Chuck Brouillette

#60YearsAgoToday #Spellbinder debuted in @DC.com #DetectiveComics #358 #painter #DelbertBillings develops #opiticalIllusions & #hypnoticWeapons to master a crime spree before #Batman #seesThruHim & #ADecadeLater #Superman takesHimDown while revealing #ClarkKent’s #hypnotic #Kryptonian lense #glasses

#60YearsAgoToday #Spellbinder debuted in @DC.com #DetectiveComics #358 #painter #DelbertBillings develops #opiticalIllusions & #hypnoticWeapons to master a crimeSpree before #Batman sees thru him #ADecadeLater #Superman takes him down while revealing #ClarkKent’s #hypnotic #Kryptonian lense #glasses

#AbsoluteBatman 24 @dc.com tick tock mostly commendable tho fumbly a bit near the wrap up & #AbsoluteOrdinanceBatgirl makes her debut here in this year of #BarbaraGordonBatgirl60

#Superman Father of Tomorrow 5 .. #lookAtThatCover 🤣 #AllIn #ElseWorlds @dc.com #comics straight up low-key doing #MarvelStudios #bigDecemberSuperHeroMovie 🤣 + #penultimate chapter debuts #CarelessJorEl 😞

#OnThisDay in 1979 #MasterJailer debuted in @dc.com #Superman #comics #331 #Smallville putz #CarlDraper had eyes for #LanaLang but she only saw #Superboy & after a #completeMakeover he figured a career as a #VillainousSuperEncarcerator was #theKeyToHerHeart but #Superman continually #crackedHisLocks

#OnThisDay in 1972 #ChristopherChance debuted as #TheHumanTarget II @dc.com #ActionComics #419 2nd iteration of 1953 #BatmanComics concept #toDrawOutTheirAntagonist #PrivateInvestigator #assumesTheIdentityOfHisClient via #disguise #targeted3timesForLiveAction #RickSpringfield #MarkValley #WilTraval

#onThisDay in 1972 for 1st time since 1939 @DC.com #AdventureComics #425 returned to its original #anthology theme featuring #nonCostumedAdventurers after #Supergirl leaves as #theStarringFeature to debut in #herOwnComicSeries #editor #JoeOrlando hosts tales by #AlexToth #GilKane #AlexNiño

#OnThisDay in 1972 #CaptainFear debuted in @dc.com #AdventureComics #425 #Fero #19thCentury #nativeCaribbean captured & slaved in #ASpanishRaid escapes by stealing a #galleon after it’s wrecked in storm he’s pickedUp by #shipFromTheOrient tormentedByTheCrew butChallenges & #beatsTheCaptainForCommand

#65YearsAgoToday #movieStar #Clayface II debuted in @dc.com #DetectiveComics #298 #treasureHunter #MattHagen immerses hiimself in #hiddenRadioactivePool & transforms into #aClayLikeBeing who #canMoldHisBodyIntoAnyShape forms an elusive #criminal career battling #Batman but later a #Crisis casualty

#Doomquest 5 @marvelcomics.bsky.social #Excelsior! #RDJ nearly got us a #DoomReedKiss 😵 #recordedMarvelSuperHeroesHistory gets dapped delightfully here .. lush Mobili art carries weight

#OnThisDay in 1984 @dc.com #AllStarSquadron #comics #41 revealed the #SecretOrigin of #Starman #forTheFirstTime explaining that #TedKnight inspired by the #costumedHeroes of #GothamCity acquired his #GravityRod from #hisCousin #SandraKnight #PhantomLady to begin his careen as #Starman85

#OnThisDay in 1984 #Onyx debuted in @DC.com #DetectiveComics #546 #martialArtist & trained killer #OnyxAdams gives up #TheLeagueOfAssassins life at #TheSameAshram that #OliverQueen joined after #heAccidentallyKilledAFoe in 1972 & #GreenArrow85 helps her avenge #TheMurderOfTheMonasterysMaster

#OnThisDay in 1979 #Starman IV debuted in @dc.com #AdventureComics #467 #SteveDitko’s spoiled #ThroneWorld #PrinceGavyn discovers his #mutant #powerToSurviveInSpace #shootEnergyBlasts & acts as #PlanetsMaskedProtector untilTakingTheThrone laterSortOf #MarVell-by #JimStarlin & his Crisis death zaps V

#OnThisDay in 1978 #AirWave II debuted in @dc.com #GreenLanternGreenArrow #comics #100 #teenager #HalJordan #TheOriginalAirWave’s son introduces himself to #hisDadsCousin #GreenLanternHalJordan as having taken over his father’s #policeRadioInformedCrimeFightingCareer with new #energyPowers added

#85YearsAgoToday #Starman & #DrMidNite (who replaces #GreenLantern) joined #TheJusticeSocietyOfAmerica in @DC.com #AllStarComics #8 when #DrElba creates a virus that he employs to drive witnesses in criminal cases mad but Mid-Nite crafts a cure & a 1983 adventure reveals #Brainwave’s involvement

#85YearsAgoToday #WonderWoman debuted in @DC.com #AllStarComics #8 #ComicsNumberOneSuperHeroine conceived by #AManOfLetters who believed #LoveIsTheAnswer & #ThePowerOfWomen but stripped of her #AmericanFlagUnderWear in 1968 but #GloriaSteinham #gotThemBack4yearsLater tho #thrFeatureFilm removedAgain

#85YearsAgoToday #Hippolyta #QueenOfTheAmazons #mother to #WonderWoman debuted in @dc.com #AllStarComics #8 hosting a tournament among her #amazons to select a champion to escort #SteveTrevor back to America and crafting the costume her daughter will wear in that role as the winner #WonderWoman85

#85YearsAgoToday #Hercules debuted in #AllStarComics #8 tricks #Hippolyta to give up #HerMagicGirdle & bests #TheAmazons untilTheyResecure it #publicDomain #LionOfOlympus popsUp cockSure @marvelcomics.bsky.social 1965 strong Gill/Glanzman 1967 #CharltonComics run & back @dc.com #HerculesUnbound 1975

#AbsoluteFlash 19 @dc.com #AbsoluteWallyWest has to work on his press skills & #oldSchool #postCrisis #WallyWestTheFlash #rogue revisionism gets a #shoutout via #AbsoluteAbraKadabra ⚡️ #BarryAllenTheFlash70 + something much smaller but also much bigger!!

#85YearsAgoToday #ThePenguin debuted in @dc.com #DetectiveComics #58 #OswaldChesterfieldCobblepot #TheBumbershootBandit #KoolCigarettes-inspired fowl #BatmanFoil & #classConsciousThief withAn #AvianHangUp & laid #4liveActionFabergéEggs via #BurgessMeredith #DannyDeVito #RobinLordTaylor #ColinFarrell

#AbsoluteWonderWoman 24 @dc.com .. #AbsoluteSteveTrevor’s sorta a himbo 🤔 #WonderWoman85

#TheFlash 27 @DC.com lotta roadblocks and dog paddling this whacked out plot til the 3 page punch .. so #OurHero thought Tom King was f’ing with him? 😳🤣

#XMenUnited 8 @marvelcomics.bsky.social oof! part one showed promise 😳

#GreenLantern 39 @DC.com blunt #MajorForce trauma gets #KyleRayner’s #BrightestDay treatment #holdTheMayo

#OnThisDay in 1964 #Brainstorm debuted in @dc.com #JusticeLeagueOfAmerica #comics #32 #inventor who finds #hisIdeasAreMadeMightier by #stellarEnergy & #constructsAHelmetToMagnifyHisThoughts & blames #GreenLantern for his brother’s death until #TheJLA explain #itWasHisPowersThatTeleportedHim

#VisionQuest Malware season goes full #TheBlackList for the 1/2 way mark & #DisneyPlus at its most #Pinnochio fetishist embracing two #LessThanZero leads as official #MarvelStudios #liveAction #AListSuperVillains

#HappyBirthday #PaulLevitz @dc.com #writer #editor #president #TheComicReader #Aquaman #DeathOfAquababy #TheJusticeSociety #DeathOfBatman #LegionOfSuperHeroes #weddingOfSaturnGirlAndLightningLad #EarthWar #GreatDarknessSaga co-created #Stalker #TheHuntress #LucienTheLibrarian

#VisionQuest Reboot #DisneyPlus most #Ghosts-like episode & I’m surprised the recent #pressRelease barrage for #MichaelDouglas #autobiography didn’t include the claim that #MarvelStudios rewrit canon with #IronMan creating #TheVision instead of #HankPym because he said so 🤔🤣

#HappyBirthday #EdmondHamilton #scienceFiction #comicBook #writer #WeirdTales #Superman #Batman #LegionOfSuperHeroes co-created #ChrisKL99 #Batwoman70 #SpaceRanger #TheLastDaysOfSuperman #TheLegionOfSubstituteHeroes #TimeTrapper #TimberWolf #TheClashOfCapeAndCowl #BatmanSlapsRobin

#55YearsAgoToday #JohnStewart debuted in @DC.com #GreenLantern #comics #87 #architect selected by #TheGuardiansOfTheUniverse #toTakeOverAsAlternateGreenLantern for #HalJordan when #GuyGardner is injured & while training solves case of #aSenatorStagingAFalseShooting #toPromptRacialTension

#OnThisDay in 1942 #TheDukeOfDeception debuted in @DC.com #WonderWoman #comics #2 #minorDeity that #Mars employs to toment #WorldWarII helps #DrPsycho bedevil #TheAmazonPrincess85 & runs #TheLieFactory on #ThePlanetMars #usingSpiritsAndSlavesToWhisperDeceptionsToInnocents #MilkHisMedium in 2022

#WonderWoman 38 @dc.com #WonderWar tumble feeling thin in its final act so of course there’s #thatFinalPage #Happy85thBirthdayWeekWonderWoman!

#AvengersArmegeddon 5 @marvelcomics.bsky.social #EarthsMightiestHeroes reset lifts #MickAnglo #legacy with an after the bomb drop lull for a stretch before going OG dot gov for #theFinale #nuffSaid!

#SupermanUnlimited 18 @dc.com Slott doing some post #DCKO heavy lifting & Schott’s CV is #onTheLevel #AllIn #SuperDadAndLad #comics show promise

#OnThisDay in 1960 #CaptainBoomerang debuted in @dc.com #TheFlash #comics #117 #aussie #DiggerHarkness hired by an #AmericanToyCompany as #productMascot w #naturalSkillWithBoomerangs #turnsToCrime & #usesWilyMethods toThrow #TheFlash70 OffHisTrail i.e #victimOfMistakenIdentity #crooksPosingAsParents

#TheDevils (1971) @warnerbrospictures.bsky.social #productionDesign hysteria may have you #speakingInTongues #OliverReed #stunning as #theOriginal #hotPriest

#onThisDay in 1959 #KidFlash debuted in @dc.com #TheFlashComics #110 #WallyWest #IrisWestsNephew on a visit to o #BarryAllen70 his aunt’s fiancé & #struckByTheSameLightningStrikeLabAccident that gave Barry his #SuperSpeedPowers & acts as his #sidekick & #tookOverAsFlash after #CrisisOnInfiniteEarths

#onThisDay in 1959 #WeatherWizard debuted in @dc.com #TheFlash #comics #110 billed as #newFlashRogue who #tamedTheAtmosphereAndMadeItSitUpAndDoTricks #MarkMardon #breaksJail & fleesToHisBrothersHouse but findsHimDead along with #ADeviceThatControlsTheWeather & #craftsAWeatherWand for his #crimeReign

#HappyBirthday #NickCardy #comicArtist #LadyLuck #TarzanComicStrip #GangBusters #Tomahawk #Aquaman85 #TheTeenTitans co-created #BatLash #Lilith #MalDuncan @dc.com #CoverArtist #60sAnd70sGoodness #goldStandard #fewCouldConveyAsMuchHeartAsHeCouldInComics #usingJustLineAndShape

#50YearsAgoToday in #Shazam! #comics #27 #QualityComics #KidEternity #madeHisOfficialDebut @dc.com when #TheRomanGod #Mercury sends him to #Philadelphia to help #TheOriginalCaptainMarvel defeat #DrSivana who has summoned #villainsFromThroughoutHistory to sabotage #TheLibertyBell

#50YearsAgoToday #PulsarStargrave debuted in @dc.com #SuperboyAndTheLegionOfSuperHeroes #comics #223 #Colu #scientist & pre #Dazzler #disco-era #StellarEnergyLightShowman who claimed to be both #Brainiac4 & #TheOriginalBrainiac escaping from #Superman in 20thCentury #MatterEaterLad munched his nose

#DetectiveComics 1113 @dc.com #TheImmortalManVsTheDarkKnight! that #JeffSpokes art makes #OurHero dance with style and dash

#Batwoman 7 @dc.com #AllInKateKane diving headfirst into a #BatmanFamilyComics #crossover with terrific #DaNi art tick-tock .. warms the cockles of your bat-heart ❤️🧡💜💚💛

#WorldsFinest 55 #DCComics #TheDemonsHead’s got 4 horses! no subtlety in the #Crisis scale jump here 🤣 art struggles to deliver .. #again .. the title is ‘World’s Finest’ #comics 😞

oof! #thanks #HBO for #TheSwimmingPool (1969) #AlainDelon #RomySchneider #JaneBirkin 🫠 #MichelLegrand score #BeautifulGodsAndTheirGames

#Titans 39 @dc.com #TheAmazonsOfTheAmazon #strikeOre in #TheDCU while #DickGraysonAndHisSuperFriends cash in on a #BronzeAgeDCU chestnut .. the two art styles send different messages but the Basri art is quite elegant at times

#HappyBirthday #writer #JerrySiegel #TeenagerFromCleveland after 1st conceiving a malevolent #LexLuthor-like precursor coCreated #comicsNumberOneSuperHero @dc.com #Superman also #SlamBradley #DoctorOccult #TheSpectre #StarSpangledKid #BouncingBoy #Brainiac5 #ChameleonBoy #PhantomGirl #MatterEaterLad

#VisionQuest & #MarvelStudios are potentially leaving #theirFunniestBit on the table if they don’t play off the fact that #MarveComics #ScarletSynthezoid is co-starring here with his #Speed-y son who apparently has #hisUncle #Quicksilver (not #TheVision’s biggest fan)‘s superpowers🤣

#OnThisDay in 1958 #MoonMan debuted in @dc.com #WorldsFinestComics #98 #AstronautRogers pilots #theFirstMannedSpaceCraftToCircumnavigateTheMoon when #SupermanHurlsHisShipOnItsCourse but it passes thru #AStrangeCosmicCloud & he returns as #aMalevolentSuperPoweredBeing #whenBathedInMoonlight

#AbsoluteGreenArrow 5 @dc.com #AbsoluteOliverQueenComics overcommit to #TheArrowVerse 😞 #BigReveal #aboutAsOverheatedAsItGets ‘cause no comics can pontificate on #socialInjustice like #DarkseidsGreenArrowComics can w #noRoomForFun .. again #Darkseid’s fault! 🤣 #GreenArrow85