#silver showcase

[coffmakovski]

I love drawing him like this

[zegalba]

Chrome Hearts Magazine Catalog (1999)

[suntails]

small world

[donkoogrr]

Wow, I really like that old Batman storyline where a beloved member of the family is killed and everyone is devastated, only for the guy to come back from the dead and return to Gotham, blaming Batman and Robin for his death.

I'm so glad they cured him of his induced psychosis and he rejoined the family with only the occasional relapse into supervillainy.

What? Red Hood who? No, I'm talking about Alfred Pennyworth.

Imagine if, when Bruce figured out that Jason was alive and probably the Red Hood, he put on his Matches Malone fit and started spreading rumors.

"Hood? Aw, yeah, that's The Outsider's grandson. Yeah, him, he retired ages ago. He was a legend, though, right? Really gave the Bats a poundin'. Hey, Outsider's worried about his grandkid, though; thinks there might be someone else pulling the strings, yeah? Kid went missing for awhile, showed back up with all this money, all this tech. The family's worried. Outsider would pay for information. Gotham's gotta protect her own, right? And no one wants ol' Outsider to come outta retirement..."

Jason would be so??? Confused??? And upset??? That the older goons are starting to mention that he should talk to his grandfather??? That they keep mentioning him with hushed tones and respectful whispers? Alfie's worth it, of course, but why do they think he has anything to do with a vanished villain like Outsider?

[rayroseu]

the two princes that are blessed with beauty... 😭🙏✨💚🤍

[britishchick09]

palais garnier's grand staircase all dressed up for its 150th anniversary! :D

[mothiepixie]

Super quick warm-up of concept design of Passive Nightmare

[chernobog13]

SHOWCASE (vol. 1) #43 (April, 1963). Cover by Bob Brown.

This issue marked the first American comic book appearance of James Bond. This was a loose adaptation of Dr. Who (1962), 007's big screen debut. Bond's first live action appearance was in an American TV adaptation of Casino Royale in 1954.

The comic itself was a reprint of the British version of Classics Illustrated, published the previous year when the film was released.

The writer is listed as Ian Fleming, but I sincerely doubt he wrote the comic book script, as it is based on the film script and not his original novel.

The art is by Norman Nodel, who just replicated stills from the film.

Unfortunately, in addition to keeping the film's racist attitudes towards the black Jamaican characters, the comic goes one step further and depicts all black characters as white.

Astoundingly, DC Comics held the comic book license for James Bond for ten years (!!!!!), but did nothing with it. I'm pretty sure, at the height of Bond/spy mania in the mid-1960s, if the company had published a Bond comic pencilled by a five year-old it still would've made them a ton of money.

The story goes that DC didn't notice it still had the Bond license until it was about to expire in 1972, when the license was about to expire. The idea of a Bond comic by Jack Kirby or Alex Toth (each an excellent choice, for different reasons) was suggested, but the company decided against going that route.

[kekwcomics]

SHOWCASE #18 (DC, 1956)

Art: Gil Kane, Joe Giella, Ira Schnapp

[biscuit-and-jam]

yes Galactus, we see the herald

[livsoulsecrets]

Showcase #30

alexa, play "a single mom who works two jobs who loves her kids and never stopssss"

[coffmakovski]

Silver w wings pls

[zegalba]

Chrome Hearts Magazine Jewelry Catalog (2004)

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

STEVE DITKO'S WACKIEST CREATION? -- HIT COMICS NEWSSTANDS ON THIS DAY 57 YEARS AGO.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on a DC house advertisements for "Showcase" Vol. 1 #73, published early 1968, featuring the origin of the Creeper; First appearance of Professor Yatz.

PIC #2: Spotlight on cover art to "Showcase" Vol. 1 #73["Beware the Creeper!: "The Coming of the Creeper"]. March, 1968. Cover art by Steve Ditko.

Sources: https://forum.sanctuary.fr/t/page-s-de-pub/185608/225?page=9 & GoCollect.

[thegivenchythree]

Schiaparelli s/s 2024

[speeding-fox]

If Silver was in Sonic Unleashed

A few people liked my silly Sonic Movie 4 theory, so here's another one of if Silver had shown up in Sonic Unleashed, though this is more of a hypothetical scenario than a theory. Once again under cut because it's too long.

Silver would come from a future where Dark Gaia won, the planet was split apart, eternal darkness reigned, and Dark Gaia monsters roamed, so of course he would travel back to the past to try and stop this future from happening.

He'd land in Spagonia at nighttime just after the planet split apart. When he goes to try getting more information at Spagonia University, he finds it trashed and the lead professor missing (the assistant wasn't around to tell Silver what happened by the time he arrived). Dark Gaia monsters soon show up and start terrorizing the city, so Silver takes it upon himself to protect the people from these monsters.

He asked around and got a lead on the professor's whereabouts, but had no clue how to get to Mazuri without exhausting his powers, so Silver became the impromptu guardian of Spagonia for the time being as Sonic does his own thing.

Later, when Sonic first arrives at Spagonia, a kid tips Sonic off that Silver is in the area, though they described him as a hero with shining fur and cool psychic powers that shows up to protect the people when monsters of the night attack, and seemed to really admire him. Despite this, Silver isn’t anywhere to be seen (likely is sleeping somewhere hidden).

Even later, when Sonic shows back up to Spagonia at night, the same kid tells him that the hero went off on his own after getting told that strong monsters showed up somewhere, and asks him to go look for him to make sure he's alright. This mission leads Sonic to Silver, who has already taken care of the monsters by the time he got to him. Silver mistakes Sonic for another Dark Gaia monster and attacks him, not believing Sonic when he says he's not one of them. He had to defeat him to get him to listen.

Once Silver was more willing to listen, he asks Sonic what the heck happened to him (after remarking he's gotten much fluffier from when he last saw him), and Sonic gets him up to speed on everything that happened (after Chip offers Silver some chocolate) up to this point. When returning to the main hub, that same kid shows up and is glad to see his hero is okay. The kid gets disappointed when Silver tells them he has leave to help out Sonic with the whole Dark Gaia situation, but promises to stop by once everything's settled.

Silver would be lending his assistance by tracking down the exact locations of the rest of the Gaia Temples and help out Sonic whenever he gets in a jam. During breather periods, he takes the time to learn about each countries' culture and sampling their various foods, as well as taking in the sights. Taking in these various cultures further fueled his resolve to save his future from eternal darkness.

When the team get to Shamar, Silver goes off on his own to find the Gaia Temple, but hasn't returned by nightfall. Sonic and Chip go searching for him. They do eventually find him, but he attacks them, under the reason that Dark Gaia getting unleashed was caused by Sonic and it was all his fault. Turns out he somehow got corrupted by Dark Gaia's influence. When Chip goes to purify him, he knocks the camera away, making Chip go find it, and leaving Sonic to deal with Silver.

Silver was tougher to deal with a second time, but Sonic managed to distract then subdue him long enough for Chip to find the camera and purify him. Once the monster that was influencing him is taken out and he recovers from a daze, he reveals he got ambushed and knocked out from behind, likely from Eggman's robots, but doesn't recall anything past that. He does apologize when told of what he did, but Sonic tells him it's all good and to not worry about it.

When finally at Eggmanland, Silver would split up from Sonic and Chip to cover more ground on finding the last Gaia Temple. Silver wouldn't reunite with them until after the defeat of the Egg Dragoon, apologizing for being late to the party.

When Dark Gaia finally reveals itself, Silver isn’t fazed since he fought monsters like this before. Even when Sonic got weakened, he wasn't going to give up, but he admittedly didn't know what to do, and yelled at Chip that they have to figure something out quickly.

At that point, Chip summons the Gaia Temples to them and forms the Gaia Colossus, and Sonic recovers shortly after. The boss fight goes as normal, with Sonic and Silver taking turns taking out Dark Gaia's eyes before working together to take out the third and final one.

When Dark Gaia becomes Perfect Dark Gaia, both Hedgehogs go Super, and the final battle commences. Sonic and Silver work together to take out the forcefield while Gaia Colossus keeps Perfect Dark Gaia distracted, with Silver occasionally using any floating debris within the forcefield to attack Perfect Dark Gaia with to briefly distract it from Sonic and Chip.

When the forcefield eventually goes down, Perfect Dark Gaia grabs the Gaia Colossus and prepares to fire its strong laser attack. Sonic and Silver worked together to free the Gaia Colossus before it was too late. Chip did get free, but Perfect Dark Gaia still got to fire off its laser attack, Chip pulled through and punched the thing, leaving it dazed and open for Sonic and Silver to deal the final blow.

Silver gives Sonic a boost by launching him right at the main eye, then the fight is won.

The ending doesn't change much. Once Sonic and Silver take in the sunrise, Sonic thanks Silver for his help and says he'll see him later, and Silver wishes Sonic good luck and says he'll see him in the near future before the two part ways.

When Silver eventually returns to his timeline, no longer is it shrouded in darkness and despair, it's filled with light and hope, and the planet is in one piece. He looks up to the blue sky and smiles. The future is looking bright.

At least for now.