Born on this date in 1917: probably the greatest Mexican hero and masked wrestler ( luchador enmascarado ) the world has never known: Rodolf...

from "Raider!" in Semper Fi #9 (Marvel, August 1989), script by Michael P. Palladino, pencils and inks by Wayne Vansant, color...

Born today in 1949: comic book artist Paul Ryan ( Fantastic Four, Fantastic Five, D.P. 7, The Flash, Iron Man, The Amazing Spider-Man, The ...

from Machine Man (1984 series) #1 (Marvel, October 1984); script by Tom DeFalco, breakdowns by Herb Trimpe, finishes and colors by Barr...

house ad from Marvel Comics cover-dated December 1999

Born on this day: actor Anthony Mackie! , the MCU's Sam Wilson, the Falcon and Captain America II! from Guidebook to the Marvel...

from Flash (1987 series) #119 (DC, November 1996), script by Brian Augustyn and Mark Waid, pencils by Paul Ryan, inks by Jose Marzan, ...

Born on this day in 1931: E. Nelson Bridwell , comics writer and editor ( MAD, Super Friends , the Batman comic strip, Action Comics, Adven...

Today in 1970 in the New Universe was born Kathy Ling , one of the members of Psi-Force with the paranomal power of really long legs and rea...

Born on this day in 1931: actor (and director and producer) Larry Hagman ! You know him from a whole lotta film and TV shows, and especially...

Born on this day in 1890: pioneering motion picture art director and special effects director James Basevi . he worked on dozens of films ( ...

Born on this date in 1952: Dave Landers, better known to us as everybody's favorite Displaced Paranormal: Mastodon ! Frankly, I can'...

from Don Newcombe one-shot (Fawcett, 1950), script by Charles Dexter

Born on this day in 1908: Major League Baseball pitcher and All Star Monte "Hoot" Pearson (Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees an...

Born on this date in 1890: Ferdinand Joseph Lemott, better known to the world as Jelly Roll Morton , ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader, a...

Born on this date in 1901: Gus Edson , writer and cartoonist on the comics strip The Gumps (for 24 years!) and co-creator of the strip Dond...

from Picture Stories from Science #1 (EC, Spring 1947), script by Morris Nelson Sachs, pencils and inks by Don Cameron

Born on this day in 1911: author William Golding , who wrote The Pyramid , the To the Ends of the Earth trilogy, The Inheritors, The Brass ...

Born on this day: Dame Lesley Lawson, DBE. But she whispered in my ear to have me call her Twiggy ! cover of Tippy Teen #16 (Tower, Oc...

This is a much expanded and updated version of a post originally published September 19, 2016. Yes, t'was today in 1783, that J...