Friday Night Fights--Saved By The Bell Style!!

For this section of Friday Night Fights, we must end the fight with an onomatopoeia.

But sometimes, the onomatopoeia that ends the fight is not the onomatopoeia of the last punch.

The Kingpin's wife, Vanessa, has given him 24 hours to completely disconnect himself from his criminal life, or she won't take him back.

Well, he does that, but there's one task left:

Kill Spider-Man!!  

(Sure, Spidey has a broken arm, but if it's your last day as a criminal, you're not gonna fight honorably, right?)

So the fight go on for (literally) 6 hours!!

Lots of chasing (and onomatopoeia) ensues:

But eventually...

But wait--I said it wasn't the onomatopoeia of the last punch which ended the fight!! So what did?

BONG! BONG! BONG!

Spacebooger wonders why no one has come out with a deluxe treasury edition depicting all 6 hours of the battle...

Spider-Man is literally saved by the bell in Amazing Spider-man #197 (1979), by Marv Wolfman, Keith Pollard and Jim Mooney

Now is the time for you to go and vote for my fight. Why? Because i haven't won recently, and I'm starting to get itchy!! So go and vote!!

Ape Wake-Up Call!

Because some mornings...

...you just need to see Neal Adams draw a talking, shooting gorilla.

You're welcome.

From Kamandi Challenge #2 (2017)

Lana Lang Invents The Internet Comment Forum!!

On Earth-2, Lana Lang has come to The Daily Star looking for a job as...

[Reminder--the Mr & Mrs. Superman series was set in the 1950s...]

Well, that's innovative!

And so...

Gee, I dunno...it still seems better than The Big Bang Theory.

But it's enough for Lana to bring out the poison pen:

Oh, Lana...

So of course, the writer tries to kill Lana with a device he bought from Luthor.

Hey, being a critic can be a tough job in a universe with super-villains!!

From Superman Family #203 (1980)

Why We're Lucky Batman Vs Superman Didn't Take Place On Earth-2!!

It's easy to forget some of the subtle differences between the Superman of Earth-1 and the Superman of Earth-2. One easy example: Earth-2's is named Kal-L, not Kal-El.

Here's another one most people have forgotten, as Clark Kent-2 has his first meeting with Lana Lang-2:

Wait, wait wait--what was that editor's note again, Julie?

Flash forward a few years, as Batman stands over a prone Kal-L with a kryptonite spear.

BATMAN: You were never a god. You were never even a man.

SUPERMAN: You're letting them kill Mary!!

BATMAN: Sorry, I don't know anyone by that name.

He plunges the spear into Superman's chest, killing him. 

THE END.

See? The ridiculous coincidence of their mothers having the same first name was a great plot point, and the only thing that stopped Batman from straight up murdering Superman (not to mention the brilliant screenwriting that set it up so that coincidence works if and only if Superman says "Save Martha" instead "Save my mom" or such...).

Too bad about Earth-2 getting wiped out by Doomsday, though...

From Superman Family #203 (1980)

Bold Fashion Choices--Accept No Silver-Coated Substitutes!

I know that I am a lone voice in the wilderness on this...

...but Captain Atom's pre-Crisis uniform was the best. Period.

Yes, I'm crazy.

From DC Comics Presents #90 (1986)

Golden Age Idol--The Flag!!

Many a hero has clad themselves in the colors of our nation.

But few went as far to tie themselves to the flag as...The Flag!!

It begins thusly:

Just in case the reader hasn't been able to follow the litany of coincidences over the first page and a half, we get a convenient summary:

Oh, wait, and John has a nickname, too:

So, a crippled veteran flag maker known as "Old Glory" finds a baby with a flag-shaped birthmark on Flag Day. I sense a theme emerging...

Well, John names the baby Jim, and raises him to be as patriotic as all hell. And on Jim's 18th birthday:

And now, the greatest Golden Age Idol panel ever!!

Man, when Washington and Lincoln are recruiting you, you had best listen!!

Uh, fight Nazis. Duh.

Jim wakes up, and no, it wasn't all a dream.

His flagmaker father makes him...a flag costume. Kinda inevitable, right?

Can't say I'm crazy about that sash tied around his waist--why give enemies something to grab onto?

Otherwise, there was nothing too original or exciting about the Flag's adventures--fighting German spies and saboteurs and Nazi sneak attacks...

Well, wait. There was one interesting wrinkle--Jim could apparently give his powers to anyone who touched his birthmark!

Get a room, you two!!

There are some intriguing story possibilities there. What if someone refuses to give the powers back? What if an enemy touches his birthmark? What happen when he and a companion are in bed? What if gets a wound that mars the birthmark? Sadly, these were never explored, as the Flag only made 5 appearances.

Oh, and when called upon, the Flag could do skywriting, as in this story when he was trying to keep a Nazi cut-out from stealing an election:

Where the hell were you last November, Flag?!?

From Our Flag Comics #2 (1941) & #4 (1942)