Today in Comics History, November 18, 1982 and 1990: Grandpa arrives; eight years later, so does Godzilla

from Fantastic Four (2023 series) #1/694 (Marvel, January 2023), script by Ryan North, pencils and inks by Iban Coello, colors by Jesus Aburtov, letters by Joe Caramagna

Today in Comics History, November 18, 1801: Pa Ingalls builds a little house, but there's no McDonald's in the area

from Manifest Destiny #19 (Image, May 2016), script by Chris Dingess, pencils by Matthew Roberts, inks by Tony Akins and Stefano Gaudiano, colors by Owen Gieni, letters by Pat Brosseau

Today in Comics History, November 18, 1988: "My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin Kirbying in five minutes."

from Kirby: Genesis: Silver Star #1 (Dynamite, November 2011), co-plot by Alex Ross, co-plot and script by Jai Nitz, pencils by Johnny Desjardins, colors by Vinicius Andrade, letters by Simon Bowland

Today in Comics History, November 18: Happy birthday, Kim Wilde!

Born on this day: singer Kim Wilde! She's one of the Kids in America the UK!


covers of Look-In #36/1981 (ITV, 29 August 1981) and #47/1981 (14 November 1981)
Happy birthday, Kim!

Today in Comics History, November 18, 1992: Clark gets out of doing his household chores; Lois Lane is furious

cover of Heroes in Crisis #1 (DC, November 2018), art by Ryan Sook
...which means this is the day that this happened:

from Superman (1987 series) #75 (DC, January 1993), script and layouts by Dan Jurgens, finishes by Brett Breeding, colors by Glenn Whitmore, letters by John Costanza
(Click pictures to Doomsday-size)
Get well soon, Superman!

And hey, what do you do on the anniversary of this event?


from Superman (1987 series) #175 (DC, December 2001), script by Jeph Loeb, pencils by Ed McGuinness, inks by Cam Smith and Walden Wong, colors by Tanya Horie and Richard Horie, letters by Richard Starkings

Today in Comics History, November 18, 1992: Vital plot point is buried in hard-to-read text page at back of comic

from Doomsday Clock #7 (DC, November 2018), script by Geoff Johns, art by Gary Frank, design by Amie Brockway-Metcalf, colors by Brad Anderson

Today in Comics History, November 18: Happy birthday, Johnny Mercer!

Born on this day in 1919: songwriter, singer and lyricist Johnny Mercer ("Moon River", "Days of Wine and Roses," "That Old Black Magic" and so many more!



from "Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive" in Juke Box Comics #1 (Eastern Color, March 1948), creators uncredited and unknown
"Jeepers, Creepers," Johnny! You're "Too Marvelous for Words" and "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby!" "P.S. I Love You!"


Capital Records ad from Juke Box Comics #5 (Eastern Color, November 1948)
Happy birthday, Johnny!

Today in Comics History, November 18, 1963: Paul McCartney cursed with Midas Touch, turns John Lennon's head to a solid ingot

from The Beatles in Comics! (NBM, November 2018), script by Richard Di Martino, translation by Joe Johnson, art by Efix, letters by Ortho

Today in Comics History, November 18: Happy birthday, Bob Smith!

Born on this day: comic book artist/inker Bob Smith, especially known for his work at DC (Detective Comics and Batman, Warlord, Robin, House of Mystery, World's Finest, and more)!


"DC Profiles #43: Bob Smith" from DC Comics cover-dated November 1978

Today in Comics History, November 17: And if you can't get the Dazzler album, at least go see her new band

from Dazzler: X-Song one-shot (Marvel, August 2018), script by Magdalene Visaggio, pencils and inks by Laura Braga, colors by Rachelle Rosenberg, letters by Joe Sabino

Today in Comics History, November 19, 1863: Superman uses his great powers for profiting on eBay

from "Autograph, Please!" in Superman #48 (DC, September 1947), script by Jerry Siegel, pencils and inks by John Sikela