Today in Comics Garbage History, April 10

"April 10," written and performed by Garbage (Mushroom/Interscope, 2001)

Today in Comics History, April 10: Happy birthday, Judy Fireman!

Happy birthday today to Judy Fireman, author of Cat Catalog: The Ultimate Cat Book, TV Book: The Ultimate Television Book, and (relevant to our interests) project director/editor on DC Comics: Sixty Years of the World's Favorite Comic Book Heroes and Marvel: Five Fabulous Decades of the World's Greatest Comics!


from Marvel Age #90 (Marvel, June 1990), text by Chris Eliopoulis and Barry Dutter; pencils and inks by Ron Zalme, colors by Gregory Wright
Happy birthday, Judy!

Today in Comics History, April 10, 1967: A truly American war

from The 'Nam #45 (Marvel, June 1990), script by Doug Murray, breakdowns by Wayne Vansant, finishes by Tony DeZuñiga, colors and letters by Phil Felix

Today in Comics History, April 10, 1898: President McKinley plots revenge upon shifting red color plate

from "The Spanish American War" in Picture Stories from American History #4 (EC, Summer 1947), script by Jerry Coleman, pencils and inks by Allen Simon

Today in Comics History, April 10, 1968: And then, Tippi Hedren walked up on stage and slapped Hitchcock in the face

from Alfred Hitchcock: Master of Suspense (NBM, March 2022), script by by Noël Simsolo, translation by Monatan Kane, art by Dominique Hé, lettering by Ortho

Today in Comics History, April 10, 1981, 7:29 PM: The Baxter Building lectures the Stooges

from Avengers #209 (Marvel, July 1981), script by J. M. DeMatteis, pencils by Alan Kupperberg, inks by Dan Green, colors by Barry Grossman, letters by Janice Chiang

Today in Comics History, April 10, 1970: I read the news today, oh boy

from The Beatles in Comics! (NBM, November 2018); script by Richard Di Martino; translation by Joe Johnson; pencils, inks, and colors by Joël Alessandra; letters by Ortho

Today in Comics History, April 10, 1962: Rest in Peace, Stu Sutcliffe

from The Beatles in Comics! (NBM, November 2018); script by Richard Di Martino; translation by Joe Johnson; pencils, inks, and colors by Amandine Puntous; letters by Ortho


from Beatles with an A: Birth of a Band (Fanfare, July 2014), script and art by Mauri Kunnas


from Marvel Comics Super Special #4 [The Beatles] (1978), script by Dave Kraft, additional dialogue by Don McGregor, pencils by George Pérez, inks by Klaus Janson and Joe Rubinstein, colors by Petra Goldberg, letters by Tom Orzechowski


from The Beatles: Their Story in Pictures (ITV, 1982), script by Angus P. Allan, art by Arthur Ranson (collected from the strip in (Look-In)

Today in Comics History, April 10: Happy birthday, Cindy Emmert!

Born on this day: Marvel's Cindy Emmert, Senior Graphic Designer in the 1990s!


from Marvel Age #88 and 100 (Marvel, April 1990 and April 1991); text by Chris Eliopoulis and Barry Dutter; pencils and inks by Ron Zalme, colors by Gregory Wright (#88) and Renee Witterstaetter (#100)
Q: How is Cindy like Waldo? A: Because you have to find her!

from Marvel Age #120 (Marvel, January 1993), art by Rick Parker
(Click top (blue) picture to Bullpen-size)
Happy birthday, Cindy!


from Marvel Age #112 (Marvel, May 1992)

Today in Comics History, April 10, 1981, 4:15 PM: The Avengers face off against their deadliest foe, the Lampshade

from Avengers #209 (Marvel, July 1981), script by J. M. DeMatteis, pencils by Alan Kupperberg, inks by Dan Green, colors by Barry Grossman, letters by Janice Chiang

Today in Comics History, April 10: Happy birthday, James Hudnall!

Born on this day in 1957: James D. Hudnall, comics writer on Alpha Flight, Strikeforce: Morituri, Lex Luthor: The Unauthorized Biography, and his own creations or co-creations Interface, ESPers, Harsh Realm, Sinking, Hardcase and more! James passed away in 2019, and we wish he were still here.



from "Recap" in Hardcase #7 (Malbi, December 1993), script by James Hudnall; pencils, inks, and letters by Patrick Owsley, colors by Moose Baumann
Happy birthday, James!

Today in Comics History, April 10, 2019: Daily Bugle struggles for a way to pin this on Spider-Man

from Cable (2020 series) #2 (Marvel, September 2020); script by Gerry Duggan; pencils, inks, and colors by Phil Noto; letters by Joe Sabino

Today in Comics History, April 10, 1981, 2:17 PM: At last somebody remembered about Hank McCoy's high-school girlfriend

from Avengers #209 (Marvel, July 1981), script by J. M. DeMatteis, pencils by Alan Kupperberg, inks by Dan Green, colors by Barry Grossman, letters by Janice Chiang

Today in Comics History, April 10, 1912: "Captain's Log, April 10. I am gonna sink this bitch."

from "The Tragedy of the Titanic" in Real Fact Comics #7 (March 1947); script by Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, and/or Bernie Breslauer; pencils by Curt Swan (?)

Today in Comics History, April 10, 1912: Maybe launching the Titanic from under a ladder and across a black cat's path wasn't a good idea

from Strange Journey #3 (Farrell, February 1958), pencils by H.C. Kiefer, inks by the Iger Shop

Today in Comics History, April 10, 1910: Thomas the Tank Engine is scooped out to add delicious cream filling

from "The Train That Wasn't There!" in Journey into Mystery #27 (Marvel/Atlas, October 1955), pencils and inks by Bob Powell

Today in Comics History, April 10, 1951: Carrie Fisher's dad joins the fight against the Galactic Empire

from "The Eddie Fisher Story!" in World's Greatest Songs #1 (Marvel/Atlas, September 1954), pencils and inks by Russ Heath

Today in Comics History, April 10, 1945: Band of Brothers

from Black Hammer '45 #4 (Dark Horse, June 2019), co-plot by Jeff Lemire, co-plot and script by Ray Fawkes, pencils and inks by Matt Kindt, colors by Sharlene Kindt, letters by Marie Enger

Today in Comics History, April 10, 1945: Potholes claim first victim

from Black Hammer '45 #3 (Dark Horse, May 2019), co-plot by Jeff Lemire, co-plot and script by Ray Fawkes, pencils and inks by Matt Kindt, colors by Sharlene Kindt, letters by Marie Enger

Today in Comics History, April 10, 1945: Stop! Black Hammer Time!

from Black Hammer '45 #1 (Dark Horse, March 2019), co-plot by Jeff Lemire, co-plot and script by Ray Fawkes, pencils and inks by Matt Kindt, colors by Sharlene Kindt, letters by Marie Enger