We start today with Ward Sutton whose Sutton Impact was a longtime fixture of The Village Voice. Here he illustrates a wonderfully nostalgic and yet risque look at the Caped Crusader(s) in a VV review of the recent adult video release, BatmanXXX-a Porn Parody which he finds surprisingly enjoyable.

http://www.villagevoice.com/slideshow/its-bat-porn-30167267

Here’s a whole bunch of hilarious Pot-Shot Pete episodes from the pre-Mad Harvey Kurtzman of 1952 and 1953. Kurtzman’s work flitted around the edges of mainstream comics for awhile and then he finally decided to jump in with both feet…only to discover he had to make his own path instead.

http://goldenagecomicbookstories.blogspot.com/2010/06/harvey-kurtzman-1924-1993-pot-shote.html

Here’s the first issue of Charlton’s Doomsday Plus One, an early showcase (1975) for just turned pro artist John Byrne who would soon enough make his mark spectacularly with X-Men and go on to become a popular but controversial creator.

http://www.thecharltonstory.com/2010/06/doomsday-1-no-1-july-1975.html

Cole’s Comics is still dissecting the late great Plastic Man and Playboy artist, finally reaching his second run on Quality’s Spirit knock-off, Midnight, from mid-forties issues of Smash Comics.

http://colescomics.blogspot.com/2010/06/libidinous-parrot-relentlessly-pursues.html