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Monday, October 12, 2015

Today in Comics History: Christopher Columbus and Napoleon Bonaparte get into an argument about which one of them is more popular so they time-travel to the 20th century to find out if…look, I don't write these comics, I just post about them

Also on this date: Columbus steps on, squashes small yapping dog.

'No sir, it's because you spent your entire research time Googling porn.'

Panels from "Across the Ages!" in Strange Adventures #60 (September 1955), script by John Broome, pencils by Jerry Grandenetti, inks by Joe Giella
I included the indicia and the header in these scans so I could prove I'm not just makin' this stuff up.

Monday, October 13, 2014

Today in Comics History, Columbus Day Special: The Absolutely True Diary of a Brooklyn Indian

Let's join America's favorite comic books characters as they travel through time and meet Christopher Columbus!

Now that Doc and Fatty are such major figures in DC's New 52, it's kinda fun to see where they got their start.

Now that Doc and Fatty are such major figures in DC's New 52, it's kinda fun to see where they got their start.

Columbus stole his ENTIRE look from the King of Clubs.

Stupid move, Doc. It's well-known that Native Americans HATE the Monopoly Guy on sight.

YES HE IS SWINDLING THE INDIANS OUT OF THEIR LAND. Well, at least it's historically accurate.

So technically, that's YESTERDAY in Comics History, but please allow me this one.

Panels from the Doc and Fatty story "See America Foist!" in World's Finest Comics #41 (July-August 1949), pencils and inks by Howard Sherman

Today in Comics History, Columbus Day Special: The Mystery Science Theater 1946 pilot is not picked up for series

Which one of them painted the dad-blamed ship red?

Panel from the Johnny Everyman story "The American Dream" in World's Finest Comics #22 (May-June 1946), script by Jack Schiff, pencils and inks by John Daly

Today in Comics History, Columbus Day Special: Boy Commandos unable to fight any more Nazis; decide to go messing about with history instead

That one guy on the middle-right: 'OW BY TONBUE!'

Wait, why is Long John Silver on the Santa Maria?

Why, this is nothing at all like the Bugs Bunny version.

Seems about the right time for a HI-KEEBA!

'We're in India! I can smell the pompadums!'

'We stole countries with the cunning use of flags. Just sail around the world and stick a flag in. 'I claim India for Britain!' They're going 'You can't claim us, we live here! Five hundred million of us!' 'Do you have a flag...?'' What? We don't need a flag, this is our home, you bastards!' 'No flag, no country! You can't have one! Those are the rules...that I just made up!...and I'm backing it up with this gun, that was lent to me from the National Rifle Association.'

WHAT THE SAM SCRATCH now they're just makin' history up.

'Oh! It was all a dream! A beautiful, lovely, pants-wetting dream.'

Panels from The Boy Commandos story "Brooklyn and Columbus Discover America" in World's Finest Comics #21 (March-April 1946), script by Jack Kirby, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by George Klein