Today in Comics History, September 29, 1997: Yeah, that sort of thing was always happening in 1997

from Back to the Future (2015 series) #17 (IDW, February 2017), story by John Barber and Bob Gale, script by John Barber, art by Emma Vieceli, colors by Jose Luis Rio, letters by Shawn Lee

Today in Comics History, May 11, 1986: Waffle House placemat cartoon map of Happy Waffletown not drawn to scale

from Back to the Future (2015 series) #25 (IDW, October 2017), co-plot and script by John Barber, co-plot by Bob Gale, pencils by Marcelo Ferreira and Athila Fabbio, inks by Maria Keane, colors by Jose Luis Rio, letters by Shawn Lee

Today in Comics History, January 20, 1977: For some reason I bet they still made Jimmy Carter give up his peanut farm

from Back to the Future: Biff to the Future #4 (IDW, April 2017), co-plot and script by Bob Gale, co-plot by Derek Fridolfs, pencils by Alan Robinson, inks by Alan Robinson and Jaime Castro, colors by Maria Santaolalla, letters by Shawn Lee

Today in Comics Book History, December 25, 1970, Christmas: I'm telling you why, butthead

from Back to the Future: Biff to the Future #3 (IDW, March 2017), story and script by Bob Gale and Derek Fridolfs, pencils by Alan Robinson, inks by Alan Robinson and Jaime Castro, colors by Maria Santaolalla, letters by Shawn Lee

Today in Comics History, December 19, 1931, 2:45 PM: By this point the time/space continuum has just thrown up its arms and said "Eh, the heck with it."

from Back to the Future: Citizen Brown #5 (IDW, September 2016), script by Eric Burnham, pencils by Alan Robinson, inks by Alan Robinson and Jaime Castro, colors by Maria Santaolalla, letters by Shawn Lee

Today in Comics History, December 19, 1931, 9:40 AM: Back to the future drawing board

from Back to the Future: Citizen Brown #5 (IDW, September 2016), script by Eric Burnham, pencils by Alan Robinson, inks by Alan Robinson and Jaime Castro, colors by Maria Santaolalla, letters by Shawn Lee

Today in Comics History, December 19, 1931, 3:15 AM: It's quarter after three, there's no one in the place / Except me and Marty

from Back to the Future: Citizen Brown #5 (IDW, September 2016), script by Eric Burnham, pencils by Alan Robinson, inks by Alan Robinson and Jaime Castro, colors by Maria Santaolalla, letters by Shawn Lee

Today in Comics History, December 18, 1975: But that trick never works!

from Back to the Future: Biff to the Future #4 (IDW, April 2017), co-plot and script by Bob Gale, co-plot by Derek Fridolfs, pencils and inks by Alan Robinson, additional inks by Jaime Castro, colors by Maria Santaolalla, letters by Shawn Lee

Today in Comics History, December 18, 1931, 5:55 PM: Well, I know how I'm spending my weekend

from Back to the Future: Citizen Brown #4 (IDW, August 2016), script by Eric Burnham, pencils by Alan Robinson, inks by Alan Robinson and Jaime Castro, colors by Maria Santaolalla, letters by Shawn Lee

Today in Comics History, December 18, 1931, 9:35 AM: Oh come on now, Marty, you're as co-dependent on Western Union as Lois is on Superman

from Back to the Future: Citizen Brown #5 (IDW, September 2016), script by Eric Burnham, pencils by Alan Robinson, inks by Alan Robinson and Jaime Castro, colors by Maria Santaolalla, letters by Shawn Lee

Today in Comics History, December 6, 1936: Actually Doc Brown's just happened upon the weekend of the Hill Valley Classic Car Show and a theatre still playing Mia Hansen-Løve's "Things to Come" (2016)

from Back to the Future: Biff to the Future #5 (IDW, May 2017), co-plot and script by Bob Gale, co-plot by Derek Fridolfs, pencils and inks by Alan Robinson, additional inks by Jaime Castro, colors by Maria Santaolalla, letters by Shawn Lee

Today in Comics History, November 21, 1931: But...but this is the Cenozoic Era

from Back to the Future: Citizen Brown #1 (August 2016); script by Erik Burnham; pencils by Alan Robinson; inks by Alan Robinson, Salo Farias, and Cristian Docolomansky; colors by Maria Santrolalla; letters by Shawn Lee

Today in Comics History, November 13, 1955: How Biff really made his fortune: his intoxicating cologne

from Back to the Future: Biff to the Future #1 (IDW, January 2017), story by Bob Gale and Derek Fridolfs, script by Bob Gale, pencils and inks by Alan Robinson, colors by Maria Santaolalla, letters by Neil Uyetake

Today in Comics History, November 12, 1955: Oh, for crying out loud, it's that day again

from Back to the Future: Biff to the Future #1 (IDW, January 2017), story by Bob Gale and Derek Fridolfs, script by Bob Gale, pencils and inks by Alan Robinson, colors by Maria Santaolalla, letters by Neil Uyetake

Today in Comics History, November 6, 1955: Adjective invented

from Back to the Future: Biff to the Future #2 (IDW, February 2017), story by Bob Gale and Derek Fridolfs, script by Bob Gale, pencils and inks by Alan Robinson, colors by Maria Santaolalla, letters by Neil Uyetake

Today in Comics History, October 27, 1985: Doc Brown immediately flies into Hurricane Juan, steals five Monets and two Renoirs, and fires Yankee manager Billy Martin

from Back to the Future: Tales from the Time Train #1 (IDW, December 2017), script by John Barber, art by Megan Levens, colors by Charlie Kirchoff, letters by Shawn Lee

Today in Comics History, October 27, 2017, 3:30 PM: Nothing can possiblie go worng

from Back to the Future (2015 series) #18 (IDW, March 2017), co-plot by Bob Gale, co-pot and script by John Barber, pencils by Marcelo Ferreira, inks by Maria Keane, colors by José Luis Río, letters by Shawn Lee

Today in Comics History, October 8, 1979: Rock star Flea is 100% certain the other kids in his class won't laugh at him

from Back to the Future (2015 series) #12 (IDW, September 2016), story by John Barber and Bob Gale, script by John Barber, pencils and inks by Emma Vieceli, colors by Jose Luis Rio, letters by Shawn Lee and Robbie Robbins

Today in Comics History, September 21, 1939: All's fair that World's Fair

from Back to the Future: Tales from the Time Train #2, 5, and 6 (IDW, January, April, and May 2018), co-plot by Bob Gale, co-plot and script by John Barber, pencils and inks by Megan Levens, colors by Charlie Kirchoff, letters by Shawn Lee

Today in Comics History, September 9, 1893: And the adventure keeps on adventuring

from Back to the Future (2015 series) #25 (final issue) (IDW, October 2017), co-plot and script by John Barber, co-plot by Bob Gale, pencils by Marcelo Ferreira and Athila Fabbio, inks by Maria Keane, colors by Jose Luis Rio, letters by Shawn Lee