Today in Comics History, December 12, 1988: Charred remains not looked over very carefully

cover of Adventures of Superman #451 (DC, February 1989), pencils and inks by Jerry Ordway

Today in Comics History, December 11, 1941: Doiby Dickles makes a terrible Nazi

from Green Lantern (1941 series) #4 (DC, Summer 1942), script by Bill Finger, pencils and inks by Martin Nodell

Today in Comics History, December 11: Just a reminder, kids, Santa doesn't care if you go to Mass or not

from "Brother Elf: A Gift of Peace" in Within Our Reach (Star*Reach, 1991); script by Ron Fortier; pencils, inks, and letters (and colors?) by Gary Kato

Today in Comics History, December 11, 2010: Casting on The Godfather: The Russia Years meets a setback

from Extinction Seed #1 (GG Studio, October 2011), script by Davide Aicardi, translation by Adnrea Plazzi and Adam McGivern, pencils by Livia Pastore, colors by Alessia Nocera, letters by Studio Blue

Today in Comics History, December 10, 1984: The band Saga would like to assure you that they were based upon a true story

from Hot Valley Days and Cocaine Nights #3 (Antarctic, February 2021), script by Matthew Spradlin, pencils and inks by Farid Karami, colors by Andrew Crossley

Today in Comics History, December 10, 1950: Chinese Army marches hundreds of miles to put to shame you soft, Imperialistic, shopping American pig-dogs

from "Link-Up!" in Two-Fisted Tales (1950 series) #26 (EC, March 1952), script by Harvey Kurtzman, pencils by John Severin, inks by Will Elder, colors by Marie Severin, letters by Ben Oda

Today in Comics History, December 10, 1918: Worst Pacific Princess cruise ever

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, December 10, 1942: "So you say these two machine guns were abandoned, Botcher?" "Abandoned...by the guys we shot, yes sir."

from "Fighting Back in New Guinea" in Combat (1961 series) #8 (Dell, April 1963), script by Paul S. Newman, pencils and inks by Sam Glanzman

Today in Comics History, December 10, 1941: Nazis and Mayans? Oh, not that old cliché again!

from All-Star Squadron #6 (DC, February 1982), script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Adrian Gonzales, inks by Jerry Ordway, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by Ben Oda

Today in Comics History, December 10, 1941, Dawn: US Military develops a meat grinder that can scream "AIR RAID" when you run a pig through it

from "The Hop Harrigan Quarterly Award for Flying Heroism: Meyer Levin" in Comic Cavalcade #3 (DC/All-American, Summer 1943), creators uncredited and unknown

Today in Comics History, December 9: Happy birthday, José Delbo!

Born on this day: comics artiost José Delbo (Wonder Woman, Detective Comics, Hogan's Heroes, The Monkees, Billy the Kid, Yellow Submarine, Batgirl, World's Finest Comics, The Twilight Zone, The Transformers, NFL SuperPro, many more)!


from DC Comics cover-dated September 1981


from Marvel/Star comics cover-dated June 1988
Happy birthday, José!

Today in Comics History, December 9, 1966: The economy crashed so quickly even this guy was taken by surprise

from The Flash (1959 series) #167 (February 1967), script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Carmine Infantino, cover inks by Joe Giella, interior inks by Sid Greene

Today in Comics History, December 9, 1942: AIEEE he's firing right at us!

from "Fighting Back in New Guinea" in Combat (1961 series) #8 (Dell, April 1963), script by Paul S. Newman, pencils and inks by Sam Glanzman

Today in Comics History, December 8, 1952: Happy birthday, Trigger Keaton...you #$@!%

from Six Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton #6 (Image, November 2021), script by Kyle Starks, art by Chris Schweizer, colors assists by Liz Trace Schweizer

Today in Comics History, December 8, 1952: EC's experimental new comic book Tales of Inconsequence is not a success

from "The End!" in Weird Fantasy (1951 series) #13 (EC, May 1952), script by Al Feldstein, pencils and inks by Wally Wood, colors by Marie Severin, letters by Jim Wroten

Today in Comics History, December 8, 1989: "Aurora Borealis!? At this time of year, at this time of day, in this part of the country, localized entirely within the Daily Bugle press room!?"

cover of Daily Bugle #3 (Marvel, February 1997), pencils by Karl Kerschl, inks by Greg Adams

Today in Comics History, December 8: Pink people in their pink sedan gather to hunt down the guy who squashed their brother

from New Mutants (1983 series) #99 (Marvel, March 1991); plot, pencils, and inks by Rob Liefeld, script by Fabian Nicieza, colors by Brad Vancata, letters by Joe Rosen

Today in Comics History, December 7: Happy birthday, Tom Waits!

Born on this day: Musician, composer, and actor Tom Waits, he of the barrel full o' smoked cigarettes voice and sad, sad life songs!


from "Ralph Carney" in American Splendor: Our Movie Year (Random House, December 2004), script by Harvey Pekar; pencils, inks, and letters by Gary Dumm

Today in Comics History, December 7, 2016: Baby, you can drive my cab (until today)

from Yellow Cab (IDW, May 2022), by Christophe Chabouté, based on the novel by Benoît Cohen

Today in Comics History, December 7: Amazing Colossal Man crushes neon pink Jeep

from The New Mutants (1983 series) #99 (Marvel, March 1991); plot, pencils, and inks by Rob Liefeld, script by Fabian Nicieza, colors by Brad Vancata, letters by Joe Rosen