Today in Comics History, September 17, 1989: Carmela throws the best parties

from Doctor Fate (1988 series) #14 (DC, February 1990), script by J. M. DeMatteis, pencils and inks by Shawn McManus, colors by Lovern Kindzierski, letters by Todd Klein

Today in Comics History, September 14, 1989: Step to me it's third degree / You're all committing perjury

from Doctor Fate (1988 series) #14 (DC, February 1990), script by J. M. DeMatteis, pencils and inks by Shawn McManus, colors by Lovern Kindzierski, letters by Todd Klein

Today in Comics History, November 22, 1976: Even Dr. Fate can barely afford deductible and co-pay

from The New Golden Age #1 one-shot (DC, January 2023); script by Geoff Johns, pencils and inks by Diego Olortegui, J. P. Mayer, Scott Hanna, Jerry Ordway, Steve Lieber, Todd Nauck, Scott Kolins, Viktor Bogdanović, Brandon Peterson, and/or Gary Frank; colors by Nick Filardi, John Kalisz, Matt Herms, Jordan Boyd, and/or Brad Anderson, letters by Rob Leig

365 Days of Defiance, Day 69*: The Justice Society is formed to fight the fifth column by using big-ass word balloons

Panels from All Star Comics #4 (March-April 1941), script by Gardner F. Fox, pencils and inks by Everett E. Hibbard
Tune in tomorrow to see how Flash, the Master of Going Faster, deals with the enemies of America! (Hint: he goes quicker than them.)

* Nice.**
** This footnote satisfies the requirement by international internet law that all mentions of the number sixty-nine be accompanied by the word "nice."

365 Days of Defiance, Day 54: Melting Pot

We're pretty much all from somewhere else.


Panels from "Reflection" in Doctor Fate (2015 series) #14 (September 2016), script by Paul Levitz, pencils and inks by Breno Tamura, colors by Lee Loughridge, letters by Saida Temofonte
...and in a just world, your ancestors will remind you of that.


This history lesson has been brought to you courtesy of Doctor Fate. "When you're a bigoted racist with no sense of geneology, generously apply Doctor Fate."

365 Days of DC House Ads, Day 29

House ad for The Helmet of Fate limited series (January 2007); printed in Detective Comics #827 (March 2007)
Pencils, inks, and colors by Brian Bolland, from the cover of The Helmet of Fate: Detective Chimp #1 (March 2007)