Today in Comics History, April 8, 1897: And just like the guy whose feet are too big for his bed / Nothing seems to fit

from The Dreaming (1996 series) #41 (DC/Vertigo, October 1999), script by Caitlín Kiernan, pencils and inks by Al Davison, colors and color separations by Daniel Vozzo, letters by Ellie de Ville

Today in Comics History, April 8: What's worse than the Apocalypse?

A: Matthew Perry being cast as Blade.


from Midnight Suns #1 (Marvel, November 2022), script by Ethan Sacks, pencils and inks by Luigi Zagaria, colors by Antonio Fabela, letters by Joe Sabino
Um, somebody might want to take the SPF 45,000 away from Nico.

Today in Comics History, April 7, 1937: Giant doughnut encroaches ever closer to Earth

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, April 6: Right next to the dog-faced boy

from Daredevil (1964 seties) #293 (Marvel, June 1991), script by Dan Chichester, pencils by Lee Weeks, inks by Al Williamson, colors by Christie Scheele, letters by Jack Morelli

Today in Comics History, April 5, 1845: Giant heads sink into the earth on Marie Giscard's birthday

Happy birthday, Marie! Hope you like...um...giant floating heads.


from "Death Comes Riding" in Ripley's Believe It Or Not! #11 (Western/Gold Key, November 1968), pencils and inks by Luis Dominguez

Today in Comics History, April 3: Hey! What did I just tell you NOT TO DO?!?

I only just told you fifteen minutes ago!


from Midnight Suns #1 (Marvel, November 2022), script by Ethan Sacks, pencils and inks by Luigi Zagaria, colors by Antonio Fabela, letters by Joe Sabino
Hitchhiking: sure, it's all fun 'n' games until somebody gets dead.

Today in Comics History, April 3, 1964: And that's why Mama Bull told me to never hitchhike...

...because you might have been dead for a year when you do it! (And then you'd miss your birthday!)



from "Out of This World" in The Phantom Stranger (1969 series) #4 (DC/National, November 1969), script by Robert Kanigher, pencils and inks by Werner Roth and Neal Adams, inks by Murphy Anderson and Bill Draut, letters by Milt Snapinn (?) (or Ben Oda?)
This post was suggested by faithful reader and frequent commenter Blam, who's provided a lot of date references in comics that I'll spotlight throughout 2023 in this series. Blam also knows a lot about DC letterers and I wonder if he can clear up the "?" credit on this one!

Thanks, Blam!

Today in Comics History, April 3, 1855 and 1955: And that's how Scotty wound up in the Wild West and Kirk became a Hollywood stuntman

I am absolutely not making that above bit up.


from Star Trek #36 (Western/Gold Key, March 1976), script by Arnold Drake, pencils by Alberto Giolitti, inks by Al McWilliams

Today in Comics History, April 2, 1848: Evil Dr. Sam Beckett vow to screw up what once went right

from The New Golden Age #1 (one-shot) (DC, January 2023); script by Geoff Johns; pencils, inks, and colors by a whole lotta guys; letters by Rob Leigh