Today in Comics History, October 3: Happy birthday, Harvey Kurtzman!

Born on this day in 1924: the great Harvey Kurtzman, cartoonist and editor, founding editor of MAD, Humbug, and Help!, and writer/artist on so many great EC Comics and Timely's "Hey Look!".




from Harvey Kurtzman's Strange Adventures (Marvel/Epic (!), 1990), art by Harvey Kurtzman

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 129: Match wits with J. Jonah Jameson, and see if you can figure out...WHODUNIT?

Dig if you will the picture...of a Falcon story that barely involves J. Jonah Jameson.


Panels from Marvel Premiere #49 (August 1979), script by Mark Evanier, pencils by Sal Buscema, inks by Dave Simons, colors by Ben Sean, letters by Jim Novak
LET'S BLAME SPIDER-MAN no wait let's have a mail-in contest.



So what do you think the mysterious dying clue is? Funny you should ask, Falcon! Oh, wait, the comic book already says that.



The Falcon finally solves it! Without JJJ's help.


Ah, so the killer was the lovable Count from comics's Sesame Street. I knew there was something sinister about that guy.


"The Count Counts" from Sesame Street #1 (August 1979); script, pencils, inks, and letters by Jay Fosgitt; colors by Dustin Evans

Zing!

Panel from "The Anatomy of a Hero" in Sesame Street #1 (July 2013), script by Jason M. Burns, pencils and inks by Amy Mebberson, colors by Dustin Evans, letters by Deron Bennett

365 Days of DC House Ads, Day 172: DC Radio/TV/Movie Comics House Ads Week, Day 6: He didn't mention that it stood for "hope"

Ad for Sesame Street (premiered on November 10, 1969); printed in House of Mystery* #183 (November-December 1969)






*I know! Ironic, isn't it?

Batman teaches us about counting

Ad printed in Justice League of America #61 (March 1968)

Also: The Count teaches us about bats!:



Well, that about covers it.