Today in Comics History, June 6, 1970: NASA astronaut mistakes tree for moon

from "Who Is Murdering Our Astronauts?" in UFO Flying Saucers #3 (Western/Gold Key, November 1972), pencils and inks by Luis Dominguez

Today in Comics History, June 24, 1947: Alien geese prepare to invade Earth

from UFO Flying Saucers #1 (Western/Gold Key, October 1968), script by Leo Dorfman, pencils and inks by Joe Certa

Today in Comics History, March 22, 1965: UFO theories are pooh-poohed by the United States Department of Gaslighting

from "Mystery in Michigan" in UFO Flying Saucers #1 (Western/Gold Key, October 1968), script by Leo Dorfman, pencils by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, inks by Sal Trapani

Today in Comics History, March 20, 1965: The Curious Incident of the Hounds When the UFOs Landed

from "Mystery in Michigan" in UFO Flying Saucers #1 (Western/Gold Key, October 1968), script by Leo Dorfman, pencils by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, inks by Sal Trapani

Today in Comics History, February 12, 1967: The magical whimsy of Cicely once again irritates Dr. Joel Fleischman

from "The UFOs Arctic Assault" in UFO Flying Saucers #3 (Western/Gold Key, November 1972), pencils (and inks?) by Luis Dominguez, letters by Gaspar Saladino

Today in Comics History, November 20, 1966: NASA discovers the great refreshing taste of Tang

from "The Mystery Monuments" in UFO Flying Saucers #3 (Western/Gold Key, November 1972), pencils and inks by John Celardo

Today in Comics History, November 2, 1957: I got really excited at first because I thought that read "Panic at Legoland"

from "Panic at Levelland" in UFO Flying Saucers #1 (Western/Gold Key, October 1968), script by Leo Dorfman, pencils and inks by Luis Dominguez

Today in Comics History, October 31, 1964, Halloween: Disaster supposedly caused by UFOs was actually caused by monsters

from "Who Is Murdering Our Astronauts?" in UFO Flying Saucers #3 (Western/Gold Key, November 1972), pencils and inks by Luis Dominguez

Today in Comics History, October 17, 1973: Maybe blaming all their arson on the Fire Alien from Mercury was too far-fetched

The Hoaxmaster is back! And this time...aieeee, he's HUGE!


from "The Hoaxmaster Knows -- and Tells All!" in UFO Flying Saucers #4 (Western/Gold Key, November 1974), pencils and inks by Frank Bolle
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Today in Comics History, October 16, 1973: Lies, dripping off your mouth like dirt / Lies, lies in every step you walk

It's fun to look back now through old issues of Gold Key's UFO Flying Saucers and seeing all the ridiuclius stuff we believed Project: Blue Book was hiding from us (Bigfoot hitching a ride with Elvis on a flying saucers? tghere's no way that couldn't happen!), but every now and then they let us in on the flip side of that star-eyed ignorance: stuff they couldn't believe even back then in the UFO-crammed 1970s. Enter Gold Key's four-color version of Amazing Randi (no relation to my dear Randi): the skeptical, fraud-exposing Hoaxmaster! The first myth busted: that he bought that suit and top hat at retail! (Hoaxbuster never pays full price!)


from "The Hoaxmaster Knows -- and Tells All!" in UFO Flying Saucers #4 (Western/Gold Key, November 1974), pencils and inks by Frank Bolle

Today in Comics History, October 11, 1973: We're Bee-ing Invaded

from "The Mississippi Mystery" in UFO Flying Saucers #4 (Western/Gold Key, November 1974), pencils and inks by Frank Bolle
This post was suggested by faithful reader and frequent commenter Blam, who's provided a lot of date references in comics that I'll spotlight throughout 2023 in this series. Thanks, Blam!

Today in Comics History, October 5, 1967: Aliens somehow force an astronaut to back over a cliff

from "Who Is Murdering Our Astronauts?" in UFO Flying Saucers #3 (Western/Gold Key, November 1972), pencils and inks by Luis Dominguez

Today in Comics History, October 4, 1967: Flying submarine crash kills all four Beatles

from "The UFOs Invade Our Seas!" in UFO Flying Saucers #2 (Western/Gold Key, November 1970), pencils and inks by John Celardo

Today in Comics History, August 2, 1947: Entire plane joins in refrain to serve Stendec Beer, the all-natural light beer with a fuller taste

from "Stendec" in UFO Flying Saucers #4 (Western/Gold Key, November 1974), pencils and inks by Frank Bolle

Today in Comics History, September 12, 1271: The wrong way to look at it, but there you go

from "Saved by a Saucer" in UFO Flying Saucers #12 (Gold Key, November 1976), pencils and inks by Joe Certa

Today in Comics History, September 7, 1956: The night my dad told my mom he was just going out for cigarettes

from "UFOs in the Animal Kingdom" in UFO Flying Saucers #12 (Western/Gold Key, November 1976), pencils and inks by Jack Sparling