Today in Comics History, March 19: White ink on red newsprint is not the newspaper breakthrough they'd hoped

cover of Extra! (1955 series) #2 (EC, May 1955), pencils and inks by Johnny Cdraig

Today in Comics History, March 9: This is not the time or place to type up your espionage novel, Geri Hamilton!

from "Hong Kong" in Extra! (1955 series) #2 (EC, May 1955), pencils and inks by Reed Crandall, colors by Marie Severin

Today in Comics History, January 9: Hideous tropical shirt results in man's death, even in black-and-white

cover of Extra! (1955 series) #1 (EC, March 1955), pencils and inks by Johnny Craig

Today in Comics History, June 9, 1938: He courtshipped himself to death

from "Geri Hamilton" in Extra! #3 (EC, July 1955), pencils and inks by Reed Crandall, colors by Marie Severin