Panel from Darth Vader and the Lost Command #1 (January 2011), script by Haden Blackman, pencils by Rick Leonardi, inks by Daniel Green, colors by Wes Dzioba, letters by Michael Heisler
Panels from Star Wars Weekly #110 (Marvel UK; April 2, 1980), script by Chris Claremont, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Gene Day, letters by Jean Simek
For sanity's sake, I'm staying away from social media until San Diego Comic-Con is over (because long story, no time to tell it here), so in the meantime, please enjoy, from the pages of Britain's Eagle Annual, synth pop sensation Gary Numan!
"Personalities with a Plus!" from Eagle Annual 1983 [#25] (1983)
Mister Gary Numan also appears in comics in Joseph Michael Linser's Crypt of Dawn #4, which, due to the fact that I have taste, I do not own.
Cover of Crypt of Dawn #4 (June 1998), painted art by Joseph Michael Linsner
Yes, today it's the arbitrarily-decided-by-this-blog Canonical Birthday of Captain Tootsie, the sugar-soaked superhero rocketed to earth from the planet Fudge-El when all its inhabitants died of diabetes. Happy birthday, Captain Tootsie!
"Captain Tootsie and the Mysterious Plan" from World's Finest Comics #41 (July-August 1949), by C. C. Beck
Panels from Star Wars: Tag & Bink Are Dead #1 (October 2001), script by Kevin Rubio, pencils by Lucas Marangon, inks by Howard Shum, colors by Michelle Madsen, letters by Steve Dutro
I'm off social media until San Diego Comic-Con is over, so in the meantime, please enjoy, from the pages of Britain's Eagle Annual, rock sensation Freddie Mercury!
"Personalities with a Plus!" from Eagle Annual 1983 [#25] (1983)
Panels from Star Wars: Empire #35 (August 2005), script by John Jackson Miller, pencils and inks by Brian Ching, colors by Michael Atiyeh, letters by Michael David Thomas
Huh! Well, that's pretty much that, huh? That's the last we'll ever see of Captain Dennings. He won't be popping up again…
Oh, wait. Here he is.
The moral of the story? Sometimes Lord Vader changes his mind. At least, you'd better hope he does.
Panels from Star Wars #27 (1998 Dark Horse series) (February 2001), script by Doug Petrie, pencils by Randy Green, inks by Andy Owens, colors by Dave McCaig, letters by Annie Parkhouse
Panels from Star Wars (1977 Marvel series) #45 (March 1981), script by Archie Goodwin, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Gene Day, colors by Glynis Wein, letters by John Costanza