Today in Comics History, May 22: Tonight's episode: "Happy birthday, Quinn Martin."

With special guest stars: Efrem Zimbalist, Jr....Paul Burke...Roy Thinnes...and Paul Lynde.


"Happy birthday, Quinn Martin" is a Quinn Martin Production, copyright 1922.

Today in Comics history, May 22, 1939: Well, that solves the Mystery of the Corpseless Head

"Mystery of the Headless Corpse!" in Police Line-Up #3 (Avon, April 1952), creatorsu ncredited and unknown

Today in Comics History, May 22: Atlantis Retracts

from Midnight Tales #8 (Charlton, July 1974), script by Nicola Cuti, pencils and inks by Joe Staton, colors by Wayne Howard, letters by Joe Staton

Today in Comics History, May 22, 1867: Virgil Partch becomes the new Green Arrow

from "The Ambassador's Son Affair" in Men of War (1977 series) #24 (DC, January 1980), script by Paul Kupperberg, pencils and inks by Jerry Grandenetti, colors by Jerry Serpe, letters by Albert DeGuzman

Today in Comics History, May 22, 2019: Perry White's iPad demands you to not call it "iOSChief"

from Action Comics #1011 (DC, July 2019), script by Brian Michael Bendis, pencils and inks by Steve Epting, colors by Brad Anderson, letters by Josh Reed

Today in Comics History, May 22, 3333: Filming commences on The Erotic Adventures of 'Manos,' The Hands of Fate

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

Today in Comics History, May 22, 1948: Clint and Barney Barton Go Bad

from "The Barton Brothers!" in Star-Spangled Comics #86 (DC, November 1948), script by Bill Finger (?), pencils and inks by Jim Mooney, letters by Ira Schnapp
Now Robin, there was a boy! Wouldn't you agree, Nat "King" Cole?


"Nature Boy" by Nat King Cole (Capitol, 1947), written by eden ahbez

Today in Comics History, May 22, 1863: A somber and solemn moment in our nation's history has Superman pasted into it

from Superman: A Nation Divided one-shot (DC, February 1999), script by Roger Stern, pencils and inks by Eduardo Barreto, colors by Chris Chuckry, letters by Bill Oakley