Today in Comics History, October 25, 1962: The Three Halloween Ghosts manage to do it all in one night. Also, one week early.

from Back to the Future (2015 series) #2 (IDW, November 2015), story by Bob Gale and John Barber, script by John Barber, pencils and inks by Marcelo Ferreira, colors by Diego Rodriguez, letters by Shawn Lee

Today in Comics History, October 24, 1962: Major change to timeline causes that one guy to carry more blueprints and papers

Also: Doc Brown rebuilds his house in a day. He is a genius!


Several pages later, after some time travel tomfoolery:


from Back to the Future (2015 series) #2 (IDW, November 2015), story by Bob Gale and John Barber, script by John Barber, pencils and inks by Marcelo Ferreira, colors by Diego Rodriguez, letters by Shawn Lee

Fun with Comics: Jughead has his priorities straight

Archie comic strip (Creators Syndicate, October 24, 2016), by Henry Scarpelli and Craig Boldman

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 298: JJJ did not care for Luke Cage's Netflix series

Panels from Hero for Hire #12 (August 1973), script by Steve Englehart, pencils by George Tuska, inks by Billy Graham, colors by Petra Goldberg, letters by Charlotte Jetter
Wow, that's one highly-starched green necktie.

Today in Comics History, October 24, 1929: Test flight for the Hindenburg crashes on Wall Street, causes Depression

from The Black Monday Murders #1 (Image, August 2016), script by Jonathan Hickman, pencils and inks by Tomm Coker, colors by Michael Garland, letters by Rus Wooten

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 297: The Many Moods of J. Jonah Jameson

Panels from Amazing Spider-Man (1963 series) #19 (December 1964), script by Stan Lee, pencils and inks by Steve Ditko, colors by Stan Goldberg, letters by Sam Rosen

Today in Comics History Future, October 22, 3022: Even in the 31st century, no one wants to buy Vision's baseball card collection

from All-New All-Different Avengers #13 (Marvel, October 2016), script by Mark Waid, pencils and inks by Adam Kubert, colors by Sonia Oback, letters by Cory Petit

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 296: I've always been a mercenary, but I never leave my post when the cash runs out

Hiring an secret strike force of elite mercenaries? If you're J. Jonah Jameson, it's what you do.


Panels from Fantastic Four (1961 series) #372 (January 1993), co-plot and script by Tom DeFalco, co-plot and pencils by Paul Ryan, inks by Danny Bulanadi, colors by Gina Going, letters by Jack Morelli
What you don't do if you're J. Jonah Jameson? Pay your mercenary bill.


Panels from Fantastic Four #377 (June 1993), co-plot and script by Tom DeFalco, co-plot and pencils by Paul Ryan, inks by Danny Bulanadi, colors by Gina Going, letters by Rick Parker and Jack Morelli

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 295: But his boss didn't like him so he shot Pete into space

Panels from Amazing Spider-Man #652 (March 2011), script by Dan Slott, pencils and inks by Stefano Caselli, colors by Edgar Delgado, letters by Joe Caramagna

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 294: I'm Mad about Spider-Man, you're Mad about him doing what a spider can...

Panels from "Spider-Sham" in MAD Magazine #418 (June 2009), script by Dick Debartolo, art by Tom Richmond

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 293: His hair was perfect

Contrary to (Peter Parker's) popular belief, J. Jonah Jameson does have a reflection in a mirror! (He just has to be killed with a silver bullet.)


Panels from Amazing Spider-Man (1963 series) #163 (December 1976), script by Len Wein, breakdowns by Ross Andru, figure finishes by Mike Esposito, background finishes by Dave Hunt, colors by Glynis Wein, letters by Joe Rosen

Notes from the Tin Dispatch Box of John H. Watson, MD

Panels from Sherlock Holmes: The Seven-Per-Cent Solution #1 (August 2015), based on the novel by Nicholas Meyer, script by David Tipton and Scott Tipton, pencils and inks by Ron Joseph, colors by Jordi Escuin, letters by Deron Bennett;
and from Angel Love #1 (August 1986); script and pencils by Barbara Slate, inks by John William Lopez, colors by Bob LeRose, letters by Bill Yoshida

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 292: Robbie Robertson: Who He Is and How He Came to Be (at the Bugle)

Panels from Amazing Spider-Man (1963 series) #-1 (July 1997), script by Tom DeFalco, pencils by Joe Bennett, inks by Bud LaRosa, colors by Bob Sharen, letters by Kiff Scholl

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 291: And if you can't be with the one you love, Spidey, love the one you're with

from Amazing Spider-Man Annual #18 (December 1984), plot by Tom DeFalco, script by Stan Lee, pencils by Ron Frenz, inks by Bob Layton and Jackson Guice, colors by Bob Sharen, letters by Joe Rosen

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 290: Maybe I'm A-mazed

"A Real Hairy Maze!" from Fun and Games Magazine #12 (August 1980); artist unknown
(Click picture for the amazing answer!)

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 289: Exit, Stage Left!

Panels from Amazing Spider-Man Annual (1964 series) #10 (1976), co-plot by Len Wein, co-plot and script by Bill Mantlo, pencils by Gil Kane, inks: by Frank Giacoia and Mike Esposito, colors by Petra Goldberg, letters by John Costanza

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 288: I'm snapping off the lamppost at the corner of the street / In case a certain little lady comes by

Panels from "J. Jonah Jameson" in Civil War II: Choosing Sides #3 (September 2016), script by Derek Landy, pencils and inks by Filipe Andrade, colors by Miroslav Mrva, letters by Clayton Cowles
Never any reason to snap a lamppost? Aw, man, is Ben Grimm gonna be disappointed.


Panels from "J. Jonah Jameson" in Fantastic Four (1961 series) #18 (November 1962), script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers, letters by Artie Simek

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 287: Water revoltin' development this is

The thrilling saga of how the Kingpin locked Spider-Man and Jonah Jameson in his leaky basement!


Cover of Amazing Spider-Man (1963 series) #52 (September 1967), pencils and inks by John Romita, Sr., colors by Stan Goldberg, letters by Sam Rosen
Yes, the Kingpin (of all Crime) had indeed captured Spidey and JJJ and put them in a death trap (if not a suicide rap), but if you've read any Spider-Man comics (and I'm pretty sure guessing that by this point you have), then you know that to Spider-Man, Watery Graves is simply the name of Lex Luthor's bodyguard's sister.


Panels from Amazing Spider-Man (1963 series) #52 (September 1967), script by Stan Lee, pencils by John Romita, Sr., inks by Mike Esposito, letters by Sam Rosen
Spider-Man! Spider-Man! He's the guy with a spider-plan! Sling some webs, through the water! This way he / avoids slaughter! Look out! He's the waterproof Spider-Man!


Jonah has apparently never learned how to swim, so Spidey makes one of those big inflatable sumo wrestler bubbles for them to ride out the waves safely. Man, Romita draws good water, doesn't he? That's either making me thirsty or have to pee. Hold on, I'll be back in a couple minutes.


The Moist Marauders Marvel Team-Up keads them into the underground passages of the Kingpin's elaborate office complex, which also contains a T.G.I.Friday's and one of those "Phantom of Broadway" cheap-ass souvenir gift shops. Laos, there is a Starbucks in the lobby, on the eighteenth floor, and inside the Kingpin's office. Also, there is another Starbuck's inside that one.


At last, Jameson escapes while SPidey holds off the hordes of bad hombres! Run, Jonah, run!...oh geez, he just pulled a Scotty in Star Trek V move. That's gonna leave a mark.


Jameson wakes up later in a shower where Bobby Ewing is still alive in the dank cellarway, at last safe from the stampeding Kingpin and his henchmen the Kingtwins, although it's clear he can't tell the sensation of water on his head. Thus we conclude, J. Jonah Jameson has never washed his hair.

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 286: Not plane nor bird nor even frog

Panels from Top Dog #10 (October 1986); script by George Caragonne; pencils by Warren Kremer; Peter Parker and J. Jonah Jameson figure pencils by John Romita, Sr.; inks by Jon d'Agostino; colors by George Roussos; letters by Grace Kremer

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 285: J. Jonah Jameson fires more employees before nine AM than you do all day

Panels from Tangled Web: The Thousand #1 (June 2001), script by Garth Ennis, pencils by John McCrea, inks by James Hodgkins, colors by Steve Buccellato, letters by Richard Starkings

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 284: My baloney has a first name / It's J-O-N-A-H

Panels from Marvels: Eye of the Camera #2 (February 2009), script by Kurt Busiek, pencils by Jay Anacleto, colors by Brian Haberlin, letters by Richard Starkings

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 283: C'mon Get Happy

Panels from Spider-Man: Chapter One #12 (October 1999); script, pencils, and letters by John Byrne; inks by Al Milgrom; colors by Joe Rosas

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 282/Today in Comics History, October 8, 1996: This could never happen in these enlightened times

from Daily Bugle #1 (Marvel, December 1996), script by Paul Grist, pencils by Karl Kerschl, inks by Greg Adams, letters by Jim Novak
Speaking of pretty good, often-overlooked J. Jonah Jameson stories, the 1996 miniseries The Daily Bugle is a lovely short series focusing on the journalists of that fine metropolitan newspaper, with nary an appearance by our friendly neighborhood web-slinger. It's about as real as Marvel Comics get, including that issue of Punisher: War Journal where Frank had to wait in line at the Department of Motor Vehicles for a whole issue.


cover of Daily Bugle #1 (Marvel, December 1996), pencils by Karl Kerschl, inks by Greg Adams
Like your local newspaper somewhere back in the twentieth century, the whole series is in glorious black and white, which gives it a cool-real noir look. And the script's by Paul Grist — I like his comics artwork a lot, especially Doctor Who and St. Swithin's Day, as well as being the writer and artist on the absolutely wonderful Jack Staff. Artwork here is by Karl Kerschl and Greg Adams:



As far as I know, The Daily Bugle #1-3 have never been collected into a trade, and I'm not sure if they're currently on Marvel Unlimited. But this little stuffed comics guy gives the miniseries two hooves up, and they're well worth hunting down in the back issue boxes of your local comic book shop. Tell 'em J. Jonah Jameson sent you, and also demand photographs of Spider-Man!

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 281: I Want My J-TV

Panels from Daredevil (1964 series) #17 (June 1966), script by Stan Lee, pencils by John Romita, Sr., inks by Frank Giacoia, letters by Sam Rosen

Today in Comics History, October 6, 1989: Clark Kent wins a Cable Ace Award for his self-insertion fan fiction

from Superman (1987 series) #79 (DC, July 1993), script and pencils by Dan Jurgens, inks by Brett Breeding, colors by Glenn Whitmore, letters by John Costanza

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 280: Green Journalism

"What If the Incredible Hulk Had Been Bitten by a Radioactive Spider?" from Wha...Huh? one-shot (2005), script by Mark Waid and Tom Peyer, pencils and inks by Jim Mahfood, colors by Shaughn Struble, letters by Chris Eliopoulos

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 279: Spider-Man plays with his Marvel Action Figures

Splash page from Marvel Team-Up (1972 series) #55 (March 1977), script by Bill Mantlo, pencils by John Byrne, inks by Dave Hunt, colors by George Roussos, letters by Gaspar Saladino

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 278: Ain't I a Stinker

Panels from Amazing Spider-Man Annual (1964 series) #4 (November 1967), script by Stan Lee, pencils by Larry Lieber, inks by Mike Esposito, colors by Stan Goldberg (?), letters by Jerry Feldmann

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 277: To Kiss a Spider-Man! Wait, that's not right

Well, he's no Iron Jonah, but here comes the Spider-Slayer! Which, hey, never actually ever slayed any spiders, but they're workin' on it.


Cover of Amazing Spider-Man (1963 series) #58 (March 1968), pencils and inks by John Romita, Sr., letters by Sam Rosen

Today in Comics History, October 2, 1979: The Pope disappoints crowd by only playing songs off his newest album

from The Life of Pope John Paul II #1 one-shot (Marvel, January 1983), script by Steven Grant, pencils by John Tartaglione, inks by Joe Sinnott, colors by Marie Severin, letters by Jim Novak

Today in Comics History, October 2, 1982: Commissioner of Highways declares "In the future, we will always need roads!"

from "When Marty Met Emmett" in Back to the Future (2015 series) #1 (IDW, October 2015), script by Bob Gale and John Barber, pencils by Brent Schoonover, inks by David Witt, colors by Kelly Fitzpatrick, letters by Shawn Lee

366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 276: Justice, Like Lightning, From Another Universe...

Young Justice! Not to be confused with the excellent '80s band Lone Justice.


Yes, Young Justice, the Justice League of Tomorrow! Until their book was cancelled and replaced with all those unimpressive Teen Titans redux titles, but hey, it was fun while it lasted. But what's it doing in this feature? Why, it's because it features of the very few Eath-DC appearances of our Mustacheoed Maverick of Media Muckraking, J. Jonah Jameson! (The extra "J" is for "Justice!")


Panels from Young Justice (1998 series) #18 (March 2000), script by Peter David, pencils by Todd Nauck, inks by Lary Stucker, colors by Jason Wright, color separations by Digital Chameleon, letters:\ by Ken Lopez
Also, I've thrown in a bonus guest appearance there at the bottom of one of the Presidents in Comic Books! And Chelsea Clinton, who one day will probably be another President after she pilots the space shuttle into a time vortex and marries Wesley Crusher.