Today in Comics History, December 1: Happy birthday, Sarah Silverman!

This is an expanded and updated version of a post originally published January 29, 2017.

Can you guess the surprise celebrity guest in this here Deadpool comic book?


cover of Deadpool (2013 series) #40 (Marvel, March 2015), art by Scott Kobish
Oh, wait, I told you already in the post title: It's Sarah Silverman's birthday!


from Deadpool (2013 series) #40 (Marvel, March 2015), script by Gerry Duggan and Brian Posehn, pencils and inks by Scott Koblish, crayon colors by Val Staples, letters by Joe Sabino

Today in Comics History, December 1, 1984: A thinly disguised Plastic Man watches to see if Jimmy Olsen will pay the rent

from Hot Valley Days and Cocaine Nights #2 (Antarctic, January 2021), script by Matthew Spradlin, pencils and inks by Farid Karami, colors by Andrew Crossley

Today in Comics History, December 1, 1946: Extremely short judge issues the death penalty

from "Nell Baker" in Crime Patrol (1948 series) #12 (EC, June 1949); script, pencils, and inks by Al Feldstein, letters by Jim Wroten

Today in Comics History, December 1, 1859: Way to commit to a cause without waffling, Abe

from "John Brown" in Real Life Comics #4 (Pines, April 1942), creators uncredited and unknown

Today in Comics History, December 1, 1950: The Marines build a comfortable tavern just for themselves and they call it...

from "Marines Retreat!" in Frontline Combat (1951 series) #1 (EC, July 1951), script and inks by Harvey Kurtzman, pencils by John Severin, colors by Marie Severin, letters by Ben Oda

Today in Comics History, December 1, 1985: Daily Planet just flat-out doxxing everybody now

house ad for Secret Origins (1986 series) #1, published in DC Comics dated December 1985, pencils and inks by Jerry Ordway, crystal ball image by Wayne Boring

Today in Comics History, December 1: Bruce never should have bought Alfred that donut-scented cologne

from "Good Boy" in Batman Annual (2017 series) #1 (DC, January 2017), script by Tom King, pencils and inks by David Finch, colors by Gabe Eltaeb, letters by Deron Bennett

Today in Comics History, December 1, 1930: Well, that's your first mistake: don't do business with skeletons

from "Paid in Full" in Astonishing #7 (Marvel/Atlas, December 1951), pencils by Harry Lazarus, inks by Harry Lazarus or Vince Alascia (?)

Today in Comics History, December 1: Only twenty-four more swooping days until Christmas

from The Batman Adventures Holiday Special one-shot (DC, January 1995), script by Paul Dini, pencils and inks by Dan Riba, colors by Bruce Timm, letters by Richard Starkings