Today in Comics History, October 30: Desperately lonely, the Wayne Building cries out for friends

from Batman: Ghosts: A Legends of the Dark Knight Halloween Special one-shot (DC, December 1995), script by Jeph Loeb, pencils and inks by Tim Sale, colors by Gregory Wright, color separations by Android Images, letters by Todd Klein

Today in Comics History, October 30, 1804: "He's kind of a douchebag, but when he calls home, the device that he uses, is Mark Ruffalo's phone."

from Manifest Destiny #24 (Image, October 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, October 30, 1926: Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini team up again? You'd think they were married at this point.

from "Necronauts" in 2000 AD prog 1223 (Egmont UK, 3 January 2001), script by Gordon Rennie, art by Frazer Irving, letters by Tom Frame

Today in Comics History, October 30: PETA threatens Oscorp boycott if Norman doesn't release his pet...thing

from Spider-Man: The Osborn Journal one-shot (Marvel, February 1997); script by Glenn Greenberg; pencils by Kyle Hotz; inks by Kyle Hotz, Jason Moore, and Al Milgrom; colors by Mark Bernardo; letters by Richard Starkings

Today in Comics History, October 30: No time for love; just gimme that cake

from "Wedding Forecast!" in Wonder Woman (1942 series) #182 (DC, May 1969), writer and artist uncredited and unknown

Today in Comics History, October 30, 1929: Professor Xavier really enjoys his Norwegian Cruise

from The Shadow: Year One #1 (Dynamite, February 2013), script by Matt Wagner, pencils and inks by Wilfredo Torres, colors by Brennan Wagner, letters by Rob Steen

Today in Comics History, October 30: Vandal Savage resists his natural impulse to kill children

from Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor #1 (Titan, July 2014), script by Nick Abadzis, pencils and inks by Elena Casagrande with Michele Pasta, colors by Arianna Florean, letters by Richard Starkings and Jimmy Betancourt

Today in Halloween Comics History, October 30, 1938: At last one of Pinky and the Brain's plans to take over the world succeeds

from Mars Attacks the Real Ghostbusters one-shot (IDW, January 2013), script by Erik Burnham, pencils and inks by José Holder, colors by Jeremy Colwell, letters by Neil Uyetake

Today in Halloween Comics History, October 30: Kid Wolverine can't wait for Halloween

from Marvel Zombies Halloween one-shot (Marvel, December 2012), script by Fred van Lente, pencils and inks by Alessandro Vitti, colors by Jean-Francois Beaulieu, letters by Cory Petit

Today in Comics History, October 30: Batman hums the popular tune "Don't Sleep in the Subway, Darling"

from Batman: Shadow of the Bat #68 (DC, November 1997), script by Alan Grant, pencils by Jim Aparo, inks by Stan Woch, colors by Roberta Tewes, color separations by Android Images, letters by Bill Oakley