Hot Stuf #7 Pin-Up: Happy Birthday, Terry Austin!

 Happy birthday to artist Terry Austin (born Aug. 23, 1952)! From Hot Stuf #7, a pin-up by Terry Austin.

Uncanny X-Men #123 Hidden Nudity: Happy Birthday, John Byrne!

 Happy birthday to writer/artist John Byrne (born July 6, 1950)! Presenting a bit of "Easter Egg" nudity from Byrne's run on Uncanny X-Men: In issue #123, Byrne and inker Terry Austin drew Storm coming out of the shower with one of her nipples partially in shadow, knowing that the coloring and printing process would cover it up completely in the published book. Thanks to the internet, though, the original art has been shared to show the partially-visible nipple...

And the panel as it actually appeared in Uncanny X-Men #123; story by Chris Claremont, art by John Byrne & Terry Austin.

Star Fems #1 Back Cover: Howard Chaykin

 From the magazine Star Fems #1, the back cover illustration by Howard Chaykin & Terry Austin.

Epic Illustrated #16, "Last of the Dragons": Happy Birthday, Carl Potts!

 Happy birthday to Carl Potts (born Nov. 12, 1952)! From Epic Illustrated #16, "Last of the Dragons"; story by Carl Potts & Dennis O'Neil, art by Carl Potts & Terry Austin.

Penthouse Men's Adventure Comix #1, "Miss Adventure": Cary Polkovitz

Reposting from the old Tumblr site: From Penthouse Men's Adventure Comix #1, "Miss Adventure." Story by George Caragonne & Tom Thornton, art by Cary Polkovitz & Terry Austin.

Penthouse Comix #6, "Hot Stories": Jeff Johnson

Reposting from the old Tumblr site: From Penthouse Comix #6, "Hot Stories." Story by George Caragonne & Tom Thornton, art by Jeff Johnson & Terry Austin. (And I still don't know why Buddy Holly is quoting the Big Bopper...)

Penthouse Men's Adventure Comix #4, "Miss Adventure": Cary Polkovitz

From Penthouse Men's Adventure Comix #4, "Miss Adventure." Story by George Caragonne & Tom Thornton; art by Cary Polkovitz & Terry Austin.

Star*Reach #2, "Stephanie Starr": Remembering Dick Giordano's Birthday

Today would be the 87th birthday of artist Dick Giordano (born July 20, 1932). Reposting from the old Tumblr site: From Star*Reach #2, "Stephanie Starr"; story by Mike Friedrich, art by Dick Giordano (with some inking by Terry Austin).

Penthouse Men's Adventure Comix #3, "Miss Adventure": Cary Polkovitz

From Penthouse Men's Adventure Comix #3, "Miss Adventure." Story by George Caragonne & Tom Thornton; art by Cary Polkovitz & Terry Austin.

Penthouse Men's Adventure Comix #3, "Kodiak": Tony Salmons, Cary Polkovitz

Having completed my scans from Penthouse Comix #8 (the July/Aug. 1995 issue) last week, this week I'm stepping sideways to keep in chronological order, starting the posts from the companion title Penthouse Men's Adventure Comix #3 (Aug./Sept. 1995). The lead story, "Kodiak," is a jam piece written by George Caragonne & Tom Thornton, with different artists doing a few pages apiece. With so many artists contributing, I'll be splitting this story up into different posts over the course of the next few weeks, covering a few artists' pages at a time. First off, Tony Salmons provides the art for this sequence where Joey Pike (Young Captain Adventure) meets Kodiak at a strip club...

The next sequence, showing Karl Kodiak's origin story in flashback, is illustrated by Bob Wiacek, and was already posted for Bob Wiacek's Birthday Post back in January, so I'll skip that and move on to the next sequence continuing Kodiak's early adventures, illustrated by Cary Polkovitz & Terry Austin.

More from the same story next week!