Today in Comics History, April 22: Happy birthday, Bryan Hitch!

Today's bountiful birthday: Bryan Hitch, comics artist and writer! You know his work from the UK's Action Force and Death's Head, Wildstorm's Stormwatch and The Authority, DC Comics's JLA, Justice League, Justice League of America, and Marvel Comics' Sensational She-Hulk, Captain America: Reborn, Age of Ultron, The Ultimates, and more!

No, I don't know why his birthday is listed as June 6, 1966 here.


from Marvel UK comics cover-dated November 1993



Here's a weird portrayal of Bryan from an indie story about how a Thing/She-Hulk story never happened!


from Occupational Hazards #1 (CD Comics, September 2000); story by Todd Dezago; script by Johnathan Tipton; pencils, inks, and letters by Daniel Rivera
You may remember his stint on Sensational She-Hulk after the tough-to-follow John Byrne run!



from Marvel Age #98 (Marvel, March 1991), interview by James Frederick Nelson
If you're wondering how to celebrate his birthday…why not draw Hawkman?



from (top) DC Nation #0 (DC, July 2018) #0, and
(bottom) DC comics cover-dated August 2018
Happy birthday, Bryan!



(top) "DCYou" from DC Comics cover-dated February 2016;
(bottom) "Bullpen Bulletins" from Marvel Comics cover-dated September 2023