Today in Comics History, October 3, 1972: The Devil of Monte Frisco

A few things I've noted about today's headline from 1972, which was brought to my attention on Twitter by pal Gracious Greg A (thanks, Greg!):



from Daredevil (1964 series) #95 (Marvel, January 1973), script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Gene Colan, inks (and colors?) by Tom Palmer, Tom Palmer, letters by John Costanza

1. October 3 was a Tuesday in 1972, too! If only there had been a Mighty Marvel Calendar 1972 I could have featured it on Sunday along with this one!
2. Wait a minute, since when did J. Jonah Jameson gain control over the Daily News?!? There oughta be a Bugle in there somewhere.
3. No self-respecting newspaper, not even one on the liberal left coast, is going to refer to San Francisco as "Frisco."
4. On the other hand, it looks like a real newspaper, thus avoiding the Comics Oughta Be Fun! trope of "newspapers don't look like that!"
5. I always applaud use of the Man-Bull, but I think Marvel's tryin' to get away with a sound effect here that I, a seven-year-old stuffed naimal, shouldn't be reading.