#sentimentalValue @neon-rated.bsky.social #AllAboutEvesWildStrawberries or #INeverSangForMyPersona #quartet is #terrific & #TheWorstPersonInTheWorld just gets better #lovelyTone #periodicallyMugged by crass modernism & those #sceneCuts will curl your toes

If you’re following #AppleTV #ourfriendsandneighbors and you want a mind f_ck that will have you crying like a baby watch #TheGreatSantini (1979) before watching #lastNightsEpisode 🥲

#OnThisDay in 2007 @dc.com the #weekly @pauldini.bsky.social #Countdown #comics seriesDebuted with issue #51 & #countingDownBackwards to #DCUniverse #0 #FinalCrisis prelude starring #JimmyOlsen85 #MaryMarvel #TheAtom65 #TheTrickster #PiedPiper #DonnaTroy #KarateKid60 #Darkseid #JasonTodd #KyleRayner

#OnThisDay in 1985 #TheWeasel debuted in @dc.com #FuryOfFirestorm #comics #35 #formerStanfordStudent #JohnMonroe teaching at #Pittsburgh’s #VandermeerUniversity constructs a #costumeWithClaws #toShredThoseFromHisCollegeDaysWhoMockedHim and #Firestorm prevents his attacking #ProfessorMartinStein

#CaptainMarvel Dark Past 2 @MarvelComics A #Danvers #DeepSouth Deep Cut Mystery for #OurHeroine .. #comics current official holder of #TheBigRedCheese’s nom de plume nods to #TheWorldsMightiestMortal’s vintage trope of regional US #superadventuring in a very personal way 😳

#Supergirl 12 @dc.com .. I think I’d rather see THIS #SupergirlMovie (!)

#JonHamm wears size 12 shoes 😳 ? #OurFriendsAndNeighbors #AppleTV

#OnThisDay in 1968 #Cain debuted in @dc.com #HouseOfMystery #comics #175 with #hisPetGargoyle #Gregory when the title returns to #HorrorAnthologyFormat 2 issues after #MartianManhunter & #DialHForHero features end #BobHaney #JackSparling #JoeOrlando introduce him as #seriesHost modeled aft #LenWein

#HappyBirthday #WilliamMoultonMarston #Saugus #Massachusetts native #AmericanPsychologist #inventor of #LieDetector prototype #Harvard grad #AmericanUniversity #Tufts #Professor #DirectorOfPublicServices #UniversalStudios #MaxGaines’ @dc.com consultant & creator of #TheAmazingAmazon #WonderWoman85

#HalfMan #HBO #adolescence + #DearEvanHansen with a #Scottish accent

#thisMonth in 1944 #WonderWoman85’s #dailyNewspaperStrip debuted produced by her creators @dc.com #WilliamMarston & #HGPeter making her #TheFirstHomeDeliveredComicBookSuperHeroine opens with #TheWashingtonClarion #reportersAndEditor mostly flabbergasted by this #WonderWoman runs Mon-Sat thru 1945

#HappyBirthday #EEHibbard early #AllAmericanComics #ComicArtist followed #HarryLampert on #FlashComics drew the #1stJusticeSocietyOfAmerica #AllStarComicsCover & #chapterConnectors with #RedTornado #FlashGreenLanternAndWonderWoman #ComicCavalcade #covers & co-created #WinkyBlinkyAndNoddy #TheThinker

#45YearsAgoToday #AllStarSquadron debuted in #JusticeLeagueOfAmerica #comics #193 post @marvelcomics.bsky.social #RoyThomas retcons a 3rd #WWII-era @dc.com #superTeam #HQ-ed in #1939WorldsFairTrylonAndPerisphere mostly lovely looking #JerryOrdway clover but #reRetconnedHamstrung by #COIE 5YearsLater

#OnThisDay in 1947 #TheClock debuted in @dc.com #StarSpangledComics #70 #windingIntoBattle with #Robin when his #criminal intent is captured on #DickGrayson’s #studentFilm & #theVillain #resetsAndReturns #3MoreTimes #overTheNext2Years #testingAndTrappingTheYoungHero in #timeThemedSnares #BillFinger

#OnThisDay in 1940 #Clayface debuted in @DC.com #DetectiveComics #40 #TheOriginalStarOfDreadCastle #formerActor #makeUpArtist #BasilKarlo is revealed the killer when #ArgusPictures casts #BruceWayne’s #fiancee #JulieMadison in #ARemakeOfTheHorrorFilm & #folksStartTurningUpDeadAroundTheSoundstage

#GreenLanternCorps 15 @dc.com no post- #DCKO #GuyGardner pope-talk one issue in but the Pasarín/Albert art does manage to keep up with that script .. #whew! #Lanterns

#FuryOfFirestorm 1 #RonnieRaymond #NextLevel nicked or #TheAlanMooreingOfFirestorm #GerryConway’s #TeenSuperHero @dc.com gets the #retro graphics treatment in #The21stCenrury 🔥

#HappyBirthday #HowardSherman #comicArtist co-creator of #DoctorFate crafted a clean austere & #matterOfFact composition style for the fantastical adventures of #MagicsOriginalPhysician accompanied by his signature curlicue #meander comic panel text box design

#DareDevil 2 @marvelcomics.bsky.social @leegarbett.bsky.social #cover pops & #OurHero off his pins over an #omen

#50YearsAgoToday #Starfire III #comics #1 debuted #1stNewFemaleLedComic @dc.com since 1972 raised in slavery on #AFutureWorld #ruledBy2AlienRaces #TheMygorg & #TheYorg she’s allowed certainFreedoms enabling her to train in #swordsmanshipAndCombat & #uniteHerEnslavedPeople againstTheMygorg #8issueRun

#50YearsAgoToday @dc.com #SwampThing #24 ended the #4YearFirstRun of #LenWein & #BernieWrightson’s dynamic character with #GerryConway #NestorRedondo & Co taking over halfwayThru #appearsNext in #ChallengersOfTheUnknown before a new 1982 series & even #freakierGrowth via #AlanMoore beginning in 1983

#XMen 29 @marvelcomics.bsky.social #powerhouse #DangerRoom part 4 #KidOmega costume #neverLookedBetter + a #longOverdue #AzureFur #HankMcCoy showcase this month 💙

#JSA 19 @dc.com #TheSearchForTheSpectre! #killerCover kick-off with #BraveAndBold story build @diegoolortegui.bsky.social art just gets richer & richer 🦅

#DareDevilBornAgain #MarvelStudios #SeasonTwoFinale The Southern Cross #ooof! peaked at #penultimate I guess #season #RealWorldParallels felt mostly ham-fisted kerosene & leave it to #DisneyPlus to show #DCStudios how to do #liveAction #BatmanAndAClutchOfWonderWomen #Daredevil

#PoisonIvy 42 @dc.com #OurHeroine diggin’ #thatBigWoodenDesk & mention of #herAnimatedOtherHalf takes the cliff! #PoisonIvy60

#WonderMan 2 #WestcoastSuperAction The @marvelcomics.bsky.social Way 🕶️

#OnThisDay in 2012 #GreenLantern #SimonBaz debuted @dc.com #New52 #FCBD Special Edition #1 #comics #Muslim #Michigan-native #streetRacer & #reluctantCarThief gets a broken #hybridPowerRing via #Sinestro’s influence but sides with the Heroes & carries firearm until #Batman gets him to rethink that

#OnThisDay in 2004 #Detroit #teenager #JasonRusch debuted in @dc.com #Firestorm #comics #1 as #Firestorm II looking to escape #hisAbusiveFather who’d #lostAnArmInAnIndustrialAccident & encounters #TheFirestormMatrix while working as a #courier for #localThug later theorized an #Earth8 #DC character

#OnThisDay in 1983 #FireJade debuted in @dc.com #Amethyst #PrincessOfGemworld #comics #4 as #LadyEmerald #cursedAsAChild & further troubled when #herOldestDaughter is sacrificed to #DarkOpal she’s #poisonedByHerVizier but #offeredResurrection #dueToTheCurse if she drains #Gemworld of power

#OnThisDay in 1983 #HenryHewitt debuted in @dc.com #FuryOfFirestorm #comics #15 #HowardHughes-like #HewittIndustriesChairman #buysSenateVotesToControlUSNuclearEnergyResearch & recreates #TheFirestormIncident on #LorraineReilly as #Firehawk then later onHimself as #Tokamak wielding #PlasmaEnergyRings

#HappyBirthday #TyronePower #AmericanActor of lineage #Taurus #WWII #MarineCorpsPilot #MatineeIdol with a killer #FrenchCanadianAndGermanAncestry combo #piercingEyesAndDashingManner #NightmareAlley #TheRazorsEdge #TheMarkOfZorro #LloydsOfLondon #TheRainsCame #JesseJames #MarieAntoinette

#75YearsAgo #thisWeek @dc.com #CaptainComet debuted in #StrangeAdventures #comics #9 #AdamBlake #bornWhileACometPassedThruTheNightSky & he developes #superiorPhysicalMentalAndTelekineticPowers deemed #comicsFirstMutant & #SupermanOfPostGoldenAgePreSilverAgeComics runs til 1954 returned #50YearsAgo

#thisWeek in 1940 #CongoBill debuted in #MoreFunComics #56 #JungleExplorer traveling with #ProfessorKent along an #AfricanRiver confronted by #TheSkull & ordered to locate #lostTreasure but he escape with the loot #DonMcGuire stars in a 1948 #ColumbiaPictures #filmSerial #getsHisOwnComicSeries 1954

my all-around #FirstMondayInMay 2026 #winners #MetGala

#50YearsAgoToday #GreenLantern & #GreenArrow85 #comics #90 saw @dc.com restart the #AwardWinningAndControversialSeries that ceased publication in 1972 with #DennyONeil returning as scripter and #MikeGrell rather than #NealAdams on the art chores & in 1979 the series returns to OG #GreenLantern title

#HappyBirthday #JohnBroome #GoldenAgeAndSilverAgeSuperSciFiComicWriter #TheFlash #JusticeSocietyOfAmerica #PerDegaton #CaptainComet75 #DetectiveChimp #ThePhantomStranger #AtomicKnights #GreenLanternHalJordan #KidFlash #ElongatedMan #CaptainBoomerang #AbraKadabra #NewLookBatman

#OnThisDay in 1973 #ShiloNorman debuted in @dc.com #MisterMiracle #comics #15 #SuicideSlum #orphan & #ward to #escapeArtist #ThaddeusBrown #untilHisDeath #continuesWithBrownsSuccessor #ScottFree from #The4thWorld #NewGenesis & takes his #starTurn at the title in #GrantMorrison #SevenSoldiers series

#HappyBirthday #DennyONeil #writer #editor #stunningEarly70sComicBookResets @dc.com #WonderWoman85 #EmmaPeel-ed #JusticeLeagueOfAmerica #GreenLanternAndGreenArrow made #sociallyConscious #Superman #GreenKryptonite free #DarkKnightAdamsBatman re-introduced readers to #OriginalCaptainMarvel #TheShadow

#OnThisDay in 1962 #MissLiberty debuted in @dc.com #Tomahawk #comics #81 #BessLynn #FrontierNurse #LibertyBelle #ancestor #foughtBritishInDisguise during #RevolutionaryWar #masterEquestrianAndHandToHandCombatant #roadThruTheTitle until 1967 returns in 1978’s 16th annual #JLA #JSA #crossover

#OnThisDay in 1950 #UBan #Kizo & #Mala debuted in @dc.com #Superman #comics #65 #3Brothers #membersOfKryptonsRulingCouncil with nefarious intentions who upon discovery by #JorEl are #shotIntoSpace in a #SuspendedAnimationBubble but when #KryptonExploded #TheSphereWasDamaged & #theyFellToEarth

#OnThisDay in 1938 #Zatara #MasterMagician&his #largeEastIndianAssistant #Tong debuted in @dc.com #ActionComics #1 using #backwardsSpokenSpells to foil #TheMysteryOfTheFreightTrainRobberies orchestrated by #hisArchEnemy #TheTigress & #transformsHerGunIntoABanana also in #WorldsFinestComics till 1951

#OnThisDay in 1938 #LoisLane debuted in @dc.com #ActionComics #1 #DailyPlanetReporter #TorchyBlaine #NellieBly #JoanneCarter/Mrs #JerrySiegel-inspired #gotHerOwnComicSeries from 1958-1973 w#primeGoalToSnareSuperman but notMarried til 1996 promptedBy #LoisAndClark #TVSeries & #mom to #SupermanJonKent

#OnThisDay in 1938 #Superman #ChampionOfTheOppressed debuted in #ActionComics #1 #infant #FromKrypton raised by #TheKentsOfKansas as #theirAdoptedSon #Clark develops #superPowersUnderEarthsYellowSun salesOf #hisComicBookAdventures #TVSeries #MerchandiseAndMovies power @dc.com

#OnThisDay in 1938 @dc.com #ActionComics #1 was published #monthly #anthologyComic that introduces the soon-to-be #NumberOneComicBookSuperHero as well as #Zatara #ChuckDawson #PepMorgan #ScoopScanlon & #TexThompson in 1986 becomes #SupermanTeamUp title #ActionComicsWeekly in 1988-89 ends w 2011 #904

#CaptainAmerica 10 @marvelcomics.bsky.social current #CapComics need 4 legs to #gallop & US policy takes some fair hits but as prelude to a #AvengersArmaggedon restart I’m not seeing #TheHouseOfIdeas #entertainment value I’d hope for here

#Bizarro Year None 1 @dc.com quirky @thatkevinsmith.bsky.social script #backwardsDogmasSuperComics & rich #NickPitarra art is appropriately bizarre

because they killed off #MichaelOKeefe’s character on #AppleTV #OurFriendsAndNeighbors last night it prompted me to #finally start watching #TheGreatSantini (1979) that I DVR-ed off @tcmtv.bsky.social a few weeks back to catch his #AcademyAwardNominated performance there #veryGood

#85YearsAgoToday 2yearsBefore @Marvel #MissAmerica debuted in #MilitaryComics #1 #JoanDale #gainsTransmutationPowers #AfterFallingAsleepOnAParkBenchOnLibertyIsland #InTheShadowOfTheStatueOfLiberty acquiredBy @dc.com #RoyThomas hasHer actAs a post- #CrisisOnInfiniteEarths #GoldenAgeWonderWoman figure

#85YearsAgoToday #Blackhawk debuted in #QualityComics #MilitaryComics #1 #intrepidPolishFlyer led #InternationalFighterSquadron on #airRaidMissionsOfJustice 1950 #radioSeries 1952 #filmSerial #Marvel #AllNewXMen template & #21stCentury #Spielberg #featureFilm #flightPlan veered to #MastersOfTheAir

Happy #SuperArtMonthOfMay! Just in time for #FCBD weekend my show of canvases sponsored by #SaratogaArts #ArtInPublicPlaces is hanging at #SaratogaSpringsPublicLibrary #thisMonth #SaratogaSpringsNY