Coupla Iconic Reboots by Steve Ditko

Like many of us, Cap'n Atom and Blue Beetle just needed a fresh start to really shine.  Kinda stretch, but these two take me back to my single digit age, when I was outside from dawn to dusk.  Whenever I'd take a pretend grenade or laser blast or was chopped down by a fake sword, I seemed to only be able to lay down and play possum for a moment, then I HAD to jump up and yell, "New guy!" and instantly rejoin the fray

 

Some Conan by Berni Wrightson

Move along, folks!  Noth'n new to see here (please check out complete Wrightson Conan in the wayback), but hey, an original, and sump'n biggerbetterfasterstronger

 

The Spirit On The Moon (Not) by Wally Wood

That title reads kinda funny, so let me start by say'n that Wally Wood indeed drew this, but it's not The Outer Space Spirit (1952) that I thought it was when I first saw it.  The first image is from a 1967 comic art catalog, and it's offering up a 1955 page from Mad Magazine.  Ohmyheck.  Saw it cause 1967 Berni Wrightson led to so much great stuff, I thought I'd add 1967 to the other usual suspects' names and see what popped up.  I have six or seven grandkids who are STILL all about doing that balancing scales hand gesture whenever "six seven" is mentioned

 

Freebooters Ad by Barry Smith

I haphazardly obtained The Buyer's Guide For Comic Fandom through about issue 50, so when this Storyteller ad appeared in issue 1103, I had no idea!  Also, here's that Axus illo in a better format.  When I slapped it up in the wayback, I was wish'n it twernt so tiny and blurry.  They say if wishes were dishes, you'd never have to wash stuff after a meal, but, hey, every once in a while

 

Robbie by Al Williamson

Okay, I lie like a dog on a rug in front of the fireplace on a cold winter's night.  The first one is not even Robbie, but (per usual for the Cap'n) I have no idea what it REALLY is.  The other two ARE Robbie, from the unsuccessful bid to start a new newspaper strip

 

King Of The Bad (Hair) Guys by George Metzger

From another wordless story, thisun in the fanzine Promethean Ent #1

 

Coupla Barbaric Bob Kline Fanzine Pictures

In my mind, this is kinda the end of a geeky era for me (sigh), in that these two illos pretty much wrap up fanzine Kline on here.  All I got. See, look, I've turned all four jean pockets inside out.  Poke me with a fanzine fork, and you'll see--I'm done.  But, as Firesign Theater useta say, If the sun's going down, just stand me on my head, and it's a whole new day!  If you know of sump'n sump'n, please holla, and stand me on my head