Friday, September 29, 2023

Today in Comics History, September 29: Happy birthday, Greer Garson!

Let's all wish a very happy birthday to the beautiful and vivacious Greer Garson!


from Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Deluxe Edition (1985 series) #13 (Marvel, December 1986); text by Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson, and Steve Saffel; pencils by Stan Drake; inks by Joe Rubinstein and James Fry; colors by Andy Yanchus; letters by Brenda Mings

Oh! Oh, I have made another one of my silly mistakes. That is in fact Greer Nelson, the Avenger known as Tigra. Today's birthday belongs to actor Greer Garson, born on this day in 1904 and star of Goodbye Mr. Chips (Academy Award nominee), Mrs. Miniver (Acadamy Award winner), Madame Curie, Mrs. Parkington, The Valley of Decision (all three of those Oscar nominees), Pride and Prejudice, The Little Foxes, The Little Drummer Boy, and many more, including multiple appearances on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In! (How very innnnteresting!) Here's Greer complimenting soon-to-be-star Jane Powell on her work!


from "Jane Powell: The Road to Stardom" in Miss Beverly Hills of Hollywood #9 (DC/National, July 1950), credators uncredited and unknown

Here's Greer Garson at a Presidential fund-raising event starring The Rocketeer! Greer's wearing the black hat in the first and third panels.


from "War Hero" in Rocketeer Adventures [2] (2012 series) #4 (IDW, June 2012), script by Louise Simonson, pencils by Walter Simonson, inks by Bob Wiacek, colors by Jordie Bellaire, letters by John Workman

So a very happy birthday to you Greer Garson, and congratulations to you on being one of the leading voices of second-wave feminism and writing the book The Female Eunuch.

I'm so sorry, I've made another one of my silly mistakes.

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