Today in Comics History, April 28, 1942: "We won't stop for anything until we win the Pacific War! But first, let's write some letters."

from "Lieut. John James Powers" in Heroic Comics #17 (Eastern Color, March 1943), pencils by Alan Mandel, inks by Dan Barry

Today in Comics History, July 14: Happy birthday, Donald Meek!

Born on this day in 1878: Hollywood actor Donald Meek (You Can't Take It with You, Stagecoach, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, My Little Chickadee, State Fair, The Thin Man Goes Home and lots more)! And he was a cartoonist, apparently! Sadly, I can't find any of his artwork, but here's him by someone else — fantastic caricaturist Bud Thompson!


from "Star Flashes" in Heroic Comics #17 (Eastern Color, March 1943); text, pencils, inks, and letters by Bud Thompson
Say, was Donald meek?


from the trailer of A Woman's Face (MGM, 1941), screenplay by Donald Ogden Stewart and Elliot Paul, directed by George Cukor
He most certainly was not!


from "Star Flashes" in Reg'lar Fellers Heroic Comics #1 (Eastern Color, August 1940); text, pencils, inks, and letters by Bud Thompson
Happy birthday, Mister Meek! Why, I'd like to shake your hand...OW NOT SO HARD

Today in Comics History, May 17, 1942: New 1942 model car crumples into wreck upon hitting newsprint

from "[Jon Wells Dies in Auto Crash]" in Heroic Comics #17 (Eastern Color, March 1943), script by Stephen Douglas (?)

Today in Comics History, January 29, 1942: Okay, okay, stop trying to make all the other guys in your platoon look bad

from "Lieut. Nininger, Jr." in Heroic Comics #16 (Eastern Color, January 1943), creators uncredited and unknown

Today in Comics History, August 17, 1943: Art being cut off to make room for an ad? This is why comics needs a union

"He Tip-Toed over Germany" from Heroic Comics #22 (Eastern Color, January 1944), creators uncredited and unknown
"Based upon a true story!"


A rare WWII with a happy ending. EXCEPT FOR YOU, HITLER!