Today in Comics History, November 15, 1853: Twitter finally ends

from "Ghost Ship!" in Crypt of Terror (1950 series) #19 (EC, August 1950); script, pencils, and inks by Al Feldstein, letters by Jim Wroten

Today in Comics History, November 15: Happy birthday, Ed Asner!

Born on this day in 1929: actor and activist Ed Asner (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Lou Grant, Roots, Up, Freakazoid!, Superman, and much more!)




from MAD #149 (March 1972), 155 (December 1972), and 205 (March 1970), scripts by Tom Koch and art by Angelo Torres on all
Ed has been an inspiration to many of us with his progressive views and forward thinking. Also, his choice of reading material is sublime. We miss ya lots, Ed!


from MAD (2018 series) #10 (DC, December 2019)
Please join me in wishing Ed Asner a very happy birthday!


from Simpsons Comics #103 (Bongo, February 2005), script by Ian Boothby, pencils by Phil Ortiz, inks by Mike DeCarlo, colors by Art Villanueva, letters by Karen Bates

Today in Comics History, November 15, 1940: Since paper is made with wood, you could beat Green Lantern to death with this newspaper

from "[Fix the Fight Game]" in All-American Comics (1939 series) #22 (DC/All-American, January 1941), script by Bill Finger, pencils and inks by Marty Nodell as Mart Dellon, letters by Carrie Nodell

Today in Comics History, November 14, 1942: Entire earth inhales, exhales abruptly

from "Indestructible Eddie Rickenbacker" in True Aviation Picture-Stories #3 (Parents' Magazine Press, June 1943), creators uncredited and unknown

Today in Comics History, November 14, 1963: Happy birthday, Silver Scarab/Sandman III/Doctor Fate V*!

from Infinity Inc. #9 (DC, December 1984), text by Roy Thomas
*And if you think this is confusing, go read Sandman!

Happy birthday anyway, Hec!

Today in Comics History, November 14, 1940: Theater marquees defy perspective

from Adventures of Captain America #1 (Marvel, September 1991), script by Fabian Nicieza, pencils by Kevin Maguire, inks by Joe Rubinstein, ink assists by Tom Christopher, colors by Paul Mounts, letters by Richard Starkings

Today in Comics History, November 14, 1954: This will happen in two days, but the date in the panel is today...ah heck, forget about it

from "Across All Barriers" in Forbidden Worlds #51 (ACG, February 1957, script by Richard Hughes (?), pencils by Dick Beck, inks by Pete Costanza
Also today two days from now, in the retitled reprint: Mark Twain changes color of hair, suit, background!


from "Dream of Death!" in Adventures into the Unknown #132 (ACG, April 1962), script by Richard Hughes (?), pencils by Dick Beck, inks by Pete Costanza

Today in Comics History, November 14, 1957: Could be worse; you could be Clark Kent on November 18, 1992

from Quantum Leap #5 (Innovation, May 1992), script by Terry Collins, art by Rob Davis, colors by Scott Rockwell, letters by Vickie Williams

Today in Comics History, November 13, 1863: Millie Jane Cobblepot begins her thirty-sixth hour locked in her room listening to The Smiths

from Gotham Academy #2 (DC, January 2015); script by Becky Cloonan and Brenden Fletcher; pencils and inks by Karl Kerschl; colors by Geyser, Dave McCaig, and John Rauch; letters by Steve Wands

Today in Comics History, November 13, 1970: Weasels rip flesh*

from "College Concert Cut-Ups" in National Lampoon (NL Communications, September 1970); script by Michel Choquette; art by Joe Orlando, Henry Scarpelli, and Peter Bramley
*Rzzzzz!

Today in Comics History, November 13, 1978: J. Jonah Jameson immediately issues a stop payment on that check

from Ms. Marvel (1977 series) #22 (Marvel, February 1979), script by Chris Claremont, breakdowns by Mike Vosburg, finishes by Mike Zeck, colors by Bob Sharen, letters by Jim Novak

Today in Comics History, November 13, 2019: Crossover event that threatened to tear the DC Universe apart already forgotten

from Event Leviathan #6 (DC, January 2020); script by Brian Michael Bendis; pencils, inks, and colors by Alex Maleev; letters by Josh Reed

Today in Comics History, November 13, 1853: Pinocchio proves to be an ineffective pirate

from "Ghost Ship!" in Crypt of Terror (1950 series) #19 (EC, August 1950); script, pencils, and inks by Al Feldstein, letters by Jim Wroten

Today in Comics History, November 13, 2019: Mephisto's all in for this one

from Black Cat Annual (2020 series) #1 (Marvel, January 2020), script by Jed MacKay, cover pencils and inks by J. Scott Campbell, cover colors by Sabine Rich

Today in Comics History, November 13, 1955: How Biff really made his fortune: his intoxicating cologne

from Back to the Future: Biff to the Future #1 (IDW, January 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 12, 1863: Millie Jane does not know the way to San José

from Gotham Academy #2 (DC, January 2015); script by Becky Cloonan and Brenden Fletcher; pencils and inks by Karl Kerschl; colors by Geyser, Dave McCaig, and John Rauch; letters by Steve Wands

Today in Comics History, November 12, 1918: Young Alfred Hitchcock gets his priorities straight

from Alfred Hitchcock: Master of Suspense (NBM, March 2022), script by by Noël Simsolo, translation by Monatan Kane, art by Dominique Hé, lettering by Ortho

Today in Comics History, November 12: Happy birthday, Don Newton!

Born on this day in 1934: comic book artist Don Newton (Batman, Detective Comics, World's Finest Comics, Adventure Comics, Aquaman, The New Gods, The Phantom, more; co-creator of Jason Todd, the Yolanda Montez Wildcat, and Nocturna)!


"DC Profile #78: Don Newton" in DC Comics cover-dated October 1981

Today in Comics History, November 12: Well, they predicted 2022 pretty well

"Year of the Flood!" in Weird Fantasy (1950 series) #13 (EC, May 1950), creators uncredited and unknown

Today in Comics History, November 12, 1901: "Oh, don't bother, we saw it in the Annual in that previous post."

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