Today in Comics History, October 12: Happy birthday, Nuklon!

Born on this day: Al Rothstein, the nuclear-powered DC hero named Nuklon!


from Infinity Inc. (1984 series) #22 (DC, January 1986), script by Roy Thomas and Dann Thomas
Happy birthday, Nuklon! Don't get overexcited at your biothday party, 'kay, pal?

Today in Comics History, October 10: Why is Green Lantern against crime patrols?

from Infinity Inc. (1984 series) #4 (DC, July 1984), co-plot and script by Roy Thomas, co-plot by Dann Thomas, pencils by Jerry Ordway, inks by Mike Machlan, colors by Adrienne Roy and Anthony Tollin, letters by David Cody Weiss

Today in Comics History, February 28, 196X: Whoa, that escalated quickly

from Infinity Inc. (1984 series) #18 (DC, September 1985), co-plot and script by Roy Thomas, co-plot by Dann Thomas, pencils by Todd McFarlane, inks by Pablo Marcos, colors by Adrienne Roy and Anthony Tollin, letters by David Cody Weiss

Today in Comics History, December 25, Christmas: For his holiday gift, Roy Thomas pays David Cody Weiss by the word

from Infinity, Inc. (1984 series) #3 (DC, June 1984); co-plot and script by Roy Thomas; co-plot by Dann Thomas; pencils by Jerry Ordway; inks by Mike Machlan, Rick Magyar, and Bill Collins; colors by Adrienne Roy and Anthony Tollin; letters by David Cody Weiss

Today in Comics History, December 13 (1927?): Happy birthday, Star-Spangled Kid!

Born on this day: Sylvester Pembleton, the hero known as Star-Spangled Kid I and later, Skyman!


from Super DC Calendar 1976 (DC, 1975), letters by Ben Oda
Happy birthday, Sly! Don't let the skeleton sing birthday songs about you, m'okay?



from Infinity Inc. (1984 series) #50 (May 1988), script by Roy Thomas and Dann Thomas, pencils by Vince Argondezzi, inks by Tony DeZuniga, colors by Elizabeth Safian, letters by Jean Simek

Today in Comics History, November 12: Happy birthday, Don Newton!

Born on this day in 1934: comic book artist Don Newton (Batman, Detective Comics, World's Finest Comics, Adventure Comics, Aquaman, The New Gods, The Phantom, more; co-creator of Jason Todd, the Yolanda Montez Wildcat, and Nocturna)!


"DC Profile #78: Don Newton" in DC Comics cover-dated October 1981

Today in Comics History, September 7, 1959: Happy birthday, Huntress!

from Infinity Inc. (1984 series) #7 (DC, October 1984), text by Joey Cavalieri
Happy birthday, Helena Wayne!


from "From Each Ending...A Beginning!" in DC Super Stars #17 (DC, November 1977), script by Paul Levitz, pencils by Joe Staton, inks by Bob Layton, colors by Anthony Tollin, letters by Ben Oda

Today in Comics History, July 23, 1985: The tragedy of superhero weddings: having Doiby Dickles as your best man

Today is the wedding anniversary of Alan Scott (Green Lantern) and Molly Mayne (the Harlequin, not to be confused with Harley Quinn, who would probably hit GL with a big wooden mallet)! Did you send them a gift? I sent them a toaster from Macy's, and then it got erased in Crisis. The saddest death in Crisis on Infinite Earth: that poor toaster.


from Infinity Inc. Annual #1 (DC, December 1985); script by Roy Thomas and Dann Thomas; pencils by Ron Harris, inks by Dick Giordano, Alfredo Alcala, Richard Howell, and Tony DeZuniga; colors by Adrienne Roy and Anthony Tollin; letters by David Cody Weiss
The complainers will yell that "you couldn't publish this story today!" No, DC could publish it, but since Post-Rebirth Alan Scott is now gay, he gets married to Wildcat.

Today in Comics History, July 20, 1966: Happy birthday, Jade and Obsidian!

If you follow the Super DC Calendar 1976 which lists birthdays for most of the DCU's heroes, villains, and supporting cast, you note that, very imporobabky, no two characters' birthdays fall on the same day, with the exception of Superman and Captain Marvel (which fall on February 29, the most unlikely day)!

However, here's a post-'76 aversion. Born today in 1966: two heroes on the same day! At least, in the Post-Crisis but pre-Rebirth DCU: they're twins Jenny-Lynn Hayden and Todd Rice: Jade and Obsidian! As the children of the original Green Lantern Alan Scott, however, it's probable they no longer exist in the Post-Rebirth (2016+) age, as Alan has been retconned to be a a gay man. Still, whatever retcon, you can never keep a good character down: even Supergirl came back!


from Infinity Inc. (1984 series) #5 (DC, August 1984), text by Roy Thomas (?)
So remember: you have to buy two presents today, and you can't even get them the same present: one has to be green; the other one has to be black. May I suggest color-coded cardigans?


from Infinity Inc. (1984 series) #6 (DC, September 1984), text by Roy Thomas (?)
Happy birthday, you two wacky, possibly non-existent, certain weren't born in 1966 anyway kids!

Today in Comics History, January 3: "♬ Nobody's home! ♬ Nobody's home! ♬"

from Infinity Inc. (1984 series) #40 (DC, July 1987), script by Roy Thomas and Dann Thomas, pencils by Vince Argondezzi, inks by Tony DeZuñiga and Danny Bulanadi, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by Agustin Mas

365 Days of KirbyTech, Day 111: The Sandman's Hypnosonic Whistle

"You know how to whistle, don't you?" said the hottest woman in the universe:



But for the Sandman, whistling involves — you guessed it! — a very special piece of KirbyTech: the Hypnosonic Whistle.


Panel from The Sandman (1974 series) #2 (April-May 1975), script by Michael Fleisher, pencils by Ernie Chan, inks by Mike Royer, letters by Ben Oda
Gosh, Mr. Sandman, Miss Bacall don't need no magic whistle to do that.