Today in Comics History, July 2, 1881: Lovable lasagna-eating cat is assassinated

from Picture Stories from American History #4 (EC, Summer 1947), script by Jerry Coleman, pencils and inks by Allen Simon

Today in Comics History, April 15, 1912: Jughead joins the sixty-two other time travellers on board the Titanic

from "Unstuck in Time!" in Archie Giant Series Magazine #602 [The World of Jughead] (Archie, October 1989), script by Rich Margopoulos, pencils by Doug Crane, inks by Tom Moore, colors by Barry Grossman, letters by Bill Yoshida
"There's no Mr. Jones on our passenger list."

Batman Is Present at the Great Disasters of the Past: Oh, the Batmanity

And now for the debut of a little feature we like to call Batman Is Present at the Great Disasters of the Past! The concept is simple and straightforward: Batman is present at...well, you get the picture.

Tonight: Batman Is Present at the Hindenburg Disaster!


Panels from Detective Comics #519 (October 1982), plot by Gerry Conway, script by Paul Kupperberg, pencils by Don Newton, inks by John Calnan, colors by Adrienne Roy, letters by Ben Oda


(Too soon?)

Also in this historic issue: Dick Grayson's unbearably adorable snowsuit! Bruce won't let him go out to play in the snow until he's all wrapped up in it!


Say, haven't you ever wondered: what is the only thing that Batman can do?

Bear Attack! Month, Day 10: Next up on PBS: Ken Burns's Animal Civil War

Panel from "George Washington's Teeth!" in Herbie #8 (March 1965), script by Shane O'Shea, pencils and inks by Ogden Whitney, letters by Ed Hamilton