from Regarding the Matter of Oswald's Body #4 (Boom!, February 2022), script by Christopher Cantwell, pencils and inks by Luca Casalanguida, colors by Giada Marchisio, letters by AndWorld Design
Also on this day: Sonny gets another day off!
from Regarding the Matter of Oswald's Body #5 (Boom!, March 2022), script by Christopher Cantwell, pencils and inks by Luca Casalanguida, colors by Giada Marchisio, letters by AndWorld Design
from Freedom Fighters (2019 series) #3 (DC, April 2019), script by Robert Venditti, pencils by Eddy Barrows, inks by Eber Ferreira, colors by Adriano Lucas, letters by Andworld Design
from Power Man and Iron Fist: Sweet Christmas Annual #1 one-shot (Marvel, February 2017), script by David F. Walker, pencils and inks by Scott Hepburn, colors by Matt Milla, letters by Clayton Cowles
from A Year of Marvels: November Infinite Comics (Marvel Digital, November 2016), script by Todd Casey and Elliott Casey, storyboard art by Daniel Govar, art by Paul Davidson, colors by Lee Loughridge, letters by Travis Lanham
from Regarding the Matter of Oswald's Body #3 (Boom!, January 2022), script by Christopher Cantwell, pencils and inks by Luca Casalanguida, colors by Giada Marchisio, letters by AndWorld Design
from Batman: The Long Halloween #2 (DC, January 1997), script by Jeph Loeb, pencils and inks by Tim Sale, colors by Gregory Wright, letters by Richard Starkings
from Batman: The Long Halloween #2 (DC, January 1997), script by Jeph Loeb, pencils and inks by Tim Sale, colors by Gregory Wright, letters by Richard Starkings
from Batman: The Long Halloween #2 (DC, January 1997), script by Jeph Loeb, pencils and inks by Tim Sale, colors by Gregory Wright, letters by Richard Starkings (Click picture to second helpings-size)
from Batman: The Long Halloween #13 (DC, December 1997), script by Jeph Loeb, pencils and inks by Tim Sale, colors by Gregory Wright, letters by Richard Starkings (Click picture to landscape-size)
from "Krusty's 11" in Simpsons Comics #50 (Bongo, August 2000); script by Doug Tuber, Tim Maile, and Steve Luchsinger; pencils by Nathan Kane and Edwin Aguilar; inks by Scott McRae and Nathan Kane; colors by Nathan Kane, Chris Ungar, and Art Villanueva, letters by Karen Bates
The Joker is invisible (highlight that space for the answer!) and causing mayhem at the Thanksgiving Day Parade! Maybe it should be called novemberhem?
from Detective Comics #138 (DC/national, August 1948), script by Bill Finger (?), pencils and inks by Dick Sprang
Luckily, the Batman, the Most Realistic Crime-Fighting Character in Comics, also takes an invisibility formula and pursues the Joker up a giant parade balloon of himself! Man, you gotta admire the Batman franchise for not getting silly until 1966, right? When both are captured, Robin detects which one is the real Batman um, you could feel for which on has on a mask and pointy ears) by asking one question! What do you think that question was?
Q: "Who's the greatest criminal henchman of them all?"
A: "Gabe!"
from the Batman and Robin serial (Columbia, 1949), directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet; riffed by Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy, and Bill Corbett of RiffTrax
from Green Lantern/Green Arrow (1960 series) #93 (DC, February 1977), script by Denny O'Neil, pencils by Mike Grell, inks by Terry Austin, letters by Milt Snapinn (?)
from 1. Super DC Calendar 1976 (DC, 1975); 2. Mighty Marvel Calendar 1979 (Marvel, 1978); 3-4. Marvel Age #59 and 94 (Marvel, February 1988 and November 1990), text by Mike Carlin (#59) and Chris Eliopoulis and Barry Dutter (#95), pencils and inks by Ron Zalme, colors by Paul Becton (#59) and Renee Witterstaetter (#95)
from The Filth #1 (DC/Vertigo, August 2002), script by Grant Morrison, pencils by Chris Weston, inks by Gary Erskine, colors by Matt Hollingsworth, letters by Clem Robins
Born on this day: comics artist Eduardo Risso, frequent collaborator and co-creator with writer Brian Azzarello on titles like 100 Bullets, Moonshine, Flashpoint: Batman: Knight of Vengeance, Batman: Broken City, plus the Batman serial in Wednesday Comics, and the founder of the Argentine comic convention Crack Bang Boom!
from Regarding the Matter of Oswald's Body #3 (Boom!, January 2022), script by Christopher Cantwell, pencils and inks by Luca Casalanguida, colors by Giada Marchisio, letters by AndWorld Design
from "The Doctor Is Missing" in Headline Comics v.2 #11 (23) (Prize, March 1947), script by Joe Simon and/or Jack Kirby (?), pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Simon (?), letters by Howard Ferguson
#BoTD: comics writer, editor and colorist Carl Gafford (Legion of Super-Heroes, Justice League of America, All-Star Squadron, Suicide Squad, World's finest Comics, What If...?, Savage She-Hulk, Micronautsand more)!
Carl is on this photo cover! I believe he's the guy in blue (not Supes)...?
cover of Superman #289 (DC, July 1975), photograph by Jack Adler, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Bob Oksner, colors by Tatjana Wood
from The New Golden Age #1 one-shot (DC, January 2023); script by Geoff Johns, pencils and inks by Diego Olortegui, J. P. Mayer, Scott Hanna, Jerry Ordway, Steve Lieber, Todd Nauck, Scott Kolins, Viktor Bogdanović, Brandon Peterson, and/or Gary Frank; colors by Nick Filardi, John Kalisz, Matt Herms, Jordan Boyd, and/or Brad Anderson, letters by Rob Leig
from The New Golden Age #1 one-shot (DC, January 2023); script by Geoff Johns, pencils and inks by Diego Olortegui, J. P. Mayer, Scott Hanna, Jerry Ordway, Steve Lieber, Todd Nauck, Scott Kolins, Viktor Bogdanović, Brandon Peterson, and/or Gary Frank; colors by Nick Filardi, John Kalisz, Matt Herms, Jordan Boyd, and/or Brad Anderson, letters by Rob Leig
from The New Golden Age #1 one-shot (DC, January 2023); script by Geoff Johns, pencils and inks by Diego Olortegui, J. P. Mayer, Scott Hanna, Jerry Ordway, Steve Lieber, Todd Nauck, Scott Kolins, Viktor Bogdanović, Brandon Peterson, and/or Gary Frank; colors by Nick Filardi, John Kalisz, Matt Herms, Jordan Boyd, and/or Brad Anderson, letters by Rob Leig
from "Justice Society: Past is Prologue" in Stargirl Spring Break Special one-shot (DC, July 2021), script by Geoff Johns, pencils and inks by Bryan Hitch, colors by Alex Sinclair, letters by Rob Leigh
Born on this day in 1819: rugged he-man ultra-masculine writer George Eliot, the guy who wrote such manly testosterone-filled adventure tales as Silas Marner, Middlemarch and The Mill on the Floss!
covers of Classics Illustrated #55 (Gilberton, January 1949), (L) art by Henry Kiefer, and (R) artist unknown
Oh. I seem to have made another one of my silly mistakes.
from Classics Illustrated #55; creators uncredited and unknown
Anyway, happy birthday to you, George Eliot, ya big lug, you! Slam a couple beers for me!
from "Alias George Eliot" in Real Life Comics #47 (Pines, February 1949), scripter and artists uncredited and unknown, letters by Ed Hamilton