Today in Comics History, March 1, 1938: Comic industry sets a precedent for the rest of its life

from "The Grabbers" in Comic Book Comics #5 (Evil Twin, March 2011); script by Fred Van Lente; pencils, inks, and letters by Ryan Dunlavey
Or, as The Onion plainly put it:


from The Onion: Our Dumb Century (Three Rivers, March 1999)

Today in Comics History, January 12, 1993: Passersby Were Amazed by the Unusually Large Amounts of Blood

cover of The Punisher War Zone (1992 series) #13 (Marvel, March 1993), pencils by Mike McKone, inks by Mark McKenna and Mick MGray

Today in Comics History, November 2, 1985: What The Onion did ironically, DC attempts to do completely straight-faced

from Doomsday Clock #12 (DC, February 2020), script by Geoff Johns, pencils and inks by Gary Frank, colors by Brad Anderson, letters by Rob Leigh


from The Onion: Our Dumb Century (Three Rivers, March 1999)

Today in Comics History, July 10: Happy birthday, Joe Shuster!

Born on this day in 1914: Joe Shuster, who...well, without him, we probably wouldn't still have comic books today, period.


from Fifty Who Made DC Great one-shot (DC, 1985)