Some wonderful old airplane art from the great Russ Heath highlights this STEVE SAVAGE, BALLOON BUSTER story from mid-sixties DC. I remember seeing ads for this series but this story today was the first I ever read and it’s pretty good!

http://www.comicbookwar.com/2009/12/all-american-men-of-war-circle-of-death.html

Once the Comics Code allowed vampires again, Marvel created a tragic anti-hero vampire named MORBIUS THE LIVING VAMPIRE first as an antagonist for Spider-Man. He got his own series in ADVENTURE INTO FEAR and here’s one installment as written by the ever-quirky Steve Gerber and drawn by P. Craig Russell (with an obvious splash page paste-up by John Romita). For other Morbius stories check the blog proper.

http://swords-and-veeblefetzers.blogspot.com/2009/12/adventure-into-fear-23.html

For more info on Morbius and other Marvel monsters, check out THE MARVEL COMICS HORROR ARCHIVE for a massive checklist including creator credits and reprint info.

http://michaelsidney.thehoskincentre.com/horror00.html

Here’s the legendary, incendiary NATIONAL LAMPOON parody of MAD MAGAZINE. Art for the piece comes from John Romita, Ernie Colon, Alan Weiss and even MAD’s own Joe Orlando! Ralph Reese contributes also, including the piece seen here which parodies the parodies of his mentor Wally Wood and Will Elder in a parody of Al Jaffee. Print it out and fold it.

http://johnglenntaylor.blogspot.com/2009/12/what-me-funny.html