Today in Comics History, October 17, 1944: Nazis purchase one of those square inch of land deeds from the back of a comic book

from "21 Days" in Battle Action #14 (Marvel/Atlas, December 1954), pencils and inks by Syd Shores

Today in Comics History, September 14, 1814: Comic books would like to remind you that today's the anniversary of the writing of "The Star Spangled Banner," our traditional, unsingable, racist national anthem

This is an expanded and updated version of a post originally published September 14, 2012.


cover of Magic Comics #36 (David Mckay, July 1942), painting by Edgar Franklin Wittmack

Today in Comics History, November 24: Happy birthday, Zachary Taylor!

Born on this day in 1784, America's only twelfth President, Zachary Taylor!


from "Gen. Zachary Taylor" in Real Life Comics #29 (Pines, March 1946), creators unknown

Today in Comics History, August 17, 1952: Newbie gamer mistakenly sets difficulty on "hard"

from "The Town!" in Battle Action #14 (Marvel/Atlas, December 1954), pencils and inks by Russ Heath
Also: we don't need a Zen master of koans in the Army, Sarge.