Today in Comics History, June 27, 1941: B-19 emerges from wormhole

from "True Stories About Stamps" in True Comics #29 (Parents' Magazine Press, November 1943); script, pencils, and inks by Feg Murray
Following its eventual retirement from the fleet, the first B-19 was pressed flat and turned into a stamp of a lion by Colonel Gumm.

Today in Comics History, June 27, 1954: Willie Mays raises such a cloud of dust sliding that it threatens to overcome the entire stadium

from The Amazing Willie Mays one-shot (Eastern Color, September 1954), creators uncredited and unknown

Today In Comics History, June 27, 1993: Anty Charity Event? What is this, a charity for ants?

from Aztek: The Ultimate Man #7 (DC, February 1997), script by Grant Morrison and Mark Millar, pencils by N. Steven Harris, inks by Keith Champagne, colors by Mike Danza, letters by Clem Robins

Today in Comics History, June 27, 1961: Happy birthday, Mitch Shelley! Hope you survive the ex...oh.

cover of Resurrection Man (1997 series) #10 (DC, February 1998), pencils and inks by Butch Guice*, colors by Digital Chameleon
*Wondering why Butch Guice drew June 27 to be Mitch Shelley's birthday? Because today is Guice's birthday, too!

Today in Comics History, June 27, 1897: The Captain of the Remeter soon comes to regret playing The Alan Parsons Project's "Eye in the Sky" LP

from Bram Stoker's Dracula #2 (Topps, November 1992), script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Mike Mignola, inks by John Nyberg, colors by Mark Chiarello, letters by John Costanza


"Eye in the Sky" by The Alan Parsons Project (Arista, 1982), written by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson

Today in Comics History, June 27: The security level at the KFC pickup window gets just ridiculous

from Gotham Central #3 (DC, March 2003), script by Ed Brubaker, pencils and inks by Michael Lark, colors by Noelle Giddings, separations by Zylonol, letters by Willie Schubert