Today in Comics History, December 31, New Year's Eve: Lois Lane travels back in time to kill Lana Lang

from "Lois Lane's Plot Against Lana Lang" in Lois Lane #50 (DC, July 1964), pencils and inks by Kurt Schaffenberger

Today in Comics History, January 1, 1986, 12:00 AM, New Year's Day: Clark Kent has a really Happy New Year

from DC Comics Presents #92 (DC, April 1986), script by Paul Kupperberg, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Dave Hunt, colors by Gene D'Angelo, letters by Helen Vesik

Today in Comics History, December 31, 1985, 11:58 PM, New Year's Eve: Clark Kent and Lana Lang freeze to death

from DC Comics Presents #92 (DC, April 1986), script by Paul Kupperberg, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Dave Hunt, colors by Gene D'Angelo, letters by Helen Vesik

365 Days of Defiance, Day 81: Look, up in the sky

In an age of talking heads


Yes, yes, thank you David, but what I meant was the talking heads on our TV telling us all the hourly doom 'n' gloom at that there's no hope. Well, we need to take a lesson from Lana Lang of the future uture uture and look to the grimy, polluted skies! There we will find a man who will help us fight back, a man who we can look toward in our struggle to resist!


Panels from Batman: The Dark Knight (1986 series) #2 (March 1986), script and pencils by Frank Miller, inks by Klaus Janson, colors by Lynn Varley, letters by John Costanza
Also, there's Robin, the Girl Wonder. Yay!

The Entire Silver Age in One Comics Panel

Panel from "The Stolen Identities" in Adventure Comics #270 (March 1960), script by Jerry Siegel, pencils and inks by George Papp

Lana Lang is surrounded and attacked by word balloons

Panel from Superman (1987 series) #2 (February 1987), script and pencils by John Byrne, inks by Terry Austin, colors by Tom Ziuko, letters by John Costanza

Bear Attack! Month, Day 28: Clark was the only one in a sweatshirt and long pants at summer camp

Panels from "Superboy Meets Lois Lane" in Adventure Comics #261 (June 1959), script by Otto Binder, pencils and inks by George Papp
Yes, truly, this was The Greatest Lois Lane Story Ever.

Today in Comics History, May 15, 1959: Superman smooshes Lois and Lana into one girl and marries her*

from "Superman's Romance with Lana Lane!" in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (1958 eries) #41 (DC, May 1963), script by Jerry Siegel, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by George Klein
*This is not too far off from what happens in this book, actually.

Yes, truly, this was The Greatest Lois Lane Story Ever.

Today in Comics History, February 20, 1962: Supergirl makes her public debut; Superman becomes the first obsessive collector to take photographs off his TV screen

from "Superman's Romance with Lana Lane!" in Lois Lane #41 (DC, May 1963), script by Jerry Siegel, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by George Klein

The Official Comic Book Panels of the Day of the 2012 Olympics, Day 12

Panels from Action Comics #304 (September 1963), script by Leo Dorfman, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by George Klein