Today in Comics History, November 9, 6:06 PM: Black Lightning hopes this isn't a bad time to show off his snazzy new beard

from Young Justice: Targets #2 (DC, October 2022), script by Greg Weisman, pencils and inks by Christopher Jones, colors by Jason Wright, letters by Wes Abbott

Today in Comics History, November 9, 6:03 PM: We interrupt this developing Queen Perdita story to take you to Oliver Queen: Boyfriend in a Coma, already in progress

from Young Justice: Targets #2 (DC, October 2022), script by Greg Weisman, pencils and inks by Christopher Jones, colors by Jason Wright, letters by Wes Abbott

Today in Comics History, November 9, 6:02 PM: ...and here's more on that Queen Perdita story, developing now.

from Young Justice: Targets #2 (DC, October 2022), script by Greg Weisman, pencils and inks by Christopher Jones, colors by Jason Wright, letters by Wes Abbott

Today in Comics History, November 9, 6:01 PM: Leeza Gibbons of DC-Earth drops a news bombshell

from Young Justice: Targets #2 (DC, October 2022), script by Greg Weisman, pencils and inks by Christopher Jones, colors by Jason Wright, letters by Wes Abbott
You know how on TV news they say "...and more on that story in just a minute?" Well...more on that story in just a minute. As well as developing, minute-by-minute, throughout the night!

Today in Comics History, November 9, 1940: Today in Roy Thomas History

from Secret Origins (1986 series) #31 (DC, October 1988), script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Michael Bair, inks by Bob Downs, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by Jean Simek

Today in Comics History, November 9-15, 1952: Parents, make sure you take your kids to visit all these places this week, including Disney World and a cookie shop

"Parents: Visit Your Schools" from Movie Love #18 (Eastern Color, December 1952), pencils and inks by Jack Berrill

Today in Comics History, November 9, 6:17 PM EET/8:17 AM PST: "It's an explosion."

from Young Justice: Targets #1 (DC, September 2022), script by Greg Weisman, pencils and inks by Christopher Jones, colors by Jason Wright, letters by Wes Abbott
Yes, it's the only comics blog that atempts to put panels that occur in Eastern Europe in chronological sequence with those that occur in Seattle/Star City on America's West Coast!

Today in Comics History, November 9, 8:09 AM: Roy Harper fails just like last time

from Young Justice: Targets #1 (DC, September 2022), script by Greg Weisman, pencils and inks by Christopher Jones, colors by Jason Wright, letters by Wes Abbott

Today in Comics History, November 9, 8:00 AM: The Higgins Harper Boys and Gruber Matthews

from Young Justice: Targets #1 (DC, September 2022), script by Greg Weisman, pencils and inks by Christopher Jones, colors by Jason Wright, letters by Wes Abbott

Today in Comics History, November 8: Happy birthday, Roger McKenzie!

Born on this day: Roger McKenzie, comics scripter (Daredevil, Captain America, Battlestar Galactica, Creepy, Vampirella, Doctor Solar: Man of the Atom, Marvel Fanfare, Weird Western Tales, and more!)



from (top) DC Comics cover-dated July 1978;
(bottom) "Editori-Al" in Marvel Fanfare #2 (Marvel, May 1982), script and art by Al Milgrom, letters by Janice Chiang (?)
Happy birthday, Roger!

Today in Comics History, November 8: Murderer puzzled by lack of speech balloons

from Crime Illustrated hardcover (Russ Cochran, 2006), script by Al Feldstein, pencils and inks by Charles Sultan. This story was planned for the never-published Crime Illustrated #3; it was never published until the 2006 Russ Cochran collection.

Today in Comics History, November 8, 1941: The thing I love best about this is The Spirit's personalized stationery

from "[The Killer Ghost]," originally published in The Spirit Section (Register and Tribune Syndicate, November 9, 1941); script, pencils, and inks by Will Eisner, colors by Joe Kubert; letters by Sam Rosen

Today in Comics History, November 8, 1942: I never knew my sister was a general during the Second World War

from "General George C. Marshall" in It Really Happened #7 (Pines, February 1947), pencils by King Ward

Election Day: And the moral of the story is: Vote for this tree.

from Catwoman: Lonely City #4 (DC/Black Label, December 2022); script, pencils, inks, colors, and letters by Cliff Chiang

Election Day: Well, she can't be worse than Eric Adams*

(top) regular cover of Harley Quinn (2016 series) #28 (DC, November 2017), pencils and inks by Amanda Conner, colors by Paul Mounts;
(bottom) variant cover of Harley Quinn #28; pencils and inks by Frank Cho, colors by Sabine Rich
*How I loathe him.

Election Day: I for one support a remake of Megaforce starring Hayley Atwell

Women's History Month variant cover of Captain Carter #1 (Marvel, May 2022), art by Sara Pichelli

Election Day: Well, if you won't listen to me, listen to Stan.

"Bullpen Bulletins" from Marvel Comics cover-dated December 1999
Well, it's too late to register for the 2022 elections...but what's keeping you from registering for your next local election, the 2021 general elections, and the very important 2024 Presidential Election. Go out and register...well, tomorrow.

If you're already registered: go out and vote today!

Today in Comics History, November 8, 1963: He forgot to ask for his free toaster

from Regarding the Matter of Oswald's Body #1 (Boom!, November 2021), script by Christopher Cantwell, pencils and inks by Luca Casalanguida, colors by Giada Marchisio, letters by AndWorld Design

Election Day: Prez has clearly confused clocks with calendars

from Prez (1973 series) #1 (DC, August 1973), script by Joe Simon, pencils and inks by Jerry Grandenetti, letters by Joe Rosen
Why, the answer to that is simple, Prez...just ask Batgirl!

Today in Comics History, November 8: Happy birthday, Octavia "Red October" Price!

from Assassinistas #2 (IDW, December 2017), script by Tini Howard, pencils and inks by Gilbert Hernandez, colors by Rob Davis, letters by Aditya Bidikar

Election Day: Batgirl 1972!

Well, there's why Batgirl knew what day today is...she's running for higher office!


from "Batgirl's Last Case" in Detective Comics #424 (DC, June 1972), script by Frank Robbins, pencils and inks by Don Heck, letters by Ben Oda
(Yes, yes. It's entirely possible this doesn't take place in November. It is, after all, a "special" congressional election. But indeeed, in Gotham City, it is still Election Day!)

Today in Comics History, November 7: Ben Grimm clicks "like" on Hannah's tweet about her date

from Human Torch (2003 series) #1 (Marvel/Tsunami, June 2003), script by Karl Kesel, pencils by Skottie Young, inks by Joe Seung and Pierre-Andre Dery, colors by Studio F, letters by Cory Petit

Today in Comics History, November 7, 1998: V once again attempts to prove to Evie that vinyl has a superior sound over CDs

from V for Vendetta #9 (DC, March 1989); script by Alan Moore, pencils and inks by David Lloyd; colors by David Lloyd, Siobhan Dodds, and Steve Whitaker; letters by Steve Craddock

Today in Comics History, November 7, 1988: Task Force X enforces back-row smoking section rule

from Suicide Squad (1987 series) #22 (DC, Holiday 1988), script by John Ostrander, pencils by Luke McDonnell, inks by Karl Kesel, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by Todd Klein

Today in Comics History, November 7, 1997: The analysis of Elon Musk is finally complete

from V for Vendetta #1 (DC, September 1988), script by Alan Moore, pencils and inks by David Lloyd, colors by David Lloyd and Siobhan Dodds, letters by Steve Craddock

Today in Comics History, November 7: Happy birthday, Ed Dodd!

Born on this day in 1902: cartoonist and writer Ed Dodd, creator of the Mark Trail comic strip in 1946! He drew it through 1950 and wrote it through 1978. He was named Georgia Conservationist of the Year in 1967 and also wrote several nature and camping books starring Mark Trail.


original art of a promotional piece for Mark Trail in New York Post (1950s), script and art by Ed Dodd
Happy birthday, Ed!


Ed Dodd caricature by Walt Kelly

Today in Comics History, November 7, 1872: Worst episode ever of The Love Boat

from "The Ship with the Phantom Crew!" in Real Fact Comics #16 (DC, September 1948); script by Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, and/or Bernard Breslauer; pencils and inks by Win Mortimer (?)

Today in Comics History, November 7: Happy birthday, Rodney Ramos!

Born on this day: comics penciller/inker Rodney Ramos (Conan the Barbarian, Toxic Avenger, Green Lantern, Gotham Nights, Countdown, Transmetropolitan, L.E.G.I.O.N., Peter Parker: Spider-Man, What If...?. Detective Comics, and more)!


from Marvel Age #95 and 107 (Marvel, December 1990 and December 1991), text by Chris Eliopoulis and Barry Dutter (#95) and Mike Lackey (#107), pencils and inks by Ron Zalme, colors by Renee Witterstaetter

Today in Comics History, November 7, 1985: Todd McFarlane vows to give the new Bubastis action figure sixty-five points of articulation

from Doomsday Clock #1 (January 2018), script by Geoff Johns, pencils and inks by Gary Frank, colors by Brad Anderson, letters by Rob Leigh

Election Day (is Tomorrow): Say, what day is it, Barbara Gordon?

Why, tomorrow is Election Day! And Babs is here to remind you of that.


from Batman: The Adventures Continue Season Two #7 (DC, February 2022), script by Alan Burnett and Paul Dini, pencils and inks by Rick Burchett, colors by Monica Kubina, letters by Josh Reed
Don't let being all tied up stop you from voting tomorrow!


Don't worry, folks, she gets outta there. And then she goes and votes! You do that too!

Today in Comics History, November 6, 2017, 10:48 PM: Meanwhile, at the Punisher's Hideout

from The Black Monday Murders #5 (Image, April 2017), script by Jonathan Hickman, pencils and inks by Tomm Coker, colors by Michael Garland, letters by Rus Wooten

Today in Comics History, November 6, 2017, 8:23 PM: Illuminati cheaps out on donuts for meeting

from The Black Monday Murders #5 (Image, April 2017), script by Jonathan Hickman, pencils and inks by Tomm Coker, colors by Michael Garland, letters by Rus Wooten

Today in Comics History, November 6, 2017, 6:05 PM: Matt Murdock apparates out of the shadows

from The Black Monday Murders #5 (Image, April 2017), script by Jonathan Hickman, pencils and inks by Tomm Coker, colors by Michael Garland, letters by Rus Wooten

Today in Comics History, November 6: "You can expect me to tell you to bite me."

from Catwoman (2018 series) #10 (DC, June 2019), script by Joëlle Jones, pencils and inks by Fernando Blanco, colors by John Kalisz, letters by Saida Temofonte

Today in Comics History, November 6, 1955: Adjective invented

from Back to the Future: Biff to the Future #2 (IDW, February 2017), story by Bob Gale and Derek Fridolfs, script by Bob Gale, pencils and inks by Alan Robinson, colors by Maria Santaolalla, letters by Neil Uyetake

Today in Comics History, November 6, 2010: Heywood, you're a Floyd now

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

Today in Comics History, November 6, 1997: This is the worst Freudian therapy session ever

from V for Vendetta #1 (DC, September 1998), script by Alan Moore, pencils and inks by David Lloyd, colors by David Lloyd and Siobhan Dodds, letters by Jenny O'Connor

Today in Comics History, November 6, 2017, 11:12 AM: (funky jazz theme lick; Kramer enters in a rush and slides over to Jerry's table)

from The Black Monday Murders #5 (Image, April 2017), script by Jonathan Hickman, pencils and inks by Tomm Coker, colors by Michael Garland, letters by Rus Wooten

Today in Comics History, November 6, 1997, 6:30 AM: Even Teletubbies isn't on this early

from V for Vendetta #1 (DC, September 1998), script by Alan Moore, pencils and inks by David Lloyd, colors by David Lloyd and Siobhan Dodds, letters by Jenny O'Connor

Today in Comics History, November 6: Green Arrow's beard is awake ten minutes before he is

from "Sorry Excuse: Memory Two" in Young Justice: Targets #2 (DC, October 2022), script by Greg Weisman, pencils and inks by Christopher Jones, colors by Jason Wright, letters by Wes Abbott

Today in Comics History, November 5, 1954: Bucky enjoys a nice night out; kills some guys

from Captain America (2005 series) #11 (Marvel, November 2005), script by Ed Brubaker, pencils and inks by Steve Epting, additional inks by Mike Perkins, colors by Frank D'Armata, letters by Randolph Gentile

Today in Comics History, November 6, 1997, 12:07 AM: Overture, curtains, lights / This is it, the night of nights / No more rehearsing and nursing a part / We know every part by heart

from V for Vendetta #1 (DC, September 1998), script by Alan Moore, pencils and inks by David Lloyd, colors by David Lloyd and Siobhan Dodds, letters by Jenny O'Connor