Today in Comics History, February 2, 1941: Perry White makes Clark Kent sit on story for ten months

from "Crime Without Motive" in Crime Fighting Detective #19 (Star, June 1952), pencils and inks by R. Louis Golden

Today in Comics History, December 4: Happy birthday, Pamela Stephenson!

Born on this day: actor, comedian, and psychologist Pamela Stephenson (Lady Connolly) from Not the Nine O'Clock News, Saturday Night Live, Mel Brooks's History of the World Part 1, Strictly Come Dancing, and in Superman III as Lorelei Ambrosia!




from Superman [III] Movie Special one-shot (DC, September 1983), script by Cary Bates, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Sal Amendola, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by Ben Oda
Even tho' you look like a hologram in these panels — maybe that transparency is courtesy of Superman's X-ray vision? — happy birthday, Pamela!

Today in Comics History, December 4, 1783: First meeting of the George Washington Clone Club

from "The Story of the War of Independence" in Picture Stories from American History #2 (EC, 1946), script by M. C. Gaines and W. W. D. Sones, pencils and inks by Allen Simon

Today in Comics History, December 4: Happy birthday, Jeff Bridges!

Born on this day: Academy Award-winning actor and producer Jeff Bridges! Gee, he looks familiar...oh, that's right! We saw him in Iron Man as Obadiah Stane, kickin' off the MCU! Here he is (right):


photo variant cover of Invincible Iron Man (2008 series) #1 (Marvel, July 2008)

Today in Comics History, December 4, 1951: Ex-convict seized, apparently upside-down

from "Crime Without Motive" in Crime Fighting Detective #19 (Star, June 1952), pencils and inks by R. Louis Golden
Wait, why is a newspaper reporting a 10-month old story?

Today in Comics History, December 4: Happy birthday, "Pappy" Boyington!

Born on this day in 1912: Lt. Colonel Gregory "Pappy" Boyington, Marine and WWII Flying Ace in the Pacific front.



from "'Pappy' Boyington" in It Really Happenedi #8 (Pines, April 1947), creators uncredited and unknown
Pretty much every other panel in that 3-page story is filled with racist slurs (including the bottom of the first panel), so why not instead watch Robert Conrad as Pappy in the 1976-78 NBC-T series Baa Baa Black Sheep (aka Black Sheep Squadron). Gotta be better than the comic.



Pappy birthday, Happy! Oh, you know what I mean.

Today in Comics History, December 4, 1872 and 1947: They finally find the S.S. Minnow

from "The Mary Celeste: Ship of Evil" in Black Magic (1950 series) v.2 #11 (17) (Prize, October 1952), pencils and inks by Al Eadeh, letters by Ben Oda

Today in Comics History, December 4: All that emphasis on high heels and Liefeld barely draws her feet

from New Mutants (1983 series) #98 (Marvel, February 1991); plot, pencils, and inks by Rob Liefeld, script by Fabian Nicieza, colors by Steve Buccellato, letters by Joe Rosen

Today in Comics History, December 4: By the power of Greyskull, Lex Luthor has the power!

from Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #126 (DC, February 2000), script by Greg Rucka and Devin Grayson, pencils by Damien Scott and Dale Eaglesham, inks by John Floyd, colors by Pamela Rambo, color separations by Wildstorm FX, letters by Willie Schubert