Why they call comic books the funny papers !!!

Well, not really that but if you look at comic books over the years you will find that the language has changed a lot and the look too. So if you encounter some people saying strange things in some old comics, don't look weird. Go with the flow!

Superman did what to her?? Well Batman has some really goofball opponents as well. Lookie here:

And it is not just the Joker who makes a rather funny boo-boo :

Even Commissioner Gordon has a case of bonerfide ehh bonafide funnies. Mind you, these are pretty old Batman comics and the language now is a little more hip. But what did Archie have to do?

He he he, nowadays Archie, we just say you kicked their asses. Mind you, if you take things out of their natural context, things can get pretty hilarious too.

Oh dear oh dear. Let me just clear things up here: these girls are thinking of Richard, in short : DICK. These days you have to be careful to say you are looking for Dick. Now of course in the heat of the moment, as a writer you may just make a slight mistake :

On the other hand, as a writer you do have to be careful what you have your heroes say. Robin is going to do what?

But naturally it also means you have to keep your names straighened out. In this panel, Doc Octopus calls Spider-Man what???? And Stan Lee was probably not quite sure yet what to call Peter : Parker or Palmer ? This last one is generally corrected in reprints.

Of course, the artist also better pay attention.

Hey artist, where is that eyepatch again? And dear artist, how many left hands does Reed Richards have here or does he have even more ?

Yep, Reed Richards has more hands than feet there. Naturally of course, with certain characters you can also have some rather funny personal touches.

But where we at first were referring to honest mistakes or rather changing styles, these jokes are more character bound. And yes, decidedly more modern. And of course, you can always have a good laugh for its own sake !

I know there were some television series in the sixties and later that spawned their own comic book series but I don't know if this cover is supposed to mean something. Granted, it's a photo cover and likely a staged photo cover as well. Which makes me very glad I am a true comic book art lover.

Okay, that's enough laughter for now. Have a good day and till next time. Trelane