Today in Comics History, May 21: Happy birthday, Richard Ashford!

Born on this day, Marvel scripter and editor Richard Ashford (Conan the Barbarian, Conan the Adventurer, Excalibur, Infinity Watch, Iron Man, and more)!


from Marvel Age #112 (Marvel, May 1992)

Today in Comics History, Mother's Day: Wow, Alcmene is ticked off that Herc forgot her present

from "All in the Family, Part 1: Mother Day" in Marvel Comics Presents (1988 series) #39 (Marvel, December 1989); script, pencils, and inks by Bob Layton; colors by Brad Vancata; letters by John Workman

Today in Comics History, October 4, 1957: Wow, Sue's got quite a mouth on her

from "Liftoff" in Marvel Comics Presents (2019 series) #2 (April 2019), script by Mark Waid, pencils and inks by Djibril Morissette-Phan, colors by Dan Brown, letters by Joe Caramagna

Today in Comics History, May 25, 1977: And also with you

from "May the 25th Be with You" in Marvel Comics Presents (2019 series) #4 (Marvel, June 2019), script by Daniel Kibblesmith, pencils and inks by Pere Pérez, colors by Rachelle Rosenberg, letters by Joe Caramagna
Happy 45th Birthday, Star Wars! Your AARP card is in the mail.

Today in Comics History, January 29, 1958: Later, Richards was heard to proclaim, "Well, it's not rocket science."

from "Liftoff" in Marvel Comics Presents (2019 series) #2 (April 2019), text by Mark Waid

365 Days with the Warriors Three, Day 227

Page from Marvel Comics Presents #66 (1990), script by Sholly Fisch, pencils and inks by Sam Grainger, colors by Brad Vancata, letters by Janice Chiang

365 Days with the Warriors Three, Day 72

Page from Marvel Comics Presents #66 (December 1990), script by Sholly Fisch, pencils and inks by Sam Grainger, colors by Brad Vancata, letters by Janice Chiang

Everything's Connected

Everything's connected:

Panel from the "Man-Thing" story in Marvel Comics Presents #3 (Late September 1988), script by Steve Gerber, pencils and inks by Tom Sutton, colors by Petra Scotese, letters by Agustin Mas

(Can't read the small print? Just click any picture to conspiracy-theory-size it!)



It's connected in the DC Universe:

It's connected in today's Marvel Universe:

This thing goes right up to the highest levels!:

365 Days with Ben Grimm: Day 352

Panel from Marvel Comics Presents #18 (Early May 1989), script by Glenn Herdling, pencils and colors by Richard Howell, inks by Joe Sinnott, letters by Jack Morelli

Wolvie needs food badly.

Cover of Marvel Comics Presents #93 (December 26, 1991), art by Todd Foxx

365 Days with Ben Grimm, Day 160

Panels from Marvel Comics Presents #105 (1992), script by Skip Dietz, pencils by Joel Zulueta, inks by Tim Tuohy, colors by Ariane Lenshoek, letters by Michael Higgins