Today in Comics History, December 31, New Year's Eve: But it was in the pages of Dazzler comics, so it wasn't

from Dazzler #8 (October 1981), idea by Tom DeFalco, script by Danny Fingeroth, breakdowns by Frank Springer, finishes by Vince Colletta, colors by Don Warfield, letters by Karin Nemri and Janice Chiang

Today in Comics History, December 31, 2019, New Year's Eve: Tony Stark immediately destroys France

from Tony Stark: Iron Man #19/619 (Marvel, February 2020), script by Dan Slott and Christos Gage, pencils and inks by Francesco Manna, colors by Edgar Delgado, letters by Joe Caramagna

Today in Comics History, December 31, 1941, New Year's Eve: King is dissed

from All-Star Squadron #9 (May 1982), script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Adrian Gonzales, inks by Jerry Ordway, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by John Costanza
Well, that didn't end well!


from All-Star Squadron #46 (June 1985), script by Roy Thomas and Dann Thomas, pencils by Arvell Jones, inks by Pablo Marcos, colors by Gene D'Angelo, letters by David Cody Weiss

Today in Comics History, December 31, New Year's Eve: And that why Aunt Fritzi always keeps plenty of stock of laudanum

Nancy (United Feature Syndicate, December 27, 1964), by Ernie Bushmiller
A special thanks and a Very Nancy New Year to online pal Johnny Callicutt, from whose essential Twitter feed I've yoinked this strip (and others). Thanks, Johnny!

Today in Comics History, December 31, New Year's Eve: Penguin has photos of Bono with the Queen

from Penguin: Pain & Prejudice #1 (DC, December 2011), script by Gregg Hurwitz, pencils and inks by Szymon Kudranski, color by John Kalisz, letters by Rob Leigh

Today in Comics History, December 31, 1991, New Year's Eve: From a buncha parodies of all your favorite '90s characters, a very happy new year

from "Auld Lang Syne" in What The--? #11 (Marvel, March 1991*), script by Scott Lobdell, pencils and inks by Rurik Tyler, colors by Kelly Corvese, letters by Jade Moede
*Therefore, nine months before New Year's Eve 1991. I bet they meant 1990.

Today in Comics History, December 31, 2020, New Year's Eve: Oh no! Somebody doxxed Radiant Black on Twitter! Shut it all down!

from "Shift, Chapter One: Founders' Meeting" in Image! 30th Anniversary Anthology #1 (Image, April 2022), script by Kyle Higgins, pencils and inks by Daniele Di Nicuolo, colors by Walter Baiamonte and Katia Ranalli, letters by Becca Carey

Today in Comics History, December 31, New Year's Eve: Lois Lane travels back in time to kill Lana Lang

from "Lois Lane's Plot Against Lana Lang" in Lois Lane #50 (DC, July 1964), pencils and inks by Kurt Schaffenberger

Today in Comics History, December 31, 1994, New Year's Eve: Ron Howard: "They did not have many more of them."

from Fantastic Four: Life Story #4 (Marvel, November 2021), script by Mark Russell, pencils by Sean Izaakse, inks by Francesco Manna, colors by Nolan Woodard, letters by Joe Caramagna

Today in Comics History, December 31, New Year's Eve: Oooh, Joker, I really hate to tell you this about HBO Max, but...

from Batman: The Adventures Continue (2020 series) #8 (DC, March 2021), script by Alan Burnett and Paul Dini, pencils by Ty Templeton, inks by Sean Parsons, colors by Monica Kubina, letters by Josh Reed

Today in Comics History, December 31, New Year's Eve: Defenders HR has a little talk with Hulk

from Marvel Comics Memory Album Calendar 1977 (Marvel, 1976)

Not Today in Comics History: Bully begins his much bigger comics feature for 2023

from Super-Team Family #14 (DC, December 1977), script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Arvell Jones, inks by Romeo Tanghal, colors by Jerry Serpe, letters by Ben Oda

Today in Comics History, December 31, New Year's Eve: Harvey Dent teaches Barry Allen the true meaning of New Year's

from Batman: The Long Halloween #4 (DC, March 1997), script by Jeph Loeb, pencils and inks by Tim Sale, colors by Gregory Wright, color separations by Heroic Age, letters by Richard Starkings

Today in Comics History, December 31, New Year's Eve: Okay, everybody listen to what the clown said

from Batman: The Long Halloween #4 (DC, March 1997), script by Jeph Loeb, pencils and inks by Tim Sale, colors by Gregory Wright, color separations by HeroicAge, letters by Richard Starkings

Today in Comics History, December 30, 1941: Baron Blitzkrieg plans a blast of a New Year's Celebration

from All-Star Squadron #8 (DC, April 1982), script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Adrian Gonzales, inks by Jerry Ordway, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by John Costanza

Today in Comics History, December 30: While off-camera, Nick Fury has turned into "Diamond" David Lee Roth

from Captain America (2002 series) #25 (June 2004); script by Robert Morales; pencils by Chris Bachalo; inks by Tim Townsend, Al Vey, and Aaron Sowd; colors by Chris Bachalo; letters by Randy Gentile

Today in Comics History, December 30, 1941: No time to shoot Winston Churchill, only time to talk about it

from All-Star Squadron #8 (DC, April 1982), script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Adrian Gonzales, inks by Jerry Ordway, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by John Costanza

Today in Comics History, December 30, 1990: Oh boy! There's a big sale at Carlin's House o' Carpets!

from Adventures of Superman (1987 series) #474 (DC, January 1991), script and pencils by Dan Jurgens, inks by Art Thibert, colors by Glenn Whitmore, letters by Albert DeGuzman

Today in Comics History, December 29, 1942: Basil successful eludes Sybil but not the Feds

from "Basil 'The Owl' Banghart" in Crime Must Pay the Penalty #6 (Ace, February 1949), pencils and inks by Ken Battefield

Today in Comics History, December 29, 1960: Ozymandias wrestles with conscience; furries

from Before Watchmen: Ozymandias #4 (January 2013), script by Len Wein, pencils and inks by Jae Lee, colors by June Chung, letters by John Workman