Peoples of the Solar System: Mars, Part the First

Hello again, and welcome to our next stop on our xenanthropologic tour of the Solar System: scenic Mars, home to more varieties of sentient life than any other world in the known universe. We'll be stopping here for quite some time, and rest assured: we will be returning.

As always, click to embiggen or you will miss all of the jokes. PLEASE READ THE JOKES.

EDIT: You might ask where the Greater Martian Skeptic might be found, since there is no handy line pointing out their homeland. Sadly, the Skeptics of Mars have been driven from their homes by members of more credulous and short-tempered species from adjoining regions. Please donate to the Skeptical Relief Fund today.

LAST MINUTE HALLOWEEN WARNING

Cancel the holiday trickery if you're going anywhere near the DCU, just in case.

That Spectre fellow is trouble.

Halloween: a Surprisingly Civil Bat-Night

No matter how grumpy he is the rest of the live-long year, ol' Batman sure does mellow come Halloween:  

Why? Who knows! May be he enjoys the chance to walk the streets without too many hassles, or appreciates the relative scarcity of Zorro costumes as compared to Batman ones. Maybe he just enjoys mini Snickers bars.

 

Actually, I just developed a theory that he relishes the compliments that he gets on his costume. As someone who wears his outfit all year round and mostly associates with very rude felons, I'll bet that it's pretty danged refreshing to hear something positive once in a while.

Happy Halloween, folks!

Even though everyone celebrated on the weekend!

Excellent Lines: Vigilante Auditions a New Battle Cry

I don't think that he kept using this one, which is a shame. "World's Most Polite Crimefighter" is a title you're not going to have to defend very often.

- excellently uttered in Action Comics No. 57

Peoples of the Solar System: Venus, Part 2

My relentless assault on comparative anthropology continues with a second look at Venus - and it's none of those wishy-washy undersea aliens this time, no sir. Land-dwellers only.

 

As per standard Solar protocol, this small image is actually a cunningly-disguised link to a larger version of itself. 

The Unfunnies: Cap's Hobby Center

Cap's Hobby Center/Cap's Hobby Hints was a strip that appeared in 60s DC books at least as often as, say, Chief Hot Foot or Peg. You're unlikely to see it show up here very often, though, as most instalments were more concerned with passing on tips about how to paint model airplane wings than telling terrible jokes. Every once in a while, however, whoever was writing Cap took a shot at being funny. They did not succeed.

I looked really hard for a punchline here, you guys. I checked subsequent pages just in case it was a two-parter; I reread it two or three times; I showed it to my own dog. Nothing. I am forced to conclude that this is the most terrible attempt at humour that I have ever encountered.

- from Lois Lane No. 62

BONUS LIST OF POSSIBLE MORALS TO THIS STORY

Dogs Are Wusses

The Children of Today Are Negligent Model-maniacs

Kids: If Anyone You Love Expresses Interest in Something Other Than You, Leave Immediately

The Time is Ripe to Start Marketing Models for Dogs

Engaging in Frivolous Activity Will Cost You Everything You Hold Dear

Discard Inefficient Biological Sources of Joy: THE AGE OF PLASTICS IS AT HAND

A Dog Holding a Bindle is Not as Funny as You Might Think it is.