Weekly Wonderous Moment In Comics #50

Batman's a lonely guy..

... a lonely guy cruisin' a quiet scene...

...a lonely guy cruisin' a quiet scene having to operate solo...

...a lonely guy cruisin' a quiet scene having to operate solo can get real bored...

...a lonely guy cruisin' a quiet scene having to operate solo can get real bored having no action at all...

But why, you ask, why doesn't Batman, cool playboy that he is, go out on the town and pick up some chicks?

Cuz the ones he knows are absolutely chimp-flipping crazy!!!!!

Showcase Presents the Brave and the Bold #1 aka Bob Haney smokes every substance known to man and then sits down at a typewriter.

Weekly Wonderous Moment in Comics #40

There are times, in those long cold hours between 3 am and dawn, that I wake up screaming. When my lovely wife asks what causes these episodes I show her this.....

Plastic man has no organs, he's just a solid piece of ...... plastic. uurrrrgh!

From Brave & Bold #76

Why I love The Brave and the Bold

Six issues now and I have to say that The Brave and the Bold is one of my favorite books. Mark Waid and George Perez are working magic on this title, weaving a storyline amongst several heroes and several locations and every step of it makes perfect sense. The art is top-notch and the dialogue rings right on the money. But better than that are the little touches that Waid & Perez put in. Things like: (cover shots courtesy of Grand Comic Book Database)

Compare this:

with this:
And compare this:
with this:
and finally this (also note the reference to Otto Binder)
with this:



How can you NOT be amazed and awed at a book like this? The sad part is that I'm sure that I've missed a dozen more references in the six issues.