Today in Comics History, February 13: Happy birthday, Chuck Yeager!

Born on this day in 1923: Brigadier General Chuck Yeager, Air Force officer, flying ace, and the fiorst man to fly faster than the speed of sound, except for some versions of Superman.

Chuck Yeager meets a young fan (who's gonna be a flier someday!) in a bar:



from DC: The New Frontier #1 (DC, March 2004); script, pencils, and inks by Darwyn Cooke; colors by Dave Stewart; letters by Jared K. Fletcher
Chuck Yeager meets another flier in another bar:


from "Idiot Box" in Airboy #29 (Eclipse, September 1987), script by Chuck Dixon, pencils by Graham Nolan, inks by Mark Nelson, colors by Olyoptics, letters by John Clark
From this we can conclude that Chuck Yeager liked to spend his time faster than the speed of sound, in bars, and in comic books.

Saluting you on your birthday, Chuck Yea...oh, he's already gone away at Mach 1.05.