Today in Comics History, May 12: Happy birthday, Yogi Berra!

Born on this day in 1925: Yogi Berra, champion baseball player and manager, malapropist, and cartoon bear.


from Yogi Berra one-shot (Fawcett, 1951), script by Charles Dexter, pencils and inks by Kurt Schaffenberger

Today in Comics History, October 1: Champion ballplayer inspires Salt-n-Pepa song

from Yogi Berra one-shot (Fawcett, 1951), script by Charles Dexter, pencils and inks by Kurt Schaffenberger


"Whatta Man" by Salt-n-Pepa feat. En Vogue (Next Plateau London, 1993); written by Cheryl James, Dave Crawford, and Hurby Azor; music video directed by Matthew Rolston

Today in Comics History, September 26, 1949: Joe Johnny Pesky slides safely into thick, luxuriously creamy shaving cream

from Yogi Berra one-shot (Fawcett, 1951), script by Charles Dexter, pencils and inks by Kurt Schaffenberger
Edit on 9/30/22: A big bull thank you to commenter Dave for the correction of his name in my post and the comic book!

Today in Comics History, September 18, 1949: Yogi Berra destroys COVID-19 virus with Louisville Slugger

from Yogi Berra one-shot (Fawcett, 1951), script by Charles Dexter, pencils and inks by Kurt Schaffenberger

Today in Comics History, September 11, 1949: Yogi Berra battles to help his teammates get colorized

from Yogi Berra one-shot (Fawcett, 1951), script by Charles Dexter, pencils and inks by Kurt Schaffenberger

Today in Comics History, June 15, 1947: Famous Yankee Yogi Berra murders two guys

from Yogi Berra one-shot (Fawcett, 1951), script by Charles Dexter, pencils and inks by Kurt Schaffenberger

Today in Comics History, June 6, 1944: D-Day: Yogi Berra attacks Third Reich with baseball metaphors

from Yogi Berra one-shot (Fawcett, 1951), script by Charles Dexter, pencils and inks by Kurt Schaffenberger

Today in Comics History, January 26, 1949: Yogi gets married; Cindy is furious

from Yogi Berra one-shot (Fawcett, 1951), script by Charles Dexter, pencils and inks by Kurt Schaffenberger