Today in Comics History, April 22: Happy birthday, Larry Mahlstedt!

Born on this day: comics inker Larry Mahlstedt (Flash, Green Lantern, Spider-Man, New Warriors, but my favorite of all, The Legion of Super-Heroes!)


from Marvel Comics cover-dated November 1994
Can You spot Larry in the Legion of Super-Heroes Class of 2983 yearbook portrait? (Hint: he and other creators on the LSH book — Keith Giffen, Paul Levitz, Karen Berger — are pictured underneath the Roll Call!)

from Legion of Super-Heroes (1980 series) #300 (DC, June 1983), co-plot and script by Paul Levitz, co-plot and pencils by Keith Giffen, inks by Larry Mahlstedt, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by John Costanza
(Click top picture to United Planetsize)
Happy birthday, Larry, and 1,000 more!