from "Midnight in the Wax Museum!" in Tower of Shadows #3 (Marvel, January 1970), script by Gary Friedrich, pencils and inks by George Tuska, letters by Jean Izzo
from "Solar Rise, Part Two: Scared to Death" in Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom (2010 series) #6 (Dark Horse, April 2011); script by Jim Shooter; pencils, inks, and colors by Agustin Alessio; letters by Blambot
What's that lovable scamp Dennis ("The Menace") up to on Thanksgiving Day? Why, he's only gone and burned the entire house down trying to make the Thanksgiving turkey cook faster.
from "Nutty November" Dennis the Menace Bonus Magazine Series #151 [Dennis the Menace Yearbook] (Hallden/Fawcett, April 1976), creators uncredited and unknown
And now, the most startlingly erotic scene ever printed in a Dennis the Menace comic book:
from Dennis the Menace Bonus Magazine Series #160 [Dennis the Menace Yearbook] (Hallden/Fawcett, (January 1977), creators uncredited and unknown
Oh, is that what you're calling it now, Alice?
from "Wishbone Thinking" in Dennis the Menace Giant #10 [Dennis the Menace Giant Christmas Issue] (Hallden/Fawcett, Winter 1961), script by Fred Toole
It's Thanksgiving Day in Arkham Asylum! Mostly, everybody's thankful that Batman didn't come around to beat them up again.
from "Happy Thanksquinning" in Harley Quinn: Black + White + Red #5 (DC, January 2024), story by Sam Humphries, art by Stephen Burne, lettering by Troy Peteri
While you're waiting for Mom to take the Thanksgiving turkey or tofu out of the oven, why not while away the time with this weirdly yellow-backgrounded text story from the old Golden Age Daredevil series, giving the origin story of Crimebuster's battling partner Squawky, The Turkey with No Time for Crime! He'll hit you over the head with his own drumstick!
"Let's Talk Turkey!" from Daredevil Comics #68 (Lev Gleason, November 1950), creators uncredited and unknown
from Batman: The Audio Adventures Special #1 one-shot (DC, December 2021), script by Dennis McNicholas, layouts by Leonardo Romero, finishes by Rich Ellis, colors by Mike Spicer, letters by AndWorld Design
from Planetary #6 (WildStorm, November 1999), script by Warren Ellis, pencils and inks by John Cassaday, colors by= Laura Martin and David Baron, letters by Ali Fuchs
Nancy (United Feature Syndicate, May 31, 1951), by Ernie Bushmiller
A special tip 'of the three rocks to Johnny Callicutt for bringing this strip to my attention. Johnny runs the absolutely essential and unofficial Nancy Comics by Ernie Bushmiller feeds on Twitter and Bluesky! Thanks, Johnny!
Born on this day in 1902: popular organist Ethel Smith, popular musician and actor of the Golden Age primarily known for her energetic performances of Latin music. And, an avid golfer!
from Juke Box Comics #3 (Eastern Color, July 1948); text, pencils, inks, and letters by Phil Berube
Happy birthday and play us off with a hearty unspoken babaloo, Ethel!
"The Breeze and I" by Ethel Smith, from Tropical Swing: Selections from the Universal Feature "Cuban Pete" (Castle Films, 1947), with Desi Arnaz and His Orchestra
from Generation X (1994 series) #23 (Marvel, January 1997), script by Scott Lobdell, pencils by Mitch Byrd, inks by Jason Martin and Karl Story, colors by Steve Buccellato, color separations by Graphic Color Works, letters by Richard Starkings
Born on this day in 1889: pioneering astronomer Edwin Hubble, who proved that far-off "clouds of dust gas" or nebulas were actually galaxies beyond the Milky Way, and proved that the universe is expanding ("The Hubble Law")! Not to mention him being the namesake of the Hubble Space Telescope, which was once a fuzzy white elephant until somebody noticed that it wasn't plugged in or something, and now it gives us unprecented photography of the stars, if not necessarily the green women of Orion.
from "Giants of the Telescope" in Mystery in Space (1951 series) #21 (DC, August 1954), creatords uncredited and unknown
Let us salute Edwin Hubble by remember the time Mike Nelson broke the Hubble Telescope.
from Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (Universal/Gramercy, 1996), directed by Jim Mallon; starring Michael J. Nelson, Trace Beaulieu, and Kevin Murphy
from Captain America (1998 series) #13 (Marvel, January 1999), script by Mark Waid, pencils by Doug Braithwaite, inks by Robin Riggs, colors by Shannon Blanchard and Kevin Tinsley, letters by Todd Klein
from "The World's Most Perfect Girl!" in Action Comics (1938 series) #133 (DC/National, June 1949), script by Dorothy Woolfolk, pencils and inks by Al Plastino