from "George Westinghouse" in True Comics #50 (Parents' Magazine Press, July 1946), pencils (and inks?) by Sam Glankoff
Goooooo MARINE TURBINES!
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Saturday, January 21, 2023
Today in Comics History, January 21, 1911: TFW it won't be long before all ships are powered by marine turbines
And sure enough...it wasn't long before all ships were powered by marine turbines!
from "George Westinghouse" in True Comics #50 (Parents' Magazine Press, July 1946), pencils (and inks?) by Sam Glankoff
Goooooo MARINE TURBINES!
from "George Westinghouse" in True Comics #50 (Parents' Magazine Press, July 1946), pencils (and inks?) by Sam Glankoff
Goooooo MARINE TURBINES!
Today in Comics History, January 21, 1783: You say you want a revolution
Previously, on The Twilight Zone...
On January 20, 1893, René Noir stole a valuable "gold key" and used it tofound a thriving comic book company break into the home of the mysterious Marie and the (looks through my dictionary of "L-Words") lachrymal Louis (I'm not certain if that word is right), where after he discovers he's Louis's identical double, is sedated by drugged wine and wakes up the next morning on...
from "The Secret of the Key" in The Twilight Zone #4; pencils by Alex Toth, inks by Mike Peppe, letters by Ben Oda
Y'see, the Gold Key took him back in time 100 years! Where he just happened to encounter his exact double! Who was gonna be killed the next day! How about that story, kids? Pretty scary, right? Even Ol' Uncle Bully was scared, and he doesn't scare easily!
...
THE TWILIGHT ZONE!
This post was suggested by faithful reader and frequent commenter Blam, who's provided a lot of date references in comics that I'll spotlight throughout 2023 in this series. Thanks, Blam!
On January 20, 1893, René Noir stole a valuable "gold key" and used it to
from "The Secret of the Key" in The Twilight Zone #4; pencils by Alex Toth, inks by Mike Peppe, letters by Ben Oda
Y'see, the Gold Key took him back in time 100 years! Where he just happened to encounter his exact double! Who was gonna be killed the next day! How about that story, kids? Pretty scary, right? Even Ol' Uncle Bully was scared, and he doesn't scare easily!
...
THE TWILIGHT ZONE!
This post was suggested by faithful reader and frequent commenter Blam, who's provided a lot of date references in comics that I'll spotlight throughout 2023 in this series. Thanks, Blam!
Friday, January 21, 2022
Today in Comics History, January 21: Happy birthday, Benny Hill!
Born on this day in 1924: English funnyman Benny Hill, star of radio (Benny Hill Time), movies (The Italian Job, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines), records ("Ernie, The Fastest Milkman in the West"), and of course, television (The Benny Hill Show).
And comics! Coinciding with his radio success, Benny had a long-running feature page in the UK's Radio Fun and Film Fun, including cover appearances:
covers of Radio Fun Annual 1958 and 1960 (Amalgamated Press), artists unknown
And interior comedy strips!
from Radio Fun #1034 and 1039 (Amalgamated, 2 August and 6 September 1958), illustrated by Reg Parlett
Later, when Benny's show ran (constantly) on Britain's ITV channel, he was featured on both covers and via comic strips in the company's weekly magazine Look-In:
strips from Look-In #10/1977 and 38/198 (ITV, 5 March 1977 and 13 September 1980), script by Angus P. Allan, pencils and inks by Bill Titcombe
And even the occasional feature page or two!
"Trans-Atlantic Scuttle" from Look-In #38/198, by Terry Tanell
(Then again, Benny was always keen onputting the foot in the groin getting paid advertisement placement):
advert from Film Fun #1931 (19 January 1957)
Happy birthday, Benny Hill! Slap a little bald man on the head today for me!
from "The Mad Nasty File" in MAD #260 (January 1986), script by Tom Koch, pencils and inks by Gerry Gersten
And comics! Coinciding with his radio success, Benny had a long-running feature page in the UK's Radio Fun and Film Fun, including cover appearances:
covers of Radio Fun Annual 1958 and 1960 (Amalgamated Press), artists unknown
And interior comedy strips!
from Radio Fun #1034 and 1039 (Amalgamated, 2 August and 6 September 1958), illustrated by Reg Parlett
Later, when Benny's show ran (constantly) on Britain's ITV channel, he was featured on both covers and via comic strips in the company's weekly magazine Look-In:
strips from Look-In #10/1977 and 38/198 (ITV, 5 March 1977 and 13 September 1980), script by Angus P. Allan, pencils and inks by Bill Titcombe
And even the occasional feature page or two!
"Trans-Atlantic Scuttle" from Look-In #38/198, by Terry Tanell
(Then again, Benny was always keen on
advert from Film Fun #1931 (19 January 1957)
Happy birthday, Benny Hill! Slap a little bald man on the head today for me!
from "The Mad Nasty File" in MAD #260 (January 1986), script by Tom Koch, pencils and inks by Gerry Gersten
Today in Comics History, January 21: Happy birthday, Richard Brannigan!
Born on this day in 1969: Richard Brannigan, former Minnesota Vikings running back, former sidekick out of an undetermined number of sidekicks of Trigger Keaton.
from Six Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton #4 (Image/Skybound, September 2021), script by Kyle Starks, art by Chris Schweizer, color assists by Liz Trice Schweizer
Happy birthday, Richard!
from Six Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton #4 (Image/Skybound, September 2021), script by Kyle Starks, art by Chris Schweizer, color assists by Liz Trice Schweizer
Happy birthday, Richard!
Today in Comics History, January 21: Happy birthday, Pete Ross!
Born on this day in the DC Universe, according to the Super DC Calendar '76: Pete Ross, boy pal of Smallville!
from Super DC Calendar 1976 (DC, 1975r), letters by Ben Oda
Yes, that's Pete Ross, the only kid in Smallville smart enough to detect that Clark Kent was Superboy!
from "The Boy Who Betrayed Clark Kent!" in Superboy (1949 series) #86 (DC, January 1981), script by Robert Bernstein, pencils and inks by George Papp
Aw, who am I kiddin'? He didn't detect nuthin'. Pete found out because he was peepin' at Clark on a camping trip. Lucky break, Pete!
from "Pete Ross' Super-Secret!" in Superboy (1949 series) #90 (DC, July 1961), script by Otto Binder or Robert Bernstein (?), pencils and inks by George Papp
Later Pete became Vice-President and then President. There was probably some stuff in between. Let's check his data sheet that he has to share with Lana Lang from the Who's Who nobody likes, the three-ring binder one that they never finished!
from Who's Who in the DC Universe (1990 series) #14 (November 1991), text by Roger Stern, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Jerry Ordway, colors by Tom McCraw
(Click picture to Largeville-size)
Happy birthday, Pete Ross! Stop peeping at people while they're changing.
from Super DC Calendar 1976 (DC, 1975r), letters by Ben Oda
Yes, that's Pete Ross, the only kid in Smallville smart enough to detect that Clark Kent was Superboy!
from "The Boy Who Betrayed Clark Kent!" in Superboy (1949 series) #86 (DC, January 1981), script by Robert Bernstein, pencils and inks by George Papp
Aw, who am I kiddin'? He didn't detect nuthin'. Pete found out because he was peepin' at Clark on a camping trip. Lucky break, Pete!
from "Pete Ross' Super-Secret!" in Superboy (1949 series) #90 (DC, July 1961), script by Otto Binder or Robert Bernstein (?), pencils and inks by George Papp
Later Pete became Vice-President and then President. There was probably some stuff in between. Let's check his data sheet that he has to share with Lana Lang from the Who's Who nobody likes, the three-ring binder one that they never finished!
(Click picture to Largeville-size)
Happy birthday, Pete Ross! Stop peeping at people while they're changing.
Today in Comics History, January 21: Happy birthday, Wolfman Jack! (Arroooo!)
Arroooo! Please join me in wishing a happy birthday to Mr. Wolfman Jack, born on this day in 1938!
from Cap'n Dinosaur one-shot (Image, July 2014); script by Kek-w; pencils, inks, and colors by Shaky Kane; letters by Comicraft
No, no, not that one! The hairy-faced, gravel-voiced disk jockey, and an actor who appeared in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The New Adventures of Wonder Woman, and Galactica 1980! And some good films too!
from "American Confetti" in MAD #166 (April 1974), script by Larry Siegel, pencils and inks by Mort Drucker
I'm so happy to see he acheived the ultimate acme of show business prestige: being drawn by Mort Drucker! And now, by Matt Groening! (Note: Matt Groening did not actually draw this.)
from Simpsons Comics #103 (Bongo, February 2005), script by Ian Boothby, pencils by Phil Ortiz, inks by Mike DeCarlo, colors by Art Villanueva, letters by Karen Bates
You know the drill: find Wolfman Jack at the Superman/Muhammad Ali prizefight and win a cookie! (Disclaimer: cookie may have already been eaten.)
cover of All-New Collectors' Edition #C-56 (DC, March 1978), layout by Joe Kubert, pencils by Neal Adams, inks by Neal Adams (?) and/or Cory Adams (?), logo design by John Workman
(Click top picture to GOAT-size)
Everybody join with me and Clap for the Wolfman as we wish Wolfman Jack a happy birthday!
"Clap for the Wolfman by The Guess Who (RCA Victor, 1974), written by Burton Cummings, Bill Wallace, and Kurt Winter
from Cap'n Dinosaur one-shot (Image, July 2014); script by Kek-w; pencils, inks, and colors by Shaky Kane; letters by Comicraft
No, no, not that one! The hairy-faced, gravel-voiced disk jockey, and an actor who appeared in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The New Adventures of Wonder Woman, and Galactica 1980! And some good films too!
from "American Confetti" in MAD #166 (April 1974), script by Larry Siegel, pencils and inks by Mort Drucker
I'm so happy to see he acheived the ultimate acme of show business prestige: being drawn by Mort Drucker! And now, by Matt Groening! (Note: Matt Groening did not actually draw this.)
from Simpsons Comics #103 (Bongo, February 2005), script by Ian Boothby, pencils by Phil Ortiz, inks by Mike DeCarlo, colors by Art Villanueva, letters by Karen Bates
You know the drill: find Wolfman Jack at the Superman/Muhammad Ali prizefight and win a cookie! (Disclaimer: cookie may have already been eaten.)
cover of All-New Collectors' Edition #C-56 (DC, March 1978), layout by Joe Kubert, pencils by Neal Adams, inks by Neal Adams (?) and/or Cory Adams (?), logo design by John Workman
(Click top picture to GOAT-size)
Everybody join with me and Clap for the Wolfman as we wish Wolfman Jack a happy birthday!
Today in Comics History, January 21, 1929: Comics Code Authority prevents cop from making pretty good joke
from "The Flathead Gang" in Crime Must Pay the Penalty #5 (Ace, December 1948), pencils and inks by Rudy Palais
Today in Comics History: January 21, 1982: Just a reminder of your appointment for today, Mr. Hope
from The Adventures of Bob Hope #11 (DC, October 1951), script by Cal Howard, pencils by Owen Fitzgerald
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Today in Comics History, January 21: Joker is three weeks behind Ned Flanders in doing his taxes
from "The Joker's Millions!" in Detective Comics #180 (DC, February 1952), script by David Vern (?), pencils by Dick Sprang, inks by Charles Paris
Joker pays his taxes on January 31? He must be registered as a self-employed Clown of Crime.
Oh, I see, they're fictional taxes. Man, Gotham City is weird. Mind you, when this story was written and published, the United States Tax Day was actually March 15. I remember this actual fact because it was the key clue in figuring out an Ellery Queen story in which "all the evidence has been lain before you." yeah, including quaint antiquated tax deadlines. (It's the March story in Mister Queen's delightful Calendar of Crime (Amazon ad), and I recommend it with only that one slight tax-deadline hesitation.)
Here's some other stuff Joker does in the couple weeks between today and the end of the month:
Turns Batman and Robin into ushers!:
Attends a swanky cabaret where the posh entertainment is a panda!:
Breaks the boundaries of the Scott McCloud-designated comics panel border!:
Sunday, January 21, 2018
Today in Comics History, January 21, 1971: Shelved for one more month: the debate on fixing the clock tower
from Back to the Future: Biff to the Future #3 (IDW, March 2017), story and script by Bob Gale and Derek Fridolfs, pencils by Alan Robinson, inks by Alan Robinson and Jaime Castro, colors by Maria Santaolalla, letters by Shawn Lee
Saturday, January 21, 2017
Today in Comics History, January 21: Birth of Russia's greatest love machine
Born on this day in 1869: Rasputin!
Splash page of The [Uncanny] X-Men #140 (Marvel, December 1980), co-plot and script by Chris Claremont, co-plot and pencils by John Byrne, inks by Terry Austin, colors by Glynis Wein, letters by Tom Orzechowski
No, no, not that Rasputin. Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin, the infamous "Mad Monk" and trusted friend of the family of Nicholas II, last Czar of the Russian Empire! (At least until they reboot it in Russian Empire: Rebirth #1.)
Rasputin was famously "unkillable," supposedly surviving several assassination attempts because of his adamantium bones and healing factor. That's why he's a perfect subject to star in his own Marvel/Timely-era comic book story! Remember how huge Rasputin got when they published this story? All the kids in the alleys and on the farms were running around yelling "I am Rasputin! You cannot kill me!" Ah, those were the days, the days of borscht and roses.
from "The Mad Monk!" in Amazing Detective Cases #6 (Marvel/Timely, May 1951), script by Carl Wessler, pencils by Pierce Rice, inks by John Tartaglione
Of course this sets up the story for plenty of wholesome pre-code murder attempts! That darn Rasputin, he got away...again!
Naturally, it ends the way it always does: with Rasputin being shot, rolled up in a carpet, and dropped in the ice-freezing Volga River. Eh, that old cliché.
The world never saw the supposedly immortal Rasputin again.
Later in that same comic book, another story ends with death by drowning. Yes, thanks to Stan Lee's canny business sense, May 1951 was drowning month in all the Timely comic books! (See, for example, Patsy Walker #34, where Patsy attempts to get rid of an extra date, with hilarious and waterlogged consequences!)
Final panels of "Death on the River!" in Amazing Detective Cases #6 (Marvel/Timely, May 1951), pencils and inks by Jay Scott Pike
Hmmmmm, that story made me think. Hmmmmmm! Why, if I ran comics, that would give me an idea. An awesome idea. Bully got a wonderful, awesome idea!
So, cracking open the heavy plastic shell of my CGC 9.8 of Amazing Detective Cases #6 and going at the pages with scissors and glue, I've wound up with with this as the final panels of "The Mad Monk," and I think you'll all agree that it's an improvement and that I would be a natural working on the 14th floor of the Empire State Building, working alongside Stan Lee and suggesting maybe a superhero based on a spider might be a rather nifty thing to do.
Happy birthday, Rasputin, you immortalskunk monk, you.
Splash page of The [Uncanny] X-Men #140 (Marvel, December 1980), co-plot and script by Chris Claremont, co-plot and pencils by John Byrne, inks by Terry Austin, colors by Glynis Wein, letters by Tom Orzechowski
No, no, not that Rasputin. Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin, the infamous "Mad Monk" and trusted friend of the family of Nicholas II, last Czar of the Russian Empire! (At least until they reboot it in Russian Empire: Rebirth #1.)
Rasputin was famously "unkillable," supposedly surviving several assassination attempts because of his adamantium bones and healing factor. That's why he's a perfect subject to star in his own Marvel/Timely-era comic book story! Remember how huge Rasputin got when they published this story? All the kids in the alleys and on the farms were running around yelling "I am Rasputin! You cannot kill me!" Ah, those were the days, the days of borscht and roses.
from "The Mad Monk!" in Amazing Detective Cases #6 (Marvel/Timely, May 1951), script by Carl Wessler, pencils by Pierce Rice, inks by John Tartaglione
Of course this sets up the story for plenty of wholesome pre-code murder attempts! That darn Rasputin, he got away...again!
Naturally, it ends the way it always does: with Rasputin being shot, rolled up in a carpet, and dropped in the ice-freezing Volga River. Eh, that old cliché.
The world never saw the supposedly immortal Rasputin again.
Later in that same comic book, another story ends with death by drowning. Yes, thanks to Stan Lee's canny business sense, May 1951 was drowning month in all the Timely comic books! (See, for example, Patsy Walker #34, where Patsy attempts to get rid of an extra date, with hilarious and waterlogged consequences!)
Final panels of "Death on the River!" in Amazing Detective Cases #6 (Marvel/Timely, May 1951), pencils and inks by Jay Scott Pike
Hmmmmm, that story made me think. Hmmmmmm! Why, if I ran comics, that would give me an idea. An awesome idea. Bully got a wonderful, awesome idea!
So, cracking open the heavy plastic shell of my CGC 9.8 of Amazing Detective Cases #6 and going at the pages with scissors and glue, I've wound up with with this as the final panels of "The Mad Monk," and I think you'll all agree that it's an improvement and that I would be a natural working on the 14th floor of the Empire State Building, working alongside Stan Lee and suggesting maybe a superhero based on a spider might be a rather nifty thing to do.
Happy birthday, Rasputin, you immortal
Today in Comics History, January 21: Go nuts today
from Deadpool: Too Soon #1 (Marvel, December 2016), script by Joshua Corin, pencils and inks by Todd Nauck, colors by Jim Charalampidisk, letters by Joe Sabino, storyboards by Reilly Brown
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Today in Comics History, January 21, 1961: The letterer of the "Beans" comic strip has a heart attack
from 100 Bullets #89 (DC/Vertigo, May 2008), script by Brian Azzarello, pencils and inks by Eduardo Risso, colors by Patricia Mulvihill, letters by Clem Robins
Monday, January 21, 2013
Today in Comics History, January 21: Northstar comes out; newspapers are so shocked they forget about basic design and typography
from Alpha Flight (1983 series) #106 (Marvel, March 1992), script by Scott Lobdell, pencils by Mark Pacella, inks by Dan Panosian, colors by Bob Sharen
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