Indie Squid Kid

World's Finest by Guy Davis

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"Don't Cross The Streams" by Andy Kuhn

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Kazar (?) by Jordi Bernet

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Wolverine by David Rubin

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Aquaman and Topo by DocShaner

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Judge Anderson by Duncan Fegredo

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©DC Comics

Aquaman is an easy character to make fun of…I mean what kind of superpower is the ability to talk to fish, anyway? But in this amazing panel by artist Jim Lee, you can literally feel the full might of the King of Sea bearing down on the Last Son of Krypton. I don’t know what comic this is from, or what exactly is going on here, but Superman must have done something to royally piss off Aquaman! Jim Lee did the art on Superman issues #204-215 (2004-2005), so it may be from somewhere in that run. Obviously, I need to do some more research!

Of course, the best thing about this panel is the school of squid spiraling out into infinity! I’d love to think these are Architeuthis, but given the apparent scale and sheer numbers, the Jumbo Squid (Dosidicus gigas) seems more likely. Still, it’s pretty damn cool!

Super Adventure Comic #43 (December, 1953)

K. G. Murray was an Australian publishing company that produced black and white reprints of DC Comics from 1947-1986. Super Adventure Comic, which featured stories starring Superman and Batman (and Robin), was one of several of these reprint titles. It ran for 115 issues between 1950 and 1960, and many (if not all) featured original covers by Australian artists. The cover for Super Adventure Comic #43 is by Hart Amos, and it depicts Superman and Robin (armed with a spear gun) ganging up on a terrified octopus. The Man of Steel has apparently wrenched the helpless cephalpod out of the water by the tip of one of its arms, and the Boy Wonder is jumping up and down on the poor creature’s head! Batman, grinning sadistically, looks on.

Also, is it just me or does Superman have a dastardly handlebar moustache?

©Stephen Halker

Fast forward to last Wednesday and Robert Goodin’s Covered blog. Artist Stephen Halker has reimagined Super Adventure Comic #43, and this time the octopus gets its revenge! No one is safe from its righteous, squishy wrath! Not the Dynamic Duo, not the Last Son of Krypton…not even the TITLE OF THE COMIC ITSELF!!!