Today in Comics History, June 25: Hoberman has been poked; had his dog shot; is bugged

from "The Sins of the Father..." in Action Comics Weekly #606 (DC, June 28, 1988), script by Martin Pasko, pencils and inks by Dan Spiegle, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by Carrie Spiegle

Today in Comics History, June 25, 8:07 AM Pacific/10:07 AM Central: A tiny gnome is kicking Rafael's shins

from "The Sins of the Father..." in Action Comics Weekly #606 (DC, June 28, 1988), script by Martin Pasko, pencils and inks by Dan Spiegle, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by Carrie Spiegle

Today in Comics History, June 25, 7:30 AM Pacific/9:30 Central: Mysterious package makes second appearance in comics within two weeks

from "If That Mockingbird Don't Sing..." in Action Comics Weekly #605 (DC, June 21, 1988), script by Martin Pasko, pencils and inks by Dan Spiegle, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by Carrie Spiegle
And now, the exciting recap:


from "The Sins of the Father..." in Action Comics Weekly #606 (DC, June 28, 1988), script by Martin Pasko, pencils and inks by Dan Spiegle, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by Carrie Spiegle
Wait, the handwriting on the package changed!

Today in Comics History, June 25, 9:05 AM: Ladies and gentlemen, Elvis has left the building

from "If That Mockingbird Don't Sing..." in Action Comics Weekly #605 (DC, June 21, 1988), script by Martin Pasko, pencils and inks by Dan Spiegle, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by Carrie Spiegle

Today in Comics History, June 25, 12:41 AM: Yep, let's paint our super-secret stealth spy plane tomato red

from "If That Mockingbird Don't Sing..." in Action Comics Weekly #605 (DC, June 21, 1988), script by Martin Pasko, pencils and inks by Dan Spiegle, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by Carrie Spiegle

Today in Comics History, June 24, 10:36 PM Pacific/June 25, 12:36 AM Central: Cops give bad news to Han Solo

from "Haunts of the Very Rich" in Action Comics Weekly #604 (DC, June 14, 1988), script by Martin Pasko, pencils and inks by Dan Spiegle, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by Carrie Spiegle

Today in Comics History, June 25, 12:33 AM: Tonight, on Jackass...

from "Haunts of the Very Rich" in Action Comics Weekly #604 (DC, June 14, 1988), script by Martin Pasko, pencils and inks by Dan Spiegle, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by Carrie Spiegle

Today in Comics History, June 24, 10:29 PM Pacific/June 25, 12:29 AM Central: Wow, that musta been some kind of magic trick

from "If That Mockingbird Don't Sing..." in Action Comics Weekly #605 (DC, June 21, 1988), script by Martin Pasko, pencils and inks by Dan Spiegle, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by Carrie Spiegle

Today in Comics History, June 25, 12:26 AM: Artificial method to jump-start a Crisis on Infinite Earths is discovered

from "If That Mockingbird Don't Sing..." in Action Comics Weekly #605 (DC, June 21, 1988), script by Martin Pasko, pencils and inks by Dan Spiegle, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by Carrie Spiegle

Today in Comics History, June 24, 11:58 PM: This is the weirdest Columbo ever

from "Haunts of the Very Rich" in Action Comics Weekly #604 (DC, June 14, 1988), script by Martin Pasko, pencils and inks by Dan Spiegle, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by Carrie Spiegle

Today in Comics History, June 24, 11:45 PM: It's hard to know who to root for here, the guy with a skullface and lobotomy or the one in his footie pajamas

from "Haunts of the Very Rich" in Action Comics Weekly #604 (DC, June 14, 1988), script by Martin Pasko, pencils and inks by Dan Spiegle, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by Carrie Spiegle

Today in Comics History, June 24, 11:17 PM: Amazon.com deliveries get more and more complicated

from "Haunts of the Very Rich" in Action Comics Weekly #604 (DC, June 14, 1988), script by Martin Pasko, pencils and inks by Dan Spiegle, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by Carrie Spiegle

Today in Comics History, June 24, 3:03 PM: We have always spied in the castle

from "Haunts of the Very Rich" in Action Comics Weekly #604 (DC, June 14, 1988), script by Martin Pasko, pencils and inks by Dan Spiegle, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by Carrie Spiegle

Today in Comics History, June 24, 2:25 PM: Livin' in a box / Livin' in a Barney's box

Well, whaddaya know? It was called "Haunts of the Very Rich!"


from "Haunts of the Very Rich" in Action Comics Weekly #604 (DC, June 14, 1988), script by Martin Pasko, pencils and inks by Dan Spiegle, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by Carrie Spiegle

Today in Comics History, June 24, 12:24 PM Pacific (2:24 PM Central): How very disarming, Mister Bond

from "Spread Your Broken Wings and Learn to Fly" in Action Comics Weekly #603 (DC, June 7, 1988), script by Martin Pasko, pencils and inks by Dan Spiegle, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by Carrie Spiegle
Aw, what do you wanna bet the next story won't even be called "Haunts of the Very Rich"?

Today in Comics History, June 24, 2:00 PM: Noooooobody expects Barney's...oh wait, yeah, you're on the list.

from "Spread Your Broken Wings and Learn to Fly" in Action Comics Weekly #603 (DC, June 7, 1988), script by Martin Pasko, pencils and inks by Dan Spiegle, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by Carrie Spiegle

Today in Comics History, April 23: Happy birthday, Michael Moore!

Born on this day: film director, producer, screenwriter and author Michael Moore of fame for Roger & Me, Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11, and let us not forget, Canadian Bacon (and more). Moore's movies have attracted controversial attention for his extreme liberal views and weighting his narrative through editing, which makes him a perfect character to appear in recent-years' issues of MAD magazine:


from "Idiotic Anti-Gun Control Arguments The NRA Hasn't Used - Yet!" in MAD #483 (November 2007), script by Jacob Lambert, pencils and inks by Peter Kuper

Today in Comics History, February 2, Groundhog Day: Okay, I just give up on trying to figure out how to backwards-ize Bizarro-speak

from "Puzzle of the Wild World!" in Action Comics #388 (DC/National, May 1970), script by Cary Bates, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by George Roussos, letters by John Costanza

Today in Comics History, November 19, 1863: Superman swerves to avoid the giant heads of the Founding Fathers and Charles Xavier

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

Today in Comics History, Friday the 13th: What's the worst that can happen

Happy Friday the Thirteenth! Hope you're not having as bad luck as Superman is!

cover of Action Comics #721 (DC, May 1996), pencils by Kieron Dwyer, inks by Denis Rodier, colors by Patrick Martin
(Click picture for the how-bad-can-it-be reveal)
But how bad can it be for Superman? For the answer to that question, click the image above.

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.