Today in Comics History, February 17: "Who's Got a Worse Father?" Competition enters its second week

from Young Justice: Targets #5 (DC, January 2023), script by Greg Weisman, pencils and inks by Christopher Jones, colors by Jason Wright, letters by Wes Abbott

Today in Comics History, February 17: Happy birthday, Curt Swan!

Born on this day in 1922: Curt Swan, one of DC's greatest and most important artists, renowned for his work on the Superman family of comics...and much, much more.


from Fifty Who Made DC Great one-shot (DC, 1985)

Today in Comics History, February 17; Happy birthday, David Fox!

Happy birthday today to David Fox, one of the Marvel legal guys in the 1980s. He got his birthday celebrated on the Marvel Age calendar three times!


from Marvel Age #50, 87 and 98 (Marvel, May 1987, April 1990, and March 1991), text by Mike Carlin (#50), and Chris Eliopoulis and Barry Dutter (#87 and 98); pencils and inks by Ron Zalme; colors by Gregory Wright (#87) and Renee Witterstaetter (#98)
Happy birthday, Dave!

Today in Comics History, February 17, 1864: Black panel borders signal impending doom

from "Subsurface Through the Centuries" in Commander Battle and the Atomic Sub #5 (ACG, March 1955), script by Richard Hughes (?), pencils and inks by Pete Riss

Today in Comics History, February 17, 1957: Winter Soldier kills a guy with a name Tom Clancy thought of

from Captain America (2005 series) #11 (Marvel, November 2005), script by Ed Brubaker, pencils by Steve Epting, inks by Steve Epting and Mike Perkins, colors by Frank D'Armata, letters by Randolph Gentile

Today in Comics History, February 17: Happy Brotherhood Week!

How well can you guess random facts about the fact that everyone in our country except Native Americans are immigrants?


"Special Brotherhood Week Quiz" PSA from DC Comics cover-dated March 1957, script by Jack Schiff (?), pencils and inks by Ruben Moreira, letters by Ira Schnapp
Gosh, they make it all sound so friendly: