Showing posts with label January 24. Show all posts
Showing posts with label January 24. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Today in Comics History, January 24, 1965: Perhaps the doctor shouldn't have encouraged all those sinister animal silhouettes to hover over Churchill's bed


from "Phantom Future" in Ghosts (1971 series) #70 (DC, November 1978), pencils and inks by Ernie Chan, colors by Mario Sen

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!

Today in Comics History, January 24: A third helping of pumpkin pie? Don't mind if I do!


from The Road to Oz #5 (Marvel, April 2013), script by Eric Shanower, pencils and inks by Skottie Young, colors by Jean-François Beaulieu, letters by Jeff Eckleberry

Today in Comics History, January 24, 1848: YEE-HAW! GOLD!

This is an expanded and updated version of a post originally published January 24, 2021.


from "The World's Greatest Gold Strike" in Real Fact Comics #15 (DC, July 1948); script by Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, and Bernie Breslauer; pencils and inks by Howard Sherman







Today in Comics History, January 24, 2001: Another banner day for scum


from "Officer Down, Part Seven: The End" in Batman: Gotham Knights #13 (DC, March 2001), script by Greg Rucka, pencils by Rick Burchett, inks by Rodney Ramos, colors by Digital Chameleon, letters by Willie Schubert

Today in Comics History, January 24, 1917: Red Baron Pizza delivery turns deadly


from "Red Knight!" in Two-Fisted Tales (1950 series) #29 (EC, September 1952), script by Harvey Kurtzman, pencils and inks by John Severin, colors by Marie Severin, letters by Ben Oda

Today in Comics History, January 24, 1823: Well, kinda serves him right for making cultures out of cow pox


"The Trailblazer" from M.D. (1955 series) #2 (EC, June 1955), creators uncredited and unknown

Monday, January 24, 2022

Today in Comics History, January 24, 1939: Invention of new Baja Blast Mountain Dew


from "The Atomic Bomb" in Real Life Comics #29 (Pines, June 1946), creators unknown

Saturday, January 24, 2015

Today in Comics History, January 24, 2001: J'onn J'onzz writes in his My Little Pony diary


text page segment from Justice Leagues: Justice League of Aliens one-shot (DC, March 2001), writer unknown

Today in Comics History, January 24, 2001: Barbara Gordon puts a mark on Batman's permanent record


text page segment from Justice Leagues: Justice League of Arkham one-shot (DC, March 2001), writer unknown

Today in Comics History, January 24, 2001: Diana steals Wil Wheaton's stationery


text page segment from Justice Leagues: Justice League of Amazons one-shot (DC, March 2001), writer unknown

Friday, January 24, 2014

Today in Comics History, January 24, 1978: Cartoon farmer shakes head, pours bottle of bourbon down drain, resolves to never drink again


from Meta-4 #3 (First, April 1991), script by Stefan Petrucha, pencils by Ian Gibson, inks by Joe Staton, colors by Julia Lacquement, letters by Pat Owsley

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Today in Comics History, January 24: Principal Skinner gets jealous


from "The Great Springfield Gold Rush" in Bart Simpson Comics #68 (Bongo, February 2012), script by Paul Kupperberg, pencils by Phil Ortiz, inks by Mike DeCarlo, colors by Nathan Hamill, letters by Karen Bates