Today in Comics History, March 12, 1914: What's he doing in that coffin? Westing.

Today in 1914, inventor and entrepeneur George Westinghouse died. But before he did, he managed to work in inventing the Westinghouse air brake, developed the AC current mode of electrical transmission, and a whole buncha other stuff, and I'm fairly certain he had something to do with the Westinghouse refrigerator of kids joke fame (see title).


from "George Westinghouse" in True Comics #50 (Parents' Magazine Press, July 1946), pencils (and inks?) by Sam Glankoff



His date of death is so notable it was observed in two different comic books. Wow, even Wolverine didn't get that kind of publicity!


from "George Westinghouse" in Real Life Comics #13 (Pines, September 1943), pencils and inks by Bob Oksner
Say, considering all the work Westinghouse did with massive amount of electrical current, you don't suppose he died from them...?


"Officer Edward Maher and the Mad Dog Killers of Fifth Avenue" from Crime Does Not Pay (1942 series) #22 (Lev Gleason, July 1942), pencils and inks by Frank Volpe
Naw, couldn't be.