Today in Comics History, October 24: Happy birthday, Al Feldstein!

Born on this day in 1925: comic book writer, editor, artist and cover designer Al Feldstein (Haunt of Fear, Crime SuspenStories, Tales from the Crypt, Vault of Horror, Shock SuspenStories, Weird Science, Weird Fantasy, Weird Science-Fantasy, and many more) and executive editor of MAD magazine from 1956 to 1985. As the kid standing before the poster of superheroes said, wow!


from Crime SuspenStories (1950 series) #10 (EC, April 1952), text by Al Feldstein (signed as Wm. M. Gaines)

Today in Comics History, October 24: Happy birthday, Tini Howard!

This is an expanded and updated version of a post originally published October 24, 2022.

Born on this day: comic book writer Tini Howard, who's scripted Excalibur, Harley Quinn, Catwoman, Death's Head, Batman: Urban Legends, Age of Conan: Bêlit,, Boom's Power Rangers, and more! She's the co-creator of the Strikeforce team and series at Marvel and IDW/Black Crown's Euthanauts and Assassistas with Gilbert Hernandez!


"DC Nation" from DC Comics cover-dated May 2023

Today in Comics History, October 24, 2008: Ladies and Gentlemen, The Replacements

from Secret Invasion (2023 series) #2 (Marvel, February 2023), script by Ryan North, art by Francesco Mobili, colors by Jordie Bellaire, letters by Joe Caramagna

Today in Comics History, October 24, 1951: And that's how Jimmy Neutron wound up testifying before the January 6 Committee

from "7 Year Old Genius!" in Weird Fantasy (1951 series) #7 (EC, May 1951), co-plot by Bill Gaines; co-lot, co-lot, script, pencils and inks by Al Feldstein; letters by Jim Wroten
Of course Al Feldstein would pick October 24 on which to set this story: it's his birthday! (Next year: a full birthday post, I promise, Al!)

Today in Comics History, October 24, 1947: Hey Walt, you suck

from Comic Book History of Animation #3 (IDW, January 2021); script by Fred Van Lente; pencils, inks, and letters by Ryan Dunlavey; colors by Adam Guzowski

Today in Comics History, October 24, 1937: Orson Welles still can't remember the name of that Greer Garson movie about Dunkirk

from The Twilight Zone: The Shadow #2 (Dynamite, May 2016), script by David Avallone, pencils and inks by Dave Acosta, colors by Omi Remalante, letters by Taylor Esposito

Today in Comics History, October 24: Happy birthday, Mindy Newell!

Born on this day: comic book writer, editor and Illustrator Mindy Newell (Amethyst, Catwoman, Wonder Woman, Legionnaires 3, Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes, Lois Lane, lots more)!


from New Talent Showcase (1984 series) #5 (DC, May 1984)

Today in Comics History, October 24: Solomon Grundy hunts everywhere for those bags of little candy pumpkins

from Batman: the Long Halloween Special #1 one-shot (DC, December 2021), script by Jeph Loeb, pencils and inks by Tim Sale, colors by Brennan Wagner, letters by Richard Starkings

Today in Comics History, October 24: Happy birthday, Leo Morey!

Happy birthday today to Leo Morey, born 1899: pulp magazine illustrator (Amazing Stories, Analog, Astounding, Detective Novel Magazine, Dime Sports, Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, Science Fiction Quarterly and many more) and comics artist (Outlaws, Sick, Startling Comics, Yellowjacket Comics, Adventures into the Unknown, Exciting Comics, Sinister Tales, Forbidden Worlds, Beware! and much more)!


from "The Biggest Man in the World!" in Unknown Worlds #4 (ACG, December 1960), script by Richard Hughes as Shane O'Shea, pencils and inks by Leo Morey
Don't get him confused with professional buffoon Steve Lombard's college pal (altho' this character might have been named after Leo!):


from Superman (1939 series) #384 (DC, June 1983), script by Cary Bates, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Dave Hunt, colors by Anthony Tollin, letters by Ben Oda
Happy birthday, Leo!

Today in Comics History, October 24: Network 23 grows ever closer to finding the elusive Max Headroom

from Spectacular Scarlet Spider #2 (Marvel, December 1995), script by Todd DeZago, pencils by Sal Buscema, inks by Bill Sienkiewicz and Jimmy Palmiotti, colors by John Kalisz, color separations by Malibu, letters by Clem Robins

Today in Comics History, October 24, 1990: Extremely obvious diary entry is made

from The Incredible Hulk (1968 series) #389 (Marvel, January 1992), script by Tom Field, pencils by Gary Barker, inks by Mark Farmer, colors by Glynis Oliver, letters by Joe Rosen

Today in Comics History, October 24, 20XX: If you follow this logic, Doom shoulda been ruling earth in 2002

from Doctor Doom #2 (Marvel, January 2020), script by Christopher Cantwell, pencils and inks by Salvador Larroca, colors by Guru-eFx, letters by Cory Petit

Today in Comics History, October 24: Batman Begins...to regret putting steaks in Alfred's pockets

from "Good Boy" in Batman Annual (2017 series) #1 (January 2017), script by Tom King, pencils and inks by David Finch, colors by Gabe Eltaeb, letters by Deron Bennett

Today in Comics History, October 24, 1962: Major change to timeline causes that one guy to carry more blueprints and papers

Also: Doc Brown rebuilds his house in a day. He is a genius!


Several pages later, after some time travel tomfoolery:


from Back to the Future (2015 series) #2 (IDW, November 2015), story by Bob Gale and John Barber, script by John Barber, pencils and inks by Marcelo Ferreira, colors by Diego Rodriguez, letters by Shawn Lee

Today in Comics History, October 24, 1929: Test flight for the Hindenburg crashes on Wall Street, causes Depression

from The Black Monday Murders #1 (Image, August 2016), script by Jonathan Hickman, pencils and inks by Tomm Coker, colors by Michael Garland, letters by Rus Wooten

Today in Comics History, October 24, 1945: And she'll have UN UN UN 'til her daddy takes the General Assembly away

Today in Comics History (as we like to say around here)...well, something something this!


from Four Color #1349 [Yogi Bear Visits the U.N.] (Dell, January 1962), script by Paul S. Newman, pencils and inks by Fred Fredericks
Yep, it's United Nations Day! Founded on this date in 1945, the UN has been in a lotta comic books. (Almost as many as Wolverine!) In the absence of any other material tonight, let's front-load this puppet-town cow blog with a whole Dag Hammarskjöldfull of appearances by everyone's slim, tall building on the east side of Manhattan to celebrate United Nations Day! It also happens to be the same date from 1260, when Saif ad-Din Qutuz, third Mamluk Sultan of Egypt, is assassinated by Baibars, a fellow Mamluk leader, who seizes power for himself. But I can't find any of my comic books about that.

Let's UN-wind by kicking off a series of DC comic book PSAs telling us how nifty the United Nations is!