09.09.09

Nine! Nine! Nine! Nine! Let's sing the song of Nine! How many is Nine!?




Nine #9's from 9 decades!!!


BRINGING UP FATHER Series No. 9 [1925]


ALL-AMERICAN COMICS 9 [Dec 1939]


BATMAN 9 [Feb-Mar 1942]


SUPERBOY 9 [Jul-Aug 1950]


JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA 9 [Feb 1962]


BATMAN FAMILY 9 [Feb 1977]


THE NEW TEEN TITANS 9 [Jul 1981]


THE POWER OF SHAZAM 9 [Nov 1995]


WONDER WOMAN 9 [Jul 2007]

On the Web:

9 Movie Trailer [09.09.09]

Nine Movie Trailer [11.25.09]

Random Crap & Thoughts

So, I was trying to come up with a new Donna Troy themed header, so ComicsAllTooReal's Chris would get off my back (not really, cuz he bites well). And somehow I went off on some bizarre tangent and this came out of it:
Don't even ask me, cuz I have no idea...

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Why is it: that in this day and age, when most brand new TV series come out in box sets priced around $40-50, and you can usually find them on sale for $20-40...That Star Trek: Voyager, a show I really want on DVD, still costs over $60 a season, on sale!!?
WTF? Doesn't Paramount realize they might actually make some money on their stuff if it was affordable? Because I'm going to end up buying it used, and they won't get a penny of my money...

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Speaking of used:
I was at McKay's (awesome used book, DVD, CD, video game store) a couple of days ago and picked up a couple cool things.
I finally got Kenneth Johnson's follow up to V, V: The Second Generation. If I read books more regularly, I'd be excited to jump into this. But it'll probably collect dust for a least a few months...
I also picked up an old Catwoman novel, which from what I can figure out online might be subtitled "Tiger Hunt," but there's nothing on my copy to indicate that.
I also picked up Showcase Presents: Legion of Super Heroes Vol. 2 for $4! I don't love the silver-age Legion enough to pay $17 for it, but $4 is worth it. LOL

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Oh yeah, and HAPPY EASTER!!

SUPERMAN's New Year's Rockin' Eve!

ACTION COMICS #81
(February 1945)


SUPERMAN Sunday Comic Strip
(December 31, 1944)

Happy New Year everyone!!
Hope your 2009 is dandy and fine!!

Check out the "FAMOUS FUNNIES" New Year's Celebration
over at my Golden Age Heroes blog!!

Christmas Funnies!

Some golden age Christmas funnies from BIG SHOT COMICS #8 (December 1940).

DIXIE DUGAN


THE BUNGLE FAMILY


MIKE THE MASCOT



"GOOD DEED" DOTTY


- AN' THAT'S THAT FER T'DAY!

Green Fury the green-flamed hero

You know Dazzler,



Wind Dancer,



The Prancer,



And Vixen.




Comet,



And Cupid,



Dick Donner,



And Blitzen.



But do you recall
The most famous Super-Friend of all?

Fury the green-flamed hero,
Had a very fiery nose.
And if you ever saw it
You would surely say it blows.



All of the other heroes
Used to laugh and call her names.
They never let Green Fury
Join the super hero games.

Then one foggy Christmas Eve,
Santa came to say:
"Fury, with your nose so bright,
Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?"



This made the others jealous,
And they shouted out meanly:
"Fury the green-flamed hero,
Your power's disgusting!"

Archie's Everything...

Well, okay, we really don't see all that much "everything" of Archie (here in one of his very early appearances), but his buddy there...hoo, boy!

from
PEP COMICS #24 (February 1942)
art by Bob Montana

I wonder...if they ever do an Archie Archive, will this panel get censored?

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Now we're going to steal an idea from Adam @ Comics Make No Sense:

Fun with Dialogue Out of Context!
(See how I moved the words around to avoid trademark infringement, lol, nifty!).
From the same above comic:

Dang. Sometimes I'm just a bad man...

325 Posts!!

I realized a couple of weeks ago that I missed celebrating the 1st anniversary of Comics 'N Things (which would've been back in May!). So I've patiently waited for some number to come up to celebrate with. And I didn't want to wait until 350 or 400 because, basically, I'm impatient! LOL. Plus, by then, I probably would've forgotten. So this is what you get! Yay! 325 posts!

FOUR COLOR #325 April 1951	DETECTIVE COMICS #325 March 1964
ADVENTURE COMICS #325 October 1964	ACTION COMICS #325 June 1965
SUPERMAN #325 July 1978	BATMAN #325 July 1980
WONDER WOMAN #325 May 1985	MAD #325 February 1994

DICK COLE: Wonder Boy...Like a Rock!

What's it all about Dickie?
Read: DICK COLE: Dinos and Homos and Drugs, Oh my! to find out!!

Yes, it's a shameless plug for my other blog. Deal.

Well, Almost Never...

From BATMAN #15 (Feb/Mar 1943):

And... the cover to BATMAN #15:

Maybe it's just me...

The Perplexity of Rainbow Boy

Rainbow Boy is quite the interesting character.

His name and the fact that his power is "the brilliance of [his] rainbow..." all point to one thing. He's got to be gay.

I've known quite a few gay men who seem to have that power.

The problem is that rainbows didn't become "gay" until around 1978, and Rainbow Boy debuted in 1942. So the whole rainbow motif doesn't really support any conjecture on that part.

What does make a case for his fairy-ness is that fact that every time he enters a room, he comes flitting in like he's doing some ballet:

Please, girlfriend.
Hydroman and Gruno don't seem too thrilled by his flamboyance...

One the other hand: Rainbow Boy is a DICK!

In the story I ran a few weeks back, Rainbow Boy helps save the earth from invasion by kidnapping the alien general and taking him around to show how being a dictator is a bad thing. Here's a look at the horrors they encountered:

Now the problem with this is... Rainbow Boy let all those people DIE!

Yes, he is trying to prove a point, but couldn't he have proven it by "Look at what they're about to do...now excuse me while I go rescue those people!" But he makes no attempt. I'm surprised he didn't bring along popcorn for the show.

And he's practically smiling in panel four when he says, "I'm going to show you more!" With an explanation point...

Yippee! Let's go!!

Rainbow Boy is a bad bad person. He may have saved the world from an alien attack, but my conclusion is he's still to evil too be gay.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Batman and Robin's leather thong...

from BATMAN #83 (April 1954)

A friend of mine posted this to a Yahoo! group, then I found it at Scans Daily.

It just doesn't get any better...

Happy July 4th!

For those of you who celebrate Independence Day: Have a Happy Fourth of July!!
For those that don't: I hope your July 4th is happy as well!

Here are some fireworks-y covers:

AMERICA'S BEST COMICS #1
February 1942


BATMAN #18
Aug-Sept 1943