from Total Eclipse #5 (Eclipse, April 1989)
Also a great letter-writer!
letter column from Marvel Team-Up #45 (Marvel, May 1976)
Sunday, June 18, 2023
Today in Comics History, June 18: Happy birthday, Dean Mullaney!
Born on this day: comics editor, publisher, and champion of creators' rights (and multiple Eisner winner!) Dean Mullaney, co-founder of Eclipse Publications and editor of The Library of American Comics at IDW.
from Total Eclipse #5 (Eclipse, April 1989)
Also a great letter-writer!
letter column from Marvel Team-Up #45 (Marvel, May 1976)
from Total Eclipse #5 (Eclipse, April 1989)
Also a great letter-writer!
letter column from Marvel Team-Up #45 (Marvel, May 1976)
Today in Comics History, June 18: Happy birthday, George Mikan!
Born on this day in 1924: pro b-baller George Mikan, aka "Mr. Basketball," (Chicago American Gears and Minneapolis Lakers) the man who gave kids with glasses a hope they could play in the NBA someday!
from "The Story of George Mikan" in Treasure Chest of Fact and Fun v.17 #9/315 (Pflaum, January 4, 1962), script by Bob Weber
You could also spot him in comic books as a spokesman for Keds sneakers...
Keds sneakers ads from (top) Archie Comics cover-dated July 1955;
(middle) Archie comics cover-dated July 1957;
Harvey Comics cover-dateddated May 1957
...and for Wheaties, Breakfast of Champions™!
from (top) DC Comics cover-dated February 1952;
(bottom) Dell Comics cover-dated February 1953
Happy birthday, Mr. Basketball! Let me polish your glasses for you there.
(runs away with the magic basketball glasses)
from "The Story of George Mikan" in Treasure Chest of Fact and Fun v.17 #9/315 (Pflaum, January 4, 1962), script by Bob Weber
You could also spot him in comic books as a spokesman for Keds sneakers...
Keds sneakers ads from (top) Archie Comics cover-dated July 1955;
(middle) Archie comics cover-dated July 1957;
Harvey Comics cover-dateddated May 1957
...and for Wheaties, Breakfast of Champions™!
from (top) DC Comics cover-dated February 1952;
(bottom) Dell Comics cover-dated February 1953
Happy birthday, Mr. Basketball! Let me polish your glasses for you there.
(runs away with the magic basketball glasses)
Today in Comics History, Father's Day: Bully's Father's Day Gift Suggestion #619: A restraining order against the old fascist next door
from "The June Swoon" in Dennis the Menace Bonus Magazine Series #151 (Hallden/Fawcett, April 1976), creators unidentified and unknown
Today in Comics History, Father's Day: Bully's Father's Day Gift Suggestion #264: Window blinds, apparently
from Batman: The Long Halloween #9 (DC, August 1997), script by Jeph Loeb, pencils and inks by Tim Sale, colors Gregory Wright Letters Richard Starkings
What do you think of that gift, Comissioner Gordon?
Say, Batman, who're you getting your dad for...oh, wait. I'm sorry. So very sorry.
Today in Comics History, Father's Day: Bully's Father's Day Gift Suggestion #101: A copy of the 1974 Harry Chapin album Verities & Balderdash*
This guy, right?:
from "A Cry for Help!" in World of Fantasy #2 (Marvel/Atlas, July 1956), pencils and inks by Kurt Schaffenberger, letters by Joe Letterese
Pausing only momentarily to turn into the Clock King, Professor Mason begins construction on his army of killer robots.
The Doctor Noonian Soong Story!
Happy ending! Hey look, a June Calendar you can use!
Ten minutes later, Dad died of a heart attack. (Of joy, so, okay.)
*Because it has "Cat's in the Cradle" on it, see?
from "A Cry for Help!" in World of Fantasy #2 (Marvel/Atlas, July 1956), pencils and inks by Kurt Schaffenberger, letters by Joe Letterese
Pausing only momentarily to turn into the Clock King, Professor Mason begins construction on his army of killer robots.
The Doctor Noonian Soong Story!
Happy ending! Hey look, a June Calendar you can use!
Ten minutes later, Dad died of a heart attack. (Of joy, so, okay.)
*Because it has "Cat's in the Cradle" on it, see?
Today in Comics History, June 18, 1989: Add STP Octane Booster to stop your calendar from knocking
from Realworlds: Batman one-shot (DC, May 2000), script by Christopher Golden and Tom Sniegoski, pencils by Marshall Rogers, inks by John Cebollero, colors by Dave Stewart, letters by Bob Lappan
Today in Comics History, Father's Day: Bully's Father's Day Gift Suggestion #73: Really, anything at all, Clark, ya load
Guess who forgot it was Father's Day! Golly, that computer-like brain of yours is great for categorizing super-criminals and which girls on the Legion of Super-Heroes you'd like to see in their underwear, Kid Kal...not so good for remembering dates.
from "Father's Day on Planet Krypton!" Adventure Comics #313 (DC/National, October 1963), script by Leo Dorfman and Mort Weisinger, pencils and inks by George Papp, letters by Joe Letterese
It's a story cleverly called "Father's Day on Planet Krypton!" because it's about...Father's Day on Planet Krypton. Not Earth, so you can shove it, Pa Kent.
from "Father's Day on Planet Krypton!" Adventure Comics #313 (DC/National, October 1963), script by Leo Dorfman and Mort Weisinger, pencils and inks by George Papp, letters by Joe Letterese
It's a story cleverly called "Father's Day on Planet Krypton!" because it's about...Father's Day on Planet Krypton. Not Earth, so you can shove it, Pa Kent.
Today in Comics History, Father's Day: Bully's Father's Day Gift Suggestion #58: A plea to get off my back, geez, you don't understand me at all, you're not even my real father
from "Father's Day" in Aquaman 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular #1 one-shot (DC, October 2021), script by Geoff Johns, pencils by Paul Pelletier, inks by Norm Rapmund, colors by Hi-Fi, letters by Josh Reed
Today in Comics History, Father's Day: Bully's Father's Day Gift Suggestion #32: A Face
from 52 #7 (Dc, June 21, 2006); script by Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, and Mark Waid; breakdowns by Keith Giffen; pencils and inks by Ken Lashley; colors by Alex Sinclair and Draxhall Jump Studios, letters by Travis Lanham
Today in Comics History, Father's Day: Bully's Father's Day Gift Suggestion #16
Why not give Dae the gift he's been longing for...a subscription to a defunct magazine!
house ad from Fawcett Comics, 1951
house ad from Fawcett Comics, 1951
Today in Comics History, June 18, 1940: Spite Marriage
Crooks are trying to pull a blackmail scheme on Commissioner Dolan by claiming he was married three years ago to one of their in-pocket molls! I know, I know...same thing happened to me when they said I had been married to Keira Knightley since I was 4.
from "June 18, 1940" in The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, January 31, 1943), script by Joe Millard (?), pencils by Lou Fine, inks by Alex Kotzky, letters by Martin DeMuth
I don't usually comment on the coloring, but I really like how the background gets hotter as Dolan stews here:
All's well that ends well. Say, can you testify where you were on June 18, 1940? Me, I was broadcasting on the BBC to German-occupied France, rallying the French Resistance to me in London. Oh wait, that was General Charles de Gaulle. I'm always makin' that mistake.
from "June 18, 1940" in The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, January 31, 1943), script by Joe Millard (?), pencils by Lou Fine, inks by Alex Kotzky, letters by Martin DeMuth
I don't usually comment on the coloring, but I really like how the background gets hotter as Dolan stews here:
All's well that ends well. Say, can you testify where you were on June 18, 1940? Me, I was broadcasting on the BBC to German-occupied France, rallying the French Resistance to me in London. Oh wait, that was General Charles de Gaulle. I'm always makin' that mistake.
Today in Comics History, June 18, 1965: That's right, read some cheerful news to the coma patient
from House of Secrets (1996 series) #12 (DC/Vertigo, September 1997), script by Steven T. Seagle, pencils and inks by Guy Davis, colors by Kevin Somers, color separations by Heroic Age, letters by Todd Klein
All-Fathers (Today in Comics History: Father's Day)
This is an expanded and updated version of a post originally published June 19, 2011.
from Batman (1940 series) #404 (DC, February 1987), script by Frank Miller, pencils and inks by David Mazzucchelli, colors by Richmond Lewis, letters by Todd Klein
from Daredevil: Battlin' Jack Murdock #1 (Marvel, August 2007), co-plot and script by Zeb Wells; co-plot, pencils, and inks by Carmine Di Giandomenico; letters by Dave Lanphear
from Uncanny X-Men (1963 series) #148 (Marvel, August 1981), script by Chris Claremont, breakdowns by Dave Cockrum, finishes by Joe Rubinstein, colors by Glynis Wein, letters by Janice Chiang
from Generation X (1994 series) #22 (Marvel, December 1996), script by Scott Lobdell, pencils by Chris Bachalo, inks by Al Vey and Scott Hanna, colors by Steve Buccellato, letters by Richard Starkings
from X-Factor (2006 series) #7 (Marvel, July 2006), script by Peter David, pencils and inks by Ariel Olivetti, colors by Jose Villarrubia, letters by Cory Petit
from Avengers West Coast #57 (Marvel, April 1990), script and pencils by John Byrne, inks by Paul Ryan, colors by Bob Sharen, letters by Bill Oakley
from Silent War #2 (Marvel, April 2007), script by David Hine; pencils, inks, and colors by Frazer Alex Irving, letters by Cory Petit
from Wolverine: Origins #48 (DC, July 2010), script by Daniel Way; pencils and inks by Will Conrad, colors by Andy Troy, letters by Cory Petit
from Franklin Richards: Super Summer Spectacular #1 one-shot (Marvel, September 2006), co-plot and script by Mark Sumerak; co-plot, pencils, and inks by Chris Eliopoulos; colors by Lovern Kindzierski; letters by Chris Eliopolous
from Starman (1994 series) #72 (DC, December 2000), script by James Robinson, pencils and inks by Peter Snejbjerg, colors by Gregory Wright, color separations by Jamison, letters by Bill Oakley
from Starman (1994 series) #75 (DC, March 2001), script by James Robinson, pencils and inks by Peter Snejbjerg, colors by Gregory Wright, letters by Bill Oakley
from Amazing Fantasy (1995 series) #16 (Marvel, December 1995), script by Kurt Busiek, painted by Paul Lee, letters by Richard Starkings
from Thor (1966 series) #353 (Marvel, March 1985), script, pencils, and inks by Walt Simonson; colors by Christie Scheele, letters by John Workman
from Thor: Whoever Wields This Hammer one-shot (Marvel, June 2011), script by Christos Gage, pencils and inks by Marco Torricelli, colors by Chris Sotomayor, letters by Dave Sharpe
from Archie Comics #56 (Archie, May 1952), art by George Frese
*Except for The Mist.
Fathers
Fathers gone...
from Batman (1940 series) #404 (DC, February 1987), script by Frank Miller, pencils and inks by David Mazzucchelli, colors by Richmond Lewis, letters by Todd Klein
...but never forgotten.
from Daredevil: Battlin' Jack Murdock #1 (Marvel, August 2007), co-plot and script by Zeb Wells; co-plot, pencils, and inks by Carmine Di Giandomenico; letters by Dave Lanphear
Fathers found...
from Uncanny X-Men (1963 series) #148 (Marvel, August 1981), script by Chris Claremont, breakdowns by Dave Cockrum, finishes by Joe Rubinstein, colors by Glynis Wein, letters by Janice Chiang
...missing...
from Generation X (1994 series) #22 (Marvel, December 1996), script by Scott Lobdell, pencils by Chris Bachalo, inks by Al Vey and Scott Hanna, colors by Steve Buccellato, letters by Richard Starkings
...and lost again.
from X-Factor (2006 series) #7 (Marvel, July 2006), script by Peter David, pencils and inks by Ariel Olivetti, colors by Jose Villarrubia, letters by Cory Petit
Fathers misguided...
from Avengers West Coast #57 (Marvel, April 1990), script and pencils by John Byrne, inks by Paul Ryan, colors by Bob Sharen, letters by Bill Oakley
...and those led astray.
from Silent War #2 (Marvel, April 2007), script by David Hine; pencils, inks, and colors by Frazer Alex Irving, letters by Cory Petit
Fathers with tough love.
from Wolverine: Origins #48 (DC, July 2010), script by Daniel Way; pencils and inks by Will Conrad, colors by Andy Troy, letters by Cory Petit
Fathers who know best.
from Franklin Richards: Super Summer Spectacular #1 one-shot (Marvel, September 2006), co-plot and script by Mark Sumerak; co-plot, pencils, and inks by Chris Eliopoulos; colors by Lovern Kindzierski; letters by Chris Eliopolous
Bad fathers.
from Starman (1994 series) #72 (DC, December 2000), script by James Robinson, pencils and inks by Peter Snejbjerg, colors by Gregory Wright, color separations by Jamison, letters by Bill Oakley
Fathers and sons reconciled...
...And grandfathers too.
New fathers.
from Starman (1994 series) #75 (DC, March 2001), script by James Robinson, pencils and inks by Peter Snejbjerg, colors by Gregory Wright, letters by Bill Oakley
Fathers never met.
Men who were like fathers.
from Amazing Fantasy (1995 series) #16 (Marvel, December 1995), script by Kurt Busiek, painted by Paul Lee, letters by Richard Starkings
Fathers with their sons.
from Thor (1966 series) #353 (Marvel, March 1985), script, pencils, and inks by Walt Simonson; colors by Christie Scheele, letters by John Workman
Fathers with their daughters.
from Thor: Whoever Wields This Hammer one-shot (Marvel, June 2011), script by Christos Gage, pencils and inks by Marco Torricelli, colors by Chris Sotomayor, letters by Dave Sharpe
Fathers! Appreciate them!*
from Archie Comics #56 (Archie, May 1952), art by George Frese
*Except for The Mist.
Today in Comics History, June 18, 3002: Pampers 3000™ really keep David dry
from "The Mercenary!" in Weird War Tales (1971 series) #61 (DC, March 1978), script by Robert Kanigher, pencils and inks by Alex Niño, colors by Jerry Serpe
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, Father's Day: Celebrate by sending your only son off to another planet
from Super DC 1976 Calendar (DC, 1975), letters by Ben Oda
Saturday, June 17, 2023
Today in Comics History, June 17, 1989: I can't wait, I can't wait / And I've got to know when I can see you again
from from Realworlds: Batman one-shot (DC, May 2000), script by Christopher Golden and Tom Sniegoski, pencils by Marshall Rogers, inks by John Cebollero, colors by Dave Stewart, letters by Bob Lappan
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