Archie Comics 85th Anniversary Presents: Betty and Veronica Pin-Up Special #1 was released today. Here is the official summary:
"Archie Comics is celebrating our milestone 85th Anniverary all year long with a variety of rarities, collector editions, and fun finds! We’re kicking things off with a special collection of some of the best and most gorgeous Betty and Veronica pin-up pages, collected for the first time ever in a comic-size format! This is an absolute must for any collector!"
Marvel Winter Break Special #1 was released this week. The cover features Deadpool, Nightcrawler, Rogue, Storm and Emma Frost aka White Queen. The story is titled "Walkin' in a Winter Savage Land" and there are several pinups featuring superheroes and superheroines mostly out of their costumes. Here is the official summary:
"FROM SWIMSUITS TO THE SAUNA! You asked for more Swimsuit Special, and you’ve got it — sort of! Hit the slopes with YOUR favorite Marvel heroes this winter, with the help of a team of superstar artists — and then warm up in the hot tub… hot springs… hot yoga… lots of places that start with “hot”! FRET NOT, True Believers, we’ve got equal parts action AND relaxation for your money in this one-shot!"
Zenescope Entertainment celebrated the spooky season by releasing Grimm Fairy Tales: 2025 Halloween Pinup Special last week. I'm posting about it today as this week's Women Wednesday post. The main story is "Dracula: King of Hell" and full of blood and destruction. There are several pinups of the female characters from Zenescope dressed in different costumes.
There are various alternative covers with Cover A featuring Gretal as a witch. Cover B features Cinderalla wearing a devil costume and Cover C features Liesel Van Helsing as a demonic steampunk vampire.
Zenescope Entertainment released the Grimm Fairy Tales 20th Anniversary Pinup Special earlier this week. Having a sexy Tinkerbelle on the cover is a stroke of genius since Spring started this week. Along with several pinups of your favorite women from various fairy tales, there is also a never before published short story that is a prelude to Grimm Fairy Tales: Once Upon the End of Time.
One of my favorite pinups features Snow White having her white panties exposed. You won't be seeing that in the live action movie that was released in theaters yesterday.
You also won't be seeing this version of the Wicked Witch in the Wicked movie:
Here's a special bonus treat for this week's women Wednesday. Zenescope Entertainment's Horror and Fantasy Illustrated 2024 Pinup Special came out earlier this month. The issue starts off with a special eight-page science fiction story.
The rest of the issue is filled with pinups of various women by different artists. The artwork includes fantasy, horror and science fiction. My favorite has to be the sexy mummy by Vinz El Tabanas
The Horror and fantasy Illustrated 2024 Pinup Special has several alternate covers. My favorite is Cover A featuring a demoness by Pierluigi Abbondanza.
Yes, she even has super socks but I wouldn't make fun of them if I were you:
Yeah, I have a hard spot for sexy women wearing glasses especially when they are wearing nerdy t-shirts:
Supergirl becomes Superwoman to really fill out her costume:
Grimm Fairy Tales 2023 Holiday Pinup Special is filled with your favorite heroines and villainesses from the Grimm Universe wearing sultry winter outfits.
Bettie Page may be gone but she will never be forgotten. The iconic Queen of Pinups was born on this day in 1923 and she will be honored in her hometown of Nashville today with a historic marker at her former school.
Here is the cover of The Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Special:
Here are my two favorite pinups from the issue:
Our local Dillons grocery store accidently got a case of the Flash Cinnamon Bolts cereal. They were never put on the shelf and went straight to the clearance shelf. My sister actually picked up a box for me when she discovered them early in October. Unfortunately, the store did not get any of the other Cap'n Cruch cereals inspired by DC Comics. The cinnamon-flavored cereal are shaped like lightning bolts.
The back of the box features a large pinup of Barry Alan running as the Flash along with some Flash Facts:
One side of the cereal box showcases the Superman Strong Berry and Supergirl Strong Berry (strawberry) cereal boxes:
So how was the actual lightning bolt-shaped cereal? The cinnamon flavor was weak with the milk making it even weaker. They were a little bit better without the milk. I was also disappointed that the box didn't come a cheap Flash lightning bolt toy ring. The store had a few more boxes on their clearance shelf last weekend but I didn't bother picking up another box.
DC vs Vampires: All-Out War #4 hits the newsstands this week and the cover features Mary Marvel so it seems only fitting that she is focus of this week's Women Wednesday post.
Mary Marvel vs Shining Knight makes for a really cool full-page pinup even with the weird coloring of just black, white, gray and red. He's a vampire so this also makes a cool post for this year's Countdown to Halloween.
There's even a cool back up story with Black Lightning that is in black, white, gray and blue.
Carolyne Marquez gets to be this week's woman because she is from Puerto Rico and looks amazing in her Superwoman costume.
Let's start 2022 off with two very hot pinups of Paulina Grace wearing a super bikini. She gets my vote for a Hispanic Supergirl with tattoos.
Galaxina is a four issue mini series from Aircel Publishing that was put out in 1991. It featured new adventures based on the 1980 movie starring Dorothy Stratten, a Playboy Playmate, in the title role. The back cover of Galaxina #1 is a pinup of the movie poster while #4 features her origins in a back-up story. The interior has black and white artwork. Galaxina is for mature readers due to female nudity.
The Grimm Fairy Tales: 2021 Swimsuit Special is now out from Zenescope Entertainment. There are six different covers but I only found Cover A by Michael Dooney and Ula Mos. The first dozen pages features a new adventure featuring Gretel, who battles a witch at a seaside amusement park. The rest of the issue is filled with pin ups of the Zenescope women in mostly bikinis. One of my favorites is the Gretel pin up by Renato Rei and Sanju Nivangune.
According to Tempest Storm, Who Disrobed To Enduring Fame, Dies at 93. She dated John F. Kennedy and Elvis Presley. She even starred with Bettie Page in Teaserama.
I'm still at a lost for words after reading Julie Strain, Heavy Metal Warrior Queen, 1962-2021. The 6'1" pinup goddess and actress was only 58.