AUGUST WITH THE SUPER-HEROES

NOW. . .AUGUST.  Two anniversaries celebrated this month as well as, today, a very Happy Birthday Mama! 

We begin with this wonderful selection from Marvel's 1975 calendar featuring a bevy of super-villains

DC's Bicentennial calendar provides a portrait of Billy Batson turning into Captain Marvel by Neal Adams and Dick Giordano.

The immortal Wally Wood provides this action shot of the Justice Society of America tackling Solomon Grundy from DC's 1977 calendar. 

DC's 1978 calendar featured an odd match-up with Black Lightning fighting the Flash's foe Heat Wave portrayed by Rich Buckler and Vince Colletta

Marvel's 1976 Bicentennial calendar finds the Fantastic Four helping George Washington cross the Delaware.