Ten of a Kind #430: ...Out like a lamb

from "Marching Along" in Dennis the Menace Bonus Magazine Series #151 (Hallden/Fawcett, April 1976), creators uncredited and unknown
(March came in like a lion. More Ten of a Kind here.)

Bully and His Pals: Me and Kitty Pryde 🐈‍⬛ now conclude our lazyin' around day

Goodnight, and have a lazy tomorrow!

Kitty Pryde 🐈‍⬛: Shadow of the Bat-Cat

Silhouetted against the window, my cat Kitty Pryde 🐈‍⬛ loves you.

Today in Comics History, Thursday the 23rd: Victoria's Secret model confounds Captain America and SHIELD*

from Spectacular Spider-Man (2003 series) #19 (Marvel, November 2004), script by Paul Jenkins, pencils by Paco Medina, inks by Juan Vlasco, colors by Studio F, letters by Cory Petit
*Supermodel Has Indecent Exposure Lingerie Down

What's Bully Watching?: Cow!

Today in Comics History, March 22: Happy birthday, Playback!

Born today in 1955: Miriam Morse aka Playback, the psychic sister of Inspector Morse, who helped him solve many murder mysteries who works for the government hunting down the alien paranormal vigilante code-named Justice. Please note that her hobbies include "philately, videotapes (What? Does she collect 'em? Watch 'em? Belong to the Columbia House Hit VHS a Month Club? Does she manage a Blockbuster Video?), and letting the air out of the tires on cars that are illegally parked in handicapped spaces." Whoa, that last one. You go, girl!


from Justice #22 (Marvel/New Universe, August 1988), creators uncredited and unknown
Happy birthday, Playback, and if you see her in a parking lot letting the air out of tires on cars that are illegal parked in handicap spaces...no you didn't.

Today in Comics History, March 17, St. Patrick's Day: From the comic strip printed below this one, Popeye gazes up longingly

Nancy (United Feature Syndicate, March 17, 1966), by Ernie Bushmiller
A special tip 'of the three rocks to Johnny Callicutt for bringing this strip to my attention. Johnny runs the absolutely essential and unofficial Nancy Comics by Ernie Bushmiller feeds on Twitter and Bluesky! Thanks, Johnny!

Today in Comics History, March 21, First Day of Spring: And this is why Aunt Fritzi is a hardcore anti-global warning conspiracist

from Nancy (United Feature Syndicate, March 21, 1947), by Ernie Bushmiller
A special tip 'of the three rocks to Johnny Callicutt for bringing this strip to my attention. Johnny runs the absolutely essential and unofficial Nancy Comics by Ernie Bushmiller feeds on Twitter and Bluesky! Thanks, Johnny!

Today in Comics History, March 21, First Day of Spring: Earmuffs forcibly removed from Fairy Godfather under edict of fashion

Barnaby (Field Enterprises Syndicate, April 14, 1944), by Crockett Johnson

Today in Comics History, March 20, 1955: Comic book penciller only draws the top part of the panel, saving half of the wall painting time

from Fantastic Four (2023 series) #1/694 (Marvel, January 2023), script by Ryan North, pencils and inks by Iban Coello, colors by Jesus Aburtov, letters by Joe Caramagna

Today in Comics History, March 18, 1990: Sluggo art-appreciates Vermeer's The Concert

Nancy (United Feature Syndicate, March 17, 1970), by Ernie Bushmiller
I cannot tell a lie: joke provided by internet pal Cole Moore Odell! Thanks Cole!

(Context.)

Today in Comics History, March 17, St. Patrick's Day: Sadly, the Mitchells never had a child. Dennis exists only in Mr. Wilson's tortured mind

from "Marching Along" in Dennis the Menace Bonus Magazine Series #151 [Dennis the Menace Yearbook] (Hallden/Fawcett, April 1976), creators uncredited and unknown

Today in Comics History, March 17, St. Patrick's Day: Traditional Irish cops celebrate the holiday by accepting graft from Elvis

from Realworlds: Superman one-shot (DC, August 2000), script by Steve Vance, pencils by José Luis García-López, inks by Joe Rubinstein, colors by Dave Stewart, letters by Bob Lappan

Today in Comics History, March 17: Batman bowls billboard, brilliantly blocks baddie

from "The Challenge of the Calendar Man" in Detective Comics #239 (DC/National, September 1958), script by Bill Finger, pencils by Sheldon Moldoff, inks by Charles Paris

Today in Comics History, March 16: Only show on Hell TV seems to be Storage Wars

from "Demons" in Action Comics Weekly #639 (DC, February 21, 1989), script by Alan Grant, pencils by Mark Pacella, inks by Bill Wray, colors by Tatjana Wood, letters by John Costanza

Today in Comics History, March 15, 1949: "Hooray! I'm dead! I don't have to file my taxes!"

from "Visitor" in The Spirit Section (Register and Tribune Syndicate, March 13, 1949), script by Will Eisner and Jules Feiffer, pencils and inks by Will Eisner, letters by Abe Kanegson

Today in Comics History, March 15: Happy birthday, Skybreaker!

Born on this day in 1953, everybody's favorite* comic book baddie that sounds like a James Bond film: Skybreaker!


from Psi-Force #26 (Marvel/New Universe, December 1988), pencils by Graham Nolan
*Except for Thunderball.

Kitty Pryde 🐈‍⬛: Well goodnight and sweet dreams on a blanket with your picture on it

Fun with Comics: Disney licensing executive: "We don't own a comic book company, by any chance?"

cover of Disney Villains: Maleficent #1 (Dynamite, May 2023), pencils and inks by Rebeca Puebla
Other Disney licensing executive: "Not that I know of."

Today in Comics History, March 19: White ink on red newsprint is not the newspaper breakthrough they'd hoped

cover of Extra! (1955 series) #2 (EC, May 1955), pencils and inks by Johnny Cdraig

Today in Comics History, March 12, 1918: Ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty or more / The Bloody Red Baron was rollin' up the score

from "red Knight!" in Two-Fisted Tales (1950 series) #29 (EC, September 1952), script by Harvey Kurtzman, pencils and inks by John Severin, colors by Marie Severin, letters by Ben Oda

Kitty Pryde 🐈‍⬛: The crossed paws get me every time

Today in Comics History, March 10, 1910 and/or 1945: Happy birthday, Kenny Point, whichever year it is

from "The Idol of Millions" in House of Mystery (1951 series) #297 (DC, October 1981), script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Denys Cowan, inks by Tony DeZuniga, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by Todd Klein
This post was suggested by faithful reader and frequent commenter Blam, who's provided a lot of date references in comics that I'll spotlight throughout 2023 in this series. Thanks, Blam!

Today in Comics History, March 9: Fiery, intense comic book passion the way you like it!

from "Pandora and the Flying Dutchman" in Movie Love #11 (Eastern Color, October 1951), creators uncredited and unknown

Kitty Pryde 🐈‍⬛: Laptop pal

Today in Comics History, March 9: This is not the time or place to type up your espionage novel, Geri Hamilton!

from "Hong Kong" in Extra! (1955 series) #2 (EC, May 1955), pencils and inks by Reed Crandall, colors by Marie Severin

Today in Comics History, March 8, 1980: Superman v. Batman: Dawn of Nothing

from "Some Place Where the Sun Don't Shine" in House of Mystery (1951 series) #282 (DC, July 1980), script by Bob Ingersoll, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by John Celardo, colors by Jerry Serpe, letters by Shelly Leferman
This post was suggested by faithful reader and frequent commenter Blam, who's provided a lot of date references in comics that I'll spotlight throughout 2023 in this series. Thanks, Blam!

Kitty Pryde 🐈‍⬛: We're all banking on her

Randi asked me if I had a place to put change.

Me: "Yes! On my cat."



Hence, the popular phrase

Today in Comics History, March 7: Doc Savage discovers the world's most boring strip cartoon

from Doc Savage (1988 series) #22 (DC, August 1990), script by Mike W. Barr, pencils by Rod Whigham, inks by Steve Montano, colors by Anthony Tollin, letters by Bill Oakley

Today in Comics History, March 6, 1940: Just tell me that you want me. Tusk!

from "Weird But True" in Weird Comics #5 (Fox, August 1940), creators uncredited and unknown
This post was suggested by faithful reader and frequent commenter Blam, who's provided a lot of date references in comics that I'll spotlight throughout 2023 in this series. Thanks, Blam!

Today in Comics History, March 6, 1964: Never steal anything wet

from "Came the Spectre Shrouded in Seaweed" in Ghosts (1971 series) #89 (DC, June 1980), script by Mimai Kin, pencils and inks by Tenny Henson
This post was suggested by faithful reader and frequent commenter Blam, who's provided a lot of date references in comics that I'll spotlight throughout 2023 in this series. Thanks, Blam!

Today in Comics History, March 6, 1836, The Alamo: "What fun is it being 'cool' if you can't wear a sombrero?"

On this solemn day, let us reflect upon the final words of American hero Davy Crockett: "Thanks for giving us a lousy half-page, Star Spangled Comics."


""Remember the Alamo!"" from Star Spangled Comics #3 (DC, December 1941), by Fred Ray
"In our defense, we were kind of preoccupied this month."

Today in Comics History, March 6, 1836, The Alamo: I question the inclusion of this story in More Fun Comics

"Just Suppose" from More Fun Comics #24 (DC/Nicholson Publishing Co., September 1937), pencils by Henry Kiefer, inks by A. D. Kiefer

Today in Comics History, March 6, 1836, The Alamo: This one actually has a sort of punch line

So there's this guy, see, and he's gonna jump off the ledge of a building...


from "Poor Richard's Maniak!" in Showcase (1956 series) #69 nice (DC/National, July 1967), script by E. Nelson Bridwell, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Mike Esposito, letters by Ira Schnapp

Today in Comics History, March 6, 2995, The Alamo: And then Matter-Eater Lad ate General Santa Anna

Legionnaires was a weird comic, y'all.


from Legionnaires #28 (DC, August 1995),co-plot and script by Tom Peyer, co-plot and colors by Tom McCraw, pencils by Joyce Chin, inks by W. C. Carani, letters by Pat Brosseau

Today in Comics History, March 6, 1836, The Alamo: Alamo 2: The Legend of Davy Crockett's Gold

History tells us there were heroes at the Alamo. And then there's this here dickweed:


from "A Phantom in the Alamo" in Ghosts (1971 series) #15 (DC, June 1973), script by Carl Wessler, pencils and inks by Sam Glanzman, letters by Ben Oda

Today in Comics History, March 6, 1836, The Alamo: Don't forget to remember to read about the Alamo

In case you're just joining us, here's some background to all the Alamo posts today!



from Fightin' Army (1956 series) #31 (Charlton, September 1959), writer uncredited and unknown
Will this be on the test later? You never know.

Today in Comics History, March 6, 1836, The Alamo: He killed a liberal raccoon to get that hat

Popsicle advertisement from Archie Comics cover-dated August 1960

Today in Comics History, March 6, 1836, The Alamo: Oh yeah? Remember this, pal!

Today in comics (and real) history: after a 13-day siege from Mexican General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, the crossroads town of San Antonio de Bexar finally fell to the Mexican army, along with the Alamo. 189 Texan defenders were killed, including Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie. Thus this day went down in history as a rallying reminder that we must "Remember the Alamo."

Thankfully, comic books won't let us forget. Today, all day, I'm gonna post exceprts from comic books that...ahem...remember the event. You have been warned: there are a lot of 'em. First up:


from "Veronica in Texas" in Veronica (1989 series) #17 (Archie, October 1991), script by Bill Golliher, pencils by Dan Parent, inks by Hy Eisman, colors by Barry Grossman, letters by Bill Yoshida
Just so's you know: most of the Alamo comics I post after this one will not feature Cheryl Blossom.

Today in Comics History, March 5, 1953: Stalin dies: is replaced by four different new men of steel

from "See the Doomed Spirit" in Ghosts (1971 series) #82 (DC, November 1979); pencils, inks, and letters by Bill Payne; colors by Adrienne Roy

Today in Comics History, March 5: World's longest coin toss finally lands

from Batman: Killing Time #4 (DC, August 2022), script by Tom King, pencils and inks by David Marquez, colors by Alejandro Sánchez, letters by Clayton Cowles

Today in Comics History, March 5, 1770: When Johnny goes marching away from home

from Classics Illustrated #169 [Negro Americans: The Early Years] (Gilberton, Spring 1969), pencils and inks by Norman Nodel