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{{Subject: One Perfect Moment: the Reyes family works the problem.}}

A total of four pages from Blue Beetle III #7. I'd always known Jaime had a cool family, but this is where I really, seriously started wanting to be a Reyes.

So it's been a wild and woolly six issues previous to this for Jaime. He crash-landed naked in the desert only to be immediately attacked by Guy Gardner. His memory was scrambled, as seen in flashbacks to finding the scarab. He had to find clothes and dodge some shady characters called the Posse. He finally made it home in issue #3 only to discover that it's...One. Year. Later. dun dun dun His parents think he's on drugs, and when he armors up as proof of his wild story, Milagro flees screaming and Mom rejects him outright.

By #7, though, things have quieted down enough for the fam to go to the desert on a memory-jogging expedition.
( KABOOOOMmm-chick-a-booooom. )

And that, my friends, is when I realized that the combined awesomeness of the Reyes clan plus honoraries could stand up to anything.

Six and a third pages plus preview image from a 22 page story found in New Mutants v1 #18, "Death Hunt." This sums up all the reasons I loved Dani Moonstar back in the day, even though those same qualities lead to disaster in this 3-issue story.

Dani's been having psychic nightmares about the demon bear that killed her parents, and hiding it from the rest of the team.

So she works herself to exhaustion in the Danger Room fighting bears, and blows off Illyana's concerns after a sim.
( Illyana didn't believe a word I said... )

Filling neuhallidae's request for a scene from Uncanny X-Men #171, with context added. Six and a third pages plus preview image from a 23-page story, with Claremont writing and lovely Walt Simonson guest pencils. It's a bridge story tying up the first Morlock plot, advancing several other ongoing plots (including a visit X-friend Carol Danvers pays to her parents, who find her quite distant thanks to her brain-suckage and recent Binary-transformation), and bringing a newcomer to the front door at Graymalkin Lane:

( Don't hit me, please - don't hit me! )

So that's how Rogue came to join the X-Men, and how Carol Danvers came to bid them all DIAF. Not my scans, sorry about the quality, I cleaned 'em up best I could.

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char: colossus/piotr rasputin, char: lilandra neramani, char: magik/illyana rasputin, char: ms. marvel/carol danvers, char: nightcrawler/kurt wagner, char: professor x/charles xavier, char: storm/ororo munroe, creator: bob wiacek, creator: chris claremont, creator: walt simonson, group: x-men, in-joke: one punch, publisher: marvel comics, title: uncanny x-men

sailorlibra requested Bronze Age Lois Lane. Here are 6 and a half pages from a 20-page story, "The Day Lois Lane Walked All Over Superman," from Superman Family #183, May-June 1977. It's also the story that gives us a rather famous image, one that I considered using as the preview image, but in the end I couldn't resist a lovely image from the Neal Adams-drawn cover, especially since it encapsulates part of the story I had to cut:

( I-I'll do anything, Lois! J-just don't hurt me... )
Whatta ya think, gang? Cracky enough for ya?

suggested tags:
char: deadman/boston brand, char: lois lane, char: superman/kal-el/clark kent, creator: cary bates, creator: kurt schaffenberger, creator: vince colletta, in-joke: crack, in-joke: herodickery, in-joke: science doesn't work that way, publisher: DC Comics, title: superdictionary, title: superman family

C'mon, you know this guy:

( you would even say it glows )

Circa 1957-58, no art or writing credits given. Not my scans. 9 1/3 pages of a 28 page story.

skalja requested some old-school Marvel Team-Up. For your sampling pleasure today I've selected four issues from 1977, #s 59, 60, 61 and 62, by Chris Claremont, John Byrne and Dave Hunt.

I loved the old MTU series for its meticulous attention to continuity; it wove the team-ups around the characters' own series, yet still flowed smoothly from one story to another itself; and, as you'll see here, it was a great place to pick up and expand upon dropped plot threads and start new ones. The tricky bit here is that the individual stories are only 17 pages long, which my trusty calculator tells me makes for 5 and a half postable pages. And the plots are kind of all over the place, so this may be a bit tricky to follow, but I shall try to fill in the gaps.

We start with #59, guest starring Yellowjacket and the Wasp, titled "Some Say Spidey Will Die By Fire...Some Say By Ice!" BTW, this issue is "dedicated - with respect and admiration - to Roy Thomas." I know not why.
( Seventies Spidey could not catch an even break. Ever. )

So. What'd you guys think of the trip down memory lane?

So, I happened across a cbr of the Supergirl Movie Special comic the other week, and in honor of the news that Helen Slater's going to be involved in the writing of Supergirl #50, I thought I'd post some of it. 16 pages of a 48-page story, plus 3 pinups. Adaptation written by Joey Cavalieri from Gary Odell's film script, art and colors by Gray Morrow.

( fighting for truth justice and cheesecakey upskirt shots! )

Seriously, folks, if you're a fan of Supergirl upskirts, find yourself a copy of this thing. Gray Morrow drew pages and pages of them I didn't even have room to post here.

How about a little Blue Devil v. Trickster to get this party rockin'? Say, 7 of 23 pages from Blue Devil #8, Jan. 85, with Keith Giffen on guest pencils?

So, Dan Cassidy has convinced Trickster to stand up to The Organization which has marked him for death, and he and Sharon are driving Jesse cross-country to a safe haven, when suddenly it's life as a Looney Tunes cartoon:

( I'm already up to my earring in this! )
The idea of a mobile bank in transit just reminded me too much of s_d to pass up, gang.

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Testing out the coding for a BB OPM post.

Testing out the coding for a OPM post.

Testing out the coding for Rogue post.

Testing out the coding for Lois Lane post.

Testing out the coding for Rudolph post.

Testing out the coding for Marvel Team-Up post.

Testing out the coding for Supergirl post.

Testing out the coding for my first s_d post.

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