Today in Comics History, March 15, 1948: World's largest Cootie toy is invented

from "I Heard Woodrow Wilson's Guns..." in Miracleman (1985 series) #5 (Eclipse, January 1986), script by Alan Moore, pencils and inks by Alan Davis, colors by Ron Courtney, letters by G. George

Today in Comics History, February 4, 1982: Mike Moran fulfills the promise Ralph Kramden made to his wife all those years ago

from "The Yesterday Gambit" in Warrior #4 (Quality Communications, Summer 1982); script by Alan Moore; pencils and inks by Steve Dillon, Paul Neary, and Alan Davis

Today in Comics History, October 12, 1963: First appearance in comics: The Maalox Moment

from "Secret Identity" in (top) Warrior #7 (Quality Communications, November 1982), script by Alan Moore; pencils, inks, and letters by Garry Leach;
(bottom) Miracleman #2 (Eclipse, October 1985), colors by Ron Courtney

Today in Comics History, October 12, 1963: Johnny Bates driven murderously insane by Airfix plastic spaceship model

from "When Johnny Comes Marching Home..." in Warrior #3 (Quality Communications, July 1982); script by Alan Moore; pencils, inks, and letters by Garry Leach
And now, in colour!:
from "When Johnny Comes Marching Home..." in Miracleman (1985 series) #1 (Eclipse, August 1985), credits as above plus colors by Ron Courtney

Here, fixed that for you

I've been reminded that the covers of the L.L. Miller Captain Marvel books were in color and that's likely what Gargunza was looking at here. I still stand by my decision to poke some fun at Marvel, though!

So here's a panel from the original black-and-white version of Marvelman in the UK's Warrior:


Panel from the Marvelman story "A Little Piece of Heaven" in Warrior (Quality Communications 1982 series) #20 (July 1984), script by Alan Moore, pencils and inks by Alan Davis, letters by G. George
Now can you predict what Marvel did when they recolored the art for their recent Miracleman republishing? Why, of course you can.


Panel from the Miracleman story "A Little Piece of Heaven" in Miracleman (Marvel 2013 series) #7 (August 2014), script by Alan Moore The Original Writer, pencils and inks by Alan Davis, colors by Steve Oliff, relettering by Joe Caramagna
D'OH

(Not that the 1987 Eclipse version did it any better...)


Panel from the Miracleman story "A Little Piece of Heaven" in Miracleman (Eclipse 1985 series) #5 (January 1986), script by Alan Moore, pencils and inks by Alan Davis, colors by Ron Courtney, letters by G. George
So that's why I'm going to introduce a new feature I like to call

Here, Fixed That For You

The moral of the story is HIRE A LITTLE STUFFED BULL TO WORK AT YOUR COMIC BOOK COMPANY.

Over on Twitter, Avram Grumer makes the excellent point that this could well be the cover of an L.L. Miller Captain Marvel comic, which would have been in color.

I stand by my decision to make fun of Marvel, though.