Today in Comics History, October 7: Happy birthday, Nick Lowe!

Born on this day: Nick Lowe!


"Cruel to be Kind" by Nick Lowe (Stiff, 1979), written by Nick Lowe and Ian Gomm; music video filmed at Lowe's actual wedding!
No, no! Not that Nick Lowe. (He was born on March 24.) I'm talkin' about Marvel Editor Nick Lowe, vice president of content and executive editor at Marvel Comics. He's edited a whole shebang of Marvel Comics (Ultimate Spider-Man, The Ultimates, Ultimate Iron Man, Nextwave, Neil Gaiman's The Eternals, X-Men, Runaways and many more)!


from Ultimate Spider-Man #67 (Marvel/Ultimate Marvel, December 2004), script by Brian Michael Bendis, pencils by Mark Bagley, inks by Scott Hanna, colors by J. D. Smith, letters by Chris Eliopoulos

Today in Comics History, October 7: Happy birthday, Vaughn Monroe!

Born on this day in 1911: actor/singer Vaughn Monroe ("Mule Train," "Cool Water," "Riders in the Sky" and many more). And comic book star? You betcha!


from "Vaughn Monroe: Racing with the Moon" in Juke Box Comics #3 (Eastern Color, July 1948), pencils and inks by Sid Greene

Today in Comics History, October 7: Happy birthday, Batman...?

Born on this day: Batman! Well, kinda. Actually, his canon birthday is on February 19.


from Super DC Calendar 1976 (DC, 1975)
However, this recent digital story lists his birthday as today, October 7.



from Legends of the Dark Knight (2021 digital series) #10 (DC, June 2021), scropt by Brandon Thomas, art by Giannis Milonogiannis, colors by Jordie Bellaire, letters by Deron Bennett

So what's the experts' opinion on when Batman's birthday is? Well, I (little stuffed expert) choose to believe that this is a non-canon story and will still contrinues to celebrate on February 19. Altho' it's just possible that this is a new post-Rebirth canon birthday. Unless, of course, Batman is lying to J'onn. Which, consider the big green guy is a telepath, may not be the smartest thing to do.

Either, or. Happy batday, Birthman!

Today in Comics History, October 7: Happy birthday, John Mellencamp!

Born on this day: musician, actor, and activist John Mellencamp (née Cougar).

Here's his sole appearance (sorta) in comic books — a parody of Youngblood's "Cougar!"


from Splitting Image #1 (Image, March 1993); script, pencils, inks and letters by Don Simpson, colors by Brian Murray

Today in Comics History, October 7, 1918: "Accent on the bleed."

from The Stretcher Bearers (Naval Institute Press/Dead Reckoning, April 2022), co-script and art by Reid Beaman, co-script and letters by Ryan Beaman

Today in Comics History, October 7: Happy birthday, Niels Bohr!

Born on this day in 1885: Danish physicist and Nobel Prize-winner Niels Bohr!


from ": The Composition of the Atom" in Magnus, Robot Fighter #3 (Western/Gold Key, August 1963)
He's the the namesake for Element 107: Nielsium Bohrium!:


Happy birthday, Niels!


from "The Atomic Bomb" in Real Life Comics #29 (Pines, March 1946), creators uncredited and unknown

Today in Comics History, October 7: We interrupt this comic book to bring you a weather report and half a seagull

from "Sea Dogs, Chapter Twelve" in The Dollhouse Family #4 (DC/Hill House, April 2020), script by Joe Hill, pencils and inks by Dan McDaid, colors by John Kalisz, letters by Wes Abbott

Today in Comics History, October 7: Happy birthday, Andy Devine!

Born on this day in 1905: character actor and radio comedian Andy Devine (Stagecoach, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Jack Benny Program, etc.)!


from Movie Love #19 (Eastern Color, February 1953), pencils and inks by Frank Fogarty

Today in Comics History, October 7: Ace tries to tell Alfred that green isn't really his color, and that jacket is only comfort-rated to merely 10 below

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 7, 1974: Spider-Man ignores convenient plot outline painted on building behind him

from Giant-Size Spider-Man #3 (January 1975), script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito, colors by George Roussos
Hey, it's the Spider-Man story that can never be reprinted because they don't have the rights to Doc Savage anymore, so stare at this one page extra hard to hold you over until they do again!

Today in Comics History, October 17, 2004: First appearance, Guy Who Rides a Curling Iron

from Blade of Kumori #1 (Devil's Due, November 2004), script by Ron Marz, pencils by Dub, colors by Pierre-André Cery with Jeik Dion, letters by Dreamer Design

Today in Comics History, October 7: The ghosts of Billie Holiday and Bruce Lee are roused violently from their graves

from Gotham Central #11 (DC, November 2003), script by Ed Brubaker, pencils and inks by Brian Hurtt, colors by Lee Loughridge, letters by Willie Schubert

Today in Comics History, October 7: The Norman Osborn haircut is proven to cause severe medical problems

from Batman #407 (DC, May 1987), script by Frank Miller, pencils and inks by David Mazzucchelli, colors by Richmond Lewis, letters by Todd Klein