Today in Comics History, July 29, 1988: Hey kids, comics!

from "Madman" in Star Brand #16 (Marvel/NewUniverse, November 1988), script by Gregory Wright, pencils by Kieron Dwyer, inks by Jackson Guice, colors by Gregory Wright, letters by Rick Parker

Today in Comics History, July 29, 189X: I'd go with that feeling, Captain

Remember back on July 24? The adventure continues to kill everyone.


from Marvel Classics Comics #9 [Dracula] (Marvel, 1976), script by Naunerle Farr, pencils (and inks?) by Nestor Redondo
And it's not over yet, as those blurred panels and tomorrow's post will show you!

Today in Comics History, July 29, 1881: I bring you this unreadable text story again to see if you can comprehend it this time

No, things haven't gotten any clearer since June 18, so...



"The Fight That Failed" from Jumbo Comics #105 (Fiction House, November 1947), text by Henry Wysham Lanier
Dare you return on August 18? Why not?

Today in Comics History, July 29, 1966: What he actually meant was that he was higher than Jesus

from The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story (Dark Horse, November 2013); written by Vivek J. Tiwary; pencils, inks, and colors by Andrew C. Robinson; letters by Steve Dutro


from The Beatles in Comics! (NBM, November 2018); script by Richard Di Martino; translation by Joe Johnson; pencils, inks, and colors by d'Akita; letters by Ortho

Today in Comics History, July 29, 1945: The next two panels in this comic are of August 5 and August 9 and show the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, so I won't be bringing you those. Enjoy this panel of three guys sitting around.

from General Douglas MacArthur one-shot (Fox, 1951), creators uncredited and unknown

Today in Comics History, July 29: Happy birthday, Gail Simone!

Happy birthday today to Gail Simone, prodigious scripter of comics and television, with her work in such a wide variety of titles as Wonder Woman, The Simpsons comics, Action Comics, Deadpool, Secret Six, Red Sonja, Rose and Thorn, Domino, Birds of Prey, Batgirl, The All-New Atom and others. She's the co-creator of the comic book series Agent X, Clean Room, Welcome to Tranquility, and Leaving Megalopolis, and has written for TV on such series as Justice League Unlimited, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and more!


"DC Nation" #77, from DC COmics cover-dated November 2008
Can you spot Gail in her natural habitat: Twitter a comic book convention?:

from Faith (2016 series) #3 (Valiant, September 2016), script by Jody Houser, pencils and inks by Pere Pérez, colors by Andrew Dalhouse, letters by Dave Sharpe
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Happy birthday, Gail!

Today in Comics History; July 29: Happy birthday, Dave Stevens!

Born on this day in 1955, Dave Stevens, comics writer and artist and animation and movie storyboarder. We know him best as the creator and author/artist of The Rocketeer, and he's also done work on Jonny Quest, Airboy, and Bettie Page Comics (natch!)!



from Amazing Heroes #37 (Fantagraphics, December 15, 1983)

Today in Comics History, July 29, 1965: And now my life has changed in oh so many ways

from Marvel Comics Super Special #4 [The Beatles] (1978), script by Dave Kraft, additional dialogue by Don McGregor, pencils by George Pérez, inks by Klaus Janson and Joe Rubinstein, colors by Petra Goldberg, letters by Tom Orzechowski

Today in Comics History, July 29, 1741: Another white man claims he discovered something

from "Vitus Bering: Pioneer of the Northern Seas" in Real Life Comics #7 (Pines, September 1942), creators uncredited and unknown

Today in Comics History, July 29: Just another regular ordinary evil day in the New York Subway

from Dark Reign: Sinister Spider-Man #2 (September 2009), script by Brian Reed, pencils and inks by Rob DiSalvo, colors by Antonio Fabela, letters by Jared K. Fletcher

Today in Comics History, July 29, 1985: First issue of Jim Shooter/Power Man Team-Up premieres

from Swamp Thing (1985 series) #41 (October 1985), script by Alan Moore, pencils by Stephen R. Bissette, inks by Alfredo Alcala, colors by Tatjana Wood, letters by John Costanza

Today in Comics History, July 29, 2009: Ben Grimm had better have a darn good explanation

from Fantastic Four #569 (Marvel, September 2009), plot by Mark Millar, script by Joe Ahearne, pencils by Stuart Immonen, inks by Wade Von Grawbadger and Scott Hanna, colors by Paul Mounts and Dean White, letters by Rus Wooton