Today in Comics History, June 7: Happy birthday, Tom Jones!

On this date in 1940, international star and singer Sir Tom Jones was born! It's not unusual...to celebrate his birthday!

Hey wait! That's not the Tom Jones I meant!


Wheaties ad from DC Comics cover-dated March 1946



This isn't the Tom Jones, the singer of "Delilah," "The Green, Green Grass of Home" and "Sex Bomb," either!


from "[The Search for Tom Jones]" in Rocket Kelly #1 (Fox, Fall 1945), script by Betty Burrows
I'm pretty sure this guy isn't the Tom Jones we're lookin' for, neither! I actually think this Tom Jones is Jesse Custer!


from Green Arrow (1988 series) #44 (DC, March 1991), script by Mike Grell, pencils by Rick Hoberg, inks by John Nyberg, colors by Julia Lacquement, letters by Steve Haynie
Now, this guy even says he's not that Tom Jones!


from "Mazel Tov, Leo" in Vertigo: Winter's Edge #1 (DC/Vertigo, January 1998), script by Peter Milligan, pencils and inks by Sean Phillips, colors by Kevin Somers, letters by Ellie de Ville
Let's comb carefully through all these text stories that nobody has ever read before...naw, not a single authentic Tom Jones among 'em.




from (top) Adventures into the Unknown #65 (ACG, August 1955),
(middle) Bugs Bunny #88 (Gold Key, March 1963), pencils by Tony Strobl, inks by John Liggera, and
(bottom) Exciting Comics #4 (Pines, July 1940), script by Jackson Cole
Well, I give up lookin' for Tom JoHEY WAIT THERE HE IS! TOM JONES!



from Binky #80 (DC, August 1971), creators uncredited and unknown
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN...TOM JONES!



cover of Spoof #3 (Marvel, January 1973), pencils and inks (and colors?) by Marie Severin, letters by Dave Hunt (?)
Happy birthday, genuine Tom Jones! And many more!


from "Marred Attack!" in MAD #353 (January 1997), script by Stan Hart, pencils and inks by Angelo Torres
(Say, Spidey, how are you going to celebrate Tom Jones's birthday?)



from Web of Spider-Man (1985 series) #128 (Marvel, September 1995), plot by Tom DeFalco, script by Todd DeZago, pencils by Steven Butler, inks by Randy Emberlin, colors by Kevin Tinsley, color separations by Malibu Enhancements, letters by Steve Dutro