The Two-Hundred-Twentieth Greatest Panel in the History of Comics

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Dear lord, is that thing horrible. Is it any wonder so many children are terrified of the Easter Bunny?

Christmas with Robin!

It's Christmastime here at the castle, which makes it the perfect time to talk about the first appearance of Robin, the Boy Wonder, for reasons which are so obvious that I needn't bother mentioning them. Or making them up, in point of fact.

That's a bold way to advertise a new character on the cover of a comic. The most important find of the entire year? Isn't his also the year that Flash Comics were first published? And maybe it's a little pedantic, but how do you classify something you created as a 'find'? I suppose the idea was 'found' in the sense that someone pitched him to an editor and the editor said yes, but that's something of a stretch.

The Two-Hundred-Nineteenth Greatest Panel in the History of Comics

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"Look out - that cloud's got a gun!"

If you're wondering why the Golden Age was wonderful, the answer is that statement right there. Which could happen at no other time in human history.

The Two-Hundred-Eighteenth Greatest Panel in the History of Comics

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There's nothing that's not horrible about this. Bravo, racists of the past.

The Two-Hundred-Seventeenth Greatest Panel in the History of Comics

Hitler with fangs. Perfect distillation of propaganda art, or terrifying alternate history?

The Two-Hundred-Sixteenth Greatest Panel in the History of Comics

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"Holy See Breezes". Ah, the lengths they'll go to avoid swearing. I resolve to use that at least once per year!

More if I happen upon a Nazi U-Boat.