Bryan sent along another great panel from his old Captain America collection.
Here is the painful attempt to make Captain America hip with the times. There he sits in a bar drinking SANGRIA with his buddies. What the *&@^!!! No wonder he wants to remain dead.
Here’s a real ad from the hey-day of comics. Yeah, I’m sure we all want to be in O.J.’s shoes right now.
Thanks Bryan!
Yeah, you can tell I’m behind. Here’s your panel of the (last) week.
The Last Supper of the JLA. As one commenter pointed out, the almighty Batman has a dickness level of around 7. Go ahead and play the game and see who is the betrayer, who is the disbeliever, and who isn’t pictured.
Last weekend was just too crazy for a Fun Panel of the Week, but I think this week makes up for it with these two panels from The All New Atom #14.
Wow… no wonder Sue left you.
I’ve been reading through my copy of Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes, retelling the tales of the Silver Age of the LoSH. One thing that is really clear - those kids from the future think messing with your head makes for good times.
For example, look at what the ladies really think of Jimmy Olsen
Geez, it’s no wonder kids have self-image problems, and just goes to prove, never believe a girl from the future is in love with you, no matter the size of her behive.
They say newborns are able to see high contrast images quite well, so I decided to get my son started on comics by reading him DC Showcase Presents: Justice League of America Volume 1 (500 pages for only $19.00!).
If you aren’t familiar with the Showcase Presents series, it is a cheap and easy way of educating yourself, and others, in the ways of the days before the first Crisis. Because they are inexpensive, the tales are printed on paper that is newsprint at best, and you are missing out on all the colors, but it is still fun to read what your favorite DC characters were doing back in the day.
Which brings me to this brilliant panel from Brave and the Bold #28 “Starro the Conqueror”. The issue introduces the world to the Justice League of America fighting the menace from space, and along the way introduces the reader to one Snapper Carr.
Now the 60’s were a time when old school was trying to get in touch with the hipsters of the day - hence the creation of Snapper as a way for teenagers to identify with the books being published. While the dialogue is way corny, Gardner Fox does an excellent job of giving Flash and Snapper two distinct voices.
To fully appreciate the panel read Snapper’s dialogue aloud while doing your best Beatnik voice, and then read Barry’s dialogue in your best Joe Friday voice and the panel comes together like peanut butter and jelly.
Side Note: Snapper Carr was based on the Edd Byrnes’ character “Kookie” from the television series 77 Sunset Strip (source)
While Brave and the Bold #28 featured the first appearance of the Justice League of America, it listed Batman and Superman as members of the team, but with an interstellar starfish attacking the U.S., what do you think those two were up to?
Well I get a kick out of you too Kingpin. Excelsior!
Yeah, after the boner joke last week, I thought it best to show Marvel can make similar mistakes.
It’s been a while since I’ve uploaded a Fun Panel of the Week entry, but hopefully I’ll keep better track of getting this stuff up (no pun intended in light of this week’s entry).
Hey, I’m not making this stuff up!
bon·er (b?’n?r) Informal
A blunder or an error.
Damn if this doesn’t just sum up all the frustrations DC fans in terms of getting comic properties to the silver screen. If Marvel can do it so easily, why the heck can’t DC and Warner Bros. put their heads together and make movie magic?
Finally catching up on everything that needs to be handled around here, which brings me to the fabulous return of the Fun Panel of the Week. This week’s panel comes from Brave and the Bold #3.
Hehe, he called Supergirl a nimrod.
Even better than a panel referencing a video game system from the 80s is dialogue from the same time. This week features Misty Knight kicking some shark butt.
The only thing missing is some 70s Blaxspoitation phrase. Each time I see this panel, I keep wanting her to say “Shazam!” as she punches the Great White square on.
I was flipping through the trade of the Teen Titans: Terra Incognito and couldn’t help but crack up at the”modern” reference thrown out in this panel.
Gee Gar, does this mean the xBox pwns you? These kind of reference will always seem weird in light of modern times and technology, but that also is what makes reading this old stuff fun.
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