Today in Comics History, July 13, 1946: Please don't drive under the influence of Post-War America

from "The Man Who Lost Himself" in Justice (1947 series) #13 (Marvel/Timely, November 1949), pencils and inks by Carl Burgos (?)

Today in Comics History, May 25: Happy birthday, Diana Prince! (Both of 'em!)

Born on this day, per the 1976 Super DC Calendar: Diana Prince, US army nurse who moved away to South America, leaving her identity to be used by Wonder Woman!


from Super DC Calendar 1976 (DC, 1975), letters by Ben Oda

Today in Comics History, May 9, 1909: Happy birthday, Steve Trevor, happy birth...oh. Never mind.

This is an expanded and updated version of a post originally published May 9, 2017.

Hey, happy birthday, Steve Trevor, always played by Lyle Waggoner in my head!


from DC Comics: Bombshells #1 (DC, October 2015); script, pencils, inks, and colors by Marguerite Bennett; letters by Wes Abbott

Psylocke Psaturday is Back!: Okay, who ordered a ninja in a swimsuit?

We pretty much haven't seen hide nor purple hair of Psylocke for the past six months since she went through the Deux Ex Machina Siege Perilous, until she (literally) washes up on the shores of Uncanny X-Men #255 with that most conveeeeeeeenient of comic book maladies, amnesia.


Panels from Uncanny X-Men #255 (Mid-December 1989), script by Chris Claremont, pencils by Marc Silvestri, inks by Dan Green, colors by Glynis Oliver, letters by Michael Heisler
Luckily all that sea water hadn't washed the beautiful purple shade out of her hair, which, we should remind you here, is dyed. Anyway, say goodbye to that version of Psylocke forever, or at least as forever as you can get in a Claremont comic without her angsting about it for a page every other issue. Now and forever — she is Lady Mandarin! Which, actually, was really just a preemptive attempt by Marvel to keep CBS from capitalizing on their popular weekly tie-in TV series The Mandarin (starring Lee van Cleef) by creating a female-fronted spin-off. Eh, who am I kidding...Marvel would never use that cheesy an excuse to create a character.


Cover of Uncanny X-Men #256 (Late December 1989), pencils by Jim Lee, inks by Scott Williams

I don't remember why I wrote this post

Wow, it looks like everybody has amnesia, doesn't it?



Huh, I guess they do.

Always consult a trained action hero if you're missing your memory!



If all else fails, go for the tried-and-true antidote to amnesia: a second thump on the head!






So remember all this...if you can!