Slay, Monstrobot of the Deep!!

Dial E For Eternity--No, Not That Orion!!

noreply@blogger.com (snell) — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 13:00:00 +0000

The title was cut off this text piece in the only version available to me. It's called "King Of The Jungle," so, no big surprise, there's a lion.

3/4 done, and really, not a thing has happened. Why are we here?!?

Orion--not the new God, but the Hunter!

Cute ending, I guess, but like most of the text pieces, a whole lotta hoo-ha over nothing much.

This was the 83rd Kid Eternity story, and the standings are:

Abu	1
Achilles	4
Adam	1
Alden, John	1
Antony, Marc	2
Apollo	1
Aramis	2
Arnold, Benedict	1
Arthur, King	2
Astor, John Jacob	1
Athos	2
Atlas	3
Attila The Hun	1
Attucks, Crispin	1
Baden-Powell, Robert	1
Baker, Lafayette	1
Barry's father	1
Barton, Clara	1
Bayard	1
Bernhardt, Sarah	1
Bertillon, Alphonse	4
Blackhawk	1
Bloodhounds (Legree's)	1
Bluebeard	1
Bolivar, Simon	1
Boone, Daniel	1
Bowie, Jim	1
Boyd, Belle	1
Brady, Diamond Jim	1
Brady, Matthew	1
Breitbart, Zishe	1
Bridger, Jim	1
British Tank crew	1
Broughton, John	1
Bucephalus	2
Bunyan, Paul	3
Byron, George Gordon	2
Caesar, Octavian	1
Cagliostro, Alessandro	1
Calhoun, John C.	1
Canary, Martha “Calamity”	1
Cannon, John W.	1
Capulet, Juliet	1
Carden, Foster	1
Carpenter, Daniel	1
Cave Man	1
Charles, Jacques	1
Cherry Sisters	1
Chopin, Frederic	1
Christian, Fletcher	1
Clancy, Patrick	1
Cleopatra	1
Cody, “Buffalo” Bill	2
Colt, Samuel	1
Columbus, Christopher	2
Corbett, Jim	3
Corcoran, Peter	1
Cortes, Hernan	1
Crillon	1
Crockett, Davy	1
Cronson, Gerald	1
Crusaders	1
Crusoe, Robinson	1
Custer, George Armstrong	2
D'artagnan	2
d'Aubigny. Julie	1
Daedalus	1
Dagger Dan	1
Davis, Richard Harding	1
de Bergerac, Cyrano	2
de Leon, Ponce	1
de Montauban, Renaud	1
de Rais, Gilles	1
Decatur, Stephen	1
Discus Thrower	1
Dixon, Billy	1
Dockstader, Lew	1
Dracula	1
Drake, Sir Francis	1
Dupin, C. Auguste	1
Earhart, Amelia	1
Edison, Thomas	2
Emery	1
Ericson, Leif	2
Fagin	1
Fairbanks, Douglas Sr.	1
Faraday, Michael	1
Fink, Mike	1
Frankenstein's Monster	1
Franklin, Ben	1
Galahad	1
Garibaldi, Giuseppi	1
Geronimo	2
Goliath	1
Gotch, Frank	1
Gothicus, Claudius	1
Grant, Ulysses S.	1
Graymalkin	1
Greb, Harry	1
Griffiths, Albert	1
Grimm, Joe	1
Gulliver, Lemuel	1
Hamilton, Alexander	1
Hart, William S.	1
Hatfield, John	1
Hathorne, John	1
Hauser, Kaspar	1
Henry, Patrick	1
Hercules	2
Hermann, Alexander	1
Hickathrift, Tom	1
Hickok, Wild Bill	1
Hippocrates	1
Hitler, Adolf	1
Hodges, Joe	1
Holmes, Sherlock	4
Hopkins, Matthew	1
Horatius Cocles	1
Houdini, Harry	3
Houston, Sam	1
Hyde, Edward	1
Hyer, Tom	1
Ikhnaton	1
Ismail, Yusuf	1
Jackson, Andrew	1
James, Jesse	1
Javert	2
Jeffries, Jim	1
Johnson, Martin	1
Jones, John Paul	1
Jove	2
Kamehameha	1
Khan, Genghis	2
Kidd, William	1
Lafayette Escradille	1
Lafayette, General	1
Lancelot	2
Larsen, Wolf	1
Laughing Cavalier	1
Laveran, Charles	1
Leander	3
Lee, Robert E.	1
Legree, Simon	1
Leonidas	2
Light Brigade	1
Lincoln, Abraham	1
Lister, Joseph	2
Macbeth's Witches	1
Marable, Fate	1
Marshall, John	1
Masterson, Bat	1
McGrew, Dan	1
Mercury	5
Merlin	1
Mesmer, Franz	1
Milo Of Croton	2
Minutemen	1
Mix, Tom	1
Montague, Romeo	1
Montezuma	1
Morgan, Henry	1
Mounties	1
Mulgrew, Jason	1
Murphy, Charles	1
Napoleon	1
Nation, Carrie	1
Neanderthal	2
Nefertiti	1
Neptune	1
Nightingale, Florence	1
Noah	1
Nobel, Alfred	2
Nobody	2
North Wind	1
Nostradamus	2
O'Brien, David	1
Oakley, Annie	1
Og	1
Orion	1
Orpheus	1
Osceola	1
Paddock, Charley	1
Paganini, Nicolo	1
Pasteur, Louis	1
Penelope	1
Perseus	1
Pheidippides	2
Pied Piper	1
Pinkerton, Allan	1
Plastic Man	1
Pocahontas	1
Poe, Edgar Allen	1
Porthos	4
Post, Wiley	1
Prometheus	1
Quixote, Don	2
Rarey, John S.	1
Reilly, Sidney	1
Revere, Paul	1
Richard the LionHeart	2
Richtofen's Flying Circus	1
Rin-Tin-Tin	2
Robespierre, Maximilien	1
Robin Hood	3
Roc	1
Rogers' Rangers	2
Röntgen, Wilhelm	1
Russell, Lillian	1
Rustum	1
Ryan, Paddy	1
Samson	3
Sandow, Eugen	1
Sayers, Tom	1
Schleyer, Johann	1
Selous, Frederick	1
Serra, Junipero	1
Shakespeare, Willaim	1
Siegfried	1
Silver, Long John	2
Skunk, Jimmy	1
Socrates	1
Sohrab	1
Solomon	1
Stanley, Henry	1
Steinmetz, Charles	2
Stogie	1
Sullivan, John L.	2
Svengali	1
Tecumseh	1
Tell, William	1
Thalfi	1
Thor	3
Thumb, Tom	1
Thurston, Howard	1
Tiglath IV	1
Tuck, Friar	1
Tut-ankh-amen	1
Twain, Mark	1
Ulysses	1
Uncas	1
Valjean, Jean	1
Vercingetorix	1
Villa, Pancho	1
Villon, Francois	1
von Helmholtz, Hermann	1
Vulcan	2
Washington, George	3
Watson, John H	1
Webster, Daniel	2
Whittington, Richard	1
Wright Brothers	1
Xanthippe	1
Zapata, Emiliano	1
Zbyzko, Stanislaus	1
Zorro	1

NEXT: Kid Eternity--killer!!

From Hit Comics Z#56 (1949)

Great Moments In Overly-Complicated Death Traps!!

noreply@blogger.com (snell) — Fri, 14 Dec 2018 13:30:00 +0000

Because Batman and Robin are not very good at their jobs, the Joker has captured them...so it's time for a overly-complicated death trap!!

Wait...not just starving vampire bats--but starving vampire bats with poisoned teeth and claws!!

Geez, Joker, why not infect them with the Clench, too, and give them switchblades, and...

It makes me incredibly sad that neither Joker nor the Dynamic Duo comment even once on the irony of Batman about to be killed by bats...

Oh, don;t worry--they escape just fine.

We never find out what happened to the bats. The probably escaped and killed dozens while Batman was off playing robbery games with Joker...

From World's Finest Comics #19 (1945)

Dial E For Eternity--A Day At The Races!!

noreply@blogger.com (snell) — Fri, 14 Dec 2018 13:00:00 +0000

It's love and horses for Kid Eternity this time out!!

Kid has fallen hard for a woman's voice...

And the lass and her family are facing a crisis:

You know, if your whole mortgage comes down to a horse winning a race, you might need some help with your financial planning.

And apparently, the Civil War is still being fought in the steeplechase world!

"Yankee interloper!"

Well, Kid is smitten, so he's going to help!

But their only horse broke his leg...how can you help, Kid?

Bayard!! Of course, both Bayard and his owner Lieutenant Renaud were fictional, and Bayard had magical powers...but there's probably no rule against entering a fictional magical horse in a high-stakes race, right?

And just a reminder--the fact that Kid Eternity can summon animals is going to play a big role in my Kid Eternity And The Legion Of Super-Heroes series...

Kid may be in love, but Mr. Keeper is a huge wet blanket!

OK, OK, can of worms time. We've never established exactly how old Kid is--12? 13? Older? Still, since he doesn't seem to age anymore, and someone who is currently 18 is "too old" for him,...does that mean Kid can never have love? He's doomed to never have a relationship?!? That's one huge drawback to this deal Eternity gave you, Kid!!

Still, despite Keeper's remonstrations, Kid is happy...

And let it never be said that, when love is involved, the Kid can be pretty damned smooth:

Frederic Chopin!! And Nicolo Paganini!! And congratulations, Paganini--you're the 250th character Kid Eternity has summoned!!

Kid continues his charm offensive...

Sadly, he's interrupted...

Renauld de Montauban!! We've already talked about him...he drives away the bad guys!

But the jockey is wounded!!

So who can ride Bayard? Duh!

Keeper calls out Kid, because there were better options for jockey!

So it's race day!

And the race is on!

But there are saboteurs everywhere!

Billy Dixon!!

But wait--there's more chicanery afoot!

Famous "horse whisperer" John Solomon Rarey!!

But look out, Kid, there's one cheater left:

Really, you need to kill the rider, too?

Don't worry...

John Broughton--yet another boxer!!

While, all of that left Kid and Bayard in last place!!

But not for long--onward, magic horse!!

Go, Kid, go!!

It will be a close finish!!

Woooo, Bayard!!!

Still hung up on that North/South stuff, Colonel? Well, it turns out you were--WRONG!!

Ha!! So much for your anti-Norther prejudice, sir!!

But will it be love for Kid?

NO!!

I guess Keeper was right--you're too young for her, even though this new romance came completely out of nowhere!!

Damn--that's a pretty downbeat note to end a pretty good story on!

The was the 82nd Kid Eternity story, and after 7 new summons (!), the standing are:

Abu	1
Achilles	4
Adam	1
Alden, John	1
Antony, Marc	2
Apollo	1
Aramis	2
Arnold, Benedict	1
Arthur, King	2
Astor, John Jacob	1
Athos	2
Atlas	3
Attila The Hun	1
Attucks, Crispin	1
Baden-Powell, Robert	1
Baker, Lafayette	1
Barry's father	1
Barton, Clara	1
Bayard	1
Bernhardt, Sarah	1
Bertillon, Alphonse	4
Blackhawk	1
Bloodhounds (Legree's)	1
Bluebeard	1
Bolivar, Simon	1
Boone, Daniel	1
Bowie, Jim	1
Boyd, Belle	1
Brady, Diamond Jim	1
Brady, Matthew	1
Breitbart, Zishe	1
Bridger, Jim	1
British Tank crew	1
Broughton, John	1
Bucephalus	2
Bunyan, Paul	3
Byron, George Gordon	2
Caesar, Octavian	1
Cagliostro, Alessandro	1
Calhoun, John C.	1
Canary, Martha “Calamity”	1
Cannon, John W.	1
Capulet, Juliet	1
Carden, Foster	1
Carpenter, Daniel	1
Cave Man	1
Charles, Jacques	1
Cherry Sisters	1
Chopin, Frederic	1
Christian, Fletcher	1
Clancy, Patrick	1
Cleopatra	1
Cody, “Buffalo” Bill	2
Colt, Samuel	1
Columbus, Christopher	2
Corbett, Jim	3
Corcoran, Peter	1
Cortes, Hernan	1
Crillon	1
Crockett, Davy	1
Cronson, Gerald	1
Crusaders	1
Crusoe, Robinson	1
Custer, George Armstrong	2
D'artagnan	2
d'Aubigny. Julie	1
Daedalus	1
Dagger Dan	1
Davis, Richard Harding	1
de Bergerac, Cyrano	2
de Leon, Ponce	1
de Montauban, Renaud	1
de Rais, Gilles	1
Decatur, Stephen	1
Discus Thrower	1
Dixon, Billy	1
Dockstader, Lew	1
Dracula	1
Drake, Sir Francis	1
Dupin, C. Auguste	1
Earhart, Amelia	1
Edison, Thomas	2
Emery	1
Ericson, Leif	2
Fagin	1
Fairbanks, Douglas Sr.	1
Faraday, Michael	1
Fink, Mike	1
Frankenstein's Monster	1
Franklin, Ben	1
Galahad	1
Garibaldi, Giuseppi	1
Geronimo	2
Goliath	1
Gotch, Frank	1
Gothicus, Claudius	1
Grant, Ulysses S.	1
Graymalkin	1
Greb, Harry	1
Griffiths, Albert	1
Grimm, Joe	1
Gulliver, Lemuel	1
Hamilton, Alexander	1
Hart, William S.	1
Hatfield, John	1
Hathorne, John	1
Hauser, Kaspar	1
Henry, Patrick	1
Hercules	2
Hermann, Alexander	1
Hickathrift, Tom	1
Hickok, Wild Bill	1
Hippocrates	1
Hitler, Adolf	1
Hodges, Joe	1
Holmes, Sherlock	4
Hopkins, Matthew	1
Horatius Cocles	1
Houdini, Harry	3
Houston, Sam	1
Hyde, Edward	1
Hyer, Tom	1
Ikhnaton	1
Ismail, Yusuf	1
Jackson, Andrew	1
James, Jesse	1
Javert	2
Jeffries, Jim	1
Johnson, Martin	1
Jones, John Paul	1
Jove	2
Kamehameha	1
Khan, Genghis	2
Kidd, William	1
Lafayette Escradille	1
Lafayette, General	1
Lancelot	2
Larsen, Wolf	1
Laughing Cavalier	1
Laveran, Charles	1
Leander	3
Lee, Robert E.	1
Legree, Simon	1
Leonidas	2
Light Brigade	1
Lincoln, Abraham	1
Lister, Joseph	2
Macbeth's Witches	1
Marable, Fate	1
Marshall, John	1
Masterson, Bat	1
McGrew, Dan	1
Mercury	5
Merlin	1
Mesmer, Franz	1
Milo Of Croton	2
Minutemen	1
Mix, Tom	1
Montague, Romeo	1
Montezuma	1
Morgan, Henry	1
Mounties	1
Mulgrew, Jason	1
Murphy, Charles	1
Napoleon	1
Nation, Carrie	1
Neanderthal	2
Nefertiti	1
Neptune	1
Nightingale, Florence	1
Noah	1
Nobel, Alfred	2
Nobody	2
North Wind	1
Nostradamus	2
O'Brien, David	1
Oakley, Annie	1
Og	1
Orpheus	1
Osceola	1
Paddock, Charley	1
Paganini, Nicolo	1
Pasteur, Louis	1
Penelope	1
Perseus	1
Pheidippides	2
Pied Piper	1
Pinkerton, Allan	1
Plastic Man	1
Pocahontas	1
Poe, Edgar Allen	1
Porthos	4
Post, Wiley	1
Prometheus	1
Quixote, Don	2
Rarey, John S.	1
Reilly, Sidney	1
Revere, Paul	1
Richard the LionHeart	2
Richtofen's Flying Circus	1
Rin-Tin-Tin	2
Robespierre, Maximilien	1
Robin Hood	3
Roc	1
Rogers' Rangers	2
Röntgen, Wilhelm	1
Russell, Lillian	1
Rustum	1
Ryan, Paddy	1
Samson	3
Sandow, Eugen	1
Sayers, Tom	1
Schleyer, Johann	1
Selous, Frederick	1
Serra, Junipero	1
Shakespeare, Willaim	1
Siegfried	1
Silver, Long John	2
Skunk, Jimmy	1
Socrates	1
Sohrab	1
Solomon	1
Stanley, Henry	1
Steinmetz, Charles	2
Stogie	1
Sullivan, John L.	2
Svengali	1
Tecumseh	1
Tell, William	1
Thalfi	1
Thor	3
Thumb, Tom	1
Thurston, Howard	1
Tiglath IV	1
Tuck, Friar	1
Tut-ankh-amen	1
Twain, Mark	1
Ulysses	1
Uncas	1
Valjean, Jean	1
Vercingetorix	1
Villa, Pancho	1
Villon, Francois	1
von Helmholtz, Hermann	1
Vulcan	2
Washington, George	3
Watson, John H	1
Webster, Daniel	2
Whittington, Richard	1
Wright Brothers	1
Xanthippe	1
Zapata, Emiliano	1
Zbyzko, Stanislaus	1
Zorro	1

NEXT--King of the jungle!

From Kid Eternity #56 (1949)

Phoenix Vs. Beyonder--No Contest!

noreply@blogger.com (snell) — Thu, 13 Dec 2018 13:00:00 +0000

Because some days...

...you need to see John Romita, Jr. draw the nuPhoenix fighting the Beyonder, just because...

But first, a cosmic interlude...

I've always liked JRJR's art, especially the way he lays out pages. In some ways, he's a better whole page artist than an individual panel artist. Your mileage may vary, of course...

Goodbye, Alcatraz...

Or not...

Remember when Bendis retconned the Beyonder so he was "just" a mutant Inhuman, and not really the sentient manifestation of an entire multiverse? Good times, those, even though it never made a lick of sense in the context of any of the Beyonder stories...

Yup, mutant Inhuman more powerful than Phoenix. Got it.

Anyway, that's all I got this post. Sorry if it was kind of rambly.

From Uncanny X-Men #202 (1986)

Zatara And The Dead Presidents!!

noreply@blogger.com (snell) — Thu, 13 Dec 2018 13:00:00 +0000

Yeah, yeah, I've been doing a lot of Zatara storys lately--I go wherever the comics winds take me.

Also, sorry for the muddy panels here. Hey, DC, how about a Zatara Omnibus, so someone can clean up the surviving art a bit? Hmmm?

Anyway, there's a gang of counterfeiters running about town!

Yup, when you're Zatara, money talks!

That little letter C is a clue--an artist/engraver is being held prisoner by the gang, and forced to make plates for printing money, so he put his (tiny) trademark in each one as a message in a bottle.

That's enough for Zatara to track them down, and give them their just desserts!

YOW!! Don't frak with Ben Franklin!

I'm glad they didn't forget the poor, neglected $2 bill...

If only Hamilton had shot that well in the duel...

The guys are lucky...Harriet Tubman would have kicked the butts much more thoroughly

Oh, man...what about the $1000 bill? Or $5000? $10,000? C'mon, Zatara, animate the $100,000 bill, so we can see Woodrow Wilson kick ass!!

Imagine what Zatara could do with Bitcoin!

From World's Finest Comics #20 (1945)

Dial E For Eternity--Zuvembies!!

noreply@blogger.com (snell) — Wed, 12 Dec 2018 13:00:00 +0000

Our tale begins on a dark and stormy night...

Well, the Haitian authorities aren't too broken up about Redd's escape:

Yup, pass the problem on to some other nation!

What are Dr. Redd's crimes? Well, our first clue comes in yet another bookkeeping error in Eternity!

Oh, come on, Kid. We've seen plenty of cases where some mook just walked away from Eternity!!

Ahh, but this case might be different!

"Obeah-brutes"??

If this weren't 1949, I would suspect that the writer was just avoiding the use of the word "zombie" to stay clear of the Comics Code.

It becomes even more interesting when a quick and dirty Google search seems to indicate that this story is the only place that the phrase "obeah-brutes" has ever appeared!!

So why not use "zombie?" Or "zuvembie" (a term Marvel borrowed from a Robert E. Howard story when they wanted to do zombies in the 1970s)? Only writer Bill Woolfolk could tell you...

Anyway, Dr. Redd reaches another country...

Hey, zombie obeah-brute servants are great!!

We soon learn that Redd's crimes go beyond reviving the recently dead, when he decides to rob the first casino he sees:

Kid chooses that moment to show up...

...and he calls for:

Sohrab! This is your first appearance (although Kid did summon his father once...)!

However, as god a fighter as Sohrab is, he's helpless against foes who can't feel pain and never tire!

The obeah-brutes take out Kid:

And take the money!

Gun-weilding zombies!! You gotta love it!!

In a very important bit of foreshadowing...

Wow, I wonder if that's going to come into play later?

Kid hasn't met Redd yet, so he wonders why obeah-brutes need money...

Well, there's quite a zombie crime spree.

And local authorities are kind of clueless when it comes to the mysteries of obeah!

Redd wants to pull off one last job--a big one!

But Kid is ahead of the game for once, and guesses that "the world's richest girl" will be the next target:

So, how do you stop a speeding train?

Put a zombie on the tracks!! (Zombie On The Tracks really should have been the title of Dylan's latest Bootleg Series release...)

Kid still hasn't learned that you can't go hand-to-hand with obeah-brutes.

So he calls upon...

Giuseppi Garibaldi?!? He was a great general, but there's not a lot of history to indicate that he was a great hand-to-hand fighter, so this is a summons that probably isn't going to work.

Told you.

Kid gets captured along with the girl, and Redd silences him:

He gets the million dollars ransom, but proves he's a right by planning to kill Grace anyway!!

Throwing her off a cliff might not be the most "painless" end I can think of.

Fortunately, Kid wakes up just in time!

Jacques Charles, who made the first manned hydrogen balloon flight!!

But how can Kid finally put an end to this?

William S. Hart!! Now, I would have thought that you'd want a real cowboy, and nor just an actor, if you wanted some serious precision shooting. But Hart does a fine job, removing the fetish from Redd's control.

Which means--obeah-brute rebellion!!

Well, that was convenient!

And so back to Eternity, to balance the books!

Crazy story, with a bunch of original summonings, and zobies with guns. Good show!!

This was the 81st Kid Eternity story, and our standing are...

Abu	1
Achilles	4
Adam	1
Alden, John	1
Antony, Marc	2
Apollo	1
Aramis	2
Arnold, Benedict	1
Arthur, King	2
Astor, John Jacob	1
Athos	2
Atlas	3
Attila The Hun	1
Attucks, Crispin	1
Baden-Powell, Robert	1
Baker, Lafayette	1
Barry's father	1
Barton, Clara	1
Bernhardt, Sarah	1
Bertillon, Alphonse	4
Blackhawk	1
Bloodhounds (Legree's)	1
Bluebeard	1
Bolivar, Simon	1
Boone, Daniel	1
Bowie, Jim	1
Boyd, Belle	1
Brady, Diamond Jim	1
Brady, Matthew	1
Breitbart, Zishe	1
Bridger, Jim	1
British Tank crew	1
Bucephalus	2
Bunyan, Paul	3
Byron, George Gordon	2
Caesar, Octavian	1
Cagliostro, Alessandro	1
Calhoun, John C.	1
Canary, Martha “Calamity”	1
Cannon, John W.	1
Capulet, Juliet	1
Carden, Foster	1
Carpenter, Daniel	1
Cave Man	1
Charles, Jacques	1
Cherry Sisters	1
Christian, Fletcher	1
Clancy, Patrick	1
Cleopatra	1
Cody, “Buffalo” Bill	2
Colt, Samuel	1
Columbus, Christopher	2
Corbett, Jim	3
Corcoran, Peter	1
Cortes, Hernan	1
Crillon	1
Crockett, Davy	1
Cronson, Gerald	1
Crusaders	1
Crusoe, Robinson	1
Custer, George Armstrong	2
D'artagnan	2
d'Aubigny. Julie	1
Daedalus	1
Dagger Dan	1
Davis, Richard Harding	1
de Bergerac, Cyrano	2
de Leon, Ponce	1
de Rais, Gilles	1
Decatur, Stephen	1
Discus Thrower	1
Dockstader, Lew	1
Dracula	1
Drake, Sir Francis	1
Dupin, C. Auguste	1
Earhart, Amelia	1
Edison, Thomas	2
Emery	1
Ericson, Leif	2
Fagin	1
Fairbanks, Douglas Sr.	1
Faraday, Michael	1
Fink, Mike	1
Frankenstein's Monster	1
Franklin, Ben	1
Galahad	1
Garibaldi, Giuseppi	1
Geronimo	2
Goliath	1
Gotch, Frank	1
Gothicus, Claudius	1
Grant, Ulysses S.	1
Graymalkin	1
Greb, Harry	1
Griffiths, Albert	1
Grimm, Joe	1
Gulliver, Lemuel	1
Hamilton, Alexander	1
Hart, William S.	1
Hatfield, John	1
Hathorne, John	1
Hauser, Kaspar	1
Henry, Patrick	1
Hercules	2
Hermann, Alexander	1
Hickathrift, Tom	1
Hickok, Wild Bill	1
Hippocrates	1
Hitler, Adolf	1
Hodges, Joe	1
Holmes, Sherlock	4
Hopkins, Matthew	1
Horatius Cocles	1
Houdini, Harry	3
Houston, Sam	1
Hyde, Edward	1
Hyer, Tom	1
Ikhnaton	1
Ismail, Yusuf	1
Jackson, Andrew	1
James, Jesse	1
Javert	2
Jeffries, Jim	1
Johnson, Martin	1
Jones, John Paul	1
Jove	2
Kamehameha	1
Khan, Genghis	2
Kidd, William	1
Lafayette Escradille	1
Lafayette, General	1
Lancelot	2
Larsen, Wolf	1
Laughing Cavalier	1
Laveran, Charles	1
Leander	3
Lee, Robert E.	1
Legree, Simon	1
Leonidas	2
Light Brigade	1
Lincoln, Abraham	1
Lister, Joseph	2
Macbeth's Witches	1
Marable, Fate	1
Marshall, John	1
Masterson, Bat	1
McGrew, Dan	1
Mercury	5
Merlin	1
Mesmer, Franz	1
Milo Of Croton	2
Minutemen	1
Mix, Tom	1
Montague, Romeo	1
Montezuma	1
Morgan, Henry	1
Mounties	1
Mulgrew, Jason	1
Murphy, Charles	1
Napoleon	1
Nation, Carrie	1
Neanderthal	2
Nefertiti	1
Neptune	1
Nightingale, Florence	1
Noah	1
Nobel, Alfred	2
Nobody	2
North Wind	1
Nostradamus	2
O'Brien, David	1
Oakley, Annie	1
Og	1
Orpheus	1
Osceola	1
Paddock, Charley	1
Pasteur, Louis	1
Penelope	1
Perseus	1
Pheidippides	2
Pied Piper	1
Pinkerton, Allan	1
Plastic Man	1
Pocahontas	1
Poe, Edgar Allen	1
Porthos	4
Post, Wiley	1
Prometheus	1
Quixote, Don	2
Reilly, Sidney	1
Revere, Paul	1
Richard the LionHeart	2
Richtofen's Flying Circus	1
Rin-Tin-Tin	2
Robespierre, Maximilien	1
Robin Hood	3
Roc	1
Rogers' Rangers	2
Röntgen, Wilhelm	1
Russell, Lillian	1
Rustum	1
Ryan, Paddy	1
Samson	3
Sandow, Eugen	1
Sayers, Tom	1
Schleyer, Johann	1
Selous, Frederick	1
Serra, Junipero	1
Shakespeare, Willaim	1
Siegfried	1
Silver, Long John	2
Skunk, Jimmy	1
Socrates	1
Sohrab	1
Solomon	1
Stanley, Henry	1
Steinmetz, Charles	2
Stogie	1
Sullivan, John L.	2
Svengali	1
Tecumseh	1
Tell, William	1
Thalfi	1
Thor	3
Thumb, Tom	1
Thurston, Howard	1
Tiglath IV	1
Tuck, Friar	1
Tut-ankh-amen	1
Twain, Mark	1
Ulysses	1
Uncas	1
Valjean, Jean	1
Vercingetorix	1
Villa, Pancho	1
Villon, Francois	1
von Helmholtz, Hermann	1
Vulcan	2
Washington, George	3
Watson, John H	1
Webster, Daniel	2
Whittington, Richard	1
Wright Brothers	1
Xanthippe	1
Zapata, Emiliano	1
Zbyzko, Stanislaus	1
Zorro	1

NEXT--A day at the races!! And the 250th character summoned by Kid!!

From Kid Eternity #13 (1949)

Bozo The Robot Is No Ichabod Crane!!

noreply@blogger.com (snell) — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 13:30:00 +0000

Strange things are afoot in Unnamed City!

What does the coroner have to say?

No, I have no idea what the hell that weird effect is from his head mirror. Has nothing to do with the story...

International man of mystery Bozo The Robot is called in...

Well, word gets out that he's on the job:

No pressure there...

Wait, what?

What the holy hell?

OK, I'm freakin', man!!

And so is Bozo!

After a chase and death traps and the like...

Wow, even headless men can snitch!

At the secret HQ...

Oh, yeah!!

Bozo is a very considerate robot:

OMG!!

If only Ichabod Crane could have read this story, Sleepy Hollow might have had a very different ending...

From Smash Comics #24 (1941)

Law & Order: Carnival Victims Unit!!

noreply@blogger.com (snell) — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 13:00:00 +0000

Happy Terrill, the Ray, is at the circus with his orphan pal Bud! But he notices...

Oh, well, whatever. On with the show!

Saaaay...

Yeah, right, whatever.

Hey, look up in the air!

Great, now we're gonna have another ~~Dick~~ Ric Grayson on our hands!

Happy and Bud return to the circus the next day to investigate...

This time, however, Ray is ready!

Gee, why couldn't you have done that yesterday, Mr.-Moves-At-The-Speed-Of-Light?!?

The bad guys hightail it...

"Bah"? "Pietro"? What, is this a plot by Magneto and The Brotherhood Of Evil Mutants?

Anyhoo, Ray is talking to the man he saved...

Hah! Let's see Fox Mulder do that!!!

Seriously, how many FBI agents just happen to have enough skills to not only pose as an acrobat, but actually perform on the trapeze?!?

Then again, if comic have taught us anything, it's that there is so much circus-based crime in America, that every law-enforcement agency doubtless has their own Big Top Division, filled with agents holding various circus skills just waiting to infiltrate the carnival. Law & Order: Circus Crimes! CSI Big Top! NCIS Roustabout!!

Oh, and what was the plot, anyway?

I know it's asking a lot of a Golden Age story, but we have no indication what Vera was actually doing as a "spy." Sure, a traveling circus is a good way to move around the country and all, but exactly what secrets are you coming across? And don't they have a better way of passing on information than having a horse pass on information by tapping out Morse code in a tent filled with thousands of witnesses?

But the camera that is really a paralyzing ray is pretty cool...

From Smash Comics #24 (1941)

Manic Monday Triple Overtime--Zatara Invents 3-D TV (And Ends All Hunger And Crime Everywhere)!!

noreply@blogger.com (snell) — Mon, 10 Dec 2018 14:00:00 +0000

There's a gang of thieves about, and Zatara has used his shrewd deduction skills to figure out how to find them!

Look, "they were talking about watching the game on TV" wasn't as obvious a possibility in 1945, so don't get snotty.

But how can Zatara use this information? Well, at the next Dodgers game...

HOLY COW ZATARA IS THROWING BASEBALLS OVER THE AIRWAVES AND THROUGH THE TELEVISION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not to put too fine a point on it, but Zatara was discovered Wonkavision decades early--and no need for taffy pullers!! Why can't this spell be used to transport food over long distances to famine-stricken areas? Medicine? Instantly transport troops to trouble spots? Zatara, you've revolutionized the world!!

This is never mentioned again.

Next, Zatara hypnotizes his captive audience into surrendering themselves the next day:

But Zatara wasn't specific in his spell, so...

Yes, ALL the crooks in Grant City who were watching the ballgame are compelled to give themselves up!!

That so many crooks are Dodgers fans probably says something, but I'll leave that alone.

Again, this technology could change everything. Why doesn't Zatara get on a national broadcast and command every crook everywhere to turn themselves in?

Some of the criminals get restive, so Zatara enlarges some ants, because that's a pretty cool thing to do.

And so...

No thanks to you, Zatara. Where's the follow-up? You could solve all of the world's problems!! What the hell?!?!

From World's Finest Comics #19 (1945)

Manic Monday Bonus--If They Had Done This Story, Netflix Would Have Never Canceled Their Shows!!

noreply@blogger.com (snell) — Mon, 10 Dec 2018 13:30:00 +0000

All I'm saying is, if Power Man And Iron Fist #81 (1982) has been used as the basis for a crossover story, the Luke Cage and Iron Fist shows would never have been cancelled by Netflix.

Because as fine as the two seasons of Luke Cage were, they never had this:

Some guy tried to kill Luke with a forklift!!

Not only is it a brilliant scene in and of itself, but it ties in with Mystery Science Theater 3000, which is now a Netflix show--total corporate synergy!!

Next, a scene an Iron Fist series should have had:

"Lousy speech. Good moves, though." Yeah one of the Iron Fist seasons really could have used a bit where Danny takes down a white boy wannabe who thinks he the shit because he watched Bruce Lee movies and listens to Wu-Tang Clan.

Finally, the scene that would have definitely saved both series. Danny and Luke are in the the nation of Halwan, when they stumble upon the king's harem:

Yup, Luke and Danny dressed as women, dancing for the king, would have meant that Netflix could never, ever consider canceling the shows!!

Manic Monday--The Worst/Best Death Trap Ever!!

noreply@blogger.com (snell) — Mon, 10 Dec 2018 13:00:00 +0000

Robin is after a gang of children who have been carrying out audacious robberies!

He finds them stealing some radium--and the fighting is on!!

But wait...

Thank you, helpful dotted line and arrow!

But what could that mark mean?

Sure, sure, ~~Dick~~ Ric. A child has never had his collar buttoned, in school or church or because his family made him dress formally. Ever.

Not the most solid deduction in the world, is all I'm saying...even though it turns out he's right.

Still, children or little people, they put the beatdown on Robin!!

And just in case you thought costumed adult villains from Batman '66 were the only ones into staggeringly deadly death traps:

Roller skates? Really?

Yup.

OMG no!!

Now, I know Robin says he's groggy, but he could steer himself into the wall, or take a deliberate tumble before he gets to the intersection. Sure, he might get some scrapes or bruises, but it's better than getting killed by traffic, and it's pretty easy to do.

But no, Ric Grayson has to show off:

I have to be honest--the whole reason I'm doing this post is just so I can use the word "batpoon."

What you want for Christmas? You've already got a batpoon, and now you have free roller skates! Let's not be greedy, Robin!!

From World's Finest Comics #18 (1945)

Nobody Laughs At Mr. Fish!!

noreply@blogger.com (snell) — Sun, 09 Dec 2018 13:00:00 +0000

The moat important thing about this cover...

...is this word balloon here.

Because on the splash page...

...they repeat it for us.

And when we finally meet the titular Mr. Fish?

...they reiterate it one more time!!

The funny thing is, though, that nobody--not a single solitary person--laughs at Mr. Fish the entire story.

A few tears are shed, though...

...maybe it was the fish who were laughing?

From Power Man #29 (1976)

Bold Fashion Choices--Enough With The Chest Sparkles, Already!!

noreply@blogger.com (snell) — Sat, 08 Dec 2018 13:00:00 +0000

As I've mellowed in my old age, I've come to grudgingly accept most of the elements of Geoff Johns' Captain Marvel reboot--and that's a good thing, since the movie's trailer makes it appear that it will be virtually a direct panel-by-panel adaptation of that take.

But there's one thing I'm still hung up on:

That damn "magic crackle" in the lightning bolt on Marvel's chest is just too freakin' distracting.

Like most other nu52-era costume designs, the whole suit is a little too fiddly and armor-y--do we need metal boots and a oddly shaped metal belt?

And fine, he's magic-based. But that constant Rorschach-swirl of energy on his chest, and the constant flickering of lightning and smoke around him, constantly draws attention away from whatever we're supposed to be looking at in the panel. As I said, it's distracting as hell.

And that applies just as much to his foster-siblings when they power up:

I mean, look at that!

No wonder the first issue was delayed a week, and issue #2 has been bumped back 5 weeks (5--even before #1 comes out, you're more than 5 weeks behind?!?!?!!!). I pity the artist who is required to draw all that fiddle-faddle in every damn panel.

I mean, DC has taken what was one of the simplest, cleanest, most satisfying set of costume designs...

...and turned it into a light show that gets in the way, even during what should be a simple conversation:

And really, do we need Mary Marvel looking like an out of control Electro every time she uses her powers?

So DC, please, a little help here. Tone done the crackle and lightning--before you drive poor Dale Eaglesham to drink!

From Shazam! #1 (2019)

How To Impress Batman!!

noreply@blogger.com (snell) — Fri, 07 Dec 2018 13:30:00 +0000

Some thug stole an old lady's necklace right in front of him, but Kyle Rayner couldn't go Green Lantern on the guy because of secret identity stuff.

He was, however, able to get the guy's license plate, and so with a quick call asking J'onn to use the JLA's computers...

Uh-oh.

Yup, he won't even know you're there.

Before you assume he's a total dick, Batman was running an undercover op infiltrating the thug's gang, and he didn't want Kyle to screw up that mission.

Which Kyle does anyway.

But, when he goes up against the goomba--without a power ring!!--and gets himself stabbed...

...his stubbornness in pursuit of a trivial goal...

...is enough to impress even Batman:

Welcome to the cool club, Kyle!

From Batman Chronicles #15 (1998)

Dial E For Eternity--Be Prepared!

noreply@blogger.com (snell) — Fri, 07 Dec 2018 13:00:00 +0000

No, not Thunderclap Newman...

Settle in, it's going to take a while until we get to any actual story in this text piece:

In fairness, it is kind of cool to see Kid Eternity being, well, a kid, using his powers to cavort in the middle of a thunderstorm.

OK, boys in trouble. We're getting somewhere!

We're 3/4 through--something had better happen soon, Kid!

Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scouts!! Of course he had the proper equipment ready!!

Does this mean that Kid got a merit badge?

The was the 80th Kid Eternity story--EIGHTY!!--so here are the standings!

Mercury	5
Achilles	4
Bertillon, Alphonse	4
Holmes, Sherlock	4
Porthos	4
Atlas	3
Bunyan, Paul	3
Corbett, Jim	3
Houdini, Harry	3
Leander	3
Robin Hood	3
Samson	3
Thor	3
Washington, George	3
Antony, Marc	2
Aramis	2
Arthur, King	2
Athos	2
Bucephalus	2
Byron, George Gordon	2
Cody, “Buffalo” Bill	2
Columbus, Christopher	2
Custer, George Armstrong	2
D'artagnan	2
de Bergerac, Cyrano	2
Edison, Thomas	2
Ericson, Leif	2
Geronimo	2
Hercules	2
Javert	2
Jove	2
Khan, Genghis	2
Lancelot	2
Leonidas	2
Lister, Joseph	2
Milo Of Croton	2
Neanderthal	2
Nobel, Alfred	2
Nobody	2
Nostradamus	2
Pheidippides	2
Quixote, Don	2
Richard the LionHeart	2
Rin-Tin-Tin	2
Rogers' Rangers	2
Silver, Long John	2
Steinmetz, Charles	2
Sullivan, John L.	2
Vulcan	2
Webster, Daniel	2
Abu	1
Adam	1
Alden, John	1
Apollo	1
Arnold, Benedict	1
Astor, John Jacob	1
Attila The Hun	1
Attucks, Crispin	1
Baden-Powell, Robert	1
Baker, Lafayette	1
Barry's father	1
Barton, Clara	1
Bernhardt, Sarah	1
Blackhawk	1
Bloodhounds (Legree's)	1
Bluebeard	1
Bolivar, Simon	1
Boone, Daniel	1
Bowie, Jim	1
Boyd, Belle	1
Brady, Diamond Jim	1
Brady, Matthew	1
Breitbart, Zishe	1
Bridger, Jim	1
British Tank crew	1
Caesar, Octavian	1
Cagliostro, Alessandro	1
Calhoun, John C.	1
Canary, Martha “Calamity”	1
Cannon, John W.	1
Capulet, Juliet	1
Carden, Foster	1
Carpenter, Daniel	1
Cave Man	1
Cherry Sisters	1
Christian, Fletcher	1
Clancy, Patrick	1
Cleopatra	1
Colt, Samuel	1
Corcoran, Peter	1
Cortes, Hernan	1
Crillon	1
Crockett, Davy	1
Cronson, Gerald	1
Crusaders	1
Crusoe, Robinson	1
d'Aubigny. Julie	1
Daedalus	1
Dagger Dan	1
Davis, Richard Harding	1
de Leon, Ponce	1
de Rais, Gilles	1
Decatur, Stephen	1
Discus Thrower	1
Dockstader, Lew	1
Dracula	1
Drake, Sir Francis	1
Dupin, C. Auguste	1
Earhart, Amelia	1
Emery	1
Fagin	1
Fairbanks, Douglas Sr.	1
Faraday, Michael	1
Fink, Mike	1
Frankenstein's Monster	1
Franklin, Ben	1
Galahad	1
Goliath	1
Gotch, Frank	1
Gothicus, Claudius	1
Grant, Ulysses S.	1
Graymalkin	1
Greb, Harry	1
Griffiths, Albert	1
Grimm, Joe	1
Gulliver, Lemuel	1
Hamilton, Alexander	1
Hatfield, John	1
Hathorne, John	1
Hauser, Kaspar	1
Henry, Patrick	1
Hermann, Alexander	1
Hickathrift, Tom	1
Hickok, Wild Bill	1
Hippocrates	1
Hitler, Adolf	1
Hodges, Joe	1
Hopkins, Matthew	1
Horatius Cocles	1
Houston, Sam	1
Hyde, Edward	1
Hyer, Tom	1
Ikhnaton	1
Ismail, Yusuf	1
Jackson, Andrew	1
James, Jesse	1
Jeffries, Jim	1
Johnson, Martin	1
Jones, John Paul	1
Kamehameha	1
Kidd, William	1
Lafayette Escradille	1
Lafayette, General	1
Larsen, Wolf	1
Laughing Cavalier	1
Laveran, Charles	1
Lee, Robert E.	1
Legree, Simon	1
Light Brigade	1
Lincoln, Abraham	1
Macbeth's Witches	1
Marable, Fate	1
Marshall, John	1
Masterson, Bat	1
McGrew, Dan	1
Merlin	1
Mesmer, Franz	1
Minutemen	1
Mix, Tom	1
Montague, Romeo	1
Montezuma	1
Morgan, Henry	1
Mounties	1
Mulgrew, Jason	1
Murphy, Charles	1
Napoleon	1
Nation, Carrie	1
Nefertiti	1
Neptune	1
Nightingale, Florence	1
Noah	1
North Wind	1
O'Brien, David	1
Oakley, Annie	1
Og	1
Orpheus	1
Osceola	1
Paddock, Charley	1
Pasteur, Louis	1
Penelope	1
Perseus	1
Pied Piper	1
Pinkerton, Allan	1
Plastic Man	1
Pocahontas	1
Poe, Edgar Allen	1
Post, Wiley	1
Prometheus	1
Reilly, Sidney	1
Revere, Paul	1
Richtofen's Flying Circus	1
Robespierre, Maximilien	1
Roc	1
Röntgen, Wilhelm	1
Russell, Lillian	1
Rustum	1
Ryan, Paddy	1
Sandow, Eugen	1
Sayers, Tom	1
Schleyer, Johann	1
Selous, Frederick	1
Serra, Junipero	1
Shakespeare, Willaim	1
Siegfried	1
Skunk, Jimmy	1
Socrates	1
Solomon	1
Stanley, Henry	1
Stogie	1
Svengali	1
Tecumseh	1
Tell, William	1
Thalfi	1
Thumb, Tom	1
Thurston, Howard	1
Tiglath IV	1
Tuck, Friar	1
Tut-ankh-amen	1
Twain, Mark	1
Ulysses	1
Uncas	1
Valjean, Jean	1
Vercingetorix	1
Villa, Pancho	1
Villon, Francois	1
von Helmholtz, Hermann	1
Watson, John H	1
Whittington, Richard	1
Wright Brothers	1
Xanthippe	1
Zapata, Emiliano	1
Zbyzko, Stanislaus	1
Zorro	1

NEXT--Zuvembies!

From Kid Eternity #13 (1949)

Same Problem, Different Approaches

noreply@blogger.com (snell) — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 13:30:00 +0000

If you want to crystallize the difference between Superman and Batman...

...these two pages pretty much nail it.

From All-Star Superman #10 (2008) and Batman: Shadow Of The bat #75 (1998)

Best Cover You've Never Seen--Power Of Shazam #4 (1995)

noreply@blogger.com (snell) — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 13:00:00 +0000

For what it's worth, when I'm appointed Commissioner Of Comics...

...one of my first acts will be to give Jerry Ordway all the money to do another Marvel Family series.

Who said nothing good ever came out of the 90s?

Dial E For Eternity--Godwin's Law!!

noreply@blogger.com (snell) — Wed, 05 Dec 2018 13:00:00 +0000

Buckle up friends--we're in for a bit of a crazy ride!

We start with the most important thing I've learned from comic books:

Don't piss off crank inventors!!

Especially when they've invented...

...a super-video-telepathizer!!

Um...what the hell is a super-video-telepathizer?

OK, just a kooky TV?

Nope.

WHAT?!?

So he can watch anywhere, and influence the people he's watching? Geez, Army Ordinance Department...why the hell wouldn't you want this weapon?!?! Even if you don't, you know, murder innocent people, it's the world's greatest spy device!! Professor Zbloni has a legitimate grievance!!

Not that that justifies a murder spree, of course...and it quickly becomes a spree:

Well, that's enough to get Kid Eternity involved!

The sound of gunfire attracts Kid...and he finds:

So if Zbloni had the sound turned down, he would have gotten away with it!

Now, he is hunting the cause of mysterious murders, but Kid does kind of overboard, beating up an old man just because he has a "queer-looking" television:

I mean, sure, he's right, but he has no way of knowing that yet.

So how to understand the TV? Call in...

Thomas Edison!! This is Edison's second summons! But, honestly...he's not a ton of help:

Well, if even Edison can't figure it out...how does the super-video-telepathizer work?!? How does it make people murder?

It requires Zbloni's powers of hypnosis!!

What?!?

Adolf Hitler?!?!?!

First off, we should note that Kid was able to summon Hitler. Wouldn't he be in Stygia? Maybe Kid can summon people from Stygia, but doesn't realize that's what he's doing? Or maybe being under hypnosis loosened Kid's inhibitions about doing that?

Secondly, if I were Zbloni, I'm not sure Hitler would have been my first choice. Sure, he might be "the most evil man who ever lived." But how does he help you accomplish your goals? He brings no technical expertise; he probably wasn't much good in a fight; and he's a leader, not a follower. So, aside from establishing Godwin's Law, what's the point of calling him?

Kid eventually wakes up...

Turn on the radio?!? You're sitting right in front of the super-video-telepathizer, which can show you anything you want to see!! Pay attention, Kid!!

And what, exactly, is this "reign of terror"?

They're just walking around Washington D.C. Oooh, terror!

Well, they are headed for the ~~Pentagon~~ Heptagon!!

But how can Kid get in?

I would have said "just turn invisible and intangible and walk right in," but Kid is clearly still groggy from being hypnotized.

So, since the Heptagon is under complete lockdown, why not use...

...the completely unguarded and unlocked emergency exit!! Sigh...

Zbloni and Hitler manage to avoid thousands of armed military personnel...

...and make it to revenge time!

As sweet as it is to hear a villain say "he'll rue the day," Hitler has a point:

When you've invented a powerful tool for spying and assassination, why are you there in person, with just a pistol, seeking revenge in person, when you could kill him safely from afar and start, I don't know, taking over the world?

Fortunately...

Kid shows up just then, and sends Hitler back where he belongs, and Zbloni is thwarted in his revenge!

But he manages to escape...

...to the machine gun turret that's atop the ~~Pentagon~~ Heptagon:

But Kid has a plan!

Svengali!!

Is it all's well that ends well?

Sure they've destroyed it Kid...sure they have. They assigned top men to the task--TOP. MEN.

This insane story was the 79th Kid Eternity story, and the standings are:

Abu	1
Achilles	4
Adam	1
Alden, John	1
Antony, Marc	2
Apollo	1
Aramis	2
Arnold, Benedict	1
Arthur, King	2
Astor, John Jacob	1
Athos	2
Atlas	3
Attila The Hun	1
Attucks, Crispin	1
Baker, Lafayette	1
Barry's father	1
Barton, Clara	1
Bernhardt, Sarah	1
Bertillon, Alphonse	4
Blackhawk	1
Bloodhounds (Legree's)	1
Bluebeard	1
Bolivar, Simon	1
Boone, Daniel	1
Bowie, Jim	1
Boyd, Belle	1
Brady, Diamond Jim	1
Brady, Matthew	1
Breitbart, Zishe	1
Bridger, Jim	1
British Tank crew	1
Bucephalus	2
Bunyan, Paul	3
Byron, George Gordon	2
Caesar, Octavian	1
Cagliostro, Alessandro	1
Calhoun, John C.	1
Canary, Martha “Calamity”	1
Cannon, John W.	1
Capulet, Juliet	1
Carden, Foster	1
Carpenter, Daniel	1
Cave Man	1
Cherry Sisters	1
Christian, Fletcher	1
Clancy, Patrick	1
Cleopatra	1
Cody, “Buffalo” Bill	2
Colt, Samuel	1
Columbus, Christopher	2
Corbett, Jim	3
Corcoran, Peter	1
Cortes, Hernan	1
Crillon	1
Crockett, Davy	1
Cronson, Gerald	1
Crusaders	1
Crusoe, Robinson	1
Custer, George Armstrong	2
D'artagnan	2
d'Aubigny. Julie	1
Daedalus	1
Dagger Dan	1
Davis, Richard Harding	1
de Bergerac, Cyrano	2
de Leon, Ponce	1
de Rais, Gilles	1
Decatur, Stephen	1
Discus Thrower	1
Dockstader, Lew	1
Dracula	1
Drake, Sir Francis	1
Dupin, C. Auguste	1
Earhart, Amelia	1
Edison, Thomas	2
Emery	1
Ericson, Leif	2
Fagin	1
Fairbanks, Douglas Sr.	1
Faraday, Michael	1
Fink, Mike	1
Frankenstein's Monster	1
Franklin, Ben	1
Galahad	1
Geronimo	2
Goliath	1
Gotch, Frank	1
Gothicus, Claudius	1
Grant, Ulysses S.	1
Graymalkin	1
Greb, Harry	1
Griffiths, Albert	1
Grimm, Joe	1
Gulliver, Lemuel	1
Hamilton, Alexander	1
Hatfield, John	1
Hathorne, John	1
Hauser, Kaspar	1
Henry, Patrick	1
Hercules	2
Hermann, Alexander	1
Hickathrift, Tom	1
Hickok, Wild Bill	1
Hippocrates	1
Hitler, Adolf	1
Hodges, Joe	1
Holmes, Sherlock	4
Hopkins, Matthew	1
Horatius Cocles	1
Houdini, Harry	3
Houston, Sam	1
Hyde, Edward	1
Hyer, Tom	1
Ikhnaton	1
Ismail, Yusuf	1
Jackson, Andrew	1
James, Jesse	1
Javert	2
Jeffries, Jim	1
Johnson, Martin	1
Jones, John Paul	1
Jove	2
Kamehameha	1
Khan, Genghis	2
Kidd, William	1
Lafayette Escradille	1
Lafayette, General	1
Lancelot	2
Larsen, Wolf	1
Laughing Cavalier	1
Laveran, Charles	1
Leander	3
Lee, Robert E.	1
Legree, Simon	1
Leonidas	2
Light Brigade	1
Lincoln, Abraham	1
Lister, Joseph	2
Macbeth's Witches	1
Marable, Fate	1
Marshall, John	1
Masterson, Bat	1
McGrew, Dan	1
Mercury	5
Merlin	1
Mesmer, Franz	1
Milo Of Croton	2
Minutemen	1
Mix, Tom	1
Montague, Romeo	1
Montezuma	1
Morgan, Henry	1
Mounties	1
Mulgrew, Jason	1
Murphy, Charles	1
Napoleon	1
Nation, Carrie	1
Neanderthal	2
Nefertiti	1
Neptune	1
Nightingale, Florence	1
Noah	1
Nobel, Alfred	2
Nobody	2
North Wind	1
Nostradamus	2
O'Brien, David	1
Oakley, Annie	1
Og	1
Orpheus	1
Osceola	1
Paddock, Charley	1
Pasteur, Louis	1
Penelope	1
Perseus	1
Pheidippides	2
Pied Piper	1
Pinkerton, Allan	1
Plastic Man	1
Pocahontas	1
Poe, Edgar Allen	1
Porthos	4
Post, Wiley	1
Prometheus	1
Quixote, Don	2
Reilly, Sidney	1
Revere, Paul	1
Richard the LionHeart	2
Richtofen's Flying Circus	1
Rin-Tin-Tin	2
Robespierre, Maximilien	1
Robin Hood	3
Roc	1
Rogers' Rangers	2
Röntgen, Wilhelm	1
Russell, Lillian	1
Rustum	1
Ryan, Paddy	1
Samson	3
Sandow, Eugen	1
Sayers, Tom	1
Schleyer, Johann	1
Selous, Frederick	1
Serra, Junipero	1
Shakespeare, Willaim	1
Siegfried	1
Silver, Long John	2
Skunk, Jimmy	1
Socrates	1
Solomon	1
Stanley, Henry	1
Steinmetz, Charles	2
Stogie	1
Sullivan, John L.	2
Svengali	1
Tecumseh	1
Tell, William	1
Thalfi	1
Thor	3
Thumb, Tom	1
Thurston, Howard	1
Tiglath IV	1
Tuck, Friar	1
Tut-ankh-amen	1
Twain, Mark	1
Ulysses	1
Uncas	1
Valjean, Jean	1
Vercingetorix	1
Villa, Pancho	1
Villon, Francois	1
von Helmholtz, Hermann	1
Vulcan	2
Washington, George	3
Watson, John H	1
Webster, Daniel	2
Whittington, Richard	1
Wright Brothers	1
Xanthippe	1
Zapata, Emiliano	1
Zbyzko, Stanislaus	1
Zorro	1

NEXT--Be prepared!

From Kid Eternity #13 (1949)

Sic Semper Tyrannis!!

noreply@blogger.com (snell) — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 13:30:00 +0000

Because some mornings...

...you need to see Steve Rude draw the living hell out of Reed taking down a Galactus-sized Doctor Doom while yelling "Sic Semper Tyrannis!"

You're welcome.

Also, Rude drawing giant Doom taking on Fin Fang Foom, It The Living Colossus, and others...

From the same issue, Jorge Lucas giving us more Fin-on-Doom action!

From Fantastic Four:World's Greatest Comic Magazine #12 (2002)

More Reasons You Should Teach Your Children Morse Code (And Old Songs)!!

noreply@blogger.com (snell) — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 13:00:00 +0000

Batman was posing as a taxi driver (don't ask) when he's captured by foreign criminals who thought he was someone else (please don't ask).

He's awake now, but he has to feign unconsciousness, otherwise the crooks will quickly realize he's the wrong guy and kill him!

He can reach his radio belt, but he can't speak aloud--how can he let Robin know where he is?!?

Yes, "The Prisoner's Song" is a real song. Mostly forgotten these days, it was one of the best selling songs, both in vinyl and in sheet music, of the 1920s.

No, I don't think it's that distinctive of tune, especially if you're just moaning it through a gag. But kudos to Robin for recognizing a 20 year old song!

OK, Bruce, they know you're a prisoner. But how will they know where?

Again, a real song, this one only a decade old at the time! It was a Rodgers and Hart song, which ensured it would be a little bit better remembered...

This isn't a very helpful clue, though...which hotel?!?

Whew!! Robin needed to know 140 year old classical music AND Morse Code for that one!!

And of course, "Yippee!" is universal for when a youngster is joyful!

And again, special props to Batman for mad moaning skills!!

From Batman #25 (1944)

Manic Monday Triple Overtime--Taking A Shine To Luthor!!

noreply@blogger.com (snell) — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 14:00:00 +0000

Speaking of henchpersons, it's not like an internationally-infamous evil scientist can just walk into Supercuts.

So, aboard his hidden flying fortress:

Umm...I hate to mention this...

But Lex, in this continuity, you're kinda permanently bald--no hair at all!

So what the heck is Wanda doing?

Ahhh....nice and shiny!!

Hey, even Lex Luthor cares about personal appearance!! You have to look your best before wiping out your arch-enemy!!

From Superman #386 (1983)

Manic Monday Bonus--That's Not How Hybrids Work!!

noreply@blogger.com (snell) — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 13:30:00 +0000

A tricky day to be Lorna The Jungle ~~Queen~~ Girl and her monkey Mikki:

No, that's not the hand of Krona...it's much, much worse!

What the hell is it?!?

WHAT?!?

WHAT?!?!?!?!?

OK, now try to get the images of crocodiles and apes mating out of your mind's eye. Good luck.

Because I know you're curious--no, this isn't an alien, or a robot, or some crook with some kind of Scooby Doo disguise, or anything goofy like that. All the explanation we get is the "hybrid" balderdash.

This was a Timely comic, so if it helps, you can just assume Arnim Zola was hiding in the jungles of Africa in the 1950s, performing perverse experiments...

Anyway, our unnamed hybrid wipes out a village...

So it's up to Lorna and Mikki to stop the titan!

Goodbye, unnamed hybrid. Maybe we can bring you back in an Agents Of Atlas story, someday...?

From Lorna The Jungle Girl #8 (1954)

Manic Moday--The Legion of Doomed Sidekicks!!

noreply@blogger.com (snell) — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 13:00:00 +0000

Did you ever wonder why super-heroes get sidekicks, but super-villains don't?

Oh, super-villains have plenty of henchmen, mostly faceless droogs to do the grunt work and get beat up by the heroes.

But generally, they don't have costumed partners, sidekicks in the classic sense. Why?

Well, Penguin is wondering the same thing:

So, introducing:

Chick, Toyboy, Honeysuckle, Kitten and Sardine--The Legion Of Doom, Sidekick Edition!!

As far as I can tell, these guys have never appeared anywhere else, ever.

So there's a challenge for Scott Snyder--as long as he's going to tell a never-ending Legion Of Doom story in his Justice League run, how about making room for these cute sidekicks?!

From Super Friends #1 (1976)

Everything Wrong With The World--1952 Edition!!

noreply@blogger.com (snell) — Sun, 02 Dec 2018 13:00:00 +0000

You could always rely on the Patsy Manners strip--and particularly Aunt Eileen--to tell you everything that was wrong with the world.

Let's see, for example, the bleak hellscape of 1952:

Here are the answers from the following issue...

Oh, but we're not done yet. Let's continue our scathing critique of modern life:

Well, 1952 really sucked. Newspapers, magazines, cosmetics, apartments for childless folks, credit, divorce, bus advertising, science, and people daring to have different religious values than you. However did we survive?

Wait until they get a load of 2018...

From Treasure Chest Of Fun And Fact Vol. 7 #13-14 (1952)

Ambidextrous Archie!!

noreply@blogger.com (snell) — Sat, 01 Dec 2018 13:00:00 +0000

Archie has serious game:

Fact: Betty's bikini straps being off her shoulders in probably the most risque thing to ever appear on an Archie cover...

From Everything's Archie #69 (1978)