Today in Comics History, April 17: Cop not doing anything wrong right now but keep your eye on him just in case

from The Black Hood (2015 series) #1 (Archie/Dark Circle, April 2015), script by Duane Swierczynski, pencils and inks by Michael Gaydos, colors by Kelly Fitzpatrick, letters by Rachel Deering

Today in Comics History, April 16, 1974: Flash Thompson finally shuts up

from Spider-Man: Life Story #2 (Marvel, June 2019), script by Chip Zdarsky, pencils by Mark Bagley, inks by Andrew Hennessy, colors by Frank D'Armata, letters by Travis Lanham

Today in Comics History, April 15: Happy birthday, Leonardo da Vinci!

Born today in 1452...this guy!:


from InvincibleIron Man #600 (Marvel, July 2018); script by Brian Michael Bendis (who else); pencils, inks, and colors by a whole lotta people; letters by Clayton Cowles

Today in Comics History, April 14, 1865: Or again, maybe he was

from "Scoops...Pictures to Remember" in Real Fact Comics #3 (DC, July 1946); script by Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, and/or Bernie Breslauer; pencils and inks by George Roussos

Today in Comics History, April 14, 1953: Gang Busters #40 celebrates National Crime Day

from "The Hostages!" in Gang Busters #40 (DC, June 1954), pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Ray Burnley
See?:


from "The Case of the Careless Caretaker!" in Gang Busters #40 (DC, June 1954), pencils and inks by George Papp
Happy #NationalCrimeDay!

Today in Comics History, April 14, 1986: Marty has a time stalker

from Back to the Future (2015 series) #14 (IDW, September 2016), script by John Barber and Bob Gales, pencils and inks by Emma Vieceli, colors by Jose Luis Rio, letters by Shawn Lee

Today in Comics History, April 12, 1942: First modern appearance of Aquaman of Earth-2, showing up just in time to get retconned out by Crisis*

from All-Star Squadron #59 (DC, July 1986), co-plot and script by Roy Thomas, co-plot by Dann Thomas, pencils by Arvell Jones, inks by Vince Colletta and Tony DeZuñiga, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by David Cody Weiss
*This is exactly what happened.

Today in Comics History, April 11: Crispin Glover appears on David Letterman

from "The 12 Faces of Crime!" in Gang Busters #39 (DC, April 1954), pencils and inks by Leonard Starr