#Special Comics

[chernobog13]

Special Comics #1 (January, 1942).  Cover by Harry Lucey.

This was a quarterly produced by MLJ (Archie Comics) to give the Hangman a title of his own to hang out (no pun intended) in.  The title of the book changed to Hangman with issue #2.  However, Hangman only held onto the comic for a  year-and-a-half.  The book was retitled Black Hood Comics with #9, and Hangman was kicked out.

Ironically, Black Hood only lasted in the book until issue #19, at which point he was kicked out, too, and the book retitled (yet again) to Laugh Comics.

Hangman himself had first made the scene a year earlier in Pep Comics #17 (January, 1941), when he took over the lead from his brother the Comet.  Special Comics #1 even had a neat flashback on the side front cover explaining what happened.

The Comet was the first superhero to be killed off.  Frankly, given his history, there’s little else they could’ve done with him at that point.  His superpower, disintegrating things with his eye beams (called “dissolvo-vision”), had been used several times to kill criminals.  Then, early in his career, the Comet was hypnotized by an evil mastermind and killed two policemen - and the police already knew his secret identity!  He spent the rest of his short career trying to rehabilitate his image with the police and the public, and dodging bad guys who knew who he was and where he lived.

Hangman remained in Pep Comics, even after getting evicted from his own book, until issue #47.  At that point MLJ Comics morphed into Archie Comics, and became an all-humor line.  

[greykolla-art]

My blog has become infested with angst goblins, and they must be fed with some hypothetical scenarios!🙏💚

[havi-fart]

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH YAAYYYY

to fight my artblock i decided to redraw some gerard p donelan comics as ds9. but once i started i could not stop....

so heres all deep space 9 of them. lol. again the poses and captions are lifted straight from his comics all i did was put space guys on there! please enjoy

(id in alt text btw!)

[polutek]

They get distracted easily :((

[allflooby]

Meanwhile...in the Not Every Superhero Needs a Sidekick department.

[artsymeeshee]

Been wanting to make something with Ford finding out about being aroace and who no better than Mabel. I feel like I could have elaborated more about it but there’s always time for that for future stuff!

[hamsternamedmarinette]

Sometimes sappy is better

[bruciemilf]

Bruce being so smiley and happy around Robin! Jason shatters me so intimately. Soft as hell if this continues when Jason’s red hood, too.

“Robin,” Bruce calls him that out of habit and isn’t at all surprised when Jason swiftly punches his arm, only to rub the place a moment later, even if Bruce barely notices. “This is not the time for jokes.”

“ Three o’clock is always the time for jokes. You scheduled it.”

“Nightwing was turned into a rabbit. And you’re laughing.”

“Have you seen the guy’s Tik Toks? This is as dignified as he’ll ever be.”

Jason is very sure Dick can understand them, because he’s biting hard through his boots. Even harder when Bruce snorts and presses his lips in a white line.

Don’t get me wrong, thought, it’s vice versa.

“I think we’re gonna have to kill this guy, B.” Talking about a guy who cut the line in Batburger while Cass was trying to order.

Bruce, in his Batman voice, “fuck!”

Jason has one of those laughing fits where you get on the floor, breathless and limp. “This brings up memories.”

“ROBIN.”

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

HOT, SINGLE, UNSTUDIED SPONGES. 3000 NAUTICAL MILES AWAY. Come sail the distance and read Tiger Tiger!

[batsyheere]

I sometimes just imagine the first time Phantom is introduced to the league as like, a fellow big league hero. As someone who works with Justice League Dark and took down the Ecto Acts with his own team and allies to be included under the meta acts like aliens. He knows Constantine and Zatanna and is a pretty common name in the magical community now even if usually as his human form "just Danny".

And suddenly he is surrounded by these "big time heroes" and aliens and champions and most would assume he'd be overwhelmed or in awe. Maybe nervous, or weirdly fixated on being in space.

But here's the kicker- Danny is dead. Technically part of the category ecto-entity, ghost, and thus belonging to the Infinite Realms. He has met a vast variety of characters who are far more chaotic and legendary than these people who have so much interpersonal drama it looks like one of the soap operas Tucker refuses to admit he watches. Wonder Woman? Danny has lunch with Pandora and visits the Greek sections of the realms when he needs to research old prophecies. Superman? Kryptonite is like rock candy and the dead of Krypton are either very sweet or very condescending and Danny has seen both in the Boy Scout. The less said about the Green Lanterns the better. The Flash family are entertaining but also headache inducing because Danny has heard the complaints about the timeline. Half a dozen other heroes and vigilantes have their own dramas that Danny could pick apart at the source for the many issues that started said drama, and that's not even beginning on the issues with Batman and the weird galley of children he has who are sometimes even worse than the dark knight himself.

Meanwhile the League find themselves growing more concerned and horrified the more Phantom manages to reference his adventures and rather stressful start as a vigilante. Constantine hasn't been more entertained in years.

[sleepysebris]

:) 🖤

@mlsecretsanta gift for @thequeenofspace! happy belated holidays and apologies for the delay, had a serious family emergency followed by sickness! I had so much fun making this though, was so excited to finally draw these two 🖤 hope you enjoy!!!

[guppygiggles]

Not less, just different!

[greykolla-art]

Charlie: “I’m so glad my most villain-coded friend is at full power again! 🥰💕”

*throws this to you angst goblins like raw steak* ❤️

(No I will not do a part 2!❤️)

[chloesimaginationthings]

At least Matpat lives on in the FNAF universe

[scarymonsters-andsupercreeps]

Meow

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[baihujun]

A birthday pie for @krizariel 💚💦

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