Today in Comics History, April 9-16: A week without you / Thought I'd forget

from "Twin Bill!" in Vault of Horror (1950 series) #36 (EC, April 1954); script, pencils, and inks by Johnny Craig, colors by Marie Severin, letters by Jim Wroten

Today in Comics History, April 16: Happy birthday, Kim DeMulder!

Born on this day, Kim DeMulder, comic book inker (Batman, Detective Comics, Doom Patrol, House of Mystery, Incredible Hulk, The Defenders, The New Mutants and much more) and illustrator!



from Marvel Age #52 and 88 (Marvel, July 1987 and April 1991); text by Mike Carlin (#53) and Chris Eliopoulis and Barry Dutter (#88); pencils and inks by Ron Zalme; colors by Paul Becton (#53) and Gregory Wright (#88)
Happy birthday, Kim!


from Sensational She-Hulk graphic novel (Marvel, 1985)

Today in Comics History, April 16, 1917: The Red Baron beefs up his resumé

from "Red Knight!" in Two-Fisted Tales #29 (EC, September 1952), script by Harvey Kurtzman, pencils and inks by John Severin, colors by Marie Severin, letters by Ben Oda

Today in Comics History, April 16: Kindly old couple mistakenly signs up for The Crime Boat

from "The Great Ocean-Liner Robbery!' in Gang Busters #39 (DC, April 1954), pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Ray Burnley (?)

Today in Comics History, April 16, 1910: Mr. Carter verbally ripostes that Mr. Benton might be ever so kind as to possibly oblige him to stuff it

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 16, 1974: Flash Thompson finally shuts up

from Spider-Man: Life Story #2 (Marvel, June 2019), script by Chip Zdarsky, pencils by Mark Bagley, inks by Andrew Hennessy, colors by Frank D'Armata, letters by Travis Lanham

365 Days of Defiance, Day 106 and Today in Comics History, April 16, 1942: Goosio salutes you

Today in Comics Actual History, April 16, 1942!


from "Malta, Stronghold of Courage" in Real Life Comics #11 (Pines, November 1942), creators unknown
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Today in Comics History, April 16: Happy Birthday, Simon Grimshaw! Wait, your favorite book is Atlas Shrugged? Well, the heck with ya, then.

from Nowhere Men #1 (Image, November 2012), script by Eric Stephenson, pencils and inks by Nate Bellegarde, colors by Jordie Bellaire, letters by Fonografiks

Today in Comics History, April 16: The League of Sinister Cardboard Cut-Outs plots a heist

from Richard Stark's Parker: The Score (IDW, July 2012); adapted from the novel by Richard Stark; script, pencils, inks, color, and letters by Darwyn Cooke