Monday, November 28, 2022

Today in Comics History, November 28, 1934: G-Men speed up to run over a baby


from "Baby-Face Nelson" in Murderous Gangsters #2 (Avon, December 1951), creators uncredited and unknown

Today in Comics History, November 28, 1804: Black Friday shoppers return home


from Manifest Destiny #31 (Image, October 2017), script by Chris Dingess, pencils by Matthew Roberts, inks by Tony Akins, colors by Owen Gieni, letters by Pat Brosseau

Today in Comics History, November 28: The XFL is back!


from "Life of a Sportsman" in Bitch Planet: Triple Feature #4 (Image, September 2017), script by Marc Deschamps, pencils and inks by Mindy Lee, colors by Leonardo Olea. letters by Clayton Cowles

Sunday, November 27, 2022

Today in Comics History, November 27, 1940: Building Code Under Fire


from The New Golden Age #1 one-shot (DC, January 2023); script by Geoff Johns; pencils and inks by Diego Olortegui, J. P. Mayer, Scott Hanna, Jerry Ordway, Steve Lieber, Todd Nauck, Scott Kolins, Viktor Bogdanović, Brandon Peterson, and/or Gary Frank; colors by Nick Filardi, John Kalisz, Matt Herms, Jordan Boyd, and/or Brad Anderson, letters by Rob Leig

(This would have been a few days after the first official meeting of the Justice Society of America.)

Today in Comics History, November 27: Happy birthday, Ted Husing!

Born on this day in 1901: sportscaster and radio/movie announcer Ted Husing!

Say, where'd ya get the green suit, Ted?


from "Ace Sportscaster" in Real Fact Comics #6 (DC, January 1947), pencils and inks by Jack Lehti




Today in Comics History, November 27, 1950: United Nations condemns use of babies in warfare


from "14 Days of Glory" in Battlefield Action #54 (Charlton, August 1964), script by Joe Gill (?), pencils (?) and inks by Ernie Bache

Today in Comics History, November 27: Workin' too hard can give you a zodi-ac-ac-ac-ac


from Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder comic strip (Ledger Syndicate, November 26, 1967), script by Whitney Ellsworth, art by Joe Giella

Today in Comics History, November 27: Happy birthday, Humberto Ramos!

Born on this day: comics artist Humberto Ramos (Impulse, Runaways, Peter Parker: Spider-Man, The Spectacular Spider-Man, The Amazing Spider-Man, Wolverine, and more! He's the co-creator of Strange Academy, Silk, Dv8 and his own creator-owned series Crimson and Out There, too)!


from Marvel Comics cover-dated August 2011

Happy birthday, Hunberto!

Today in Comics History, November 27, 2019: Metropolis under attack doesn't even warrant the full front page anymore


from Action Comics #1017 (DC, January 2020), script by Brian Michael Bendis, pencils by John Romita, Jr., inks by Klaus Janson, colors by Brad Anderson, letters by Dave Sharpe

Today in Comics History, November 27, 2010: Space madness prevents Heywood Floyd from saying the date in a normal manner


from Marvel Comics Super Special #37 [2010] (Marvel, 1984), script by J.M. DeMatteis, layouts by Joe Barney and Larry Hama, finishes and colors by Tom Palmer, letters by Rick Parker

Saturday, November 26, 2022

Today in Comics History, November 26, 1963: The Tenth Doctor's shooting skills are disparaged


from Regarding the Matter of Oswald's Body #4 (Boom!, February 2022), script by Christopher Cantwell, pencils and inks by Luca Casalanguida, colors by Giada Marchisio, letters by AndWorld Design

Also on this day: Sonny gets another day off!


from Regarding the Matter of Oswald's Body #5 (Boom!, March 2022), script by Christopher Cantwell, pencils and inks by Luca Casalanguida, colors by Giada Marchisio, letters by AndWorld Design

Today in Comics History, November 26, 1962: Beatles record their second single; preemptively reject all song suggestions by George


from Beatles with an A: Birth of a Band (Fanfare, July 2014), script and art by Mauri Kunnas

Friday, November 25, 2022

Today in Comics History, November 25: Happy birthday, Noel Neill!

Born on this day in 1920: movie serial and television's Lois Lane, Noel Neill!


from Lois Lane (1958 series) #7 (DC, February 1959), creators un credited and unknown




Happy Eleventh Anniversary to my two favorite people, John and Randi!

On this day a mere eleven years ago, my very best pals John and Randi got married! And Shelly and me got to carry the rings!


♥ Happy anniversary, Randi and John! ♥


Today in Comics History, November 25, 1963: Oh, get outta here with that garbage, Fox News


from Freedom Fighters (2019 series) #3 (DC, April 2019), script by Robert Venditti, pencils by Eddy Barrows, inks by Eber Ferreira, colors by Adriano Lucas, letters by Andworld Design

Thursday, November 24, 2022

Today in Comics History, Thanksgiving Day: Gustav Silbe hates his employees


from Power Man and Iron Fist: Sweet Christmas Annual #1 one-shot (Marvel, February 2017), script by David F. Walker, pencils and inks by Scott Hepburn, colors by Matt Milla, letters by Clayton Cowles

Today in Comics History, Last Thursday in November: The Amazing Back Alley Comics & Stories premieres


from A Year of Marvels: November Infinite Comics (Marvel Digital, November 2016), script by Todd Casey and Elliott Casey, storyboard art by Daniel Govar, art by Paul Davidson, colors by Lee Loughridge, letters by Travis Lanham

Today in ComicsHistory, November 24, 1963: It Takes a Thief (to catch a thief, and also to steal Lee Harvey Oswald's corpse)


from Regarding the Matter of Oswald's Body #3 (Boom!, January 2022), script by Christopher Cantwell, pencils and inks by Luca Casalanguida, colors by Giada Marchisio, letters by AndWorld Design





Today in Comics History, November 24, 1918: Well, this just adds a whole 'nother level of complication to Neil Diamond's lyric "They're comin' to America."


from The Stretcher Bearers (Naval Institute Press/Dead Reckoning, April 2022), co-script and art by Reid Beaman, co-script and letters by Ryan Beaman

Today in Comics History, Thanksgiving Day: Oh yeah, like you cooked that, Batman


from Batman: The Long Halloween #2 (DC, January 1997), script by Jeph Loeb, pencils and inks by Tim Sale, colors by Gregory Wright, letters by Richard Starkings

Also: what, no pie?