Today in Comics History, June 24, 10:29 PM Pacific/June 25, 12:29 AM Central: Wow, that musta been some kind of magic trick

from "If That Mockingbird Don't Sing..." in Action Comics Weekly #605 (DC, June 21, 1988), script by Martin Pasko, pencils and inks by Dan Spiegle, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by Carrie Spiegle

Today in Comics History, June 24, 11:58 PM: This is the weirdest Columbo ever

from "Haunts of the Very Rich" in Action Comics Weekly #604 (DC, June 14, 1988), script by Martin Pasko, pencils and inks by Dan Spiegle, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by Carrie Spiegle

Today in Comics History, June 24, 11:45 PM: It's hard to know who to root for here, the guy with a skullface and lobotomy or the one in his footie pajamas

from "Haunts of the Very Rich" in Action Comics Weekly #604 (DC, June 14, 1988), script by Martin Pasko, pencils and inks by Dan Spiegle, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by Carrie Spiegle

Today in Comics History, June 24, 11:17 PM: Amazon.com deliveries get more and more complicated

from "Haunts of the Very Rich" in Action Comics Weekly #604 (DC, June 14, 1988), script by Martin Pasko, pencils and inks by Dan Spiegle, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by Carrie Spiegle

Today in Comics History, June 24, 3:03 PM: We have always spied in the castle

from "Haunts of the Very Rich" in Action Comics Weekly #604 (DC, June 14, 1988), script by Martin Pasko, pencils and inks by Dan Spiegle, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by Carrie Spiegle

Today in Comics History, June 24, 2:25 PM: Livin' in a box / Livin' in a Barney's box

Well, whaddaya know? It was called "Haunts of the Very Rich!"


from "Haunts of the Very Rich" in Action Comics Weekly #604 (DC, June 14, 1988), script by Martin Pasko, pencils and inks by Dan Spiegle, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by Carrie Spiegle

Today in Comics History, June 24, 12:24 PM Pacific (2:24 PM Central): How very disarming, Mister Bond

from "Spread Your Broken Wings and Learn to Fly" in Action Comics Weekly #603 (DC, June 7, 1988), script by Martin Pasko, pencils and inks by Dan Spiegle, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by Carrie Spiegle
Aw, what do you wanna bet the next story won't even be called "Haunts of the Very Rich"?

Today in Comics History, June 24, 2:00 PM: Noooooobody expects Barney's...oh wait, yeah, you're on the list.

from "Spread Your Broken Wings and Learn to Fly" in Action Comics Weekly #603 (DC, June 7, 1988), script by Martin Pasko, pencils and inks by Dan Spiegle, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by Carrie Spiegle

Today in Comics History, June 24, 1947: Alien geese prepare to invade Earth

from UFO Flying Saucers #1 (Western/Gold Key, October 1968), script by Leo Dorfman, pencils and inks by Joe Certa

Today in Comics History, June 24, 1898: Doctor shoots to kill

"Army Doc" from M.D> (1955 series) #5 (EC, December 1956), creators uncredited and unknown

Today in Comics History, June 24: Happy birthday, Ryan Stegman!

Today! Join in the birthday celebration for comics writer and artist Ryan Stegman (She-Hulks, X-23, Superior Spider-Man, Inhuman, Uncanny Avengers, Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows, King in Black and more)!

Sadly Ryan was born too late to attend the Superman/Muhammad Ali prize fight like nearly everybody else in comic books, but here's the next best thing: can you spot Ryan...at a comic book convention! Bonus points for all the other creators you can find! Hint: most of 'em have nameplates!

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
(Click top picture to Oh no, I'm not gonna say "Faith" here-size)
Happy birthday, Ryan!

Today in Comics History, June 24, 1999: Don't you dare spill that Super-Cola on my collectibles

back cover of Superman, Inc. one-shot (DC, December 1999), pencils by José Luis García-López, inks by Kevin Nowlan, colors by Dave Stewart, cover design by Steve Vance

Today in Comics History, June 24: Happy birthday, Peter Milligan!

Celebratin' a birthday today is comics/TV/movie writer Peter Milligan: scripter of 2000 AD, Shade the Changing Man, X-Force/X-Statix/X-Cellent, Detective Comics, 5 Ronin, Eternal Warrior: Days of Steel, Hellblazer, Animal Man, Red Lanterns, Tank Girl and others; co-creator of Azrael, Doop, X-Force, etc.


from DC/Vertigo Comics cover-dated (left) March 2009 and (right) September 2009

Today in Comics History, June 24, 1972: Today, nothing was said

from Back to the Future (2015 series) #25 (IDW, April 2017), plot by John Barber and Bob Gale, script by John Barber, pencils by Marcello Ferreira and Athila Fabbio, inks by Maria Keane, colors by Jose Luis Rio, letters by Shawn Lee

Today in Comics History, June 24: Happy birthday, Mike Wieringo!

Born today in 1963: much-loved late comics artist Mike Wieringo: artist on Adventures of Superman, The Flash, Fantastic Four, Sensational Spider-Man, Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four, Spider-Boy, Tellos, (his own co-cretion with Todd Dezago), and more. Photographs of Ringo (on the right) with Dezago ("me") and Thierry Mornet at the Angoulême International Comics Festival 1999:



from Tellos #7 (Image, May 2000)

Today in Comics History, June 24, 1950: Then...Korea!

from "A Baby!" in Frontline Combat #10 (EC, January 1953), script by Harvey Kurtzman, pencils and inks by Wally Wood, colors by Marie Severin, letters by Ben Oda

Today in Comics History, June 24: Happy birthday, Doreen Frederick!

Born on this day: 1980s Marvel production manager's assistant Doreen Frederick!


from Marvel Age 54 (Marvel, September 1987); text by Mike Carlin, pencils and inks by Ron Zalme. colors by Paul Becton
Here's a li'l cartoon Doreen plus an explanation of what everybody does in the Marvel production department!


from Marvel Age #46 (Marvel, January 1987)
So, a very happy birthday to you, Doreen!

(And hey, Marvel? Please stop telling women they should smile, Marvel.)


from Marvel/New Universe Comics cover-dated August 1987

Today in Comics History, June 24, 1972: Zemeckis preserves his PG rating

from Back to the Future (2015 series) #24 (IDW, October 2017), script by John Barber, pencils by Marcelo Ferreira and Athila Fabbio, inks by Maria Keane, colors by Jose Luis Rio, letters by Shawn Lee

Today in Comics History, June 24: Happy birthday, Denis Rodier!

Born on this day: comics artist Denis Rodier! You know him from a lotta Superman books (Action Comics, Superman, Superman Forever, Superman: The Wedding Album, Adventures of Superman, Superman: The Man of Tomorrow, DC One Million, and more), which is why he got invited to Clark and Lois's wedding! Can you find him?

from Superman: The Wedding Album one-shot (DC, December 1996), pencils by Dan Jurgens, inks by Jerry Ordway, colors by Glenn Whitmore, letters by Bill Oakley
Click top picture to honeymoon-size
Happy birthday, Denis!

Today in Comics History, June 24: Maybe you shoulda said something beforehand, Commissioner Gordon

from "The Spectral Stones" in Ghosts #68 (DC, September 1978), pencils and inks by Ruben Yandoc, letters by Esphid Mahilum
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!