Today in Comics History, February 3: Happy birthday, Victor Buono!

Born on this day in 1938: actor Victor Buono, whose film and TV credits include What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (he was nominted for both an Oscar and a Golden Globe!), Beneath the Planet of the Apes, Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte, The Greatest Story Ever Told, The Silencers, Robin and the 7 Hoods, The Wild Wild West, Vega$, and many more, including the 1967 heist comedy Who's Minding the Mint?. Mint is a favorite of mine because it stars Jim Hutton (Ellery Queen), and also includes Milton Berle, Walter Brennan, Joey Bishop (it's his birthday today, too!) and Bob Denver, and is co-written by Batman's second-favorite cop, Harvey Bullock! Buono, as "The Captain," is pictured here on the cover (in the back of the boat) in Dell Comics's adaptation of Mint!


photo cover of Who's Minding the Mint? [Movie Comic #12-924-708] one-shot (Dell, August 1967). Yeah, I don't know what's up with that numbering system either.

Today in Comics History, September 9: Happy birthday, Frank Robbins!

Born on this day in 1917: comics writer/artist and fine art painter Frank Robbins (creator of the Johnny Hazard strip, Batman, Detective Comics, Weird War Tales, House of Mystery, Superboy, The Invaders, The Human Fly, and more)! And he co-created Man-Bat, the Ten-Eyed Man, Union Jack, Spitfire, and Baron Blood!


from Mighty Calendar Calendar 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1979 (Marvel, 1975-1978)