Latest posts tagged with #ShowcaseComics on Bluesky
#OnThisDay in 1969 #Nightmaster debuted in @dc.com #ShowcaseComics #82 after a gig at #TheElectricBandAid in #TheEastVillage #rockMusician #JimRook steps into the darkened storefront of #OblivionInc & is transported to the dimension of #Myrra where he reclaims his ancestral #SwordOfNight
#OnThisDay in 1968 #Anthro debuted in @dc.com #ShowcaseComics #74 #groovy #teen #AlleyOop via #HowiePost comes of age coping with #hisRigidDad who’s #harangedByHisMotherInLaw & #challengesOurHeroForSwipingHisSpearToSlayAMammoth but #thanksToASlipUp he gets to rewrite man’s law as #aLoverNotAFighter
#OnThisDay in 1957 #CaptainCold debuted in @DC.com #ShowcaseComics #8 as #TheManWhoMasteredAbsoluteZero #ScientificAmericanReadingCrook #LenSnart crashes #TheCyclotronBuilding to power his #ColdGun & frost #TheFlash70 had #AWeaknessForBeautifulWomen & #DCTV’s #coolest #camp snap via #WentworthMiller
#OnThisDay in 1962 #TheMetalMen debuted in @dc.com #ShowcaseComics #37 #DrWillMagnus invents #responsometers that animate inert #Gold #Platinum #Iron #Mercury #Lead & #Tin & leads them on wacky adventures while #theyEducateReadersOnTheirElementalProperties & Tin later gets a #ladyFriend #Nameless
#OnThisDay in 1958 #MrElement debuted in @dc.com #ShowcaseComics #13 #manipulatesElements #toRobBanks & evades #TheFlash with #hisGang #ArgonKryptonXenonAndRadon discovers #Elemento & shoots #TheScarletSpeedster into space & in #TheFollowingIssue GoesBy #DrAlchemy afterSecuring #ThePhilosophersStone
#OnThIsDay in 1958 @dc.com released #FlashComics #105 #revivingTheComicSeries that introduced #TheGoldenAgeFlash in 1939 & ran until 1948 #nowFeaturing the adventures of #BarryAllen #TheSilverAgeFlash introduced in 1956 #ShowcaseComics run ended again #40YearsAgo with #350 & #BarryandIrisInTheFuture
#65YearsAgoToday #Hyathis debuted in @dc.com #JusticeLeagueOfAmerica #comics #3 #ThePanalaOfAlstair #FlowerWomanQueen captured by #Aquaman & #WonderWoman at #KanjarRo’s directive appears again in 1962 #AdamStrange #JusticeLeague #MysteryInSpace crossover then in 1978 #ShowcaseComics vs #Hawkman
#HappyBirthday #SupermanFamily #comicArtist #AlPlastino coCreated #Supergirl #LegionOfSuperHeroes drew #LoisLane’s #ShowcaseComics debut & #SupermanMeetsJFK #comic that was pulled from publication after #JFK’s death but released at #LBJ’s request #AFewMonthsLater with JFK #apparitionCoverPage added
#onThisDay in 1956 #TheChallengersOfTheUnknown debuted in #ShowcaseComics #6 #4AdventurersWhoSurviveAPlaneCrash & #bandTogetherAsCompatriots #livingOnBorrowedTime headquartered@ #ChallengersMountain #JackKirbyQuartetConcept thatWas #sortaBorrowed #5yearsLater @marvelcomics.bsky.social #FantasticFour
#OnThisDay in 1959 #TheInvisibleDestroyer debuted in @dc.com #ShowcaseComics #23 when #physicist #DrPhillips #placedAnAd in #TheHeraldPost for #GreenLantern to meet him at #854WilsonAvenue so he can explain #theVillain #sprangFromHisSubconcious #feedingOnRadiation so #GL zaps him w #AntiMatterEnergy
First appearance of the Metal Men was quite awesome and very enjoyable as seen in Showcase 37; April 1962. Art by Ross Andru and Mike Esposita. #metalmen #showcasecomics #rossandru #1962
These early Atom stories really show him at a serious disadvantage and having to think his way out as seen in Showcase 36; February 1962. Art by Gil Kane and Murphy Anderson. #atom #theatom #gilkane #showcasecomics #1962
#OnThisDay in 1959 #GreenLantern II debuted in @dc.com #ShowcaseComics #22 while #testPilot #HalJordan is sitting in a #stationaryFlightSimulator it’s transported by #AGreenEnergyBeam to #ASpaceShipCrash with dying #PinkSkinnedAlien explaining his #PowerRing chose Hal as #hisReplacementGreenLantern
#OnThisDay in 1968 #AngelAndTheApe debuted in @dc.com #ShowcaseComics #77 #privateDicks #AngelODay & #SamSimeon hired to protect #MrTumbell’s plans for a new #Disneyland ride #getTheirOwnSeriesInSept #runsFor7issues its later revealed #herSister is #Inferior5’s #DumbBunny & he’s from #GorillaCity!
#OnThisDay in 1969 #Firehair debuted in @dc.com #ShowcaseComics #85 #genderswapped reboot of 1940s #FictionHouse character with #JoeKubert’s #greatGraphics #ginger #infant #soleSurvivor of stagecoach massacre by #Blackfoot natives of #theOldWest #raisedByTheTribe & becomes #oneOfTheirMostSkilled
#OnThisDay in 1964 #AdamStrange II debuted in @dc.com #MysteryInSpace #comics #94 #redHeadedDescendant of #theOriginalHero who 1st appeared in 1958 #ShowcaseComics #SpaceRanger meets him on 22nd Century #Rann & #theTwoTeamUp to solve #anOpenCase of #The20thCenturyAdamStrange #makesOneMoreAppearance
#onThisDay in 1956 #TheTurtleMan #debuted in @dc.com #ShowcaseComics #4 #reboot of #TheTurtle who last appeared in 1948 #FlashComics #102 #inASplitSecond #TheNewFastestManAlive saves #IrisWest from getting hit by fatal head shot triggered while #his1stAdversary #TheSlowestManOnEarth made his getaway
#onThisDay in 1956 #IrisWest #PictureNewsReporter debuted in #ShowcaseComics #4 #fiancée of #BarryAllen #TheSilverAgeFlash who’s #alwaysLateForTheirDates #married #10YearsLater & #HeFinallyRevealedHisSecretIdentity but #sheAlreadyKnew because #heTalkedInHisSleep in 1970 shesRevealed from 30thCentury
#onThisDay in 1956 #TheFlash II debuted in @dc.com #ShowcaseComics #4 #1stGoldenAgeSuperHeroReboot #policeScientist & #ComicBookFan #BarryAllen is #reading #FlashComics relating #theAdventuresOfHisPredecessor #JayGarrick right before he #gainsSuperSpeed via a #ChemicalLabLightningStrike
#OnThisDay in 1956 #5AndAHalfYearsAfter #TheJusticeSocietyOfAmerica85 was last seen in comics @dc.com #jumpstarted #TheSilverAgeOfComics in #ShowcaseComics #4 with the introduction of #BarryAllen #TheNewFlash seen reading #FlashComics starring #hisPredecessor just before he gains #superSpeedPowers
posting #forSale some of my #originalInkWash #SilverAge #DCComics #coverRecreations: #Spectre #ShowcaseComics #61 (1966) tribute to #MurphyAnderson #DrMartinsConcentratedDyes on 140 lb #hotPressArchesWatercolorPaper 8.5” x 11.25” image on 10.75 x 13.75” page enquire with #bestOffer
#65YearsAgoToday #TheSeaDevils debuted in #ShowcaseComics #27 #diver #DaneDorrance seeksToProveHimself in competition to win his #NavyFrogmanFather’s #prizeSwimFins meets #BiffBailey #actress #JudyWalton practicingForRole in #SeaDevilsMovie & #JudysBrother #Nicky on #underseaAdventureWithASeaMonster
#OnThisDay in 1958 #SpaceRanger debuted in #ShowcaseComics #15 #22ndCentury #RickStarr unmotivated working at #hisDadsCompany #AlliedSolarEnterprises only gets a charge after opting to fight interplanetary injustice under disguise and aided by his cute pink #AlienSidekick #Cryll
#OnThisDay in 1962 a year after #TheWorldsSmallestSuperHero debuted in a 3 issues of #ShowcaseComics #TheAtom #comics #1 was released via #GardnerFox #GilKane & #MurphyAnderson the series runs until #38 in 1968 then merges with the #cancelled #Hawkman series & re-titled #TheAtomAndHawkman #39-45
#60YearsAgoToday #PsychoPirate II debuted in #ShowcaseComics #56 after #sharingAPrisonCell with #hisPredecessor #RogerHayden learns about & acquires #TheMedusaMasks granting #controlOverOthersEmotions battles #DrFateAndHourman & acts as #CrisisOnInfiniteEarths40 vessel #20yearsLater
#OnThisDay in 1966 a year before #MarvelComics #SuperHeroSatireSeries #NotBrandEchh
and referencing #Superman’s 1938 #ActionComics debut in the forward #TheInferiorFive debuted in #ShowcaseComics #62 #TheFreedomBrigade’s #superGoofUpKids #MerryMan #DumbBunny #AwkwardMan #TheBlimp #WhiteFeather
#OnThisDay in 1958 #DrAlchemy debuted in #ShowcaseComics #14 #MrElement who #debutedInThePreviousIssue takes on #thisNewPersona here after acquiring #hisCelmatesLuckyStone the actual #PhilosophersStone of legend & trips up #TheFlash with #ACoinCountingMachine that shoots out #AStreamOfQuicksilver
#OnThisDay in 1959 #ACoupleMonthsAfterAdamStrange & #ACoupleMonthsBeforeGreenLanternHalJordan #RipHunterTimeMaster debuted in #ShowcaseComics #20 #travelingBackToTheMesozoicAge w 1 of 2 #TimeSpheres he invented but when #HoodlumsGetTheirHandsOnThe2ndOne #JurassicPark hijinksEnsue getsOwnSeries 61-65
#OnThisDay in 1969 #Nightmaster debuted in #ShowcaseComics #82-84 after a gig at #TheElectricBandAid in #TheEastVillage #rockMusician #JimRook steps into the darkenedStorefront of #OblivionInc & transports to dimension of #Myrra where he reclaims hisAncestral #SwordOfNight returns in 1990 #AnimalMan
#OnThisDay in 1968 #Anthro debuted in #ShowcaseComics #74 #groovy #AlleyOop via #HowiePost comesOfAge coping w #hisRigidDad who’s #harangedByHisMotherInLaw & #challengesOurHeroForSwipingHisSpearToSlayAMammoth but #thanksToASlipUp he gets to rewrite man’s law as #aLoverNotAFighter gets 6 issue series
