Today in Comics History, May 17, 1942: New 1942 model car crumples into wreck upon hitting newsprint

from "[Jon Wells Dies in Auto Crash]" in Heroic Comics #17 (Eastern Color, March 1943), script by Stephen Douglas (?)

Today in Comics History, May 17, 1941: Uncle Sam prepares fast-moving bicycles for Pearl Harbor defense

from "Bike-Ology," Bendix Corporation advertisement in National Comics #43 (Quality, August 1944), creators uncredited and unknown

Today in Comics History, May 17: Happy birthday, George Kashdan!

Born on this day in 1928: comics/animation writer/editor George Kashdan (Action Comics, Adventure Comics, The Unexpected, G.I. Combat, Weird War Tales, Rip Hunter: Time Master, The Twilight Zone, Grimm's Ghost Stories, Flash Gordon, Star Trek comics, and The Mighty Hercules and The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure cartoons, among others): George Kashdan! He co-created Tommy Tomorrow!


from "The Man Who Lost His Spirit" in Ghosts #95 (DC, December 1980), script by George Kashdan, pencils and inks by Tor Infante, colors by Jerry Serpe
I'm not going to include the rather mean-spirited appearance of George in Inferior Five #6. (Read more about it on Tom Breevoort's blog if you'd like!)

Let's just leave with this panel from the story above.


Happy birthday, George!

Today in Comics History, May 17, 1993: This is the worst recipe blog introduction ever

from (L) "V for Vendetta: Book One, Chapter Ten: Venom" in Warrior #10 (Quality Communications, April 1983), script by Alan Moore, pencils and inks by David Lloyd, letters by Jenny O'Connor;
(R) from V for Vendetta #3 (DC, November 1988); colors by David Lloyd, Siobhan Dodds, and Steve Whitaker

Today in Comics History, May 17: Happy birthday, Steve Geiger!

Born on this day: 1990s Marvel Art Director and comics artist Steve Geiger (The Incredible Hulk, Spitfire and the Troubleshooters, Web of Spider-Man, Doctor Solar, Samuree, Scion, and more) and founder of the entertainment development company Evil Geiger Empire!


from Marvel Age #89 and 101 (Marvel, June 1990 and June 1991); text by Chris Eliopoulis and Barry Dutter; pencils and inks by Ron Zalme; colors by Renee Witterstaetter
You know the drill: Find Steve Geiger in the Marvel Bullpen!

from Marvel Age #120 (Marvel, January 1993), art by Rick Parker
(Click top picture to Bullpen-size)
Happy birthday, Steve!


from Marvel Age #112 (Marvel, May 1992)

Today in Comics History, May 17: This should probably be on August 17, but hey, go with the date in the panel

from Legends of the Dark Knight (2021 series) #5 (DC, November 2021), script by Brandon Thomas, pencils and inks by Giannis Milonogiannis, colors by Jordie Bellaire, letters by Deron Bennett

Today in Comics History, May 17, 1949: CDC warns against licking small bears

from Jackie Robinson #1 (Fawcett, Summer 1949), script by Charles Dexter, pencils by Clem Weisbecker, inks by John Jordan

Today in Comics History, May 17, 3333: He says it will only take three hours. Three! Three! Ha ha ha ha!

from Bleed Them Dry #5 (Vault, November 2020), script by Eliot Rahal, art by Dike Ruan, colors by Miquel Muetro, letters by Anfdworld