Today in Comics History, October 14: Happy birthday, Roger Moore!

Born on this day in 1927: cinema's only James Bond, Sir Roger Moore (picture, below, hanging out with his good pal Ben Grimm).


house ad from Fantastic! #45 (IPC UK, 23 December 1967)

Today in Comics History, October 14, 1938: That sure was a shocking story, wasn't it, kids?

from "Killer!" in Police Line-Up #1 (Avon, August 1951), inks by George Roussos (?)

Today in Comics History, October 14, 1806: French military defies expectations of American dumbasses

from "General Antoine Henri Jomini" in It Really Happened #3 (Pines, 1944), creators uncredited and unknown

Today in Comics History, October 14: Happy birthday, Bob Oksner!

Born on this day in 1916: Bob Oksner, comic book scripter, penciller, and inker on hundreds of books like The Adventures of Jerry Lewis, Leave It to Binky, Marvel Mystery Comics, Action Comics, Superman, The Adventures of Bob Hope, The Adventures of Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis, Sergeant Bilko, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, The Daring New Adventures of Supergirl and many, many more!


from DC Comics cover-dated November 1962
Award-winning artist? You betcha!


from DC house ad from DC Comics cover-dated November 1971, letters by Gaspar Saladino
Olypmics judge Bob Oksner awards Superman a 9.7 on his dive, and the judges agree...hey, what's the big deal, Julie Schwartz?!?


from DC Comics Presents #81 (DC, May 1985), plot and pencils by Keith Giffen, dialogue by Robert Loren Fleming, inks by Bob Oksner, colors by Anthony Tollin, letters by Bill Pearson
Happy birthday, Bob!

Today in Comics History, October 14, 1963: Or, as Billy Joel calls it, British Beatlemania

from The Beatles in Comics! (NBM, November 2018); script by Richard Di Martino; translation by Joe Johnson; pencils, inks, and colors by Efix; letters by Ortho

Today in Comics History, October 14, 1988: And thus Dokken was born

from Hot Valley Days and Cocaine Nights #2 (Antarctic, January 2021), script by Matthew Spradlin, pencils and inks by Farid Karami, colors by Andrew Crossley

Today in Comics History, October 14, 1982: Woman's slacks expertly zip-a-toned

from Hot Valley Days and Cocaine Nights #2 (Antarctic, January 2021), script by Matthew Spradlin, pencils and inks by Farid Karami, colors by Andrew Crossley

Today in Comics History, October 14, 1962: JFK enjoys taking holiday photos

from Before Watchmen: Ozymandias #4 (DC, January 2013), script by Len Wein, pencils and inks by Jae Lee, colors by June Chung, letters by John Workman

Today in Comics History, October 14, 1973: Happy Birthday, Vesper Fairchild! Hope you survive the experience!

cover of Batgirl (2000 series) #27 (DC, June 2002), art by Damion Scott, Robert Campanella, and Patrick Martin
Check back here to see if she did on January 4, I guess.

Today in Comics History, October 14: A supernova goes off in Skysector J172*

from Superman: Birthright #5 (DC, January 2004), script by Mark Waid, pencils by Leinil Francis Yu, inks by Gerry Alanguilan, colors by Dave McCaig, letters by Comicraft

*Yes, I know the supernova would have gone off X years previous, where X equals the number of lightyears Skysector J172 is from Earth.

Today in Comics History, October 14, 1910: Some hooligans knock over a dustbin in Shaftesbury

from The New Deadwardians #4 (August 2012), script by Dan Abnett, pencils and inks by I. N. J. Culbard, colors by Patricia Mulvihill, letters by Travis Lanham