Saturday, November 12, 2022

Today in Comics History, November 12, 1863: Millie Jane does not know the way to San José


from Gotham Academy #2 (DC, January 2015); script by Becky Cloonan and Brenden Fletcher; pencils and inks by Karl Kerschl; colors by Geyser, Dave McCaig, and John Rauch; letters by Steve Wands

Today in Comics History, November 12, 1918: Young Alfred Hitchcock gets his priorities straight


from Alfred Hitchcock: Master of Suspense (NBM, March 2022), script by by Noël Simsolo, translation by Monatan Kane, art by Dominique Hé, lettering by Ortho

Today in Comics History, November 12: Happy birthday, Don Newton!

Born on this day in 1934: comic book artist Don Newton (Batman, Detective Comics, World's Finest Comics, Adventure Comics, Aquaman, The New Gods, The Phantom, more; co-creator of Jason Todd, the Yolanda Montez Wildcat, and Nocturna)!


"DC Profile #78: Don Newton" in DC Comics cover-dated October 1981




Today in Comics History, November 12: Well, they predicted 2022 pretty well


"Year of the Flood!" in Weird Fantasy (1950 series) #13 (EC, May 1950), creators uncredited and unknown

Today in Comics History, November 12, 1901: "Oh, don't bother, we saw it in the Annual in that previous post."


from Doc Savage (1988 series) #22 (DC, August 1990), script by Mike W. Barr, pencils by Rod Whigham, inks by Steve Montano, colors by Anthony Tollin, letters by Bill Oakley

Today in Comics History, November 12, 1996: We now return to Backdraft starring J. Jonah Jameson


cover of Daily Bugle #2 (Marvel, January 1997), pencils by Karl Kerschl, inks by Greg Adams

Today in Comics History, November 12, 1952: Itty-bitty teeny-weeny Captain America's Fantastic Voyage


from "Red Raid" in Captain America: Red, White & Blue one-shot (Marvel, September 2002), script by Yann Lepennetier, pencils and inks by Philippe Berthet, colors by Nick Bertozzi, letters by Dave Sharpe

Today in Comics History, November 12, 9:05 AM PST (12:05 EST): Supporting character finds out too late that Queen Elizabeth II has died


from Young Justice: Targets #6 (DC, January 2023), script by Greg Weisman, pencils and inks by Christopher Jones, colors by Jason Wright, letters by Wes Abbott

Today in Comics History, November 12, 12:03 PM: Not everyone got out safe


from Young Justice: Targets #6 (DC, January 2023), script by Greg Weisman, pencils and inks by Christopher Jones, colors by Jason Wright, letters by Wes Abbott

Today in Comics History, November 12, 12:00 PM: Take the cannoli, leave the Kryptonite


from Young Justice: Targets #6 (DC, January 2023), script by Greg Weisman, pencils and inks by Christopher Jones, colors by Jason Wright, letters by Wes Abbott

Today in Comics History, November 12, 1955: Oh, for crying out loud, it's that day again


from Back to the Future: Biff to the Future #1 (IDW, January 2017), story by Bob Gale and Derek Fridolfs, script by Bob Gale, pencils and inks by Alan Robinson, colors by Maria Santaolalla, letters by Neil Uyetake

Today in Comics History, November 12, 1901: Doc Savage's first successful escape


from Doc Savage Annual #1 (DC, January 1989), script by Mike W. Barr, pencils by Gabriel Morrissette, inks by Rick Magyar, colors by Anthony Tollin, letters by Bob Pinaha

Friday, November 11, 2022

Today in Comics History, November 11, 11:58 PM: Young Justice flies to Madinat Altharwati to try and figure out where Madinat Altharwati is

Also, apparently, it's the birthday of Wally West of Earth-YA!


from Young Justice: Targets #6 (DC, January 2023), script by Greg Weisman, pencils and inks by Christopher Jones, colors by Jason Wright, letters by Wes Abbott

Happy birthday, Wally! Hope you survive the exp...oh.


Today in Comics History, November 11: Not a trio you want to wake up to and ask that question


from Young Justice: Targets #6 (DC, January 2023), script by Greg Weisman, pencils and inks by Christopher Jones, colors by Jason Wright, letters by Wes Abbott

Today in Comics History, November 11, 10:42 UTC+2: Kid Flash, Fastest Boy on earth, screws it up again

from "Cherry Gig" in Young Justice: Targets #1 (DC, September 2022), script by Greg Weisman, pencils and inks by Christopher Jones, colors by Jason Wright, letters by Wes Abbott
(Click picture to Titan-size)

Let's see. Five hours earlier, but then plus two hours... I think I've given myself a headache.

Today in Comics History, November 11: Happy birthday, Roger Slifer!

Born on this day in 1954: comic book scripter and animation writer and producer and comics writer Roger Slifer (Marvel Two-in-One, Defenders, Omega Men, and more, plus the co-creator of Lobo)!


from Mighty Marvel Calendar 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1979 (Marvel, 1975-1978)

Happy birthday, Roger! We didn't wanna forget ya just because you had to share a calendar space with Dave Cockrum.


from 1975 Mighty Marvel Convention Program Book (Marvel, 1975), photograph by Michele Wolfman

Today in Comics History, November 11: Nancy still keeps receipts yet again once more II: Electric Sluggoloo


Nancy (United Feature Syndicates, July 13, 2021), by Olivia Jaimes

Remember this same gag from earlier this year on March 30, June 6, August 21, September 7, and October 6? Well, it begins all over again next year on March 30! Nancy: the perpetual motion engine of fun!

Today in Comics History, November 11, 3:07 PM: Young Justice plans to rescue that lady dalmatian


from Young Justice: Targets #6 (DC, January 2023), script by Greg Weisman, pencils and inks by Christopher Jones, colors by Jason Wright, letters by Wes Abbott

Today in Comics History, November 11, 2010: Wow, it's not like the Mob to lose a guy. Where did they see him last?


from Spider-Man 2099 (2015 series) #9 (Marvel, June 2016), script by Peter David, pencils and inks by Will Sliney, colors by Rachelle Rosenberg, letters by Cory Petit

Today in Comics History, November 11, 1918, Armistice/Veterans Day: And nothing was every bad or wrong, ever again.


from "The Life of Woodrow Wilson" in Real Life Comics #2 (Pines, December 1941*), writer and artists uncredited and unknown, letters by Ed Hamilton

*This comic would have been on the newsstand at least a couple months before Pearl Harbor.

(Spoiler: They did not win the peace.)


from "America Becomes a World Power, 1898-1918" in True Comics #24 (Parents' Magazine Press, June 1943), script by David S. Muzzey

Still, not everyone was as visibly ecstatic about Armistice Day as Woodrow Wilson:


from "Too Tough To Live" in Thrilling Comics #68 (Pines, October 1948), creators uncredited and unknown

Today in Comics History, November 11, 1968: "Everybody's hugging!"


from The Beatles in Comics! (NBM, November 2018); script by Richard Di Martino; translation by Joe Johnson; art by Clément Baloup; letters by Ortho

Today in Comics History, November 11, 12:44 PM: A good panel deserves a second look (in the backup story)


from "Metallic Aftertaste" in Young Justice: Targets #5 (DC, January 2023), script by Greg Weisman, pencils and inks by Christopher Jones, colors by Jason Wright, letters by Wes Abbott



from "Intimate Connection: Memory Five" in Young Justice: Targets #5

Today in Comics History, November 11, 12:32 PM: Beast Boy's just ticked off that his TV show isn't on the CW like Stargirl's


from "Cherry Gig" in Young Justice: Targets #1 (DC, September 2022), script by Greg Weisman, pencils and inks by Christopher Jones, colors by Jason Wright, letters by Wes Abbott

Today in Comics History, November 11, 1863: And thus Club Penguin was born


from Gotham Academy #2 (DC, January 2015); script by Becky Cloonan and Brenden Fletcher; pencils and inks by Karl Kerschl; colors by Geyser, Dave McCaig, and John Rauch; letters by Steve Wands

Today in Comics History, November 11: Happy birthday, Dave Cockrum!

Born on this day in 1943: one of the truly great comics artists, Dave Cockrum! Co-creator of the All New, All-Different X-Men and many of their supporting characters: Nightcrawler, Storm, Colossus, Thunderbird, Black Tom, Lilandra...


from Mighty Marvel Calendar 1976, 1977, 1978, and 1979 (Marvel, 1975-1978)




Thursday, November 10, 2022

Today in Comics History, November 10: Off-Broadway production of Wicked goes badly awry


from Starman (1994 series) #44 (DC, July 1998), script by James Robinson, pencils by Mike Mayhew, inks by Wade Von Grawbadger, colors by Gregory Wright, letters by Kurt Hathaway

Today in Comics History, Two Weeks Before Thanksgiving: Rapido lives! (If you call that living.)


from The Punisher Annual #7 (Marvel, 1994); script by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning; pencils by Doug Braithwaite; inks by Al Williamson, Fred Fredericks, and Art Nichols; colors by Christie Scheele; letters by Ken Lopez

Today in Comics History, November 10, 1963: Yeah, I gotta sling back a slug before I visit my parents, too


from Regarding the Matter of Oswald's Body #1 (Boom!, November 2021), script by Christopher Cantwell, pencils and inks by Luca Casalanguida, colors by Giada Marchisio, letters by AndWorld Design

Today in Comics History, November 10, 1775: Party in the Halls of Montezuma, everybody!


from The World Around Us #11 [The Illustrated Story of the Marines] (Gilberton, July 1959), pencils and inks by Gerald McCann

Read more about it in your local library or comic book!



"Birth of the Leathernecks" from Superman (1939 series) #60 (DC, September 1949), art by Raymond Perry (?)

Or even just a comic book header!


from "Reunion" in Semper Fi #1 (Marvel, December 1988), letters by Phil Felix

Happy birthday, Marines!

Today in Comics History, November 10, 1939: All the News That Fits (About Amazing-Man)


from "Amazing-Man Loose!" in Amazing Man Comics #7 (Centaur, November 1939), script by A. L. Kirby, pencils and inks by Bill Everett

Many thanks to Twitter pal Ken Parille for bringing this page to my attention!

Today in Comics History, November 10: At long last, the punchline!

Remember when Duke Stratosphere apparently got happily married to cartoon bombshell Lydia Dietz on August 5? Wonder how that all turned out?

from "Everything you Always Wanted to Know About Duke Stratosphere but were Afraid to Ask" in 2099 Unlimited #5 (Marvel/2099, July 1994); script by John Moore; pencils, inks, colors, and letters by Kyle Baker

Oh. Oh. My condolences, Duke.

Today in Comics History, November 10: No, Beast Boy, you cannot bring your doggo on a mission


from "Ominous Tidings" in Young Justice: Targets #2 (DC, October 2022), script by Greg Weisman, pencils and inks by Christopher Jones, colors by Jason Wright, letters by Wes Abbott

Wednesday, November 09, 2022

Today in Comics History, November 9, 1963: Dylan goes electric fence


from Regarding the Matter of Oswald's Body #1 (Boom!, November 2021), script by Christopher Cantwell, pencils and inks by Luca Casalanguida, colors by Giada Marchisio, letters by AndWorld Design

Today in Comics History, November 9, 1961: Oh boy, that guy could not be more wrong about Brian Epstein



from The Beatles: Their Story in Pictures (ITV, 1982), script by Angus P. Allan, art by Arthur Ranson (collected from the strip in (Look-In)



from The Beatles in Comics! (NBM, November 2018); script by Richard Di Martino; translation by Joe Johnson; pencils, inks, and colors by Ludivine Stock; letters by Ortho

Today in Comics History, November 9, 6:08 PM/November 10, 4:08 EET: Geo-Force prepares to show off his close-up magic


from Young Justice: Targets #2 (DC, October 2022), script by Greg Weisman, pencils and inks by Christopher Jones, colors by Jason Wright, letters by Wes Abbott

Today in Comics History, November 9, 6:07 PM: Everybody starts doodling or playing with their phones when Geo-Force gets on the Zoom call


from Young Justice: Targets #2 (DC, October 2022), script by Greg Weisman, pencils and inks by Christopher Jones, colors by Jason Wright, letters by Wes Abbott

Today in Comics History, November 9, 6:06 PM: Black Lightning hopes this isn't a bad time to show off his snazzy new beard


from Young Justice: Targets #2 (DC, October 2022), script by Greg Weisman, pencils and inks by Christopher Jones, colors by Jason Wright, letters by Wes Abbott

Today in Comics History, November 9, 6:03 PM: We interrupt this developing Queen Perdita story to take you to Oliver Queen: Boyfriend in a Coma, already in progress


from Young Justice: Targets #2 (DC, October 2022), script by Greg Weisman, pencils and inks by Christopher Jones, colors by Jason Wright, letters by Wes Abbott

Today in Comics History, November 9, 6:02 PM: ...and here's more on that Queen Perdita story, developing now.


from Young Justice: Targets #2 (DC, October 2022), script by Greg Weisman, pencils and inks by Christopher Jones, colors by Jason Wright, letters by Wes Abbott