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| Why So Surprised | Nov 30, 2023 8:48 PM PST | url |
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^ From "The Master Plan of Doctor Doom!" in Fantastic Four #23, February 1964. Stan Lee plot, Jack Kirby pencils, George Roussos inks, Sam Rosen letters. Original colorist unknown. Photoshop color reduction.
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The original 16" x 6.75" watercolor art for today's new A* page is up for auction on eBay. : )
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| 6 sub-Neptunes in sync | Nov 29, 2023 8:54 PM PST | url |
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NASA reports the discovery of a star system with six "sub-Neptune"-sized planets in perfect synchrony: "The planet closest to the star makes three orbits for every two of the next planet out – called a 3/2 resonance – a pattern that is repeated among the four closest planets"; "among the outermost planets, a pattern of four orbits for every three of the next planet out (a 4/3 resonance) is repeated twice."
The Associated Press adds that "the innermost planet, meanwhile, completes six orbits in exactly the time the outermost completes one" and that "all solar systems, including our own, are thought to have started out like this one [...] but it's estimated only 1-in-100 systems have retained that synchrony [...]. Giant planets can throw things off-kilter. So can meteor bombardments, close encounters with neighboring stars and other disturbances."
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^ From "The Master Plan of Doctor Doom!" in Fantastic Four #23, February 1964. Stan Lee plot, Jack Kirby pencils, George Roussos inks, Sam Rosen letters. Original colorist unknown. Photoshop color reduction.
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| That one guy at work | Nov 28, 2023 10:07 PM PST | url |
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^ From "The Master Plan of Doctor Doom!" in Fantastic Four #23, February 1964. Stan Lee plot, Jack Kirby pencils, George Roussos inks, Sam Rosen letters. Original colorist unknown. Photoshop color reduction.
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The original 16" x 6.75" watercolor art for today's new A* page is up for auction on eBay. : )
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| Why he calls it the Itch-Ray | Nov 27, 2023 7:12 PM PST | url |
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From "The Black Knight Strikes!" in Tales to Astonish #52, February 1964. Stan Lee script, Dick Ayers pencils and inks, Artie Simek letters. Original colorist unknown. Photoshop color reduction.
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| They never expect the bolo; Thanksgiving! | Nov 22, 2023 10:35 PM PST | url |
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Added 1 new A* page:Off for the Thanksgiving holiday! More A* next week! : )
^ From "The Black Knight Strikes!" in Tales to Astonish #52, February 1964. Stan Lee script, Dick Ayers pencils and inks, Artie Simek letters. Original colorist unknown. Photoshop color reduction.
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The original 16" x 6.75" watercolor art for today's new A* page is up for auction on eBay. : )
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| The Widow Wore a Veil | Nov 21, 2023 8:36 PM PST | url |
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From "The Crimson Dynamo Strikes Again!" in Tales of Suspense #52, April 1964. Stan Lee plot, Don Rico script, Don Heck pencils & inks, unknown original colorist, Sam Rosen letters. Photoshop color reduction.
First appearance of the Black Widow.
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| Enter the Widow | Nov 20, 2023 10:36 PM PST | url |
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^ From "The Crimson Dynamo Strikes Again!" in Tales of Suspense #52, April 1964. Stan Lee script, Jack Kirby pencils, Paul Reinman inks, Stan Goldberg (original) colors, Artie Simek letters. Photoshop color reduction.
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The original 16" x 6.75" watercolor art for today's new A* page is up for auction on eBay. : )
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| Just another Friday night | Nov 17, 2023 6:48 PM PST | url |
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From "The Return of the Eel!" in Strange Tales #117, January 1964. Stan Lee script, Dick Ayers pencils, inks, & co-plot, Stan Goldberg(?) (original) colors, Artie Simek letters. Photoshop color reduction.
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| Thor doesn't care | Nov 16, 2023 8:40 PM PST | url |
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From "The Return of Zarrko, the Tomorrow Man!" in Journey Into Mystery #101, February 1964. Stan Lee script, Jack Kirby pencils, George Roussos inks, Sam Rosen letters. Original colorist unknown. Photoshop color reduction.
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| Losin' his bearings--again | Nov 15, 2023 9:55 PM PST | url |
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^ From "The Man Called Electro!" in The Amazing Spider-Man #9, February 1964. Stan Lee script, Steve Ditko pencils & inks, Stan Goldberg (original) colors, Artie Simek letters. Photoshop color reduction.
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The original 16" x 6.75" watercolor art for today's new A* page is up for auction on eBay. : )
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| Can we leave the elephants out of it | Nov 14, 2023 8:34 PM PST | url |
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From "Beware of the Blob!" in The X-Men #3, January 1964. Stan Lee script, Jack Kirby pencils, Paul Reinman inks, Artie Simek letters; original colorist unknown. Photoshop color reduction.
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| Svenzaldo & The Flying Zamboobas | Nov 13, 2023 8:09 PM PST | url |
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^ From "Beware of the Blob!" in The X-Men #3, January 1964. Stan Lee script, Jack Kirby pencils, Paul Reinman inks, Artie Simek letters; original colorist unknown. Photoshop color reduction.
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The original 16" x 6.75" watercolor art for today's new A* page is up for auction on eBay. : )
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| Drawing, a giraffe, and Veteran's Day | Nov 09, 2023 9:27 PM PST | url |
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Drew today! : ) Off tomorrow for the Veteran's Day holiday.
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^ From "Beware of the Blob!" in The X-Men #3, January 1964. Stan Lee script, Jack Kirby pencils, Paul Reinman inks, Artie Simek letters; original colorist unknown. Photoshop color reduction.
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| Plumbed instead of drew! | Nov 08, 2023 9:16 PM PST | url |
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I had to fix (= o) a small plumbing issue today and I did NOT get drawing done on the next A* page. (On the plus side, I have water pressure in my shower again. : D) Back to the actual drawing board tomorrow!!
^ From "Beware of the Blob!" in The X-Men #3, January 1964. Stan Lee script, Jack Kirby pencils, Paul Reinman inks, Artie Simek letters; original colorist unknown. Photoshop color reduction.
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| Hurry, Hurry--Don't Crowd | Nov 07, 2023 9:27 PM PST | url |
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From "Beware of the Blob!" in The X-Men #3, January 1964. Stan Lee script, Jack Kirby pencils, Paul Reinman inks, Artie Simek letters; original colorist unknown. Photoshop color reduction.
First appearance of The Blob.
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The original 16" x 6.75" watercolor art for today's new A* page is up for auction on eBay. : )
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| Oldest known SMB formed by "heavy seed" | Nov 06, 2023 8:46 PM PST | url |
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Scientists have announced the discovery of the oldest known black hole: a supermassive black hole dating "only" 470 million years after the Big Bang. The surprising thing is how big it is for such a young galaxy: it's estimated to weigh between 10 million and 100 million solar masses (A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of our own Milky Way galaxy, is around 4 million solar masses), which would be equal to about 10% to 100% of the rest of the mass in that whole galaxy—surprising, given that supermassive black holes in current galaxies tend to be only about 0.1% of the mass of their entire galaxy.
This high mass ratio implies that this distant supermassive black hole formed from the collapse of a vast gas cloud, rather than by slow accretion of surrounding gas and stars—because 470 million years after the birth of the universe simply wouldn't have been enough time to form by accretion, according to theory. Scientists have wondered how supermassive black holes form, and at least in this case, it appears to have been by the "heavy seed" big gas cloud collapse method, rather than the "light seed" accretion method.
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^ From "Beware of the Blob!" in The X-Men #3, January 1964. Stan Lee script, Jack Kirby pencils, Paul Reinman inks, Artie Simek letters; original colorist unknown. Photoshop color reduction.
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| Smallest asteroid hid tiny moon | Nov 03, 2023 7:07 PM PDT | url |
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(image by NASA/Goddard/SwRI/Johns Hopkins APL/NOIRLab)
When NASA's Lucy probe flew by the small-ish (0.5m max diameter) asteroid Dinkinesh on November 1st, it found Dinkinesh has its own tiny moon: a 0.15 mile-across asteroid in a close orbit around it. More in NASA's article. (Wikipedia says "Dinkinesh is the smallest main-belt asteroid explored by spacecraft yet.")
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^ From "The New Iron Man 'Meets the Angel!'" in Tales of Suspense #49, January 1964. Stan Lee script, Steve Ditko pencils, Paul Reinman inks, Sam Rosen letters. Photoshop color reduction.
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The original 16" x 6.75" watercolor art for today's new A* page is up for auction on eBay. : )
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| Next page done! Posting tomorrow, by Asgard! | Nov 02, 2023 9:52 PM PDT | url |
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Got the next A* page done! Gotta hit the hay so I'll be doing the photographing and scanning and cleanup and formatting and captioning and uploading and posting all that for it tomorrow!
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^ From "The Avengers Meet... Sub-Mariner!" in The Avengers #3, January 1964. Stan Lee script, Jack Kirby pencils, Paul Reinman inks, Stan Goldberg(?) (original) colors, Sam Rosen letters. Photoshop color reduction.
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| Trust issues | Nov 01, 2023 7:46 PM PDT | url |
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From "The Avengers Meet... Sub-Mariner!" in The Avengers #3, January 1964. Stan Lee script, Jack Kirby pencils, Paul Reinman inks, Stan Goldberg(?) (original) colors, Sam Rosen letters. Photoshop color reduction.
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