(the Archie daily comic strip, 5/24/2011) Those punk kids these days with their Kathy Perrys and Gaga Ladies and Richard Rosses… What is the world coming to? Recommended listening: I never felt so much a’ like a’ like a’ like ‘a… In case you were wondering about the lack of updates lately, I’ve decided to [...]

(from What If…? v1 #38, April 1983; by Rick Margopoulos, Dan Reed & Mike Esposito) PRO TIP: Remove all studs and piercings before reaheating leftover punks in your microwave. Recommended listening: Then more than ever. (With thanks to Bully, the Little Stuffed Pogo-dancer.)

(from New Teen Titans v2 #24, October 1986; by Wolfman, Barreto & Tanghal) I could have mentioned I was taking last week off, but how punk rock would that have been? Recommended listening: Like all power pop romances, it works best if you imagine the subject has no idea who the singer is.

(from What If…? v2 #13, May 1990; by Kurt Busiek, Vince Mielcarek, Ian Akin & Brian Garvey) It was bound to happen once Professor X cut funding for the Institute’s midnight basketball program. Recommended listening: A warning to some, a business model to others. (With thanks to Bully, the Little Stuffed Pogo-dancer.)

(from Hopeless Savages #1, August 2001; by Jen Van Meter & Christine Norrie) The first miniseries was a fun read, if a tad too “Oni” at times. It went careening downhill from there, though. Recommended listening: Kids these days, I swear…

(from Young Justice #0, March 2011; by Kevis Hopps, Greg Weisman and Mike Norton) Keeping the flame (or is that “shame?”) alive into the 21st Century. Recommended listening: Nothing ever changes.

(from Blip #3, April 1983; art by Gary Brodsky) Is that supposed to be a mohawk or a hideous malformation of that poor kid’s skull? If he is supposed to be a punk rocker, then what’s with the orange mohair suit? And did someone slip a roofie to the purple-tressed April O’Neil clone? SO CONFUSED. [...]

(from The Big Book of the ’70s, 2000; by Jonathan Vankin & James Romberger) It’s corny, but true. The magical thing about being part of the scattered punk scene(s) that existed in the Boston during the late 1980s was how improvised and cobbled together it all felt. In the abscence of any media interest or [...]

(from Starman: Secret Files and Origins #1, April 1998; by James Robinson & Phil Jimenez) Emphasizing random words in the caption text is sooo punk rock, dude. Recommended listening: Might as well jump, I suppose.

(from Hex #3, November 1985; by Fleisher, Texiera and Garzon) Mike Sterling will be happy, at least. Recommended listening:  Room-a-zoom-zoom.