Today in Comics History, September 3, 1752: The Atom is one of those sad graduates who can't stop visiting campus

from "The Adventure of the Canceled Birthday" in The Atom (1962 series) #21 (DC, October 1965), script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Sid Greene, letters by Gaspar Saladino
Yes, it's the story where Ray Palmer bounced off a horse's ass! COMICS!

Today in Comics History, September 3, 1939: World War II rated "boring" on Yelp by rock-stupid idiots

from "Cavalcade of England" in True Comics #49 (Parents' Magazine Press, May 1946), script by Joseph H. Park, pencils and inks by Charles Raab (?)

Today in Comics History, September 3, 1939: Then...KOREA® WORLD WAR II!

from "The Rise of Free France" in Real Life Comics #4 (Pines, April 1942), pencils and inks by August Froehlich
(Then...KOREA! is a registered trademark of Mike Sterling.)

Today in Comics History, September 3: Happy birthday, Sholly Fisch!

Born on this day: Sholly Fisch, writer for Marvel Age...

(Note: his birthday is on the 3rd, not the 5th)


from Marvel Age #93 and 105 (Marvel, October 1990 and October 1991), text by Chris Eliopoulis & Barry Dutter (#103) and Mike Lackey (#105), pencils and inks by Ron Zalme, colors by Marie Javins (#93) and Renee Witterstaetter (#105)

Today in Comics History, September 3, 1939: Oh, we can't have nice things

from "Man of the People: Lord Tweedsmuir" in Real Heroes #9 (Parents' Magazine Press, February 1943), pencils and inks by Al Bare
To give Lord Tweedsmuir his kick-ass due: he is John Buchan, writer of The Thirty-Nine Steps and many other awesome British adventure novels.

We salute you and your polite Canadian attitude, Lord Tweedsmuir!

Today in Comics History, September 3: Happy birthday, Pat Redding!

Born on this day: assistant editor at Marvel and comic book inker (occasionally penciller, colorist and/or scripter) Pat Redding Scanlon (Conan, Spider-Man, The Screwtape Letters, and more!)


from Marvel Age #33 and 57 (Marvel, December 1985 and December 1987); text by Jim Salicrup (#33) and Mike Carlin (#57); pencils and inks by Ron Zalme; colors by Adam Philips (#33) and Paul Becton (#57)

Today in Comics History, September 3: Oh wait, I probably should've posted this on March 9

from "Pandora and the Flying Dutchman" in Movie Love #11 (Eastern Color, October 1951), creators uncredited and unknown
Let's see, is there a panel in this thing that takes place on September 3?


Eh, close enough.

Today in Comics History, September 3, 1954: Commie dispatched

from "[Behind the Bamboo Curtain!]" in Commander Battle and the Atomic Sub #5 (ACG, March 1955), script by Richard Hughes (?), pencils and inks by Ken Landau, letters by Ed Hamilton
Meet the menace of...THE DEEP WATER DEVIL FISH! What could be worse than that?


What is even worse? Why, the horror of...CHEAP-ASS 1950s ACG PRINTING!

Today in Comics History, September 3, 1937: Grabby gangster gets generic gutrot garishly gripping gat

from "The Gray Phantom" in Crime Must Pay the Penalty #33/1 (Ace, February 1948), pencils by Leo Morey

Today in Comics History, September 3, 1979: Wretched hive of scum and villainy is founded

from Back to the Future: Biff to the Future #4 (April 2017), co-plot and script by Bob Gale, co-plot by Derek Fridolfs, pencils and inks by Alan Robinson, additional inks by Jaime Castro, colors by Maria Santaolalla, letters by Shawn Lee

Today in Comics History, September 3, 1945: Why, Ms. Johansson, you're absolutely glowing

from "Honeymoon in Hell" in Marvel #3 (February 2021), by Ryan Heshka

Today in Comics History, September 3, 1939: C.C. Beck continues to steadily revolve in his grave

from All-Star Squadron #36 (DC, August 1984), script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Rich Buckler, inks by Richard Howell, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by David Cody Weiss

Today in Comics History, September 3, 1925: Nobody liked the George Lucas-directed prequel

from "Scoops...Pictures to Remember!" in Real Fact Comics #8 (DC, May 1947), pencils and inks by George Roussos

Today in Comics History, September 3, 1993: Really, no joke I could make here would be better than the panel itself

from Miracleman #19 (Eclipse, November 1990), cover art by Dave McKean, script by Neil Gaiman, pencils by Mark Buckingham, inks and colors by Sam Parsons, letters by Wayne Truman

Today in Comics History, September 3, 1783: Treaty of Paris is signed; George Washington sets up two dates at the same time

from Archie & Friends #132 (Archie, August 2009), script by Arie Kaplan, pencils by Pat Kennedy, inks by Mark McKenna, colors by Glenn Whitemore, letters by Jack Morelli

Today in Comics History, September 3: Things keep occurin'

from Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #73 (DC, July 1995), script by James Robinson, pencils and inks by John Watkiss, colors by Digital Chameleon, letters by Willie Schubert