Today in Comics History, March 19: Happy birthday, Flash!

Born on this day (in the Pre-Crisis DC Universe)...Barry Allen, the second Flash! (Post-Crisis, it's May 15, and even I can't figger out how that works.)


from Super DC Calendar 1976 (DC, 1975), letrters by Ben Oda

Today in Comics History, March 19: This wall's about a foot thick

from "The Peculiar Pieces of Pierre O'Neill" in DC's Legion of Bloom #1 one-shot (DC, May 2023), script by Zac Thompson, pencils and inks by Hayden Sherman, colors by Patricio Delpeche, letters by Becca Carey

Today in Comics History, March 19: Happy birthday, Bruce Willis!

Born on this day: actor Bruce Willis (Moonlighting, Die Hard, Hudson Hawk, The Fifth Element, 12 Monkeys, Unbreakable and many more)! Happy birthday, Bruno!

He gets around in comics. Here he is (with tuff guy pals Arnie and Sly) being intimidated by Lobo! Why, that's at least one and one quarter action movie heat right there in those three guys alone!


from Guy Gardner: Warrior #29 (DC, March 1995), script by Beau Smith, pencils by Phil Jimenez, inks by John Stokes and Dan Davis, colors by Gene D'Angelo, letters by Albert DeGuzman

Today in Comics History, March 19: White ink on red newsprint is not the newspaper breakthrough they'd hoped

cover of Extra! (1955 series) #2 (EC, May 1955), pencils and inks by Johnny Cdraig

Today in Comics History Future, March 19, 2064: Mars ain't the kind of place to catch COVID

from "Class of 2064: Class Trip" in New Talent Showcase (1984 series) #1 (DC, January 1984), script and letters by Todd Klein, pencils and inks by Scott Hampton, colors by Shelley Eiber

Today in Comics History, March 19, 1964: Harold Wilson vows taxation revenge on Beatles

from The Beatles in Comics! (NBM, November 2018); script by Gaëtan Petit; translation by Joe Johnson; art by Efix; letters by Ortho

Today in Comics History, March 19, 1952: Wow, Bogart looks different than I remember

from Doomsday Clock #10 (DC, July 2019), script by Geoff Johns, pencils and inks by Gary Frank, colors by Brad Anderson, letters by Rob Leigh

Today in Comics History, March 19, 1941: Yet another chance for me to use that "In the Navy" music video!

Page from Captain America & the Invaders: Bahamas Triangle one-shot (Marvel, September 2019), script by Roy Thomas,
pencils and inks by Jerry Ordway, colors by Jay David Ramos, letters by Joe Caramagna

Today in Comics History, March 19: Happy birthday, Calendar Man!

Hey, it's Calendar Man's birthday! (even though it doesn't say that on the probably-no-longer-canonical Super DC 1976 Calendar). Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Julian, happy birthday...y'see, I can sing that song because now, unlike Batman, it's in the public domain.


from Injustice 2 #3 (DC digital comic, April 2017), script by Tom Taylor, pencils by Bruno Redondo, inks by Juan Albarran, colors by Rex Lokus, letters by Wes Abbott
Oh, and I should probably point out that it's a dystopic alternative future where Superman killed the Joker and Batman has raised a rebellion against him and so both Supes and Bats kill people now and also Harley Quinn and Green Arrow had a meet cute. (It's all true!)\



Nooooo! Clock King! Magpie! Killer Moth! Wonder Bread Man!

So honestly, I wouldn't invite Future Murder Batman to your birthday party, but if you do, at least remember that he brings fireworks.

Today in Comics History Future, March 19, 2270: Apparently San Francisco has not collapsed into the sea over the next 250 years

from Eternal #2 (Marvel, February 2015), script by William Harms, pencils and inks by Stefano Simeone, colors by Adam Metcalfe, letters by Jim Campbell

Today in Comics History, March 19: Edie Sawyer falls in love at first sight with Doop*

from X-Statix #10 (Marvel, June 2003), script by Peter Milligan, pencils and inks by Philip Bond, colors by Laura Allred, letters by Nate Piekos
*Well, yeah. Who doesn't?