KICKSIES! From the Mermaid Man story in the Free Comic Book Day issue of Spongebob Freestyle Funnies 2016 by Evan Dorkin and Ramona Fradon!

The Mermaid Man (and Barnacle Boy!) story from the Free Comic Book Day issue of Spongebob Freestyle Funnies 2016, written by Evan Dorkin and drawn by the amazing Ramona Fradon!

Super thrilled! I just got the statue based on this comic book cover in the mail today!

Convergence #0, coming out next month! Superdeath by Ethan Van Sciver!

Surprise! Aquaman #18, Dec. 1964. Art by Nick Cardy!

For everyone who's getting dumped on by Old Man Winter! Comic Cavalcade #20, April 1947, cover by Martin Nodell.

Just picked this up, amongst a bunch of other comics, from the used bookstore!  Haneyverse Goodness!  Brave and the Bold #121, Sept. 1975- Written by Bob Haney, Art by Jim Aparo.  I'm a big fan of these Brave and the Bold team-ups, and, oh man, the Metal Men!

From the intro to the collected edition of Formerly Known as the Justice League, 2004. Art by Mike Carlin. Note the "Bat Top and Bat Bottom! "

Aqualad's entry from Who's Who in the DC Universe (1990 Looseleaf Edition), February 1991, art by the incomparable Steve Lightle. He even threw in Tusky!

Here's the upcoming cover to Convergence: Shazam #1!  Art by Evan "Doc" Shaner. Coming out April 29, 2015!

While trying to find an image for my last post, I came across this! How did I ever miss this one? Amazing!!! Teen Titans #86 (Oct 2010) by Mike Allred to the right of the original, Showcase #59 (Dec 1965) by Nick Cardy!

The Flash 75 variant for Teen Titans #6 by Mike Allred is super keen! It's coming out tomorrow and I totally can't wait to buy it!

Super-excited about DC's Convergence titles coming up soon! Here's Nicola Scott's cover to the New Teen Titans #1 coming this April 2015! Look at those smiles! This art is breathtaking and brings me great joy!

I work in a comic book shop (that sells new comics), and I had this sneaky customer asking me if I personally had a copy of Action #521, the first appearance of Vixen.  I know I did, because I've been running across this and other issues of Action in quarter bins for years. I mostly followed this series because of the back-up stories that ran in it at the time (early 80s) that featured a rotating cast of characters- Aquaman (my favorite!), the Atom, and Air Wave (son of the original, and cousin to Green Lantern!). Each of these characters would have three or so stories to himself, then he would team-up with the character that would take over the next arc of stories before leaving. Anyway, I wondered why he was having such trouble locating this issue. Looked it up on Ebay. Yup. Speculators! Vixen is supposedly going to be one of the characters in DC's upcoming Suicide Squad movie. $35, $75, $119!!!! Well, I have five copies that I must have paid no more than two bucks total. ;) PS: I re-read this issue, and wow, I am appalled at how Aquaman is depicted in this story. No wonder everyone thought he was so lame! Instead of demonstrating what a powerhouse he could be, the creators at DC at the time made it their goal to point out how unuseful they thought he was- making him the Charlie Brown of DC. I will have to create a separate post on this!

Steve Rude's Flash 75th Anniversary variant cover for Aquaman #38 coming out in a few weeks (January 2015.)  A photobomb riff on the classic Nick Cardy cover to Aquaman #42 (volume 1) (December 1968).

I got the Batman television show on dvd! Ah, Yvonne Craig as the fantastic Batgirl!

Haha, poor Jimmy Olsen!