Saturday, June 18, 2016

A Month of... There Is No Hope in Crime Alley, Night 18: This isn't a contest, Bruce




Panels from Detective Comics #621 (September 1990); script by Alan Grant, layouts by Norm Breyfogle, finishes by Steve Mitchell, colors by Adrienne Roy, letters by Todd Klein

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 170 and Today in Comics History, June 18, 1974: JJJ rant exiled to bottom cover of front page

from Marvel Treasury Edition #1 [The Spectacular Spider-Man] (Marvel, September 1974); script by Gerry Conway, pencils and inks by Marie Severin
(Click picture to tabloid-size)


Friday, June 17, 2016

A Month of... There Is No Hope in Crime Alley, Night 17: A Flashback Within a Flashback



Panel from Nightwing (2011 series) #30 (July 2014); script by Tim Seeley and Tom King, pencils and inks by Javier Garron, letters by Jeromy Cox, letters by Carlos M. Mangual

Today in Comics History, June 17, 2015: Clark Kent takes Lois Lane to a party...


from Justice League of America (2015 series) #1 (DC, August 2015), script and pencils by Bryan Hitch; inks by Daniel Henriques with Wade von Grawbadger and Andrew Currie, colors by Alex Sinclair with Jeromy Cox, letters by Chris Eliopoulos

...just to keep her from finding out he's Superman.

from Superman: Lois and Clark #4 (DC, March 2016), script by Dan Jurgens, pencils by Lee Weeks and Marco Santucci, inks by Sergio Cariello and Scott Hanna, colors by Jeromy Cox, letters by A Larger World Studios

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 169: [sad trombone]


Panels from Spider-Man: Death and Destiny #3 (October 2000), script and pencils by Lee Weeks, inks by Richard Case, colors by Steve Buccellato, letters by Paul Tutrone

Thursday, June 16, 2016

A Month of... There Is No Hope in Crime Alley, Night 16: In her satin pants / Shooting Batman's parents



Panels from The Brave and the Bold #158 (January 1980); script by Gerry Conway; pencils, inks, and letters by Jim Aparo; colors by Jerry Serpe

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 168: Spider-Man broke my fishbowl!


Panels from Spider-Man and Mysterio [The Mysterio Manifesto] #2 (February 2001), script by Tom DeFalco, pencils by Lee Weeks, inks by Bob McLeod, colors by Steve Oliff, letters by Dave Sharpe

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

A Month of... There Is No Hope in Crime Alley, Night 15: Maybe Batman shouldn't have put all those pearls in his mouth before he went swimming



Panels from Detective Comics #701 (September 1996); script by Chuck Dixon, pencils by Graham Nolan, inks by Scott Hanna, colors by Gloria Vasquez, color separations by Android Images, letters by John Costanza

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 167: Nobody ever listens to Peter Parker


Panels from Deadpool (2013 series) #7 (June 2013), script by Gerry Duggan and Brian Posehn, pencils and inks by Scott Koblish, colors by Val Staples, letters by Joe Sabino

Today in Comics History, June 15: Velvet Templeton continues to waste waitress's time


from Velvet #12 (Image, November 2015), script by Ed Brubaker, pencils and inks by Steve Epting, colors by Elizabeth Breitweiser, letters by Chris Eliopoulos

Tuesday, June 14, 2016

A Month of... There Is No Hope in Crime Alley, Night 14: Why, that Batman fella was all just a bad dream




Panels from Batman #591 (July 2001); script by Ed Brubaker, pencils by Scott McDaniel, inks by Karl Story, colors by Roberta Tewes, color separations by Wildstorm FX, letters by John Costanza

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 166: The Late Peter Parker


Panels from Spider-Man (1990 series) #38 (September 1993), script by J. M. DeMatteis, pencils and inks by Klaus Janson, colors by Kevin Tinsley, letters by Joe Rosen

Monday, June 13, 2016

A Month of... There Is No Hope in Crime Alley, Night 13: Batman Begins to Begin Beginning





Panels from Batman Begins: The Official Movie Adaptation one-shot (June 2005); script by Scott Beatty, pencils by Kilian Plunkett, inks by Serge Lapointe, colors by José Villarrubia, letters by Jared K. Fletcher

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 165: Exit, stage left!


Panels from Marvel Knights Spider-Man (2004 series) #17 (October 2005), script by Reginald Hudlin, pencils by Billy Tan, inks by Jonathan Sibal, colors by Avalon and Ian Hannin, letters by Cory Petit

Today in Comics History, June 13: Velvet Templeton continues to stalk Charles Bronson


from Velvet #12 (Image, November 2015), script by Ed Brubaker, pencils and inks by Steve Epting, colors by Elizabeth Breitweiser, letters by Chris Eliopoulos

Sunday, June 12, 2016

A Month of... There Is No Hope in Crime Alley, Night 12: Today, more than ever.



Panels from JLA: Act of God #2 (December 2000); script by Doug Moench, pencils by Dave Ross, inks by George Freeman, colors by Ben DiMagmaliw, letters by Kurt Hathaway

Today in Comics History, June 12: Velvet Templeton accidentally orders a time of day instead of dessert


from Velvet #12 (Image, November 2015), script by Ed Brubaker, pencils and inks by Steve Epting, colors by Elizabeth Breitweiser, letters by Chris Eliopoulos

Today in Comics History, June 12, 1985: Birthday of Riverdale's favorite teen, Trip Zerdersky


from Archie (2015 series) #5 (Archie, February 2016), script by Mark Waid, pencils and inks by Veronica Fish, colors by Andre Szymanowicz and Jen Vaughn, letters by Jack Morelli

(Today is not Chip Zdarsky's birthday, by the way. That's December 21.)

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 164: I really hope this story is canon now


Panels from "Civil Wards Part IV: The Final Part" in Spider-Man and Power Pack #4 (April 2007), co-plot and script by Marc Sumerak; co-plot, pencils, inks, colors, and letters by Chris Giarrusso