Today in Comics History, October 10, 1975: Black Lightning really wants to order Moons Over My Hammy but is too embarrassed of how silly it sounds

from The Other History of the DC Universe #1 (DC/Black Label, January 2021), script by John Ridley, layouts by Giuseppe Camuncoli, finishes by by Andrea Cucchi

Today in Comics History, July 12, 1947: Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin', into the future

from Fantastic Four (2023 series) #1/694 (Marvel, January 2023), script by Ryan North, pencils and inks by Iban Coello, colors by Jesus Aburtov, letters by Joe Caramagna
Why is it so weird? Why, that's the day that Ben Grimm and Alicia Masters (Married Couple™) came to town. And discovered it was 1947! Which is weird, right? That's weird.



The entire town seems to be repeating July 12 again and again. They're stuck in a rut


stuck in a rut


stuck in a rut


Oh dear, my commentary is record-skipping again, too. Will the Thing and the Sculptress ever escape the perpetual July 12? Tune in tomorrow to find out!


to find out


find out

Today in Comics History, May 17, 1942: New 1942 model car crumples into wreck upon hitting newsprint

from "[Jon Wells Dies in Auto Crash]" in Heroic Comics #17 (Eastern Color, March 1943), script by Stephen Douglas (?)

Today in Comics History, February 28, 196X: Whoa, that escalated quickly

from Infinity Inc. (1984 series) #18 (DC, September 1985), co-plot and script by Roy Thomas, co-plot by Dann Thomas, pencils by Todd McFarlane, inks by Pablo Marcos, colors by Adrienne Roy and Anthony Tollin, letters by David Cody Weiss

Today in Comics History, January 25, 1947: Daily Gazette publishes its biggest issue yet — I'm serious, this thing is like five foot tall

Well, at least I think it's 1/25/47. If you're sure it isn't (or if you're GL), get in touch with me!



from "The Terror of the Talismans, Part One" in Green Lantern (1941 series) #31 (DC/National, March 1948), script by Robert Kanigher, pencils by Irwin Hasen, inks by John Belfi

Today in Comics History, December 18, 1975: But that trick never works!

from Back to the Future: Biff to the Future #4 (IDW, April 2017), co-plot and script by Bob Gale, co-plot by Derek Fridolfs, pencils and inks by Alan Robinson, additional inks by Jaime Castro, colors by Maria Santaolalla, letters by Shawn Lee

Today in Comics History, October 29, 1987: Early newsprint experiments in second color printing go poorly

from "Introducing the Dove Corps" in Joker 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular one-shot (August 2020), script by Denny O'Neil, pencils by José Luis García-López, inks by Joe Prado, colors by Marcelo Maiolo, letters by Clem Robins

Today in Comics History, October 26, 2019: Instead of the subway walls, The Daily Planet writes the words of a prophet

from Superman: Year One #3 (DC/Black Label, December 2019), script by Frank Miller, pencils by John Romita, Jr., inks by Danny Miki, colors by Alex Sinclair, letters by John Workman

Today in Comics History, October 23: Looking through left lens of 3-D glasses provides an entry for "Today in Comics History"

from Batman: The Imposter #3 (DC/Black Label, February 2022), script by Mattson Tomlin, pencils and inks by Andrea Sorrentino, colors by Jordie Bellaire, letters by Steve Wands

Today in Comics History, October 8, 2002: Say, isn't the Daily Bugle nicknamed "The Picture Newspaper?"

from Deadline #4 (Marvel, September 2002), script by Bill Rosemann, pencils and inks by Guy Davis, colors by Dave Stewart, letters by Dave Sharpe
Oh, great, so now they're using clip art.



Hey wait, how can a newspaper have two four-star final editions on the same day?!?

Today in Comics History, October 8, 1996: If you can tell me (because I didn't label the scan and can't remember) what comic this came from, I will personally mail you a gift from

from (see above)

Today in Comics History, August 19, 1949: Severed Poultry from Peking Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, Jim Lad

from Top 10: The Forty-Niners (America's Best Comics, October 2005), text by Alan Moore

Today in Comics History, August 14, 1:45 AM: Those darn kids with the pierced I-dunno-what, the roller-skates and the 23 Skidoos and the listening to the Becks...

from Young Justice (2011 series) #10 (DC, January 2012), script by Kevin Hopps and Greg Weisman, pencils by Christopher Jones, inks by Dan Davis, colors by Zac Atkinson, letters by Dezi Sienty

Today in Comics History, August 8, 1949: Seriously, you guys, printing newspapers on silver nitrate paper is dangerous

from Top 10: The Forty-Niners (America's Best Comics, October 2005), text by Alan Moore

Today in Comics History, August 1, 1949: Newspaper prints white ink on black paper, immediately goes out of business

from Top 10: The Forty-Niners (America's Best Comics, October 2005), text by Alan Moore

Today in Comics History, June 25: Editor-in-Chief of Marvel Comics calls the Black Panther; T'Challa rejects call because caller was pretending to be an Asian man

from Marvel Premiere (1972 series) #53 [Black Panther] (Marvel, April 1980), script by Ed Hannigan, pencils by Jerry Bingham, inks by Al Gordon, colors by Bob Sharen, letters by Gaspar Saladino

Today in Comics History, June 6, 2021: A Great Metropolitan Newspaper, A Lousy Amateur Masthead

from Infinite Frontier #3 (DC, September 2021), script by Joshua Williamson; pencils and inks by Paul Pelletier and Norm Rapmund, Jesús Merino and Raúl Fernández, Tom Derenick, and/or Xermanico, colors by Rómulo Fajardo Jr., letters by Tom Napolitano

Today in Comics History, June 1, 1994: Tony Stark fires his publicist

from Iron Man (1968 series) #306 (Marvel, July 1994), script by Len Kaminski, pencils by Kevin Hopgood, inks by Steve Mitchell, colors by Ariane Lenshoek, letters by Phil Felix

Today in Comics History, May 29, 1988: Fish head objects to being throw out with the Daily Bugle

from "Drug War Rages" in Amazing Spider-Man Annual (1964 series) #22 (Marvel, September 1988), plot by Tom DeFalco, script by David Michelinie, pencils by Mark Bagley, inks by Mike Esposito, colors by Bob Sharen, letters by Rick Parker
The following is from slightly later in the same annual, so it's probably from May 30, but there's no date on the paper, so I won't place it on that day. I'm just including it here to remind you that newspapers don't look like that!

Today in Comics History, May 26, 1988: Now I want to read more about the alligator that ate the drug lord

from "Drug War Rages" in Amazing Spider-Man Annual (1964 series) #22 (Marvel, September 1988), plot by Tom DeFalco, script by David Michelinie, pencils by Mark Bagley, inks by Mike Esposito, colors by Bob Sharen, letters by Rick Parker