Today in Comics History, September 26: Happy birthday, Louise Simonson!

Born on this day: Comic book editor and writer Louise Simonson (also Louise Jones): scripter on Superman: The Man of Steel, Conan, New Mutants, and co-creator of Apocalypse, Cable, Stryfe, Steel, and Power Pack! (And much more!)


from Marvel Age #33, 57, and 93 (Marvel, December 1985, December 1987, and October 1990); text by Jim Salicrup (#33), Mike Carlin (#57), and Chris Eliopoulis & Barry Dutter (#93); pencils and inks by Ron Zalme; colors by Adam Philips (#33), Paul Becton (#57), and Marie Javins (#93)

Today in Comics History, September 26, 1943: The comics industry invents a character with the ridiculous name of "Bronko Nagurski"...wait a minute, that was a real guy? And that was his real name?!?

from "The Gentle Giant: The Story of Bronko Nagurski" in Football Thrills #2 (Ziff-Davis, Fall 1952), creators uncredited and unknown

Today in Comics History, September 26: Happy birthday, Dawn Geiger!

Born on this day: Dawn Geiger, Marvel Bullpen production manager and designer during the late '80s-early '90s!


from Marvel Age #57, 93 and 105 (Marvel, December 1987, October 1990 and October 1991); text by Mike Carlin (#57), Chris Eliopoulis & Barry Dutter (#93) and Mike Lackey (#105); pencils and inks by Ron Zalme; colors by Paul Becton (#57), Marie Javins (#93), and Renee Witterstaetter (#105)

Today in Comics History, September 26, 1949: Joe Johnny Pesky slides safely into thick, luxuriously creamy shaving cream

from Yogi Berra one-shot (Fawcett, 1951), script by Charles Dexter, pencils and inks by Kurt Schaffenberger
Edit on 9/30/22: A big bull thank you to commenter Dave for the correction of his name in my post and the comic book!

Today in Comics History, September 26, 1908: Tony Stark destroys Brooklyn

from "Scoops...Pictures to Remember!" in Real Fact Comics #15 (DC, July 1948), pencils and inks by Phil Berube

Today in Comics History, September 26: Happy birthday, Olivia Newton-John!

Born on this date in 1948, the late great singer/actor/activist Olivia Newton-John.

Which is why we now bring you...

Comic Book Olivia Newton-John!



Comic Book Olivia Newton-John!



Comic Book Olivia Newton-John!

Comic Book Olivia Newton-John!

Comic Book Olivia Newton-John!

Gaze deep into the haunting eyes of

Comic Book Olivia Newton-John!

And while we're at it, Comic Book Gene Kelly!



But mostly...happy birthday to Comic Book Olivia Newton-John! We miss you very much.


from Marvel Comics Super Special #17: Xanadu (Marvel, Summer 1980), script by J. M. DeMatteis; layouts by (inhale) Rich Buckler and Jimmy Janes; finishes and inks by Michael Netzer, Brent Anderson, Joe Brozowski, Al Milgrom and Bill Sienkiewicz; colors by Glynis Wein, Kim McQuaite, George Roussos, Howard Chaykin, Peter Kuper, Mike Higgins, and Eliot R. Brown, letters by Michael Higgins (whew!)

(YouTube Olivia Newton-John!):


"Xanadu" by Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra (MCA/Jet, 1980), written by Jeff Lynne

Today in Comics History, September 26, 10:00 AM: Young Justice stops evil mouse's plan to take over the world

from Young Justice (2011 series) #18 (September 2012), script by Greg Weisman, pencils and inks by Christopher Jones, colors by Zac Atkinson, letters by Dezi Sienty

Today in Comics History, September 26: The World's Greatest Detective™ figures out that dog ≠ breakfast

from "Good Boy" in Batman Annual (2017 series) #1 (DC, January 2017), script by Tom King, pencils and inks by David Finch, colors by Gabe Eltaeb, letters by Deron Bennett

Today in Comics History, September 26, 1933: Feds are pleasantly punctual

from "How the G-Men Capture Public Enemies!" in Real Fact Comics #11 (November 1947), pencils and inks by George Roussos

Today in Comics History, September 26, 1918: Well, I'm sure that'll work out just fine for everybody concerned

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, September 25, 2015: New York State driver's license now required to sit at desk

from Yellow Cab (IDW, May 2022), by Christophe Chabouté, based on the novel by Benoît Cohen

Today in Comics History, September 25, 1988: Ve must catch Displaced Paranormal Moose and Squirrel

from Psi-Force #28 (Marvel, New Universe, February 1989)

Today in Comics History, September 25, 1493: So much for him getting there in time for Columbus Day

from "The Story of Christopher Columbus" in Picture Stories from American History #1 (EC, 1945), script by W. W. D. Sones and M. C. Gaines, pencils and inks by Allen Simon

Today in Comics History, September 25: Last chance to see Joe Lombardi

from Amazing Spider-Man [Annual] 1999 (Marvel, June 1999), script by Howard Mackie, pencils and inks by John Buscema, colors by Steve Buccellato, letters by Richard Starkings

Today in Comics History, September 25: Fortnight-long attack of giant calendar pages begins in Metropolis

from "Momentus, Master of the Moon!" in Superman (1939 series) #355 (DC, January 1981), script by Cary Bates, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Frank Chiaramonte, colors by Adrienne Roy, letters by Ben Oda

Today in Comics History, September 25: Bruce, trying to balance his checkbook, yells for Alfred to get his ass in here

from "Good Boy" in Batman Annual (2017 series) #1 (DC, January 2017), script by Tom King, pencils and inks by David Finch, colors by Gabe Eltaeb, letters by Deron Bennett

Today in Comics History, September 24, 1986: The Witness clearly has some outdated ideas on what is "fun"

from D.P.7 Annual #1 (Marvel/New Universe, November 1987), script by Mark Gruenwald, pencils by Lee Weeks, inks by Tony DeZuniga, colors by Paul Becton, letters by Phil Felix

Today in Comics History, September 24: Happy birthday, Phil Hartman!

Born on this day in 1948: comedian, actor, writer and artist Phil Hartman, still much missed by this bull after his untimely death in 1998.

And he knew how to react to MAD magazine!



from (top) MAD #307 (December 1991) and (bottom) #318 (April 1993)

Today in Comics History, September 24: Happy birthday, Lottie Dod!

Born on this day in 1877: sports great Charlotte "Lottie" Dod, who won the Wimbledon Ladies' Singles Championship five times and won a silver medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics in archery!


from "Moose's Odd and Amazing Sports Reports" in Archie #515 (Archie, December 2001), script by Mike Pellowski, pencils by Rex Lindsey
Moose has clearly taken some liberties in spotlighting Ms. Dod, as she neither looked or dressed like that comic. Here's the real Lottie:


Happy birthday, Lottie!

Today in Comics History, September 24: Happy birthday, Jock!

Born on this day: Eisner Award-winning comics artist Jock, who's worked on 2000 AD, Batman, Detective Comics, All Star Batman, Wolverine MAX, Savage Wolverine, Hellblazer, Green Lantern: Year One, and many more, co-creator of Image's Wytches, the Vertigo series Faker and Vertigo version of The Losers, and dozens of covers for DC and other publishers!


"DC Nation" in DC Comics cover-dated January 2022
Happy birthday, Jock!