SMASHED PAGES: Comics in the Past Tense

A Tumblr dedicated to reblogging the pieces of comic's past that made it great. Or not; they can't all be winners.

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The Question #1 ‘The Bad News’ (1986) by Denny O'Neil, Denys Cowan, Rick Magyar and Tatjana Wood. Edited by Mike Gold. Cover by Bill Sienkiewicz.

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Cover of the Day: Man-Thing #8 (January, 1981) Art by Bob Wiacek

[themarvelproject]

Marvel house ad for The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones from Marvel Age #7 (1983) featuring art by Howard Chaykin and Terry Austin remastered by Marvel for the Marvel Age Omnibus Vol. 1 (2023)

[thebestcomicbookpanels]

George Pérez The New Teen Titans #47

Once Upon a Time Pin-Up, Original Art (DC, 1988)

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Y The Last Man #1 by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra debuted on this day in 2002, introducing us to Yorick and Ampersand!

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Happy Y the Last Man Day!

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Happy birthday to Jeffrey Brown!

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Celebrating Jeffrey Brown on his birthday!

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Happy birthday to Hermann!

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Celebrating Hermann on his birthday!

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Happy birthday to Brian K. Vaughan!

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Celebrating Brian K. Vaughan on his birthday!

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1984's Manhunter Special Vol.1 #1 cover by artist Walt Simonson (a reprint of the 1970 back-up series from Detective Comics #437-443).

[stone-cold-groove]

Ad for Marvel Comics Group swag from The Incredible Hulk #102 - April 1968.

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1986's Man of Steel Vol.1 #1 cover by John Byrne and Dick Giordano. Source Source Source Source Source Source

On Sale Date: July 10, 1986

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Nightcrawler #3 (Cockrum, Jan 1986). The next stop on Kurt’s interdimensional adventure is the land of Kitty’s fairy tale. Kooky!

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Daddy Bamf

[kekwcomics]

WEIRD MYSTERY TALES (DC, 1974)

Art: Luis Dominguez

[nocontextspiderman]

Ultimate Spider-Man #80 (2005)

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Happy birthday to Tom King!

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Happy birthday to Kelly Sue DeConnick!

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Don Heck “Iron Man is Born!” Tales of Suspense #39 title splash Iron Man First Appearance (1963) Source

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Just sold for $3.875M!