Today in Comics History, April 24, 1983: A Good Day to Just Stay at Home

from The Brave and the Bold #200 (DC, July 1983), script by Mike W. Barr; pencils, inks, and letters by Dave Gibbons; colors by Adrienne Roy

Today in Comics History, April 23, 2591: All future cops are still bastards

from "The Future Dies Now!" in Thor Annual #16 (Marvel, 1991), plot by Tom DeFalco, script by Len Kaminski, layouts by Alex Trimpe, pencils by Herb Trimpe, inks by Fred Fredericks, colors by Ed Lazellari, letters by Gary Fields and Chris Eliopoulos

Today in Comics History, April 22, 1995: Don't forget that today is the Putnam Country Operation Life 20th Anniversary Reunion Banquet. But you won't get there before Impulse does.

from New Titans Annual (1989 series) #11 (DC, June 1995); script by Marv Wolfman; pencils by Greg Land (!); inks by Keith Champagne, Mike Sellers, and Will Blyberg; colors by Chi; letters by Albert DeGuzman

Today in Comics History, April 21, 1974: Last orders, gentlemen, please

from Marvel Spotlight (Son of Satan) (1971 series) #16 (Marvel, July 1974), script by Steve Gerber, pencils by Jim Mooney, inks by Sal Trapani, colors by George Roussos, letters by Gaspar Saladino

What's Bully Reading?: Star Wars: Doctor Aphra by Sarah Kuhn

Yay! My copy of the Star Wars: Doctor Aphra script has arrived!



Thank you, Sarah Kuhn! Thank you, The Ripped Bodice!

Today in Comics History, April 19, 1986: Doc Brown prepares to tell the entire story of all three movies yet again

from Back to the Future (2015 series) #19 (IDW, April 2017), story by John Barber and Bob Gale, script by John Barber, pencils by Marcelo Ferreira, inks by Maria Keane and Athila Fabbio, colors by Jose Luis Rio, letters by Shawn Lee

Today in Comics History, April 17: Cop not doing anything wrong right now but keep your eye on him just in case

from The Black Hood (2015 series) #1 (Archie/Dark Circle, April 2015), script by Duane Swierczynski, pencils and inks by Michael Gaydos, colors by Kelly Fitzpatrick, letters by Rachel Deering

Today in Comics History, April 16, 1974: Flash Thompson finally shuts up

from Spider-Man: Life Story #2 (Marvel, June 2019), script by Chip Zdarsky, pencils by Mark Bagley, inks by Andrew Hennessy, colors by Frank D'Armata, letters by Travis Lanham

Today in Comics History, April 15: Happy birthday, Leonardo da Vinci!

Born today in 1452...this guy!:


from InvincibleIron Man #600 (Marvel, July 2018); script by Brian Michael Bendis (who else); pencils, inks, and colors by a whole lotta people; letters by Clayton Cowles

Today in Comics History, April 14, 1865: Or again, maybe he was

from "Scoops...Pictures to Remember" in Real Fact Comics #3 (DC, July 1946); script by Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, and/or Bernie Breslauer; pencils and inks by George Roussos

Today in Comics History, April 14, 1953: Gang Busters #40 celebrates National Crime Day

from "The Hostages!" in Gang Busters #40 (DC, June 1954), pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Ray Burnley
See?:


from "The Case of the Careless Caretaker!" in Gang Busters #40 (DC, June 1954), pencils and inks by George Papp
Happy #NationalCrimeDay!

Today in Comics History, April 14, 1986: Marty has a time stalker

from Back to the Future (2015 series) #14 (IDW, September 2016), script by John Barber and Bob Gales, pencils and inks by Emma Vieceli, colors by Jose Luis Rio, letters by Shawn Lee

Today in Comics History, April 12, 1942: First modern appearance of Aquaman of Earth-2, showing up just in time to get retconned out by Crisis*

from All-Star Squadron #59 (DC, July 1986), co-plot and script by Roy Thomas, co-plot by Dann Thomas, pencils by Arvell Jones, inks by Vince Colletta and Tony DeZuñiga, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by David Cody Weiss
*This is exactly what happened.

Today in Comics History, April 11: Crispin Glover appears on David Letterman

from "The 12 Faces of Crime!" in Gang Busters #39 (DC, April 1954), pencils and inks by Leonard Starr

Today in Comics History, April 10, 1945: Band of Brothers

from Black Hammer '45 #4 (Dark Horse, June 2019), co-plot by Jeff Lemire, co-plot and script by Ray Fawkes, pencils and inks by Matt Kindt, colors by Sharlene Kindt, letters by Marie Enger

Today in Comics History, April 10, 1945: Potholes claim first victim

from Black Hammer '45 #3 (Dark Horse, May 2019), co-plot by Jeff Lemire, co-plot and script by Ray Fawkes, pencils and inks by Matt Kindt, colors by Sharlene Kindt, letters by Marie Enger

Today in Comics History, April 10, 1945: Stop! Black Hammer Time!

from Black Hammer '45 #1 (Dark Horse, March 2019), co-plot by Jeff Lemire, co-plot and script by Ray Fawkes, pencils and inks by Matt Kindt, colors by Sharlene Kindt, letters by Marie Enger

Today in Comics History, April 9: Commissioner Gordon is justifiably upset about his gun bursting into flames

from "The Cutting Edge" in Punisher Annual (1989 series) #4 (Marvel, June 1991); script by Gregory Wright and Dan Chichester; pencils by John Hebert; inks by Jimmy Palmiotti, Don Hudson, and Jim Reddington; colors by Gregory Wright, Ed Lazellari, and Sarra Mossoff; letters by Jade Moede

Today in Comics History, April 8, 1513: Li'l Ponce de Leon gets cranky, needs nap, crackers

from "Historical Almanac" in Real Fact Comics #20 (DC, May 1949), creators uncredited and unknown

Fun with Comics: Herd of cows?

from Fantastic Four Annual #17 (Marvel, May 1983); script, pencils, and inks by John Byrne, colors by Glynis Oliver, letters by Jim Novak
Yes, I've heard of cows.