman/Lobo too.

  And holy crap do i want to read the Planetary/Batman one.

• At December 24, 2008, Michael wrote:

  Jerry Lewis looks disturbingly like Plastic Man.

• At December 24, 2008, Stephen wrote:

  Planetary / Batman, as noted, is great fun. The sad thing is, one of the best bits in the book ...

• At December 24, 2008, felgekarp wrote:

  No Batman/Houdini either. I've got the Batman/Hellboy/Starman ones but isn't Batman only in it briefly or is it Starman?

• At December 24, 2008, Stephen wrote:

  Oh, and Batman / Spirit was great, but that goes without saying. Even if Batman does apparently have a massive ...

• At December 24, 2008, The Mutt wrote:

  There's never been a Batman/Wolverine comic?

• At December 24, 2008, stealthwise wrote:

  I want ALL of those Batman crossovers, except for the Spawn ones. Those were terrible.

• At December 24, 2008, Scavenger wrote:

  The Batman/Spider-Man...the 2nd one is awesome, with Joker and Carnage..Carnage turns out to be a Joker fanboy. The first one, ...

• At December 24, 2008, joshschr wrote:

  The McFarlane/Miller Batman Spawn was awesome. Grim & gritty Batman who wasn't the crazy caricature he was at the ...

• At December 24, 2008, Scavenger wrote:

  Mutt: surprisingly, no...but they were amalgamted to form the awesome Dark Claw!

• At December 24, 2008, Adam Farrar wrote:

  @The Mutt, they did merge!

  Dark Claw was in "Legends of the Dark Claw" http://comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=13239 and "Dark Claw Adventures" http://comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=13238

• At December 24, 2008, Adam Farrar wrote:

  Ah, I was beaten to it. But now you definately know Mutt!

• At December 24, 2008, Sijo wrote:

  Bats and Wolverine did fight (briefly, before being merged *again* into Dark Claw) in the All-Access! miniseries (during the Justice ...

• At December 24, 2008, Wes Mantooth wrote:

  Planetary/Batman has my favorite line in any comic EVER.....(Drummer in reference to the appearance of the Adam West Batman) "There's ...

• At December 24, 2008, monstermike wrote:

  Man, is that Spawn/Batman cover crass, or what?

• At December 24, 2008, T. wrote:

  Well I know you have a vendetta against Loeb (and Darwyn Cooke?) but that comic was kickass and I think ...

• At December 24, 2008, garbonzo wrote:

  I just have to say that was the most supremely awesome Snark Blocker I have seen in a long time. ...

• At December 24, 2008, Vincent Paul Bartilucci wrote:

  Batman / Grendel is the greatest inter-company crossovers, ever. I will hear no more on the subject! :-)

  Batman ...

• At December 24, 2008, Mike Loughlin wrote:

  Let's not forget Batman/ Deadman (written by Robinson & very good), Batman/ Phantom Stranger (great art by Arthur Ransom), Batman/ ...

• At December 24, 2008, John Trumbull wrote:

  Despite all of his antisocial rumblings, I think Batman IS a bit of a people person. He's taken on ...

• At December 24, 2008, Phil E. Drifter wrote:

  Only thing I noticed was how many covers were Batman along with a Marvel Comics hero, which only goes to ...

• At December 25, 2008, bryon shaffer wrote:

  like your site

• At December 25, 2008, corpsemeat wrote:

  Batman and The Darkness was actually good. The funny part is that it's considered canon in The Darkness. ...

• At December 25, 2008, Shelly wrote:

  The Batman/ Planetary crossover is a good read and has some funny moments- especially what Snow tells Jakita at the ...

• At December 25, 2008, Michael Mayket wrote:

  You heard the lady... there's only two kinds of people in this world. Those who like Jeph Loeb comics ...

• At December 25, 2008, Michael Mayket wrote:

  Sorry, that may have been a little snarky for the snark blocker.

  I'll join everyone else in saying that Batman/Grendel and ...

• At December 25, 2008, Wintershade wrote:

  I remember when Batman met me...

  Batman: Who the hell are you?

  me: What??? Are you dense? Are you retarded or something? ...

• At December 25, 2008, fullmetalgerbil wrote:

  I was unaware of the Batman/Judge Dredd (among a few others), I'd love to read that one. Great list.

• At December 25, 2008, Damon Davenport wrote:

  "Batman" (heretofore known as "the goddamn bat man") is SO overrated, gay and ineffective, it would take a team of ...

• At December 25, 2008, T. wrote:

  nd for those of you who don’t think Loeb is a good writer, you’ve given me a reason to be ...

• At December 26, 2008, Anonymous wrote:

  There was a comic where batman fights the joker when the joker was wearing The Mask.

• At December 26, 2008, Jbird wrote:

  Batman/Punisher was a bit of a gyp since it was Azbats, not in the costume shown. FWIW, I don’t remember ...

• At December 26, 2008, Mike Blake wrote:

  > That issue where Batman meets the Shadow looks to be aces.

  The Batman / Shadow story has what I ...

• At December 26, 2008, Comics Should Be Good! » Comic Book Legends Revealed #187 wrote:

  [...] other day, I did a piece about all the various fictional characters that Batman has teamed up with over ...

• At December 26, 2008, sgt pepper wrote:

  It's true. Batman/Spirit is a good comic. Loeb writes some horrible stuff, but he can also crank out ...

• At December 26, 2008, T. wrote:

  Jeph Loeb has never written a winner. I admit, some of his work has been just mildly bad as ...

• At December 26, 2008, Blackjak wrote:

  I was unaware of the Batman/Judge Dredd (among a few others), I’d love to read that one. Great list.

  There were ...

• At December 26, 2008, Mudassir wrote:

  @T.

  The Long Halloween

  /discussion.

  Also, Batman/Planetary was a bucket of fun!

• At December 26, 2008, T. wrote:

  @T.

  The Long Halloween

  /discussion.

  Yup. More proof there's never been a good Jeph Loeb book.

• At December 26, 2008, Vishal Kotecha wrote:

  josh what are you talking about he was every bit the caricature in Batman Spawn that he is in all ...

• At December 27, 2008, Jonathan wrote:

  Missed one! Batman also appeared in the Comic Relief Comic (details here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_Relief_(charity)#Merchandise). I have it, but I can't recall ...

• At December 28, 2008, Scott wrote:

  Of course, there are the Batman characters that have their own meetings as well:

  Batgirl/The Ghost

  Catwoman/Vampirella

  New Teen Titans/X-Men (which featurs the ...

• At December 28, 2008, Cliff Jumper wrote:

  Just for kicks, some silly ideas that popped into my head:

  Batman / Archie - When his teen sidekick Robin is ...

• At December 29, 2008, DanCJ wrote:

  Batman / Spawn was spectacularly dreadful.

  It was indeed, but the picture above is from Spawn/Batman which was great!

  Go back to ...

• At December 29, 2008, Pól Rua wrote:

  Batman Grendel is fan-freaking-tastic, if extremely dense.

  Batman and Captain America was a big fun sammich with extra fun sauce.

  Batman Deathblow ...

• At December 29, 2008, joshschr wrote:

  Vishal, he wasn't the GODDAM Black Canary-humping Batman who would abandon Robin to the Batcave to eat rats. He ...

• At December 29, 2008, flatlander five wrote:

  Vincent Paul Bartilucci:

  Batman and Wolverine did better than team up, if I'm not mistaken after the Marvel vs. DC mashup ...

• At December 30, 2008, Kent Allard wrote:

  Mike Blake posted:

  [quote]

  [quote[

  >Julian Posted:

  > That issue where Batman meets the Shadow looks to be aces.

  [/quote]

  The Batman / Shadow story has ...

• At January 6, 2009, John wrote:

  Batman / Tarzan sounds an unlikely cross-over!

• At January 8, 2009, Nismojo wrote:

  One of my biggest regrets was not picking up Superman Vs. He-Man when I saw a tattered copy of it ...

• At January 8, 2009, Dunc wrote:

  There are four Batman/Judge Dredd teamups, all in-continuity (at least for Dredd, where some supporting cast members were killed).

  There's a ...

• At January 14, 2009, sealy mattresses wrote:

  Great post, it actually looks like batman is spending more time in the Marvel universe than his own DC universe!

• At February 26, 2009, taffysaur wrote:

  The Superman/He-Man book was official DC. It came out in 1983.

  The book you saw would have been a Federal reprint ...

• At February 27, 2009, Nismojo wrote:

  I am so glad someone else on this planet knows this comic exists. Taffysaur, thankyou.

So is Scott (he has a pretty sweet layout this year)!

And for a new one I did not mention last time around, Brendan McKillip is also doing one this year!

Also, Jon's Random Acts of Geekery has one!

If you know of anyone else doing a comic book advent calendar in 2008, let me know and I'll add them to the list!

1 Comments

• At December 8, 2008, Jon Knutson wrote:

  On my blog, "Random Acts of Geekery," amongst all the other regular geekery, I've been doing multiple Christmas Comics Covers ...

Otherwise, enjoy!

At first, Zeck was just mixed in with other cover artists. Right from the get go, though, his covers were extremely dynamic with interesting angles and layouts.

Then. however, Zeck began his most famous stretch of covers, drawing the covers for issues #37-57, with only one John Byrne cover (for #50) mixed in.

As you can see, almost all his covers are striking in either one of two ways - either they are dynamic action shots or they are dramatic looking cool poses.

There are a few slight duds mixed in there, of course (the cover for #50 stands out, I believe, in a negative sense - it does not seem all that dramatic for a 50th issue), but for the most part, he was on top of things every month.

During this time, he even helped launch a new G.I. Joe title - G.I. Joe Special Missions, where his action covers were definitely warranted...

Some of the later Special Missions covers seem a bit on the rough side, but still, very cool covers.

Zeck also did the cover for one of the G.I. Joe Yearbooks...

Zeck actually stayed on the covers of the main book for nine issues past #57, but man, the change in the book's direction did not suit Zeck's style at ALL.

An armored Cobra Commander? A guy in a Hawkman get-up? Some pirate guy on a hovercraft? Zeck did what he could, but this was no longer his wheelhouse...

The exception, of course, is this three-parter where Zeck got to draw what he drew best - dynamic military action scenes...

#61, in particular, is one of the best covers he did on the book.

But then it was back to the sillier plots...

When Zeck is drawing stuff in outer space - you know you've gone too far.

He got one last cool cover and he was done with the book, after forty-four awesome covers!

As always, thanks to the Grand Comic Book Database for the covers!

And thanks, of course, to the great Mike Zeck for these covers!

38 Comments

• At December 4, 2008, T. wrote:

  Bob McLeod is definitely Zeck's best inker.

  Did Kerry Gammill ink issue #56's cover?

• At December 4, 2008, DanCJ wrote:

  I swear I feel nothing but snark for about 90% of the Snark Blockers. I don't think they're working.

• At December 4, 2008, tk. wrote:

  Lady Jaye is being chased by a Cylon driving a truck! Awesome!

• At December 4, 2008, Grico wrote:

  Nostalgic. 47 was my first GI Joe as a kid and I still have it in really terrible condition. I ...

• At December 4, 2008, Ryan wrote:

  Gah, I remember that awful white Cobra armor . . . By the time I'd gotten into comics (I'm all ...

• At December 4, 2008, Darth Krzysztof wrote:

  Am I right in remembering that #55, "Unmaskings," did not deliver on the cover's promise?

• At December 4, 2008, Scott MacIver wrote:

  Issue 28 is really cool looking.

  Zeck was the bomb, I think only held back by his inkers.

• At December 4, 2008, Chris wrote:

  Man, Zeck could draw the hell out of some Joes. # 43 is possibly one of the most bad-ass ...

• At December 4, 2008, Blackjak wrote:

  Brian, the cover for #51 doesn't seem to be loading...

• At December 4, 2008, Keith wrote:

  Zeck's a great, overlooked artist. I think this series of covers really shows off his talents.

• At December 4, 2008, PhantomJedi wrote:

  "Am I right in remembering that #55, “Unmaskings,” did not deliver on the cover’s promise?"

  They did unmask, if I remember ...

• At December 4, 2008, Agent_Torpor wrote:

  oh hellz yeah - flood of childhood memories thanks to all those covers. Zeck is the MAN.

• At December 4, 2008, Blackjak wrote:

  So many of these covers look familiar... I'm going to have to dig through my collection and see which ones ...

• At December 4, 2008, Ben Herman wrote:

  I remember buying G.I. Joe #28 at the newsstand when I was just a kid. That was an awesome ...

• At December 4, 2008, jazzbo wrote:

  Zeck is the Man, and I'm proud to say I own every single issue listed in this post. His covers ...

• At December 4, 2008, Edward Liu wrote:

  When I was a wee lad in high school, G.I. Joe #43 had such an awesome cover that it got ...

• At December 4, 2008, Craig M. wrote:

  Snake-Eyes was unmasked in #55, sort of. He was pretending to be Flint on a mission into the fictional ...

• At December 4, 2008, Ben Herman wrote:

  Hey, wait a second... the cover to #50 has Zeck's signature on it. Look in the lower left hand ...

• At December 4, 2008, danjack wrote:

  i loved Zeck on Captain America! There was one cover where Cap literally looked like he was jumping out of ...

• At December 4, 2008, Keith wrote:

  I love all of these covers and all of the comics that were contained within.

• At December 4, 2008, Blackjak wrote:

  "the cover to #50 has Zeck’s signature on it" - ye gods, that's sure freaky! It's definitely a John ...

• At December 4, 2008, OTL wrote:

  The Byrne cover from #37-57 was actually issue #51, not 50 (and hence why #51 wasn't included; looks like a ...

• At December 4, 2008, KentL wrote:

  #51 was by Byrne, which is why it isn't seen here.

• At December 4, 2008, Stephen wrote:

  Covers 40 - 49 bring back soooooo many good memories. I mean, geez, how could you NOT buy a ...

• At December 4, 2008, MarkBlack wrote:

  The Cobra Civil War Era had some great stuff inside as well.

  After about issue 82, the comic started to slip ...

• At December 4, 2008, Stephen wrote:

  "The Cobra Civil War Era had some great stuff inside as well."

  There was one really awful fill-in in the middle ...

• At December 4, 2008, Agent_Torpor wrote:

  Oh man, that GI JOe Yearbook #3 was a treasured part of my childhood comic collection. That thing was ...

• At December 4, 2008, HarlanJBryan wrote:

  Man I miss sixty and seventy-five cent comic books....

• At December 4, 2008, Tom Fitzpatrick wrote:

  "Man I miss sixty and seventy-five cent comic books…."

  BLOODY Hell! I miss the thirty and thirty-five cents comics books!

  Wasn't ...

• At December 4, 2008, Ethan Shuster wrote:

  Yeah, #43... I think that's like one of the greatest comic book covers, ever. And I'm not kidding. An issue ...

• At December 4, 2008, Stephen wrote:

  >And I think that’s an M-60, by the way. G.I. Joe and Larry Hama have taught me to name many ...

• At December 5, 2008, DubipR wrote:

  I remember looking forward each month to get those GI Joes in the mail (yes I had a subscription!). ...

• At December 5, 2008, Edward Liu wrote:

  For the record, Roadblock toted an M2 .50 machine gun (in service since 1919, and still going strong -- that ...

• At December 5, 2008, HarlanJBryan wrote:

  "BLOODY Hell! I miss the thirty and thirty-five cents comics books!"

  Tom, I'm with you on that one too! I just ...

• At December 5, 2008, jazzbo wrote:

  #43 was the issue I started collecting GI Joe, and comics, with.

  The Cobra Civil War is to this day one ...

• At December 7, 2008, salamurai wrote:

  I copied so many of the poses and layouts in those covers when I was in high school.

  Marvel's GIJoe will ...

• At December 9, 2008, clint adams wrote:

  You know what these covers make me want to do? Buy the comic!!! Something comics just are not ...

• At December 23, 2008, ted santiago wrote:

  Thanks! Love these GI Joe covers. Just to let you know that GI Joe 64 is by Ron Wagner, not ...

I figured, though, that that was far too cool NOT to mention, so, well, here ya go!

Enjoy the following comics of each President since Hoover...

Here is a two-fer, Hoover AND Franklin Delano Roosevelt...

____________________

Before the 1948 election, things were not looking good for Harry S. Truman when a bunch of Southern Democrats split off to form their own party under Henry Wallace.

So Herblock drew Truman as though he was one of the doomed troops in Alfred Tennyson's The Charge of the Light Brigade.

Of course, Truman ended up having a better ending than they did...
____________________

Herblock does not treat Eisenhower too fondly here...

____________________

Here, Herblock depicts how Kennedy's grand plans were stalled by Congress' unwillingness to act - it was not until after JFK's assassination that much of his ideas were put into law by Congress...

____________________

Herblock shows LBJ reeling from the fact that Everett Dirksen, the Republican Minority Leader of the Senate and a close ally of Johnson (from Johnson's past in the Senate) especially with regards to escalation of the Vietnam War, turned on Johnson for his handling of the Vietnam War...

____________________

I don't think this Nixon one needs explanation...

____________________

Barry Goldwater gave a very lukewarm recommendation of Gerald Ford for the Republican National Convention, saying that he was endorsing Ford because "the fact that at this time in our history I do not believe that our government can suffer through months and months of reorganization that [would] be necessary" if Ford lost.

Harsh.
____________________

This Carter one is fairly explicit - Carter was trying to fix his public persona as indecisive...

____________________

This Reagan one is pretty self-explanatory...

____________________

As is this Bush the First one...

____________________

So's this Clinton one, really...

____________________

And finally, during the 2000 Election Campaign, here's Bush the Second...

Herblock's final cartoon (drawn at the age of 91, mere months before his death) was also a Dubya caricature.

So there you go!

Pretty cool, huh?

7 Comments

• At October 7, 2008, Blackjak wrote:

  Love 'em!

  I'm really enjoying this series, thank you Brian!

  Oh, and I think you must be getting tired... "Herd "Herbert" Block"...

• At October 7, 2008, Nick Evans wrote:

  Excellent stuff. The Light Brigade's "charge" actually existed, mind, so I'm not sure it's quite right to describe them ...

• At October 7, 2008, Jeff Ryan wrote:

  Herblock's Eisenhower is just adorable.

• At October 7, 2008, Ariel S. wrote:

  As a foreign reader, I find each entry on this list a discovery, since I haven't even heard of them ...

• At October 7, 2008, Dan K wrote:

  Why is Elliot Gould fixing Jimmy Carter's TV? I love his depiction of LBJ but that Clinton cartoon is the ...

• At October 7, 2008, dantecat wrote:

  There's a Herblock retrospective at the National Portait Gallery in Washington, DC going on right now. It's adjacent to ...

• At October 7, 2008, Apodaca wrote:

  Man, he was good. I love the caption "National Security-Blanket".

I present to you, courtesy of artist Emiko Iwasaki, Happy Meal...

Thanks to frog at CBR for reminding me of this one.

13 Comments

• At October 1, 2008, Strider wrote:

  Little Beast is probably the cutest thing I've ever seen

  Ever.

• At October 1, 2008, Joe H wrote:

  Scott Summers is a fat lazy pampered bastard.

  And this should be a cover for a comic damnit.

• At October 1, 2008, Vichus Smith wrote:

  I wouldn't want that as a comic, but that is great art. I would love a poster of something like ...

• At October 1, 2008, Lawrence wrote:

  I like the little detail of Storm holding the Forge keychain.

• At October 1, 2008, Anthony Strand wrote:

  Awww. Even Gambit looks like a cute little guy.

• At October 1, 2008, Apodaca wrote:

  This blocks my snark.

• At October 1, 2008, M Bloom wrote:

  This is one of the most adorable things I've seen all year.

• At October 1, 2008, Agent_Torpor wrote:

  Scott Summers is living my dream, dammit.

• At October 1, 2008, Blackjak wrote:

  I love how narked Wolverine looks about his keychain!

• At October 1, 2008, Lord Paradise wrote:

  TAKE THE HINT, MCDONALDS.

  The Emma Frost keychain would be solid diamond, but only appear at 1/1000th the frequency.

• At October 1, 2008, Dean wrote:

  Man, Iceman looks so relaxed.

• At October 1, 2008, Eric wrote:

  Cyclops and Jean's interaction really freaks me out.

• At October 11, 2008, Chelsie wrote:

  Hah, this is pretty much amazing.

They're awesome!

I especially love Daredevil not knowing which way to face on Giarrusso's poster!

42 Comments

• At September 30, 2008, T. wrote:

  Man, both of those are great. I especially like Byrne's Cyclops, he actually makes that costume look better than ...

• At September 30, 2008, Anthony Strand wrote:

  I am not a fan of Byrne's art, at all, and this poster is no exception. The Giarrusso one is ...

• At September 30, 2008, Pitr wrote:

  Haha scowly Giarrusso Cyclops is too adorable.

• At September 30, 2008, Anonymous wrote:

  There's something "off" about Cap & Wolverine in the Byrne poster. Logan is standing in front of Cap's shield, ...

• At September 30, 2008, Apodaca wrote:

  Yeah, Byrne's obviously went through a lot of computer editing in the composition.

• At September 30, 2008, Danx wrote:

  I noticed the Daredevil gag in Mini-Marvels: Rock, Paper, Scissors Digest also .. it's a cute joke . Also ...

• At September 30, 2008, Grico wrote:

  The Byrne one is pretty good, I wish the con was a little closer so I could go.

• At September 30, 2008, Tommy wrote:

  I don´t know, the byrne poster looks odd....looks like fanart done by a byrne´s fan. And look at Thor, what ...

• At September 30, 2008, Michael wrote:

  Does anyone else think that Byrne's Iron Man has fallen asleep in his armor?

• At September 30, 2008, tank wrote:

  "Michael

  September 30, 2008 at 10:04 am

  Does anyone else think that Byrne’s Iron Man has fallen asleep in his armor?"

  Fallen asleep ...

• At September 30, 2008, DubipR wrote:

  I love that Chris' Daredevil is facing the wrong way....so wrong, but so funny

• At September 30, 2008, Jeff Albertson wrote:

  Love the Giarrusso poster! His stuff just screams "Fun!"

• At September 30, 2008, Mullon wrote:

  Awww...look at how tiny Wolverine looks. Who's a tiny Wolverine? Who's a tiny Wolverine??

• At September 30, 2008, Ian A. wrote:

  There’s something “off” about Cap & Wolverine in the Byrne poster. Logan is standing in front of Cap’s shield, but ...

• At September 30, 2008, Peter wrote:

  There are 2 oddities in Byrnes poster:

  On Cap/Wolverine, it looks like Cap is angled with his left foot ahead and ...

• At September 30, 2008, tank wrote:

  Byrne-Cyclops is staring directly at Byrne-She-Hulk's breasts. He looks like he's about to zap them.

• At September 30, 2008, T. wrote:

  Byrne-Cyclops is staring directly at Byrne-She-Hulk’s breasts. He looks like he’s about to zap them.M

  i think he's planning to zap ...

• At September 30, 2008, howyadoin wrote:

  Will Byrne ever get tired of drawing Spider-Man in that pose? I've sure gotten tired of seein' it.

• At September 30, 2008, tank wrote:

  haha! As if Byrne would give up re-using the same old poses! or facial expressions! or faces! or bodies!

• At September 30, 2008, Codename assassin wrote:

  If that moron T. like Byrne, he really must be shite.

• At September 30, 2008, Annoyed Grunt wrote:

  Since everyone is nitpicking, isn't it kind of odd that Cyclops and Iron Man are in more recent costumes while ...

• At September 30, 2008, tank wrote:

  Honestly Byrne's Punisher there could just be Byrne's "grim, grouchy Superman" with a different hairdo.

• At September 30, 2008, Jeff Albertson wrote:

  So much for blocking the snark . . .

• At September 30, 2008, Scavenger wrote:

  It's weird seeing Cyclops in that outfit, smiling.l

• At September 30, 2008, T. wrote:

  haha! As if Byrne would give up re-using the same old poses! or facial expressions! or faces! or bodies!

  I think ...

• At September 30, 2008, tank wrote:

  I can't stand Kirby's infantile art either.

• At September 30, 2008, Brian Cronin wrote:

  So much for blocking the snark . . . Hehe...it does sometimes seem to work as a call to arms ...

• At September 30, 2008, Ariel S. wrote:

  Awesome!!!!!!!

• At September 30, 2008, T. wrote:

  I can’t stand Kirby’s infantile art either.

  Well, regardless, the criticism stands for like 90% of the artists out there I'd ...

• At September 30, 2008, kyle wrote:

  Mr. Albertson took the words right out of my mouth...

  ...way to go comments

• At September 30, 2008, tank wrote:

  Anything that keeps Byrne drawing and *not* writing it fine by me.

• At September 30, 2008, Pól Rua wrote:

  Some lovely li'l sight gags there in the ChrisG picture. The DD one is a cracker, but I love his ...

• At September 30, 2008, Apodaca wrote:

  "I think George Perez is probably the only person that varies his faces from character to character."

  Except for everyone having ...

• At September 30, 2008, Apodaca wrote:

  "The other issue is that we have gotten so used to the over the top physiques of comic book characters, ...

• At September 30, 2008, Suzene wrote:

  I still have a lot of love for Byrne's interpretation of Shulkie.

• At October 1, 2008, Anonymous wrote:

  Um...

  I really think Byrne's is just a Photoshop compilation of separate sketches... Iron Man really looks slapped on top as ...

• At October 1, 2008, oldtime2001 wrote:

  Hey Tank!

  You just here to be a turd? If so, Mission Accomplished!

• At October 1, 2008, tank wrote:

  What? I'm not allowed to like John Byrne's writing?

• At October 1, 2008, tank wrote:

  ...er...DISlike

• At October 1, 2008, Thenodrin wrote:

  I don't understand Cyclops's fascination with She Hulk's breasts. Maybe they are developing telepathic abilities.

  Theno

• At October 1, 2008, Mike Loughlin wrote:

  Thor really, really likes Captain America in Byrne's poster. I think Punisher is jealous.

• At October 2, 2008, Dunc wrote:

  I'm pretty sure Cap is trying to push Wolverine over.

  Also notice how Cyclops's gaze changes between pictures to keep him ...

Well, I thought the covers were so great that I felt I had to share all of them with you all.

Enjoy!

Someone really needs to put out a Small Favors collection!

As a bonus, here are the covers for the two Small Favors collections!!

Aren't these covers amazing?

11 Comments

• At September 22, 2008, Blackjak wrote:

  I seem to remember Eros published the first six issues in trade...

  *blush*

• At September 22, 2008, Eric H. wrote:

  Yup, looks like there are actually a couple of different collections in stock at Amazon.

• At September 22, 2008, Vichus Smith wrote:

  Have you seen Maka Maka, which I guess would be the new Japanese example of Small Favors?

• At September 22, 2008, Pól Rua wrote:

  And the stories are great, to boot!

  "Oh help! I'm being bondaged!"

  Almost as good as Phil and Kaja Folgio's Xxxenophile.

• At September 22, 2008, Michael wrote:

  This looks like a great Christmas present for a friend of mine.

• At September 23, 2008, La Morris Richmond wrote:

  Let's not forget Motoki's Karate Girl. To quote the Bard, "Woof!"

• At September 23, 2008, Vichus Smith wrote:

  It's hard for me to forget any of the porn I've watched, or read :)

• At September 23, 2008, Andrew Collins wrote:

  Maka Maka is great too. Media Blasters is putting out a full color English language version later this year. That ...

• At September 23, 2008, Citizen Scribbler wrote:

  Interesting- the cover for issue #3 reminds me very much a Justice League cover from the Giffen era. The one ...

• At September 23, 2008, Chris Jones wrote:

  That pillow fight one gives me the creeps.

• At February 9, 2009, Tanzim wrote:

  I love the cover to issue 4...it has this weird, surreal feel to it

Enjoy!

Thanks to Googum for this scan...

I wish I could get a bigger scan of this classic poster...

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Click on each images to enlarge!!

26 Comments

• At September 17, 2008, Spidey_82 wrote:

  By clicking the images I only get to a blank CSBG page.

• At September 17, 2008, Craig wrote:

  I can't remember who offered that second poster, but I remember sending off for it and waiting something crazy, like ...

• At September 17, 2008, Brian Cronin wrote:

  Thanks, Spidey_82, it was a slight html code snafu.

  It's fixed now!

• At September 17, 2008, Da Fug wrote:

  These are cool images but my eye keeps being drawn to the end of Black Bolt's and Ghost Rider's fists ...

• At September 17, 2008, Anthony Strand wrote:

  I'm not all that familiar with Mr. Golden's work, and I had no idea he did such great work with ...

• At September 17, 2008, DBish wrote:

  geez, I've seen that second one a million times but I can't figure out where

• At September 17, 2008, Mike Loughlin wrote:

  He's one of only a handful of artists who can draw a really good Nightcrawler.

• At September 17, 2008, T. wrote:

  The 2nd picture was a poster that was sent out by Marvel to people who ordered for it. I ...

• At September 17, 2008, tk. wrote:

  The second one reminds me of the totally awesome Marvel jigsaw puzzle I had as a kid. They had ...

• At September 17, 2008, jazzbo wrote:

  I haven't seen the first one before. It's cool.

  The second one I love. Golden is a great artist. Is Art ...

• At September 17, 2008, jazzbo wrote:

  Looking closer at the first one, it appears that Golden drew Wolverine's original costume, but the colorist colored it as ...

• At September 17, 2008, Lawrence wrote:

  Six bucks for 16 comics? I wish I read comics in the 1980s.

• At September 17, 2008, agent_torpor wrote:

  No you don't. A lot of it was unreadable pish.

  And Michael Golden rocks. Hardcore.

• At September 17, 2008, Sijo wrote:

  I ordered the second one too. I don't think I waited more than a month for it, tho. Maybe I ...

• At September 17, 2008, The Mutt wrote:

  Dammit, where's Nick Fury?

• At September 17, 2008, Dave Lane wrote:

  "Is Art Adams the inker on the second poster? There’s a bit of his look to the art."

  I'm thinking ...

• At September 17, 2008, FunkyGreenJerusalem wrote:

  No you don’t. A lot of it was unreadable pish.

  Yeah, but it was cheap unreadable pish, so it's a step ...

• At September 17, 2008, jazzbo wrote:

  Yeah, Terry Austin would be a good call. He did ink some of Adams work on various X-title annuals, ...

• At September 18, 2008, Chris McAree wrote:

  I loved his work on the early issues of Marvel Fanfare.

  That Man-Spider cover still gives me nightmares!

• At September 18, 2008, Karlos wrote:

  Golden is a MAN-GOD!!

  When, oh when, will he do some more interiors?

  He keeps teasing on the subject but ...

• At September 18, 2008, Alonso wrote:

  Brian, Can't find a scan anywhere and it's a little bit later than the pieces that you've scanned, but there's ...

• At September 18, 2008, chris wrote:

  Didn't Art Adams do a contemporary version of the Golden poster? I could swear I saw an updated one ...

• At September 18, 2008, Brian Cronin wrote:

  Alonso, the one released in the 90s, I believe, was just a re-mixed version of the second one (you know, ...

• At September 19, 2008, Alonso wrote:

  Brian, I know which one you're talking about, but the one I'm talking about is a different poster. A bunch ...

• At April 30, 2009, Zeep wrote:

  EEK! That's the one! I saw the second poster in an old Conan The Barbarian comic from 1982. I got ...

• At May 8, 2009, Gary wrote:

  The second pic is like a beautiful Slice of Marvel Pie for that era. I believe it's from 1981? ...

Enjoy!

An interesting thing to note is how you can easily tell the ones produced by DC from the ones produced by Marvel, because Marvel was not putting creator credits on their covers back then (they did not start until 1997).

1996 - THE FIRST WAVE OF TITLES

1997 - THE SECOND WAVE OF TITLES

What was your favorite title?

Super Soldier was mine (Mark Waid and Dave Gibbons?!? Wow!).

81 Comments

• At September 9, 2008, Michael wrote:

  Why only two from the first wave?

  My favorite part of Challengers of the Fantastic was where, after Galactiac turns "Rocky" ...

• At September 9, 2008, Brian Cronin wrote:

  A glitch in the html code. I fixed it now!

• At September 9, 2008, Scott wrote:

  A simpler time?

  The pile of crap that was DC vs. Marvel and the entire Amalgaverse almost scared me off comics ...

• At September 9, 2008, Jeff Ryan wrote:

  Gotta go with Spider-Boy as my favorite. They perfectly captured the teen-hero vibe. And there's a picture of Mike Wieringo ...

• At September 9, 2008, Brian Cronin wrote:

  A simpler time?

  A joke. ;)

• At September 9, 2008, Lawrence wrote:

  I remember I was still in elementary school when the first wave hit, and I think that's around the same ...

• At September 9, 2008, SageShini wrote:

  Damn. God forbid they make fun, continuity-free one-shots for us to actually...*gasp* enjoy.

  Amalgam's Spider-Boy is the first comic ...

• At September 9, 2008, Bill Reed wrote:

  Spider-Boy was awesome. And Challengers. And anything by Kesel, basically.

• At September 9, 2008, Scott wrote:

  Right, Gotcha

  My brain gets all weird whenever people refer to the 90s in the past tense.

  For me, the whole ...

• At September 9, 2008, Dean Trippe wrote:

  I loved so many Amalgam titles! Spider-Boy was the absolute best, though. Gosh. Thanks for the walk down awesome memory ...

• At September 9, 2008, Chris McAree wrote:

  I'd given up on comics at this stage, and didn't get back into them until Bendis took on DD, but ...

• At September 9, 2008, Horsebandit wrote:

  What about first wave titles Speed Demon, Bruce Wayne: Agent of SHIELD, Magneot and the Magnetic Men and X-Patrol?

• At September 9, 2008, Rob wrote:

  Skipped my particular favorite, Speed Demon! Flash, Ghost Rider, and Etrigan all at once, utter brilliance!

  http://www.99centcomicsonline.com/99centa/SpeedDemon.jpg

• At September 9, 2008, Matt D wrote:

  Legion of Galactic Guardians is my favorite thing ever.

• At September 9, 2008, The Mutt wrote:

  The Amalgam titles were what redeemed the whole sad Marvel vs DC thing. The letter pages were brilliant.

  Bullets and Bracelets ...

• At September 9, 2008, Chris G wrote:

  damn, i missed the spider-boy train. I was in the Dark Claw camp myself. Jubilee as "Sparrow" was/is still adorable!

• At September 9, 2008, George Khoury wrote:

  Dr. Strangefate is one the best comics of the last decade!

• At September 9, 2008, Ray Radlein wrote:

  I grooved on the Bruce Timm vibe of Dark Claw Adventures. That was fun.

• At September 9, 2008, El Dorado wrote:

  I have to cast my vote for Dr. StrangeFate. I recall that it had a pretty cool twist ending ...

• At September 9, 2008, Anthony Strand wrote:

  Yeah, Amalgam was a lot of fun. I loved Iron Lantern especially (written by Mr. Kurt Busiek, by the way).

• At September 9, 2008, Michael wrote:

  I recall Lobo the Duck being something of a turkey, Chris.

• At September 9, 2008, edc wrote:

  gen hex was surprisingly fun, a great end.

  lobo the duck was poo.

  dark claw was lovely, but it was such a ...

• At September 9, 2008, Metal Misfit wrote:

  I really liked the two Spider-Boy books. I didn't pick up nearly as many Amalgam books as I wanted (being ...

• At September 9, 2008, Ariel S. wrote:

  Dark Claw adventures was my favourite one! Although I don't have the comics anymore (I needed the space) I remember ...

• At September 9, 2008, Anthony Cheng wrote:

  I heart Amalgam. Some of those designs were so perfect: Spider-Boy, Speed Demon, Amazon, Iron Lantern ...

  The only thing I ...

• At September 9, 2008, Stephen wrote:

  I totally would've bought a Dark Claw Adventures series. The first one was a bit too serious, but the DCAU ...

• At September 9, 2008, Robert wrote:

  these books were all fun..even the the ones that werent as good had entertaining bits in them...I still like the ...

• At September 9, 2008, Dan K wrote:

  I never got to reading any of these. Iron Lantern and Amazon look cool. Darkclaw looks like somthing I ...

• At September 9, 2008, Grico wrote:

  I have to say, I kinda dig Shatterstarfire even if she inherently looks very Liefield-esque.

• At September 9, 2008, danjack wrote:

  RE: Scott's comments:

  The pile of crap that was DC vs. Marvel and the entire Amalgaverse almost scared me off comics ...

• At September 9, 2008, Michael wrote:

  Not featured on that X-Patrol cover, but oughta be: Dial HUSK. Some of the wackiest Amalgams of the bunch came ...

• At September 9, 2008, Michael wrote:

  Stephen - I'm mildly ashamed for knowing this, but the JLX was a splinter group from Amalgam's Judgment League: Avengers, ...

• At September 9, 2008, Jeff R. wrote:

  I always particularly liked Deadeye, if only for the "they should have gone the other way in combining the names" ...

• At September 9, 2008, T. wrote:

  before the latter broke away over the JLA’s support of mutant registration).

  Hm. Sounds a lot like the premise of ...

• At September 9, 2008, Stephen wrote:

  Michael - Thanks. Knew there was some Avengers-related tie in to that, even if it wasn't used to sell the ...

• At September 9, 2008, DanLarkin wrote:

  Stephen- the assassins were Catsai (Catwoman + Elektra) and Dare the Terminator (a female amalgam of Daredevil and Deathstroke).

• At September 9, 2008, Pól Rua wrote:

  I thought Dark Claw adventures was phenomenal, but Super Soldier will always be my favourite.

  We still get people coming into ...

• At September 9, 2008, FunkyGreenJerusalem wrote:

  I'm sure it wasn't that good, but as a young teen, Dark Claw was the coolest concept ever, and just ...

• At September 9, 2008, Tanwer wrote:

  I had a really good time with Lobo the Duck.

  Hehehe...

• At September 9, 2008, dhole wrote:

  I skipped the whole Amalgam thing just because I was low on cash and didn't think any of the stories ...

• At September 9, 2008, Michael wrote:

  Okay, let's up the nerd ante a bit: Did anyone else buy the Amalgam Series Trading Cards? They had profile ...

• At September 9, 2008, Mr. Chris wrote:

  First Wave:

  I remember reading Spider-Boy and thinking about how awesome it would be if 'Ringo were drawing a Spider-Man book.

  Second ...

• At September 9, 2008, Anthony Cheng wrote:

  "Behold the Crimson Whirlwind" is one of my faves from the trading card set that never made it into a ...

• At September 9, 2008, Jason wrote:

  It's a pity we can't reamalgam the two companies. Marvel and DC could do it every few years, and split ...

• At September 9, 2008, Jason wrote:

  Oops, that's Superman + Nova. And if you can fuse female Warriors to Wonder Girl, Secret and/or Arrowette, I'd like ...

• At September 9, 2008, Da Fug wrote:

  It would be cool to hear the creators' thoughts on these books 10 years later. I read most of ...

• At September 9, 2008, John Trumbull wrote:

  Funny - just a couple of weeks ago I was coming up with my own Amalgam characters for fun.

  My favorites ...

• At September 9, 2008, kyle wrote:

  i can't believe there's no love for the Legion of Galactic Guardians 2099's Paste-Eater-Pete!!

  the art, the ridiculousness of that story, ...

• At September 9, 2008, Vichus Smith wrote:

  If these came to my house tomorrow I'd read them all. Love it or hate it, if you're a fan ...

• At September 9, 2008, Jason wrote:

  SuperBOY plus Nova. I suck.

  I probably would've liked Iron Lantern better if Busiek did make the Kyle Rayner/"Green Guardian" combo ...

• At September 9, 2008, daniel wrote:

  Thorion completely revitalized JR Jr's career. Amazing double page spreads of Kirby on Kirby action (seriously though, how hot does ...

• At September 9, 2008, Jason B. wrote:

  I actually bought the entire run of Amalgam comics a year or two back, because the very fact that they ...

• At September 9, 2008, deuce45 wrote:

  Gotta go with Bruce Wayne: Agent of SHIELD. It had that late 60's espionage comics feel to it that I ...

• At September 10, 2008, wwk5d wrote:

  "I have to cast my vote for Dr. StrangeFate. I recall that it had a pretty cool twist ending but ...

• At September 10, 2008, DanCJ wrote:

  I only read a few, but the only one I liked was Doctor Strangefate.

  In fact that was the one put ...

• At September 10, 2008, Sijo wrote:

  I must admit I found the whole "smooshing character together" idea stupid, and I still do. It made no sense, ...

• At September 10, 2008, Tom wrote:

  I remember when these came out, I thought they were so damned cool. Now it seems kinda pathetic. ...

• At September 10, 2008, Blackjak wrote:

  I too thought it was a real thing... Marvel filing for Bankruptcy, DC vs Marvel the Amalgam Universe. ...

• At September 10, 2008, Matt D wrote:

  Fraction needs to have the X-Men go up against Fin Fang Foom

• At September 10, 2008, Mike Loughlin wrote:

  Dr. Strangefate was my favorite from the first wave- JL Garcia-Lopez inked by Kevin Nowlan. Awesome. Bruce Wayne: Agent of ...

• At September 10, 2008, the Phantom-Longbox wrote:

  Dr. StrangeFate was my fave.

  I can NEVER get enough Garcia-Lopez artwork.

  The fact that he was inked by Kevin Nowlan made ...

• At September 10, 2008, ejulp wrote:

  I took an 8 month hiatus from comics in 7th-8th grade, was a bit burnt out by lackluster stories following ...

• At September 10, 2008, Tony wrote:

  I loved these one shots. I'm really torn for a favorite between Spider-Boy and (surprisingly) Magnetic Men. Fun ...

• At September 10, 2008, Tekende wrote:

  I was about twelve when these came out, and very new to comics. The only one of these I bought ...

• At September 10, 2008, Rockin' Rich wrote:

  Wow! I must have missed the second wave.

  Some of those covers look like Image parodies... as if such a thing ...

• At September 10, 2008, Rockin' Rich wrote:

  Try this instead

  http://www.4colorheroes.com/morrison/doom_force.html

• At September 10, 2008, edc wrote:

  get gen hex, tho'

  its fun.

• At September 10, 2008, Kelson wrote:

  I still have a handful of Amalgam books in my collection, though I think I eventually sold off my copies ...

• At September 10, 2008, Bryant wrote:

  I have 3 of the 4 trades - I love the concept. And the best ones were interesting and ...

• At September 10, 2008, Lynxara wrote:

  Oh man, I loved these comics-- it helps that they came out when I was thirteen. I could enjoy the ...

• At September 10, 2008, Vichus Smith wrote:

  I've read recent comics with Nightwing and Jubilee, and Nightwing appears to be slightly older. I would think that Nightwing ...

• At September 10, 2008, Vichus Smith wrote:

  ... or did you mean Tim Drake? She's definitely older than him.

• At September 10, 2008, Brian Cronin wrote:

  It was Tim Drake she flirted with during VS., mostly as an inside joke about how their costumes were so ...

• At September 10, 2008, Lynxara wrote:

  I meant Tim Drake, yeah. In Marvel vs. DC, they were portrayed as being the same age. Jubilee has since ...

• At September 10, 2008, Brian Cronin wrote:

  Yeah, Lynxara, I think that's it exactly.

  If you're behind the scenes, you can be aged.

  Ben Turner became a dude in ...

• At September 10, 2008, Vichus Smith wrote:

  If we're thinking seriously about aging in comics (which I don't think the big two barely think about) I think ...

• At September 10, 2008, Sijo wrote:

  -"I think that since DC and Marvel are two different universes, they have their own rules on how long it ...

• At September 10, 2008, Vichus Smith wrote:

  I think that the writers, editors, etc, age characters when they see fit, and they hault aging at a certain ...

• At September 10, 2008, SwanShadow wrote:

  Wonder Woman and Storm fan that I am, Amazon was the only Amalgam book I read. I still have it. ...

• At September 11, 2008, Pedro Bouça wrote:

  Some books were WAY too 90s (i.e. quite bad), but most were nice. Miles above the regular Marvel/DC books of ...

• At September 12, 2008, Hyaroo wrote:

  Definitely agree that the actual "Marvel VS. DC" comics were terrible, but the Amalgam line was pretty fun. Gotta ...

Check it out here!

7 Comments

• At August 25, 2008, Ariel S. wrote:

  Awesomest. Montage. EVER!

• At August 25, 2008, Scavenger wrote:

  Woohoo!!! I made the big times! A referral all my own!!

• At August 25, 2008, youngblood29 wrote:

  Brilliant!

• At August 25, 2008, Jono11 wrote:

  I'd like to make a very strong case for this video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAjyuyBIi08&NR=1), even though it doesn't comply with the actual ...

• At August 25, 2008, Anthony wrote:

  WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!!

• At August 26, 2008, Apodaca wrote:

  I've made two.

  This one is Robin's story:

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzGva_QYMXU

  And this one is Seriously Not Safe For Work:

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_2ziE6-Ric

• At August 26, 2008, edc wrote:

  gotta say, boys are back in town had me howling with laughter.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAjyuyBIi08

Next, come up with a song that would accompany the montage!

Enjoy!

81 Comments

• At August 25, 2008, Bryan Levy wrote:

  Obviously "Walking on Sunshine" by Katrina and the Waves. No song says "Summer Day Off" like that song.

• At August 25, 2008, Jeff Ryan wrote:

  Either The Starlight Vocal Band's Afternoon Delight or Andrew WK's Party Til You Puke.

• At August 25, 2008, Neil Cameron wrote:

  The Benny Hill theme gives it a nice pace.

• At August 25, 2008, John Trumbull wrote:

  I'm thinking "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head." It worked for Spider-Man 2...

• At August 25, 2008, ThiefTMA wrote:

  This is a total gimme. Gotta be "Vacation" by the Go-Gos. They're even water-skiing on one cover!

• At August 25, 2008, Matt Bird wrote:

  A very un-hip suggestion:

  "Saturday in the Park" by Chicago.

  And a very hipster suggestion:

  "Photobooth" by Death Cab for Cutie (but only ...

• At August 25, 2008, Evan Waters wrote:

  "Sunshine Day" by the Brady Bunch.

• At August 25, 2008, tk. wrote:

  "Wouldn't It Be Nice" by the Beach Boys, or "Black Out" by Pavement.

  The rock climbing one is a bit out ...

• At August 25, 2008, DanLarkin wrote:

  "Something Good" by Herman's Hermits

• At August 25, 2008, Jacob D. wrote:

  'Happy Together' by the Turtles. A bit cliche, but it works.

• At August 25, 2008, Chris McAree wrote:

  "Here Comes the Summer," by The Undertones.

  Or for no good reason other than it keeps popping into my mind; ...

• At August 25, 2008, Aler wrote:

  THIS is how the Superman movie franchise should be rebooted.

• At August 25, 2008, Michael wrote:

  "You've Got A Friend In Me."

  Or "All Summer Long."

• At August 25, 2008, Scavenger wrote:

  Curse you Dan Larkin!!!

  I was gonna say “Something Good” by Herman’s Hermits

• At August 25, 2008, Dave Puskas wrote:

  "Best Friend" by Harry Nilsson, or Captain and Tennille's "Love Will Keep Us Together".

  Every song mentioned in the posts above ...

• At August 25, 2008, Dan Bailey wrote:

  "I Hate Myself & Want to Die" by Nirvana.

  Oh wait ...

• At August 25, 2008, Adam Jones wrote:

  Theme song to Sanford and Son.

• At August 25, 2008, Scott Closter wrote:

  "Love will keep us together".

• At August 25, 2008, Scott Closter wrote:

  Doh, Dave Pukas beat me to it, but I'll 2nd his nomination.

• At August 25, 2008, Spiffy wrote:

  Three Amigos - Three Amigos Theme

  One for each other and all for one

  the Three brave Amigos are we

  Brother to Brother ...

• At August 25, 2008, Blackjak wrote:

  Dang Michael!

  I was just about to say "All Summer Long" - The Beach Boys

  Or "Wake up Boo" - The Boo ...

• At August 25, 2008, Spiffy wrote:

  There's also the theme song from the TV Classic "My Two Dads". Mostly its the title more than the ...

• At August 25, 2008, Jack Fear wrote:

  Queen's "You're My Best Friend," obvs.

• At August 25, 2008, joshschr wrote:

  "We Are Gonna Be Friends" by the White Stripes.

• At August 25, 2008, Blackjak wrote:

  Actually really like the "Three Amigos" idea - All you need is a cover with all three standing in a ...

• At August 25, 2008, Matthew E wrote:

  Lovin' Spoonful. 'Daydream'.

• At August 25, 2008, avengers63 wrote:

  I've seen a few of these covers on superdickery.com.

  "That's What Friends Are For" by Dionne Warwick, Elton John, and someone ...

• At August 25, 2008, sackett wrote:

  The theme song to the The Monkees by The Monkees

• At August 25, 2008, jdwrocks wrote:

  "Secret Lovers" by Atlantic Starr. Now why did I go and say that?!

• At August 25, 2008, Bill Reed wrote:

  Things that bother you never bother me

  I feel happy and fine! AHA!

  Living in the sunlight, loving in the moonlight

  Having a ...

• At August 25, 2008, Greg Burgas wrote:

  I have no song (maybe later), but I will say that this would be the BEST DAY EVERRRRRRR!!!!!

• At August 25, 2008, Elijah wrote:

  I second "Wouldn't It Be Nice," first of all.

  Secondly, also "I Wish" by Skee-Lo.

• At August 25, 2008, Tekende wrote:

  "Summer in the City" by the Lovin' Spoonful.

• At August 25, 2008, alkaboom wrote:

  it's a wonderful world by louis Armstrong

• At August 25, 2008, Pink Raygun wrote:

  Bizarre Love Triangle, New Order

• At August 25, 2008, Pink Raygun wrote:

  And to make it more modern

  "Mr Brightside" by The Killers

• At August 25, 2008, Dave Ziegler wrote:

  I think almost all of these suggestions would rock, and I was leaning towards "Walking on Sunshine" until Burgas mentioned ...

• At August 25, 2008, Sean D. wrote:

  Mr. Blue Sky by E.L.O. or maybe The Girl That I knew Somewhere by the Monkees. (Let's face it, it ...

• At August 25, 2008, Graeme Burk wrote:

  "Perfect Day" by Lou Reed.

• At August 25, 2008, Adam P. Knave wrote:

  Queen - You're My Best Friend.

• At August 25, 2008, Stephen wrote:

  "Summer Holiday", Cliff Richard.

• At August 25, 2008, Mr. Chris wrote:

  Would "Sunshine Superman" be too obvious?

• At August 25, 2008, B. Rolsted wrote:

  I'll have to say "Hooked on a feeling". The David Hasselhoff version. It just feels so right.

• At August 25, 2008, Da Fug wrote:

  These are great! Somebody should string these together to the theme from "The Courtship of Eddie's Father" and slap ...

• At August 25, 2008, JR wrote:

  "Daydream Believer" by the Monkees

  or

  "I can make you Happy" Davy Jones version from Scooby Doo

• At August 25, 2008, Scavenger wrote:

  Brian, To prove my point of Herman's Hermit's superiority, here you go:

  World's Finest Vacation Video

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50vbvey70uI

• At August 25, 2008, Chris Jones wrote:

  "Picture Book" by The Kinks. It works MARVELOUSLY.

• At August 25, 2008, Dalarsco wrote:

  Light and Day by Polyphonic Spree. The song from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

• At August 25, 2008, Vincent Paul Bartilucci wrote:

  Strange Powers by The Magnetic Fields ... too maudlin?

• At August 25, 2008, Blackjak wrote:

  "Always Look On the Bright Side Of Life" - Monty Python

• At August 25, 2008, Andrew Collins wrote:

  "Curse you Dan Larkin!!!

  I was gonna say “Something Good” by Herman’s Hermits"

  Same here. I was having flashbacks to the Leslie ...

• At August 25, 2008, M Bloom wrote:

  "Friends will be Friends" by Queen.

• At August 25, 2008, Blackjak wrote:

  There's only one problem with "Something Good"... It's been ruined in the UK by a bank... Lyrics have been changed ...

• At August 25, 2008, winterteeth wrote:

  I had the "Goin' on a holiday" song from Mr. Show stuck in my mind.

• At August 25, 2008, Chris McAree wrote:

  "Parklife," by Blur. In the style of an old Ealing Comedy!

• At August 25, 2008, Scavenger wrote:

  Andrew C: yup same influence for me:)

• At August 25, 2008, Billy F wrote:

  Wrapped Up In Books-Belle and Sebastian

  or I'm a Cuckoo by the same band

• At August 25, 2008, JoeyFNK wrote:

  The theme from That 70's Show.

• At August 25, 2008, Mike Loughlin wrote:

  The theme from "Perfect Strangers"

  That "Venga Bus" song they played on those awful 6 Flags commercials with the creepy ...

• At August 25, 2008, Jono11 wrote:

  "Or “All Summer Long.”"--You are evil. How hard would it be to show respect for the REAL songs that ...

• At August 25, 2008, Jono11 wrote:

  At any rate, my votes:

  R.E.M.: Shiny Happy People

  Chumbawamba: I'm Not Sorry I Was Having Fun

  Barenaked Ladies: Never Is Enough

  Wilco: Heavy ...

• At August 25, 2008, Tyson wrote:

  Darn it, I wanted to make the "My Two Dads" joke.

  So, how about "No Woman, No Cry"?

• At August 25, 2008, Ray Cornwall wrote:

  Public Enemy's "Brothers Gonna Work It Out"

  ...oh, alright, Prince's "Play In The Sunshine"

• At August 25, 2008, Dan K wrote:

  "Boys Keep Swinging" by David Bowie,

  "Alright" by Supergrass,

  or

  "One Fine Day" by the Chiffons

• At August 25, 2008, Michael wrote:

  Jono, I have no idea what you're talking about. I was talking about the Beach Boys' 1964 hit, which was ...

• At August 25, 2008, Jono11 wrote:

  That is totally my bad. I apologize. I've just heard one too many people tell me about "this ...

• At August 25, 2008, FunkyGreenJerusalem wrote:

  'Perfect Day' by Lou Reed (just ignore the heroin references, advertisers seem to)

  'Gimme Some Lovin' by The Spencer Davis Group

  'Cars' ...

• At August 25, 2008, Joe wrote:

  Wow. Superman, Batman, and Robin didn't do much superhero-ing in the early days.

• At August 26, 2008, SwanShadow wrote:

  "Couple Days Off" by Huey Lewis and the News

  or

  "Adventure Day" by the House Jacks

• At August 26, 2008, John wrote:

  Boy's don't cry

• At August 26, 2008, parker wrote:

  the banana splits theme!

• At August 26, 2008, Dunc wrote:

  'Anyone else but you' By the Mouldy Peaches (from the Juno soundtrack)

• At August 26, 2008, Cove West wrote:

  I'd go the juxtaposition route Maybe some intense, we're-gonna-blow-shtuff-up '80s action theme -- "Airwolf" or "A-Team" or "Knight Rider." ...

• At August 26, 2008, wwk5d wrote:

  Will Smith's "Summertime".

• At August 26, 2008, Vincent Paul Bartilucci wrote:

  If you want to go the Herman's Hermits route how about A Little Bit Better?

  If you imagine Superman singing to ...

• At August 26, 2008, Fran wrote:

  "One fine day" by The Chiffons

• At August 26, 2008, Mecha-Shiva wrote:

  I know I was late to this one, but I thought there was no way someone would've gone with the ...

• At August 29, 2008, lauren wrote:

  A different Blur tune Song 2 might be nice to express the exuberance of the day, or Dj Jazzy Jeff ...

• At August 29, 2008, Lord Paradise wrote:

  There's a nice one on Youtube with "the Boys are back in town." I think it works well.

• At August 29, 2008, Jono11 wrote:

  "I’d go the juxtaposition route Maybe some intense, we’re-gonna-blow-shtuff-up ’80s action theme — “Airwolf” or “A-Team” or “Knight Rider.” Just ...

• At November 30, 2008, sgt rawk wrote:

  Vacation by the GoGos. Or Lust For Life by Iggy Pop.

  Actually, all these suggestions are good. I love the fact ...

It'll be a hoot (thanks to the Grand Comic Book Database for the covers)!

So enjoy!

27 Comments

• At August 4, 2008, Blackjak wrote:

  Wow! Brave and the Bold and Showcase sure changed didn't they??

  love that cover blurb "If you dream of riding ...

• At August 4, 2008, T. wrote:

  It would be great to find out the names of some of those artists. Some of those covers have ...

• At August 4, 2008, Corey wrote:

  Journey Into Mystery looks like Bill Everett, maybe?

• At August 4, 2008, avengers63 wrote:

  That Tales Of Suspense cover is georgous! I wholeheartedly agree with T.

• At August 4, 2008, Matt D wrote:

  What the heck is happening in that Strange Tales cover. It's like Porthos is leading some poor schlub to his ...

• At August 4, 2008, Jason B. wrote:

  re: Tales to Astonish:

  What the HELL is that thing?

• At August 4, 2008, DanLarkin wrote:

  Awesome. Other than Detective Comics, I don't think I've ever seen any of these.

• At August 4, 2008, Mecha-Shiva wrote:

  Uh... are those supposed to be shadows on Miss America? They look... odd.

  Jason B.: It kinda ...

• At August 4, 2008, Rich wrote:

  I used to own that Tales to Astonish #1, but sold my copy during grad school to pay (most of) ...

• At August 4, 2008, anthony r wrote:

  tales of suspense is don heck

• At August 4, 2008, Inane_Fanboy wrote:

  The level of gratuitous cheesecake on that Miss America cover is nauseating. Was Frank Cho's granddad the penciller?

• At August 4, 2008, Jeff R. wrote:

  Shouldn't Amazing Adventures #1 be in this post? It would seem to fit the bill precisely... (For those who don't ...

• At August 4, 2008, Michael wrote:

  So what's the *8th* Wonder?

• At August 4, 2008, todd young wrote:

  you'd think with a woman in a short skirt standing in the middle of the action there'd be a little ...

• At August 4, 2008, SanctumSanctorumComix wrote:

  Some of these I have never seen before.

  Awesome stuff.

  I would have thought that DETECTIVE # 1, and STRANGE TALES # ...

• At August 4, 2008, Derek J. Goodman wrote:

  Michael-

  The 8th wonder in ficttion is usually considered to be King Kong.

• At August 4, 2008, brian lockhart wrote:

  For anyone who's interested...

  Back in I think the 1990s or late 1980s DC reprinted a half-dozen of the Batman and ...

• At August 4, 2008, Jbird wrote:

  I remember the Strange Tales and Journey into Mystery ones from that big (official?) history of Marvel Comics from 1990. ...

• At August 5, 2008, Joe S. Walker wrote:

  "The Brave And The Bold" - a title that actually didn't sound silly when the comic began.

• At August 5, 2008, yo go re wrote:

  I love the Tales of Suspense cover - they have to wear glass helmets to contain their own atmosphere, but ...

• At August 5, 2008, Basara wrote:

  yo go re:

  Actually, as long as the planet has an atmosphere that is about Earth pressure & temperature, and isn't ...

• At August 5, 2008, stephen cade wrote:

  DC reprinted the early Brave Bold issues in the 80's--including #1.

  I have them somewhere, unless I sold them.

• At August 5, 2008, R. J. Sterling wrote:

  Yes, that's clearly a planetary surface rather than space, and an atmosphere other than breathable by humans is implicit. I ...

• At August 5, 2008, Ganky wrote:

  Until I saw this I thought Silent Knight was a damn strange choice for a story in the recent Brave ...

• At August 5, 2008, R. J. Sterling wrote:

  I went back and looked at the 'Miss America' cover again. What cheesecake?! Was that a joke?

• At August 6, 2008, Spiffy wrote:

  The apparent original premise of Brave & The Bold actually makes a lot of sense for that title, if you ...

• At August 6, 2008, wwk5d wrote:

  It's sad that comic books were so much more diverse then...

Enjoy!

Thanks, as always, to the Grand Comic Book Database!

BONUS!

Vig reminded me of this one. It's a bit on the snarky side itself, but in a cute way...

42 Comments

• At July 7, 2008, suedenim wrote:

  The Triad one, which I don't remember seeing before, is particularly cool.

  These were fun covers, as were the other line-wide ...

• At July 7, 2008, Brian Cronin wrote:

  Here's a link to a previous Snark Blocker featuring those covers, Sue!

• At July 7, 2008, buttler wrote:

  Holy zombie variant, Batman!

  I love Wonder Woman's little smirk, but Aquaman looks so peeved by his finny friends! And ...

• At July 7, 2008, Vig wrote:

  And of course there was Deadpool #12!

• At July 7, 2008, T. wrote:

  Great gimmick, great execution, and an all-around great time creatively at DC. I was reading so many DC books ...

• At July 7, 2008, Matt D wrote:

  Holy crap did DC have a great line-up of writers in 97.

  Jurgens, Simonson, Kesel, O'Neil, Priest, Dixon, Alan Grant, Moench, ...

• At July 7, 2008, Josh P. wrote:

  I was hoping you would have the Deadpool cover.

  Fun stuff.

• At July 7, 2008, T. wrote:

  What was the great lineup DC had in 2004? I don't recall. Wasn't that around the time the ...

• At July 7, 2008, reader zero wrote:

  Which was better: DC's full face month or the one Marvel did on their covers to celebrate the comapny's 25th ...

• At July 7, 2008, T. wrote:

  Hey, remember when Marvel had a similar stunt in the 80s, for their 25th Anniversary I believe? All the ...

• At July 7, 2008, Dan Bailey wrote:

  How cool! I had no idea DC had done this, since back then I was still 6 or 7 years ...

• At July 7, 2008, Brian Cronin wrote:

  Looking at a random month in 2004 (September), DC DID have some pretty darn good runs going on in 04 ...

• At July 7, 2008, Brian Cronin wrote:

  Of course, T!

  It was the very FIRST Snark Blocker!

  Here it is.

• At July 7, 2008, Matt D wrote:

  Y'know. I meant late 2004-early 2005, sorry. And it was editorially driven, sure, but the writers were talented enough to ...

• At July 7, 2008, Bill Reed wrote:

  Huh. I only have four of these. I thought I'd have more.

• At July 7, 2008, tk. wrote:

  Captain Marvel looks like Lon Chaney up there.

  I dig the Wonder Woman and Legends of the Dark Knight covers.

• At July 7, 2008, T. wrote:

  Andersen Gabrych, Willingham, Lapham, Pfeifer, J.H. Williams III & Dan Curtis Johnson, Rucka and Brubaker, Arcudi, Simone, Byrne, uh.. Bob ...

• At July 7, 2008, Salamurai wrote:

  "Which was better: DC’s full face month or the one Marvel did on their covers to celebrate the comapny’s 25th ...

• At July 7, 2008, Anthony Strand wrote:

  That Spectre cover, which I hadn't seen, is terrific.

  Nightwing looks like a 12-year-old. That's my only complaint.

  Also, that Deadpool issue ...

• At July 7, 2008, Apodaca wrote:

  So many of those are just mediocre. The ones that employ some style, like the Starman cover, really stand out.

• At July 7, 2008, Dan Bailey wrote:

  >>Of course, T!

  >>It was the very FIRST Snark Blocker!

  Also cool. Thanks for linking to that. Sort of surprised to see ...

• At July 7, 2008, M Bloom wrote:

  I love the Legion of Super-Heroes one. I really miss that version of Triplicate Girl, she's a fantastic character.

• At July 7, 2008, sterg wrote:

  The Kevin Nowlan "Tin Man" Batman cover is excellent!

  (Is he part horned toad, too?)

• At July 7, 2008, chris w. wrote:

  I like gimmick months like that. I even liked Assistant Editor's Month.

  *dodges tomatoes*

• At July 7, 2008, Annoyed Grunt wrote:

  I think DC turned a few of these in to mouse pads later on.

• At July 7, 2008, Çteve! wrote:

  That was a lot of fun! I called my girlfriend and, with all the links provided, we watched and compared ...

• At July 7, 2008, wwk5d wrote:

  The Deadpool one was the best. That's how you take the piss out of something in a nice way.

• At July 8, 2008, stephen cade wrote:

  Yes--Assistant editor's month--I'd like to see an index of those--covers + what they did for Assistnat editor's month!

  I liked the ...

• At July 8, 2008, stephen cade wrote:

  Found some stuff here-(even has a link to a cover gallery)

  http://www.deercrack.com/aem/

  I forgot about these that I read:

  -Bernie America (Not that ...

• At July 8, 2008, yo go re wrote:

  I've said before that with the Booster Gold book running through all DC's old gimmicks like the #0 and #1,000,000 ...

• At July 8, 2008, Sleestak wrote:

  Fate sucks

• At July 8, 2008, Rene wrote:

  Yeah, Marvel did something like that in 1987. It would be cool to do a feature with those covers too.

• At July 8, 2008, Squid Adler wrote:

  Wow, it's like 2/3 of their books were either Batman or Superman.

  - was there an event of some kind? ...

• At July 8, 2008, Brian wrote:

  Holy cow, Chuck Dixon practically wrote the entire Batman line that year.

• At July 8, 2008, Chunk_McFat wrote:

  Entirely too much Moench for my tastes.

  Urgh. And I must get that Morrison/Millar Flash issue, holy crap.

• At July 8, 2008, Scavenger wrote:

  I was working at a store when these came out...we displayed them all on a wall in a big grid...and ...

• At July 8, 2008, jakob1978 wrote:

  Rene, here's the Snark Blocker from 2006 showing the Marvel covers

  http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2006/09/05/special-edition-of-snark-blocker/

• At July 8, 2008, Stephen wrote:

  "Holy cow, Chuck Dixon practically wrote the entire Batman line that year."

  To excellent effect, for the most part. Heck, I'd ...

• At July 8, 2008, Matt D wrote:

  i would imagine that Superboy and the Ravers is the most slept on title ever.

  I'm trying to think of anything ...

• At July 8, 2008, The Mad Monkey wrote:

  Normally, I don't break the rules of snark here...

  But, man...that Detective Comics cover...

  FIBRE, BATMAN!!! MORE FIBRE!!!

• At July 8, 2008, Vig wrote:

  Just thought of 2 more Marvel face covers (from the same series!). Morbius #2 and #32

• At July 9, 2008, T. Seahorse wrote:

  Yeah I can't say anything about the quality of the book, but 1997. Superboy and the Ravers. That's pretty much ...

Here, then, are ten new comic book logos made up entirely of words from OTHER comic book logos!

Enjoy!

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Have fun figuring out which logos each new logo came from (I'd dare say that most of them are basically impossible, if only because of the whole "of" and "the" thing - for instance, how are you gonna possibly guess what book I took an ampersand from?)!!

7 Comments

• At June 16, 2008, Michael wrote:

  A story arc where Quantum is lost in time and only Woody can get him home would have been hilarious, ...

• At June 16, 2008, Stephane Savoie wrote:

  Dr Strange: Dr Who, Strange Adventures, unknown, Supreme (Leifeld's)

  JLA: Justice (New Universe), League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, unknown, Capt ...

• At June 16, 2008, Jerry B wrote:

  I think the X from X-men comes from an early X-Factor issue

  Superman: Super from SuperFriends, Man from Batman

  Omega: Unknown from ...

• At June 16, 2008, Brian wrote:

  Filling some of the unknowns in Stephane Savoie's list:

  Dr. Strange: Michael Moorcock's Elric: The Making of a Sorcerer

  JLA: OF - ...

• At June 16, 2008, Mr. Franks wrote:

  Power man...: Fist: The fist of god

  Omega: unknown: Adventures into the unknown

  Quantum & Woody: &: Archie & Friends?

• At June 16, 2008, jazzbo wrote:

  The "The" in Omega the Unknown looks like it comes from The Avengers. The logo back in the 200s.

• At June 18, 2008, Aaron Poehler wrote:

  I bet Todd Klein could get all the sources right the first time without even having to think hard.

Enjoy!

33 Comments

• At March 22, 2008, James wrote:

  Wow, those are some awesome spreads. I love the blacks on the third one, and all three are very dynamic.

• At March 22, 2008, Transmetro1980 wrote:

  Steranko is one of those very rare artists to be ahead of his time!

• At March 22, 2008, Michael wrote:

  Holy crap. This is distilled awesome.

• At March 22, 2008, T. wrote:

  I just crapped myself.

• At March 22, 2008, Deadsmurf wrote:

  I'd really like to see these done with modern colouring techniques, Even though the colouring is far beyond what you ...

• At March 22, 2008, MarkAndrew wrote:

  Man alive!

• At March 22, 2008, JG wrote:

  Jesus H. Steranko!

• At March 22, 2008, Brian Cronin wrote:

  Yeah, as good as they all are, Steranko's work in that last issue (Cap #113) transcended even his NORMAL greatness.

  So ...

• At March 22, 2008, SwanShadow wrote:

  What leaps off the screen to me is the progression of Steranko's style in just these three issues.

  The first image ...

• At March 22, 2008, Chickeninja wrote:

  I loved these spreads in black and white from the 2nd Essential Cap volume, but man alive, those are made ...

• At March 22, 2008, MarkAndrew wrote:

  Yeah. I love the Essential Books more'n anything, but some issues just look better in color. I'm really glad ...

• At March 22, 2008, Hannibal wrote:

  Steranko was one of Marvel's golden artists - when he took over Nick Fury Agent of Shield he was pencilling ...

• At March 22, 2008, Scott wrote:

  My uncle gave me the comic that had that 3rd one. That comic is so very good. Very.

• At March 22, 2008, Anun wrote:

  Those three issues were basically my introduction to Captain America.

  Nothing has come close to equaling that amount of awesome since ...

• At March 23, 2008, Chris Tolworthy wrote:

  I have those stories in the Visionaries reprint, and could not undersdtand why Steranko said the Visionaries versions stink. Now ...

• At March 23, 2008, Chuck wrote:

  I believe that there were some "special editions" printed in the 80's that also have these stories in color. You ...

• At March 23, 2008, Eric Grant wrote:

  I think my first comic was a big weird over-sized hardcover in French featuring those stories. I remember being riveted ...

• At March 23, 2008, Mister Midnight wrote:

  Definitely a man before his time....and I would have to say Mr.Gulacy was indeed influenced by this man....every convention I ...

• At March 23, 2008, Ian wrote:

  I miss unrealistic/emotional coloring. That bright pink Hydra guy brings so much to the page in terms of energy ...

• At March 23, 2008, Wolden wrote:

  JG said …

  "Jesus H. Steranko!"

  Amen!

• At March 23, 2008, Tomer S wrote:

  I'll join everyone and say: Fantastic!

  Years ago Wizard had an article about Steranko and his influence in this short period ...

• At March 23, 2008, StoneGold wrote:

  Lazy and decompressed.

  I guarantee you if the internet existed in the late 60s, that's what would have been written.

• At March 23, 2008, MarkAndrew wrote:

  Lazy and decompressed.

  I guarantee you if the internet existed in the late 60s, that’s what would have been written.

  Nah. ...

• At March 23, 2008, Davidm wrote:

  Although I like these, he's not a man ahead of his time, but awarely of it. Kirby's been mentioned, ...

• At March 23, 2008, Brian Cronin wrote:

  Lazy and decompressed.

  I guarantee you if the internet existed in the late 60s, that’s what would have been written. ...

• At March 24, 2008, Robert wrote:

  Marvel UK reprinted these stories in the 1980s in a Captain America annual which is where I came across them. ...

• At March 24, 2008, Tomer S wrote:

  Oh, I also remember seeing a very intensive Nick Fury 4-page spread.

• At March 24, 2008, Cully Callaway wrote:

  In issue #110 Steranko gave us one of the most savage interpretations of the Hulk ever seen. Although only a ...

• At March 24, 2008, Gonger wrote:

  Cap 113 is one of the finest moments in comics ever … All three issues are up there, but 113 ...

• At March 24, 2008, Doron wrote:

  Correct me if I'm wrong but I recall hearing that those spreads are also in the exact middle of each ...

• At March 24, 2008, Chris Tolworthy wrote:

  If anyone is still reading this, any Steranko fan HAS TO READ his 1971 Rolling Stone interview at http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Chamber/8346/rs91.facefront.3.html (it's ...

• At June 29, 2009, Tony Robertson wrote:

  Yes, Chris that is a great interview from Rolling Stone. I just read it at that website and realized there ...

• At November 20, 2009, Tony Robertson wrote:

  A fan sent me a remastered version of the double page spread from CA #110. It can be seen here:

  http://www.thedrawingsofsteranko.com/splashcap.html

To celebrate, check out these awesome Quantum Leap covers by C. Winston Taylor! Talk about a premise that is tailor-made for comic books!!

Enjoy!

Hope you dug these groovy covers!

What else has Taylor done since then? A lot of these covers are really quite excellent.

More Leap Day coolness later on today! Including ze one guy I know you all are looking forward to!!!

11 Comments

• At February 29, 2008, tom fitzpatrick wrote:

  QL was a fun series to watch.

  I thought there was going to be a TV movie special (or a ...

• At February 29, 2008, Loren wrote:

  Along with the Death of Superman event, the "Quantum Leap" comics were what originally got me into comic books. ...

• At February 29, 2008, R wrote:

  I'm curious as to how being on Wheel of Fortune (or a reasonable facsimilie of) would benefit mankind..

  I never managed ...

• At February 29, 2008, Loren wrote:

  Mike Deodato Sr. did the interiors for several issues, but I don't remember any other artists. Although I do ...

• At February 29, 2008, Evan Waters wrote:

  It's good to know they had the obligatory "Sam's a girl" issue.

• At February 29, 2008, Graeme Burk wrote:

  At the risk of the snark this sort of entry is supposed to block, I was a huge fan of ...

• At February 29, 2008, Brian Cronin wrote:

  I’m curious as to how being on Wheel of Fortune (or a reasonable facsimilie of) would benefit mankind.. The game ...

• At February 29, 2008, Denn wrote:

  Oh I miss that show.

• At March 1, 2008, The Mad Monkey wrote:

  I watched Quantum Leap fairly regularly...but not religiously.

  All I really remember was the season where Sam leaps into the body ...

• At March 1, 2008, Lothor wrote:

  I don't think Mad Monkey is remembering quite right. AIR, in the 2-hour season premiere of what turned out ...

• At February 14, 2009, Jon Spence wrote:

  How do I contact C. Winston Taylor?

  Jon Spence

  Oklahoma City, OK

Thanks for the suggestions for better O, P R and S!!! Much better!!

I really like the current list now! Thanks, folks!

40 Comments

• At February 18, 2008, Francisco Germiniani wrote:

  I...Vampire! That's a classic.

• At February 18, 2008, Kyle wrote:

  O-MAC!

• At February 18, 2008, Adam Weissman wrote:

  Man of Steel #1 for S.

• At February 18, 2008, Aaron wrote:

  Sebastian O, of course, for O!

  Wikipedia has a cover image and everything.

• At February 18, 2008, Rob M wrote:

  D.P. 7 (New Universe title) might make a better "P" entry.

  Or maybe something by P. Craig Russell? http://www.comics.org/coverview.lasso?id=231479&zoom=4

• At February 18, 2008, Thok wrote:

  No V for Vendetta? Although that's just nit-picking, as the current V is good.

  For I: There's a Showcase Presents ...

• At February 18, 2008, Sallyp wrote:

  You worked very hard. I am very impressed.

• At February 18, 2008, Thok wrote:

  Actually, this one is sort of OK for P. http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/metal-men/29-1.jpg

• At February 18, 2008, Zach Adams wrote:

  A and S just made my day.

• At February 18, 2008, joecab wrote:

  On a kind of related note, if you like puzzles you may want to check out one I created for ...

• At February 18, 2008, Chris Heide wrote:

  I seem to recall an issue of Wizard Mag from the good old days where they riffed on that Superman ...

• At February 18, 2008, Ryan wrote:

  Oh, Jim Lee's c-23. You wanted to be so much more than you really were.

• At February 18, 2008, John Trumbull wrote:

  D should have been DNAgents.

  DC also did a tie-in comic with the TV series V.

  Took me ages to recognize the ...

• At February 18, 2008, TheSeaKing wrote:

  J2: the son of the ORIGINAL Juggernaut. That's fantastic. Thank you for that reminder.

• At February 18, 2008, MJ wrote:

  Didn't Puck have a big 'P' on his costume? I think there is an issue during the Byrne Alpha ...

• At February 18, 2008, Omar Karindu wrote:

  Surely the Alphabet Supes ought to be a coda here....

• At February 18, 2008, Cass wrote:

  This maybe stupid, but what's R in that Wanda Pietro cover? The background? If so, why?

• At February 18, 2008, Ryan Breck wrote:

  @ Cass

  In the Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes series, each of the 8 issues had a letter each, spelling A V ...

• At February 18, 2008, Rob M wrote:

  A better entry for "P" might be PT-109, Gold Key's adaptation of the movie based on JFK's WW2 experience http://www.comics.org/series.lasso?SeriesID=1655

• At February 18, 2008, Brian Cronin wrote:

  Thanks, folks!

  I put in the new O, P and S!

  It's a lot cooler looking now!

• At February 18, 2008, Thok wrote:

  Here's a link to the I Spy cover I mentioned. http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y104/CSBG/1194_4_50.jpg

  The link comes from one of Brian's Urban Legends ...

• At February 18, 2008, Novaya Havoc wrote:

  Why are there two C's and no D's?! You just didn't want to use a cover. Like, oh, ...

• At February 18, 2008, Brian Cronin wrote:

  I used D-Man, Ben!!

• At February 18, 2008, MarkAndrew wrote:

  Is that REALLY the best D-Man cover?

  Poor guy.

• At February 18, 2008, Stephane Savoie wrote:

  They look much better now. "R" could still use an improvement, though.

• At February 18, 2008, John wrote:

  Wouldn't a good Robin cover work for R?

• At February 18, 2008, yo go re wrote:

  not that it would be a big change, but I actually prefer the Y on the final issue of Y: ...

• At February 18, 2008, Brian Cronin wrote:

  Wouldn’t a good Robin cover work for R? Yeah, that was my first thought, too, but I wasn't able to ...

• At February 18, 2008, ZZZ wrote:

  For "R," how about this or this?

  Assuming I got the html right, which is a crapshoot.

• At February 18, 2008, Brian Cronin wrote:

  You know what, ZZZ, you've convinced me!

  I'll use the latter one! Thanks!

• At February 19, 2008, Alberta Bangworthy wrote:

  God, aren't you glad you weren't alive when that 'F-Troop' comic was published?

  I'm pretty sure that if I had walked ...

• At February 19, 2008, CaptainAverage wrote:

  Excellent edits. This is a much more satisfying set than the one I first saw here. And I knew that ...

• At February 19, 2008, MWGallaher wrote:

  I think the weakest cover remaining is the "M". How about

  http://image.milehighcomics.com/istore/images/fullsize/49699659688.1.GIF

  for an alternative?

• At February 19, 2008, DanLarkin wrote:

  Wouldn't a House of M cover have worked better for "M'.

• At February 19, 2008, Brian Cronin wrote:

  I like M!

  If you can find a better cover featuring M, though...

• At February 19, 2008, John Trumbull wrote:

  I agree with MWGallaher above. The "M" on the Generation X cover doesn't really pop, since there's so much ...

• At February 19, 2008, John Trumbull wrote:

  Damn it, that was supposed to link to a V for Vendetta cover image. Argh.

• At February 19, 2008, John Trumbull wrote:

  Here's the V comic I was trying to get a decent image of:

  http://www.dcindexes.com/timemachine/comic-details.php?comicid=30509

• At February 19, 2008, Brian Cronin wrote:

  Yeah, I'll take that V over V Battalion, but I love M too much! If you can find a better ...

• At November 30, 2008, sgt rawk wrote:

  Is it just me or does Captain N look stoned?

Hope you had fun checking these out! I hope it blocked your snark for awhile!

54 Comments

• At February 6, 2008, T wrote:

  Wow, I really thought it would be some kind of ratio of 50/50 good and bad, but those covers were ...

• At February 6, 2008, BDaly wrote:

  I agree. A few that didn't work so well. but great overall.

• At February 6, 2008, Ye Olde Iowa wrote:

  Some of those are really cool.

  Does anyone know who drew the Birds of Prey cover? I really dig that ...

• At February 6, 2008, Rich wrote:

  Agree, lots to like here.

  Amused by how the Batman cover kinda looks like he has Dark Claw's... claws. I'm ...

• At February 6, 2008, The Indestructible Man wrote:

  The BIRDS OF PREY cover was by Phil Noto. I miss when he used to do that's book's covers -- ...

• At February 6, 2008, Michael wrote:

  I had no idea DeZago and 'Ringo had done a Batman: Black and White story.

  I really like the Supergirl one, ...

• At February 6, 2008, comb & razor wrote:

  quite a lot of really clever ones there, but for some reason i find myself most intrigued by the sign ...

• At February 6, 2008, Mike Loughlin wrote:

  I love the Darwyn Cooke Batman Adventures cover!

• At February 6, 2008, John Seavey wrote:

  That Batman cover gets serious bonus points for using one of the best Batman logos ever as well as working ...

• At February 6, 2008, DanCJ wrote:

  I like those cover events - they don't impact the interiors in the slightest!

• At February 6, 2008, Kyle wrote:

  I actually laughed out loud at that last wonder woman one. CHEATERS!

• At February 6, 2008, T. wrote:

  Actually I take it back, I wouldn't want this to be an annual gimmicky. Frequency would probably make the ...

• At February 6, 2008, Tom Fitzpatrick wrote:

  Did Marvel ever do this?

  If so, will we get to see this in another snark blocker coverage?

• At February 6, 2008, avengers63 wrote:

  That was really cool. I'd love to see more of this. Not necessarily as a company-wide mandate, but ...

• At February 6, 2008, joshschr wrote:

  JLA was jaw-dropping. My favorite cover ever (stated without looking at other favorite covers).

• At February 6, 2008, Andrew Collins wrote:

  The only other 'cover' event I can remember from DC was the one where it was the "All Closeup" month. ...

• At February 6, 2008, Ian Astheimer wrote:

  I really like the Supergirl one, where the title is in ASL.

  Yeah, that one's definitely my favorite. Very clever.

• At February 6, 2008, Brian Mac wrote:

  I thought the Legion one was rather clever, and then I got to the Supergirl one -- wow. I ...

• At February 6, 2008, monstermike wrote:

  All of the Batman covers!

  The '60s logo!

  Two "Spirit" homages!

  Bolland!

  Cassaday (right?)!

  A lot of other good ones in there, but the Batbooks ...

• At February 6, 2008, monstermike wrote:

  And McCrea! I had to look that one up - it almost felt a little like Breyfogle to me.

• At February 6, 2008, comb & razor wrote:

  Did Marvel ever do this?

  last time i remember Marvel doing anything like this was that month that all the titles ...

• At February 6, 2008, Tekende wrote:

  The Detective Comics cover is the best of the bunch, I think.

• At February 6, 2008, Anun wrote:

  Ok, the Nightwing cover was totally awesome.

• At February 6, 2008, Kai wrote:

  What a great idea! Wish more comics would try something like this. Some very creative covers here, really loved the ...

• At February 6, 2008, Thok wrote:

  I love Impulse's take on the Flash cover.

  Does anybody find it scary how many of DC's titles back then were ...

• At February 6, 2008, Tom Fitzpatrick wrote:

  You know, I remember that silent month of Marvel.

  Not every book did that, but most did.

• At February 6, 2008, M Bloom wrote:

  I love the Legion cover in Interlac and the sign language Supergirl cover.

• At February 6, 2008, crood wrote:

  I actually find it interesting how many of the characters with their own titles in 2001 are dead or changed:

  Superboy ...

• At February 6, 2008, acespot wrote:

  People were wondering if the Sook "Death of the Flash" cover was an homage. I'd completely forgotten about that ...

• At February 6, 2008, acespot wrote:

  "All Closeup" did not always feature a cast member of the book. Case in point? Skornn (sp?) in ...

• At February 6, 2008, acespot wrote:

  There are apparently much more than two Spirit homages. Azrael, Batgirl, Superboy, JLA, and 'Tec are the clearest examples ...

• At February 6, 2008, Michael wrote:

  As I recall, Marvel's silent month and DC's Full Coverage month were the same month.

• At February 6, 2008, Doug Atkinson wrote:

  " thought the Legion one was rather clever, and then I got to the Supergirl one — wow. I wonder ...

• At February 6, 2008, Evan Waters wrote:

  Only the Legion cover strikes me as a bad one, since the title is poorly duplicated.

  I think my favorite may ...

• At February 6, 2008, Anonymous wrote:

  Wow. That was 7 years ago... At once it seems so close and yet so far away as well.

  That was ...

• At February 6, 2008, Kelson wrote:

  People were wondering if the Sook “Death of the Flash” cover was an homage. I’d completely forgotten about that Suicide ...

• At February 6, 2008, T. wrote:

  I think my favorite may be the Gotham Adventures one, simply because Bane is holding up a blank sheet of ...

• At February 6, 2008, John Chidley-Hill wrote:

  Wow, those are some cool covers. Why don't they do stuff like that more often?

• At February 6, 2008, JG wrote:

  Damn!

• At February 7, 2008, Snark Blocker: DC’s Full Coverage! - Asians, Inc. wrote:

  [...] Back in December of 2001, DC Comics came up with an interesting stunt - they would have almost all ...

• At February 7, 2008, Plockhead. - PLOCKHEAD[DOT]COM wrote:

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• At February 7, 2008, DeafPulse.com - the one-stop pulse for all Deaf-related news and blogs. wrote:

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• At February 7, 2008, The Mad Monkey wrote:

  Marvel originated the full head shot cover during their 25th anniversary. For example, The Avengers had Black Knight's mug ...

• At February 7, 2008, Mobelius Rodelius wrote:

  Two Bolland covers, Darwyn Cooke, Olivier Coipel, Ryan Sook, Walt Simonson, Adam Hughes...

  Top, top level work by all of these ...

• At February 7, 2008, Reggie wrote:

  I thought the Legion one was rather clever, and then I got to the Supergirl one — wow. I wonder ...

• At February 7, 2008, John Trumbull wrote:

  Funny - I own several of these issues, but I don't think I ever realized they were part of an ...

• At February 8, 2008, Joe Gualtieri wrote:

  "I like those cover events - they don’t impact the interiors in the slightest!"

  No, they don't, but that doesn't mean ...

• At February 8, 2008, Brian Cronin wrote:

  By the by, this event DID affect the interiors of the stories a bit. DC tried to make as many ...

• At February 8, 2008, DanCJ wrote:

  No, they don’t, but that doesn’t mean they’re any less annoying than any other company mandated event.

  Take that beautiful LOTDK ...

• At February 8, 2008, TimGunn wrote:

  That was fun! The best was Detective Comics. They should do something like that more often.

• At February 8, 2008, Justin Davis wrote:

  "The only other ‘cover’ event I can remember from DC was the one where it was the “All Closeup” month. ...

• At February 11, 2008, DC Comics Cover Artwork - I am Jeriko wrote:

  [...] In Dezember 2001 hat DC Comics anstelle des traditionellen Cover Artworks den Titel jedes Comics in das Motiv eingebaut, ...

• At February 21, 2008, DK » DC Comics cover artwork wrote:

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• At February 9, 2009, Tanzim wrote:

  That Batman Adventures cover takes the cake..........it really was hard for me to decide on the best one. The only ...

However, for a small period in time before Archie took over Pep from the Shield, the two shared the cover, and it is a bizarre, but highly amusing part of comic book history, and I think you'll enjoy it, as your snark will melt away by the sheer oddity of it all.

Enjoy!

Here was the first appearance of Archie on a Pep cover...

It would be another five issues before Archie showed up again (market data back then took quite some time - note how neither Batman nor Superman were automatic cover features on their respective titles), but this time it was for good!

The appearances began fairly normal enough...

but then they take a turn for the utterly outrageously absurdest...

Archie as a football....

Archie as a kite...

Archie as an ICE SCULPTURE?!?!

Archie as the Shield (okay, that one is actually pretty normal)...

Archie as a fish...

Finally, the Shield is just in the background, barely even part of the cover...

And then, one last time, the Shield appears in a little circle on the cover -

that would be the Shield's last featured cover appearance, the book would completely become an Archie title the following issue (although the Shield continued to appear in the backups).

Isn't that one of the weirdest, yet interesting comic cover arrangements you've seen?

14 Comments

• At December 13, 2007, avengers63 wrote:

  It's interesting watching Archie slowly take over the covers, and eventually the whole book. Seeing their sizes and the ...

• At December 13, 2007, Daniel wrote:

  I never realized that The Shield was gay for Archie.

  That fish cover freaks me out.

• At December 13, 2007, Omar Karindu wrote:

  Not having seen many Golden Age Archie covers outside this site, I was a bit surprised at how utterly dour ...

• At December 13, 2007, ken wrote:

  Boy, sometimes the art back then really sucked, huh? I mean, look at the Shield's midsection on the cover of ...

• At December 13, 2007, Aaron wrote:

  I think I was too distracted by Archie's horrific buck teeth to notice the Shield's midsection. Seriously, the eldritch ...

• At December 13, 2007, Rob Schamberger wrote:

  Where's Archie's right hand at on the cover of 47?

• At December 13, 2007, GarBut wrote:

  "Yup, folks! Nothin' like being happy!" (Pep 41)

  NOW WAITAMINNIT! Isn't that Superboy-Prime's battlecry?

• At December 13, 2007, Darren K. wrote:

  I find it interesting that it isn't just Archie that was showing up, it was often Jughead as well (who ...

• At December 13, 2007, johnny wrote:

  For an equally bizarre cover transition, check out the final few issues of the golden age Green Lantern covers, where ...

• At December 13, 2007, Brian Cronin wrote:

  The ice sculpture is the oddest to me, as it looks like the Shield is singing while sculpting a giant ...

• At December 13, 2007, Brian Cronin wrote:

  For an equally bizarre cover transition, check out the final few issues of the golden age Green Lantern covers, where ...

• At December 13, 2007, Rohan Williams wrote:

  Screw the dynamic new look. Strung-out Jughead from the Golden Age is what the kids would really love these days.

• At December 13, 2007, Apodaca wrote:

  That is the most awesomely depressing looking Jughead ever. If Archie ever does a parody of Crisis, I hope they ...

• At December 16, 2007, km wrote:

  I was about to say...I had no idea Jughead was originally played by a suicidal 45-year-old man.

  Also, that fish cover? ...