Today in Comics History, November 29: Happy birthday, Chadwick Boseman.

Born on this day in 1976: actor, director, and writer Chadwick Boseman of 42, Get On Up, Message from the King, Marshall, and, of course, Black Panther.



from Marvel Comics cover-dated December 2020, art by Brian Stelfreeze, text by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Happy birthday and rest in power, King.



from "Zombies," episode five of What If...? (Marvel Studios, 2021), written by Matthew Chauncey, directed by Bryan Andrews

Today in Comics History, November 29: Happy birthday, Howie Mandel!

Born on this day: funnyman Howie Mandel (Gremlins, Walk Like a Man, St. Elsewhere, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Bobby's World, America's Got Talent, Deal or No Deal and more)!


from "Down Home Doctorin' Time" in Simpsons Comics #74 (Bongo, September 2002), script by Gail Simone, pencils by Joey Nilges, inks by James Huang, colors by Art Villanueva, letters by Karen Bates
Happy birthday, Howie!

Today in Comics History, November 28: Happy birthday, Jerry Ordway!

Born on this day: all-around comics Renaissance man Jerry Ordway: scripter, penciller, inker, and/or colorist for a whole she-bang of titles starting in the '80s: All-Star Squadron, Infinity Inc., The Power of Shazam! (co-creator), plus Zero Hour, JLA, Wonder Woman, Infinite Crisis, Tom Strong, Weird Worlds, Human Bomb, and much more, not to mention issues of The Avengers and Fantastic Four across the street at Marvel! Jerry also co-created characters like Bibbo Bibbowski, Doomsday, Firebrand II, Cat Grant, Professor Emil Hamilton, Atom Smasher, Jade, and Obsidian.


from All-Star Squadron #19 (DC, March 1983)

Today in Comics History, November 28, "1985": Daily Planet stays right on top of the news by publishing it three weeks too late and 15 years too early

For all intensive purposes (I know what I wrote, and I wrote what I know) that "1985" in the artwork is a typo for "2000," right?




from Superman (1987 series) #164 (January 2001), script by Jeph Loeb and Joe Casey, pencils by Ed McGuinness and Carlo Barberi, inks by Cam Smith and Juan Vlasco, colors by Richard Horie and Tanya Horie, letters by Richard Starkings

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

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

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

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

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?

Today in Comics History, Thanksgiving Day: Commissioner Gordon plots his next complicated chess move

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

Today in Comics History, November 24: Happy birthday, Zachary Taylor!

Born on this day in 1784, America's only twelfth President, Zachary Taylor!


from "Gen. Zachary Taylor" in Real Life Comics #29 (Pines, March 1946), creators unknown

Today in Comics History, Thanksgiving Day: Mickey is grilled on his knowledge of the Giant Lighted Lucite Map of Gotham City

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
(Click picture to second helpings-size)

Today in Comics History, Thanksgiving Day: That's an awfully long panel for such a short caption

from Batman: The Long Halloween #13 (DC, December 1997), script by Jeph Loeb, pencils and inks by Tim Sale, colors by Gregory Wright, letters by Richard Starkings
(Click picture to landscape-size)

Today in Comics History, November 24, 1963: Where were you when Oswald pied?

from "Krusty's 11" in Simpsons Comics #50 (Bongo, August 2000); script by Doug Tuber, Tim Maile, and Steve Luchsinger; pencils by Nathan Kane and Edwin Aguilar; inks by Scott McRae and Nathan Kane; colors by Nathan Kane, Chris Ungar, and Art Villanueva, letters by Karen Bates

Today in Comics History, Thanksgiving Day, November 23, 1967: Sorry Charlie, only US troops get to eat turkey

from The 'Nam #22 (Marvel, September 1988), script by Doug Murray, pencils by Wayne Vansant, inks by Geof Isherwood, colors and letters by Phil Felix

Today in Comics History, Thanksgiving Day: Hey Heathcliff, where's your helmet that says "TURKEY"?

cover of Heathcliff #55 (Marvel, January 1991), artist uncredited and unknown (George Wildman?)

Enjoy the Thanksgiving Day Parade, Part 6: He seems to have an invisible touch

The Joker is invisible (highlight that space for the answer!) and causing mayhem at the Thanksgiving Day Parade! Maybe it should be called novemberhem?


from Detective Comics #138 (DC/national, August 1948), script by Bill Finger (?), pencils and inks by Dick Sprang
Luckily, the Batman, the Most Realistic Crime-Fighting Character in Comics, also takes an invisibility formula and pursues the Joker up a giant parade balloon of himself! Man, you gotta admire the Batman franchise for not getting silly until 1966, right? When both are captured, Robin detects which one is the real Batman um, you could feel for which on has on a mask and pointy ears) by asking one question! What do you think that question was?


Q: "Who's the greatest criminal henchman of them all?"

A: "Gabe!"


from the Batman and Robin serial (Columbia, 1949), directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet; riffed by Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy, and Bill Corbett of RiffTrax

Bully Eats Food Drinks Wine: My Own Private Vineyard

Happy Thanksgiving and remember to consume responsibly!

Thanksgiving Day: Cruel practical jokes of the barnyard

from "Down on the Farm" in Four Color #601 (Dell, November 1954), pencils and inks by Don Gunn

Today in Comics History, Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 1887: Ow! That ball's not soft at all!

Softball was invented on Thanksgiving Day, 1887! What, they hadn't invented football yet? (Answer: yes! On November 6, 1869.)


from "Moose's Odd and Amazing Sports Reports" in Archie #515 (Archie, December 2001), script by Mike Pellowski, pencils by Rex Lindsey

Today in Comics History, Thanksgiving Day: Golden Corral's New Slogan

from Green Lantern/Green Arrow (1960 series) #93 (DC, February 1977), script by Denny O'Neil, pencils by Mike Grell, inks by Terry Austin, letters by Milt Snapinn (?)