I Bought That Comic 🌈さんのイラストまとめ

#ComicBookPSAs Some of the greatest sports figures overcame tremendous difficulties, so never give up!

7/6/76: Not only does birthday boy John Byrne draw the iconic cover of IRON FIST #8 and the story as well, but he also works himself into the issue as a cameo. He gets the opening line as a would-be mugging victim of crimelord Chaka's thugs.

Happy 58th birthday to the Avengers and the X-Men.

Happy #WorldUFODay.

6/21/77: The infamous Deadline issue, HOWARD THE DUCK #16 is a free-form series of Steve Gerber essays reflecting on life, writing, and his recent Vegas move, illustrated by a variety of artists. Consider it genius or bullcrap, but Marvel had/has never published anything like it.

A very happy 65th birthday to artist/writer Alan Davis! The Brit caught attention with his CAPTAIN BRITAIN in the UK, his work on BATMAN & THE OUTSIDERS accelerated his career, he's had outstanding turns on EXCALIBUR, X-MEN, AVENGERS and others, but his FF makes me weep with joy.

"Frazetta is the Conan guy, so I made it my business to make sure I made a 6'2" or 6'3" tall Conan. One of the things Frank did was Conan would get shorter and taller...I did a Conan that was maybe was not as good as Frank's but made him this powerful 6'2" marauder." - Neal Adams

Sadly this is the final installment of the #WallyWoodAlphabet, as it was left unfinished when PLOP! was canceled by DC in 1976. Maybe then-editor @thetonyisabella knows if the legendary creator saw it through to Z?

6/13/78: Goodbye RAMPAGING HULK, hello THE HULK! With #10 the once-retro magazine adds color, catapults into the present day, and tells stories similar to the then-popular TV show (no supervillains or supporting cast). Writer Doug Moench says he was unhappy with the constraints.

Len Wein would have turned 73 today. A man who inhaled comics like oxygen, the writer contributed enormous chunks to both the DC and Marvel Universes, and popular culture in turn. He was the first person who made this young fan realize, "Oh, someone writes these things?"

Legend.