
(from The Sensational She-Hulk Graphic Novel , 1985; by John Byrne & Kim DeMulder) Yep, nothing kills the mood worse than cockroach breath. Larry Williams - You Bug Me Baby (from the Specialty Profiles collection , 2006) - Not only was Larry (no relation to Barry) Williams one of the most influential songwriters of the early days of rock and roll, he was also played a role in Little Richard becoming a born again Christian...by attempting to shoot the Georgia Peach over a drug debt. [...]

...and then there was the time when Josie McCoy was captured by a mad scientist who wanted to hack open the Pussycat's skull and make a powerful narcotic out of her gray matter... (from Josie & The Pussycats #67, February 1973) I miss those days when comics were wholesome family entertainment. The Zanies - The Mad Scientist (from a [...]

The thrills and chills continue as Mary Marvel brings a dynastic level of pain down upon the dessicated kisser of THE MAD MUMMY ... (from Marvel Family #79; January 1953) Why is he a "mad" mummy? Because he once engaged in break room pillow-talk about buying planned to buy his very own Valley of the Kings someday, and Obama's "socialist" tax plan will prevent him from doing so. He didn't have his brains picked out through his nostril [...]

Once again the ill-omened stars have aligned, bringing together the action-packed excitement of Friday Night Fights and the spine-chilling horror of Armagideon Time's Halloween Countdown! Let the chills and thrills commence! Elsa Haast is a groovy chick making the scene in the ruins of postwar Berlin. She's a waitress by profession, and her turn-ons include nighttime strolls, bladed objects, and unwitting victims. (from The Witching Hour #24, October 1972) Talking [...]
When it comes to keeping Binky's affections from straying, Peggy uses a carrot and stick approach....only minus the "carrot" part: (from Leave It To Binky #70; December 1969-January 1970) The Riff Randells - Traitor of the Heart (from Doublecross , 2007) - I suppose there is a theoretical limit to the number of femvox punk pop songs I can listen to before I sour on the [...]

Mr. Tawny never told me he had a sister.... (from Tiger Girl #1, September 1968) The Tigermen - Tiger Girl (from a 1965 single) - One 1960s obscurity deserves another, so I'm following up my tribute to a forgotten Gold Key superheroine with a garage rock rarity out of upstate New York. ( Fear his mighty roar!)

There a right way and a wrong way to woo Jonni Thunder. That would be the wrong way. Ever wonder how Moonlighting would have turned out if Maddie had a pet rabbit and power to electrocute people with her touch? Well look no further than Jonni Thunder, a.k.a. Thunderbolt #4 (August 1985; by Roy & Dann Thomas and Dick Giordano). Stilted references to Raymond Chandler's works, the cutting edge of [...]

It's friday night , cats and kittens, which means it's time for a little realpolitik action with Black Canary, Master of International Diplomacy! (from Justice League #3, July 1987; by Giffen, DeMatteis, Maguire & Gordon) Now that's what I call détente .... The Dents - Not Through with You [...]
Hold onto your golden tiaras, ladies and gents, because this installment of the Donnybrook Cosmic features a widescreen dust up between the Amazons of Paradise Island and Eviless and her Saturnic Girls. (Great garage band name, that.) It happened in the pages of Wonder Woman #28 (March-April 1948), in an epic tale best described as a Bayeux Tapestry of B&D sequences. While William Moulton Marston, Wonder Woman's creator, was never one to pass up the opportunity to depict his kink of choice in scripting the adventures [...]
Abigail Mathilda "Ma" Hunkle -- mother, shopkeeper, and the original Red Tornado -- takes the good fight straight to the Reichsfurher's mustachioed kisser: (from All-American Comics #40, July 1942; by Sheldon Mayer) Power rings, gravity rods, and magic lassos? Bah! I'd take a soup pot, a strong right hook, and a mismatched set of longjohns over such frivolities any day. Bless ya, Ma Hunkle. If the high muckety-mucks at DC are as [...]

It's pandemonium in the pool hall as Sun Girl (a late 1940's Timely comics heroine and occasional sidekick to the original Human Torch) picks her shots wisely and sinks a couple of hoods like a true shark. (from Sun Girl #1, August 1948) Orbital - The Girl with the Sun in Her Head (from In Sides , 1996) - Get yer ecologically-friendly rave on. [...]
Here's a little extra sand and surf greatness, as the reigning Queen of the Beach, Valerie Brown, schools some fools on the finer points of etiquette... (from Josie & The Pussycats #106, October 1982) Donna Loren - Muscle Bustle (from Surf & Drag, Vol. 1 , 1989) - The rambunctious side of girl pop, as featured in Muscle Beach Party [...]

(from Vampire Tales #3, February 1974; by Gerry Conway & Esteban Maroto) Unlike her dear old dad, Satana (a.k.a. "The Devil's Daughter") doesn't have a problem indulging in the occasional vulgar display of power. Elvis Presley - (You're the) Devil in Disguise (from a 1963 single ) - In the Name of our King Elvis Aaron Presley! It is he who commands you! It is he who carried you from the depths of Hell to the gates of Heaven with his powerful voice and some killer tempo changes! [...]