
TURNING POINTS by Maggie Thompson

Here’s the latest installment of Maggie Thompson’s ongoing look at important beginnings, middles, and ends, this time for August 1-7, 2025…
395 years ago August 5, 1630 Italian artist Antonio Tempesta dies at age 74 or 75. His work included sequential storytelling.
175 years ago August 3, 1850 Francisco Augusto Noguiera da Silva’s Aventuras sentimentais e dramáticas do senhor Simplício Baptista appears in the Portuguese magazine Revista Popular #18. It’s based on Stop’s Les Aventures de Monsieur Verdreau.
170 years ago August 5, 1855 French editor-writer-artist Louis Morin is born.
165 years ago August 5, 1860 Louis Wain is born. The British artist is known for cat cartoons.
150 years ago August 4, 1875 Author Hans Christian Andersen dies at age 70. Do I need to tell you that many of his stories have been adapted to the animated cartoon format (in such projects as Frozen and The Little Mermaid)?
150 years ago August 5, 1875 Comic strip pioneer Clare Briggs is born. Among his creations are A. Piker Clerk, When a Feller Needs a Friend, and Mr. and Mrs.
145 years ago August 2, 1880 Joseph Hémard is born. The French writer-artist becomes president of Parisian Humoristes in 1918.
130 years ago August 7, 1895 French writer-artist Alain Saint-Ogan is born. He’s known for Zig et Puce, is called the “founding father” of French comics, and is honorary president of the first Angoulême International Comics Festival.
115 years ago August 1, 1910 Raymond A. Palmer is born. The influential science fiction pioneer, writer, and editor has credits including co-editing (with Walter Dennis) what is agreed to be the first science fiction fanzine (The Comet) and presiding over such pulp era magazines as Amazing Stories and Other Worlds. DC’s Silver Age version of The Atom is named for him.
115 years ago August 6, 1910 Artist Warren Whipple is born. He works on Jimmy Hatlo’s newspaper features.
110 years ago August 2, 1915 French writer-artist Claude Henri Juillard is born.
105 years ago August 1, 1920 Ken Bald is born. In 2015 and 2017, Guinness names him the oldest known active cartoonist in the world. His career includes comic book art for Fawcett, Better, Marvel, and ACG, and he draws comic strips Judd Saxon, Dr. Kildare, and Dark Shadows.
105 years ago August 2, 1920 UPA and Jay Ward animator, producer, and story man Bill Scott is born. His voice artistry is on display in his performances as Bullwinkle.
95 years ago August 2, 1930 Spanish artist Angel Nadal Quirch is born. He draws for British publisher Fleetway and a variety of comics, including some with Disney characters.
95 years ago August 3, 1930 Cartoonist and animation artist Rowland B. Wilson is born. His career begins with the Texas Ranger, and he’s known for cartoons for Playboy, a New England Life Insurance campaign, and episodes of Schoolhouse Rock.
90 years ago August 5, 1935 Michal Demarets is born. The Belgian artist specializes in drawings of vehicles.
80 years ago August 4, 1945 Dutch artist Rob Gorter is born.
80 years ago August 5, 1945 Daily “Giles Family” cartoons by Carl Giles begin in England’s The Sunday Express.
75 years ago August 1, 1950 Belgian-French writer-artist Raoul Thomen dies at age 74. He created Les Aventures Acrobatiques de Charlot.
75 years ago August 4, 1950 First Comics co-founder, DC editor, ComicMix co-founder, and Hero Initiative Humanitarian Award-winner Mike Gold is born.
70 years ago August 1, 1955 Colorist Ray Fehrenbach is born.
70 years ago August 2, 1955 Writer Robert E. McTyre is born.
70 years ago August 3, 1955 French cartoonist (born Jean-Charles) Charlie Schlingo is born.
70 years ago August 5, 1955 Dutch artist André Vlaanderen dies at age 73.
65 years ago August 5, 1960 Artist Bob Orzechowski is born.
60 years ago August 2, 1965 Writer-artist Ving Fuller dies at age 62. He was especially known for Doc Syke.
55 years ago August 1, 1970 Golden State Comic-Con begins at the U.S. Grant Hotel in San Diego. Guests are Forrest J Ackerman, Ray Bradbury, Jack Kirby, and A.E. van Vogt. It’s the first three-day comics convention in San Diego and follows a one-day con earlier in the year.
55 years ago August 1, 1970 Mickey Finn creator Lank Leonard dies at age 74.
55 years ago August 2, 1970 Screenwriter, actor, producer, director, podcast host, and retailer Kevin Smith is born. His pop culture fame includes (but is far from limited to) Clerks (1994), Mallrats (1995) and Chasing Amy (1997), films that focus on the world of comics.
55 years ago August 7, 1970 Cartoonist and award-winning writer Dan Vebber is born. He’s known for his work on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Simpsons, Futurama, and Daria – as well as for his long-ago creation of the Adventure comic strip, reprinted in Comics Buyer’s Guide.
50 years ago August 5, 1975 Writer Bob Karp dies at age 64. He was known for his scripts for the Donald Duck newspaper strip and other Disney comics.
50 years ago August 6, 1975 Cuban artist Horacio Rodríguez Suría dies 10 days before his 74th birthday.
40 years ago August 6, 1985 Artist Ken Ernst dies of a heart attack at age 67. He began his career in Golden Age comic books and was known for his work on the Mary Worth newspaper strip.
35 years ago August 3, 1990 Disney’s DuckTales – The Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp opens. It’s a spinoff from the animated TV series (a first for Disney) and is the first animated film produced by Disney MovieToons.
35 years ago August 7, 1990 Dutch writer-artist Phiny Dick dies at age 77. She was the wife of Marten Toonder and named his “Tom Poes.”
30 years ago August 1, 1995 French artist Daniel Chauvin dies of stomach cancer at age 56.
30 years ago August 1, 1995 French artist Noel Gloesner dies at age 77. He drew Les Indégonflables de Chantovent.
30 years ago August 5, 1995 Belgian writer-artist Bert Peleman dies at age 80.
20 years ago August 1, 2005 Dutch artist and animator Wim Boost dies at age 87. He worked as “Wibo” and was a staff cartoonist for De Volkskrant.
15 years ago August 6, 2010 British artist Ted Rawlings dies at age 89. He was known for his work for D.C. Thomson.
10 years ago August 7, 2015 Comedian, TV personality, and writer Art Finley dies of a heart attack at age 88. He wrote captions for the Art’s Gallery feature in the San Francisco Chronicle.
5 years ago August 3, 2020 Harlan Ellison’s widow Susan Toth Ellison dies of cardiopulmonary disease at age 60.
5 years ago August 3, 2020 Writer-artist Sean Martin, creator of the Doc and Raider comic strip, dies from pancreatic cancer at age 59.
And here are the anniversaries spanning the month of August…
85 years ago August 1940 Centaur’s Keen Detective Funnies #23 introduces Hawkman imitation Air Man in a story drawn by Harry Sahle. Just to top things off, the cover calls Air Man “A Brand New Character.” Well, he does use “his secret pellets,” whereas Hawkman (by Gardner Fox and Dennis Neville, introduced in DC’s Flash Comics #1 (January 1940)) uses antique weapons.
85 years ago August 1940 Dell’s Popular Comics #54 introduces Doctor Hormone drawn by Robert Bugg. Yeah, it’s the character’s only appearance, and he doesn’t even get a cover acknowledgement, but wouldn’t you like to read more? What a great name!
85 years ago August 1940 Speaking of great names, Weird Comics #5 from Fox cover features “the fiendish Dr. Mortal.” But the issue is listed here because it introduces The Dart and Ace Barlow in a story drawn by Louis Cazeneuve. (Oh, also in the issue is a story (drawn by Don Rico) about Sorceress of Zoom. Mind you, she’s been in the series since its beginning. Hey, could it be time for a 2025 update? I’m just asking.)
85 years ago August 1940 Marvel’s Red Raven Comics #1 is the only issue of that series, but it introduces The Human Top (by Dick Briefer) and Red Raven (by Joe Simon and Louis Cazeneuve). (Hey, RR also has wings, and the cover proudly announces, “Out of the skies swooped a powerful figure.” So Hawkman really did push some buttons out there, didn’t he? Mind you, the next time RR pops up in a Marvel comic, it’s in X-Men #44, May 1968.)
85 years ago August 1940 Eastern Color’s Reg’lar Fellers Heroic Comics #1 introduces Hydroman by Bill Everett. What would you do, if you were turned into a water spout? Hydroman decides to fight alien invaders.
85 years ago August 1940 “The Hour Man Presents Minute Man Martin and the Minute Men of America” says the cover of DC’s Adventure Comics #53. The story (drawn by Bernard Baily) introduces Jimmy “Minuteman” Martin and his team of ham radio operators.
85 years ago August 1940 Fox’s Mystery Men Comics #13 introduces Lynx and Blackie in a story drawn by Jim Mooney. And, by the way, this issue is the first time readers learn that it’s Vitamin 2X that gives Dan Garret the powers of Blue Beetle.
80 years ago August 1945 Dell’s Four Color Comics #79 features “The Riddle of the Red Hat,” the only Mickey Mouse story drawn by Disney “duck artist” Carl Barks.
75 years ago August 1950 The cover is designed to grab science fiction fans. There’s a photo from the film Destination Moon (based in part on Robert Heinlein’s Rocket Ship Galileo) with the plug, “Scoop! A thrilling preview of Hollywood’s smash interplanetary epic.” (Was it interplanetary? I don’t think so. Just to the moon and back, right?) A box listing the contributors announces “astounding stories” (the title of a science fiction magazine of the day) by Edmond Hamilton, Gardner F. Fox, and David V. Reed: science fiction writers, all. DC’s Strange Adventures begins, and Grand Comics Database says that, while Whitney Ellsworth is credited as the editor, it’s science fiction’s Julius Schwartz and Mort Weisinger at the helm.
70 years ago August 1955 DC’s The Brave and the Bold begins. It introduces Silent Knight (“Duel in Forest Perilous” is by Robert Kanigher and Irv Novick), Viking Prince (“Battle for the Dragon Ship!” is by Kanigher and Joe Kubert), and Golden Gladiator (“The Thunder of the Chariots!” is by Ed Herron and Russ Heath).
70 years ago August 1955 Charlton’s Atomic Rabbit #1 introduces (yes!) Atomic Rabbit, drawn by Al Fago.
65 years ago August 1960 Marvel’s Strange Tales #76 introduces Dragoom (“the flaming intruder”) in a story drawn by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers. “Who, or what is this monstrous invader?? Why is mankind helpless against him?? Let mankind beware!” Indeed!
65 years ago August 1960 In “The Crimes of the Clock King,” DC’s World’s Finest Comics #111 introduces Green Arrow foe Clock King. The story is by Ed Herron and Lee Elias.
65 years ago August 1960 “Is The Rawhide Kid really a cold blooded gunman?? Why do they fear his guns from Abiline [sic] to Tombstone?? In this great first issue… see how The Kid became an ‘Outlaw!’” Marvel revives The Rawhide Kid with #17 (the first 16 issues came out in 1955-1957) in a story by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Dick Ayers.
65 years ago August 1960 After creating Mad, then Trump, satirist writer-artist-editor Harvey Kurtzman takes his skills to Warren’s Help! (subtitled “for Tired Minds”). The first issue describes itself as “An instant humor magazine for fast acting relief” and contains a blend of comics and captioned photographs.
65 years ago August 1960 Harvey’s Wendy, the Good Little Witch begins. Casper joins her on the cover – and stories include ones with Nightmare and Spooky.
65 years ago August 1960 DC’s Action Comics #267 features the third appearance of The Legion of Super-Heroes – and introduces Legion members Chameleon Boy, Colossal Boy, and Invisible Kid in “The Three Super-Heroes!” by Jerry Siegel and Jim Mooney. [Reep Daggle!]
65 years ago August 1960 “A great glowing thing – a Living Lava Creature! Head for the Mole Machine!” You betcha! DC’s The Brave and the Bold #31 introduces Cave Carson and his adventures “Inside Earth.” “The Secret beneath the Earth” is by Ed Herron and Bruno Premiani.
60 years ago August 1965 “Marvel proudly announces ‘The Coming of … The Swordsman! The newest, most daringly different swashbuckler from The House of Ideas!” The story in The Avengers #19 is by Stan Lee, Don Heck, and Dick Ayers. (Bonus in that story: Hawkeye’s origin.)
60 years ago August 1965 It’s just a back-up story in Marvel’s Journey into Mystery #119, but “Gather, Warriors!” by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Vince Colletta introduces Hogun the Grim, Fandral the Dashing, and Volstagg the Voluminous.
60 years ago August 1965 The cover of DC’s Justice League of America #37 questions the contents: “What?! Not a single member of the mighty Justice League on this cover?” and “Why are the superheroes of the legendary Justice Society battling the menace of a living lightning bolt on – ‘The Earth – without a Justice League!’” It’s a JLA-JSA crossover, cover featuring the Golden Age Green Lantern, Doctor Fate, Mr. Terrific, The Atom, and The Flash. It introduces Earth-A, an alternate version of Earth-One. The story is by Gardner Fox, Mike Sekowsky, and Bernard Sachs. And it’s the first Silver Age appearance of Mr. Terrific. Let’s hear it for Fair Play!
60 years ago August 1965 Marvel’s Strange Tales #135 brings Nick Fury to a new role as Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. – with the present day Fury (and the reader) being introduced to S.H.I.E.L.D., Hydra, and the Heli-Carrier in “The Man for the Job!” by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Dick Ayers.
60 years ago August 1965 Gold Key releases just one issue of Astro Boy, which introduces anime character Tetsuwan Atomu to US readers as Astro Boy. The comic book contributors are not identified in the issue.
60 years ago August 1965 Adventure Comics #335 introduces Starfinger (“the 30th century villain more dangerous than Goldfinger!” – but that’s not all) in a story by Edmond Hamilton, John Forte, and Sheldon Moldoff.
60 years ago August 1965 Giant-Man has been sharing the cover of Marvel’s Tales to Astonish with The Hulk, but now, in #70, it’s The Sub-Mariner that takes over G-M’s spot with The Hulk. “We bow to your demands! His own series… at last!!” “The Start of the Quest!” is by Stan Lee, Gene Colan, and Vince Colletta.
55 years ago August 1970 The second volume of Marvel’s Amazing Adventures begins, cover featuring Inhumans and Black Widow.
55 years ago August 1970 The second volume of Marvel’s The Outlaw Kid begins.
55 years ago August 1970 The second volume of Marvel’s Western Gunfighters begins, cover featuring Gunhawk, Fort Rango, Renegades, and Ghost Rider.
55 years ago August 1970 Marvel’s Astonishing Tales begins. The cover features Ka-Zar (in a story by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Sam Grainger) and Dr. Doom (in a story by Roy Thomas and Wally Wood).
50 years ago August 1975 He’s got Darts of Doom! Marvel’s Daredevil #124 introduces Copperhead in a story by Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, Gene Colan, and Klaus Janson.
50 years ago August 1975 Marvel cancels Giant-Size Man-Thing with the fifth issue. “Fear Times Three!” is by Steve Gerber, Ed Hannigan, and Dan Adkins – but the prize of the issue may be the back-up Howard the Duck story by Gerber, Frank Brunner, and Tom Palmer: “Hellcow!”
50 years ago August 1975 “Can even a werewolf battle a man clad in solid silver – and survive?!” Marvel’s Werewolf by Night #32 introduces Moon Knight in a story by Doug Moench and Don and Howard Perlin.
50 years ago August 1975 Marvel’s Skull the Slayer #1 introduces (How’d you guess?) Skull the Slayer. The cover of the “fear-fraught first issue!” announces, “Now it begins – as a fugitive from the concrete jungle is thrust into a world of prehistoric fury!” “The Coming of Skull the Slayer” is by Marv Wolfman and Steve Gan.
50 years ago August 1975 What the heck? The X-Men quit? But wait! Marvel’s The X-Men #94 brings together the new team in their own series, having been introduced in Giant-Size X-Men #1. “The Doomsmith Scenario!” is by Len Wein, Chris Claremont, Dave Cockrum, and Bob McLeod.
50 years ago August 1975 “The greatest superheroes of World War Two!” Marvel’s The Invaders series begins, continuing the story from Giant-Size Invaders #1 (June 1975). (They are Namor, Human Torch, Toro, Captain America, and Bucky.) [Cap’s cover exclamation is “Okay, Axis – Here we come!” That was the title of Don Thompson’s 1961 All in Color for a Dime article on these Golden Age greats.] The story is by Roy Thomas, Frank Robbins, and Vince Colletta.
50 years ago August 1975 Marvel’s Super-Villain Team-Up begins. You know there could be problems, if a bunch of not-so-nice guys consider getting together, right? Storytellers are Tony Isabella, George Tuska, Bill Everett, George Evans, Fred Kida, and Frank Springer.
50 years ago August 1975 Charlton’s Scary Tales begins. Contributors to the anthology title are Nicola Cuti, Joe Staton, Joe Gill, Sanho Kim, and Demetrio Sánchez Gómez. The issue introduces Countess Von Bludd.
50 years ago August 1975 Marvel cancels Dead of Night with #11. It cover features the introduction of The Scarecrow in a story by Scott Edelman and Rico Rival.
45 years ago August 1980 Scalphunter stars on the cover of DC’s Weird Western Tales #70, the last issue (unless you count #71 in the “Blackest Night” event in March 2010, which I’m not going to do). “A Cold Way to Die” is by Gerry Conway, Dick Ayers, and Romeo Tanghal.
45 years ago August 1980 Marvel’s Captain America #248 formally introduces Bernie Rosenthal in “Dragon Man!” by John Byrne, Roger Stern, and Joe Rubinstein.
40 years ago August 1985 DC’s Green Lantern #191 reintroduces Star Sapphire in “Macho!” by Steve Englehart, Joe Staton, and Bruce Patterson.
40 years ago August 1985 Last month, DC published The Saga of Swamp Thing #38. Now, it simplifies the title, renaming the series as Swamp Thing with #39. By the way, it will win the Kirby Award for Best Continuing Series of the year.
40 years ago August 1985 “Rebirth”: Eclipse releases Miracleman #1, which sorta introduces Miracleman in a story by Alan Moore and Garry Leach. But here’s the thing: The character is sporting an alias, because, when introduced in these American reprints, his original name is changed. The stories first appeared in the British Warrior #1 (March 1982), reviving the British Golden Age character Marvelman. See the problem? Anyway, it will get the Kirby Award for Best New Series.
40 years ago August 1985 Jinx is introduced in DC’s Tales of the Teen Titans #56 in “Fearsome Five Minus One!” by Marv Wolfman, Chuck Patton, and Mike DeCarlo.
40 years ago August 1985 The first two-month dated releases of Bruce Hamilton’s Gladstone imprint are Disneyland Birthday Party and Uncle Scrooge Goes to Disneyland.
35 years ago August 1990 King Hell releases the first issue of Rick Veitch’s Bratpack.
35 years ago August 1990 Marvel’s Spider-Man begins. Written and drawn by Todd McFarlane, it will indirectly lead to the formation of Image Comics. Remember all the details in last month’s entry? In case you don’t: It was in July 1990 that the issue set the record (via advance orders) for the highest recorded paid circulation for a comic book to that point (2,350,000 for the first printing).
35 years ago August 1990 The last issue (for a while) of DC’s Secret Origins is #50, and the cover features Batman, Robin, two Flashes, Johnny Thunder, Black Canary, and Dolphin loading its comic book elements (such as a drawing board and price and Comics Code labels) onto a horse-drawn cart (the horse being ridden by Thunder). There are “6 all-new stories” in the issue.
35 years ago August 1990 DC’s Suicide Squad #44 introduces Atom IV in “Grave Matters” by John Ostrander, David M. DeVries, and Luke McDonnell. Bye bye, Ray Palmer!
35 years ago August 1990 DC’s Doom Patrol #35 introduces Danny the Street in “Down Paradise Way” by Grant Morrison, Richard Case, and John Nyberg. He’s a street. And he has superpowers.
35 years ago August 1990 DC’s Firestorm the Nuclear Man #100 introduces Firestorm II in “Blaze of Glory” by John Ostrander, Gerry Conway, Tom Mandrake, Al Milgrom, Joe Brozowski, and Tom Grindberg. Oh, and it’s the last issue of the series. Going out in a …
35 years ago August 1990 Marvel’s The New Warriors #2 introduces Silhouette in “Mirror Moves” by Fabian Nicieza, Mark Bagley, and Al Williamson.
35 years ago August 1990 “Enter the mutant called Gambit!” Marvel’s The Uncanny X-Men #266 by Chris Claremont, Mike Collins, and Joe Rubinstein introduces Gambit assisting Storm. Mind you, fans already saw Gambit in Annual #14, but that story technically took place after this one, so …
30 years ago August 1995 Jhonen Vasquez’ Johnny, the Homicidal Maniac begins from Slave Labor. You want dark and funny Goth stuff? Here ’tis.
30 years ago August 1995 Image’s Kurt Busiek’s Astro City (yes, by Kurt Busiek) begins. The Issue will win a Squiddy Award and a Harvey Award for the Best Single Issue of the year, and the series will win an Eisner Award for Best New Series of the year.
25 years ago August 2000 Bongo begins Simpsons Comics Presents Bart Simpson with: “Big Fat Trouble in Little Springfield” by Chris Yambar and John Costanza; “Grrrl-Whirl” by George Gladir, Carolyn Kelly, and Mike Rote; and “Close Encounters of the Nerd Kind” by James W. Bates, Phil Ortiz, and Rote.
25 years ago August 2000 Marvel’s Power Pack begins with “Power Play” by Louise Simonson, June Brigman, and Bob Wiacek.
25 years ago August 2000 August 2000 The first issue of Marvel’s Marvel Boy limited series features “Hello Cruel World” by Grant Morrison and J.G. Jones.
25 years ago August 2000 Dark Horse’s Lone Wolf and Cub begins with stories by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima. It will win the Eisner Award for Best US Edition of Foreign Material of the year.
20 years ago August 2005 Jose Cabrera’s online strip Crying Macho Man goes live.
20 years ago August 2005 An alternate Marvel universe is on display in its House of M tales, including House of M #1 and #2 this month. There are a bunch of other chapters spread out in the event. (Just saying.)
20 years ago August 2005 Solo #5 from DC is by Darwyn Cooke. It will win the Eisner Award for Best Single Issue (or One-Shot) of the year.
15 years ago August 2010 Marvel has had more than one New Avengers series. This is the start of one. “Possession” is by Brian Michael Bendis, Stuart Immonen, and Wade von Grawbadger. And “Avengers Assemble The Oral History of the Earth’s Mightiest Heroes” (Should that have a colon?] is by Bendis and Arthur Adams.
15 years ago August 2010 IDW’s Dungeons & Dragons begins with #0 and variant covers. “Fell’s Four Five” is by John Rogers and Andrea Di Vito. “Freedome” is by Alex Irvine and Peter Bergting.
15 years ago August 2010 DC has been renumbering Wonder Woman since the August 2006 issue. Now, though: Yippee! It’s officially #600! In honor of the event, the 60-page issue is packed with many features.
15 years ago August 2010 DC’s Superman #700 is a “giant-sized anniversary issue!” Contents include “The Comeback” by James Robinson and Bernard Chang.
10 years ago August 2015 Over the Garden Wall begins from Boom! Studios. The Eisner Award for it as Best Publication for Kids (ages 9-12) of the year credits the series as by Pat McHale, Amalia Levari, and Jim Campbell.
10 years ago August 2015 OK, we all know the complex history of the appearance of Groot in Marvel comics over the years, right? In any case, he gets his own title at last in Groot #1 in a story by Jeff Loveness and Brian Kesinger.
10 years ago August 2015 Unsurprisingly, Marvel offers a whole bunch of variants for Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows #1, which takes place during the “Secret Wars” storyline in an alternate reality.
10 years ago August 2015 A new series of DC’s Justice League of America begins with a focus on the team of Batman, Flash, Cyborg, Aquaman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, and Superman. “Power and Glory, Part One” is by Bryan Hitch, Daniel Henriques, Wade von Grawbadger, and Andrew Currie.
10 years ago August 2015 Marvel’s Armor Wars miniseries by James Robinson and Marcio Takara begins with “Spyder-Man No More!”
5 years ago August 2020 More comics conventions are canceled due to COVID-19.
5 years ago August 2020 DC’s Dark Nights: Death Metal begins with variant covers. (The story continues from Justice League #39.) “Death Metal: An Anti-Crisis + Part I + It All Matters” is by Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo, Jared Blando, and Jonathan Glapion.
5 years ago August 2020 DC’s Green Lantern 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular #1 (and only) contains an assortment of stories involving an assortment of Green Lanterns.
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TURNING POINTS by Maggie Thompson

Here’s the latest installment of Maggie Thompson’s ongoing look at important beginnings, middles, and ends, this time for August 1-7, 2025…
395 years ago August 5, 1630 Italian artist Antonio Tempesta dies at age 74 or 75. His work included sequential storytelling.
175 years ago August 3, 1850 Francisco Augusto Noguiera da Silva’s Aventuras sentimentais e dramáticas do senhor Simplício Baptista appears in the Portuguese magazine Revista Popular #18. It’s based on Stop’s Les Aventures de Monsieur Verdreau.
170 years ago August 5, 1855 French editor-writer-artist Louis Morin is born.
165 years ago August 5, 1860 Louis Wain is born. The British artist is known for cat cartoons.
150 years ago August 4, 1875 Author Hans Christian Andersen dies at age 70. Do I need to tell you that many of his stories have been adapted to the animated cartoon format (in such projects as Frozen and The Little Mermaid)?
150 years ago August 5, 1875 Comic strip pioneer Clare Briggs is born. Among his creations are A. Piker Clerk, When a Feller Needs a Friend, and Mr. and Mrs.
145 years ago August 2, 1880 Joseph Hémard is born. The French writer-artist becomes president of Parisian Humoristes in 1918.
130 years ago August 7, 1895 French writer-artist Alain Saint-Ogan is born. He’s known for Zig et Puce, is called the “founding father” of French comics, and is honorary president of the first Angoulême International Comics Festival.
115 years ago August 1, 1910 Raymond A. Palmer is born. The influential science fiction pioneer, writer, and editor has credits including co-editing (with Walter Dennis) what is agreed to be the first science fiction fanzine (The Comet) and presiding over such pulp era magazines as Amazing Stories and Other Worlds. DC’s Silver Age version of The Atom is named for him.
115 years ago August 6, 1910 Artist Warren Whipple is born. He works on Jimmy Hatlo’s newspaper features.
110 years ago August 2, 1915 French writer-artist Claude Henri Juillard is born.
105 years ago August 1, 1920 Ken Bald is born. In 2015 and 2017, Guinness names him the oldest known active cartoonist in the world. His career includes comic book art for Fawcett, Better, Marvel, and ACG, and he draws comic strips Judd Saxon, Dr. Kildare, and Dark Shadows.
105 years ago August 2, 1920 UPA and Jay Ward animator, producer, and story man Bill Scott is born. His voice artistry is on display in his performances as Bullwinkle.
95 years ago August 2, 1930 Spanish artist Angel Nadal Quirch is born. He draws for British publisher Fleetway and a variety of comics, including some with Disney characters.
95 years ago August 3, 1930 Cartoonist and animation artist Rowland B. Wilson is born. His career begins with the Texas Ranger, and he’s known for cartoons for Playboy, a New England Life Insurance campaign, and episodes of Schoolhouse Rock.
90 years ago August 5, 1935 Michal Demarets is born. The Belgian artist specializes in drawings of vehicles.
80 years ago August 4, 1945 Dutch artist Rob Gorter is born.
80 years ago August 5, 1945 Daily “Giles Family” cartoons by Carl Giles begin in England’s The Sunday Express.
75 years ago August 1, 1950 Belgian-French writer-artist Raoul Thomen dies at age 74. He created Les Aventures Acrobatiques de Charlot.
75 years ago August 4, 1950 First Comics co-founder, DC editor, ComicMix co-founder, and Hero Initiative Humanitarian Award-winner Mike Gold is born.
70 years ago August 1, 1955 Colorist Ray Fehrenbach is born.
70 years ago August 2, 1955 Writer Robert E. McTyre is born.
70 years ago August 3, 1955 French cartoonist (born Jean-Charles) Charlie Schlingo is born.
70 years ago August 5, 1955 Dutch artist André Vlaanderen dies at age 73.
65 years ago August 5, 1960 Artist Bob Orzechowski is born.
60 years ago August 2, 1965 Writer-artist Ving Fuller dies at age 62. He was especially known for Doc Syke.
55 years ago August 1, 1970 Golden State Comic-Con begins at the U.S. Grant Hotel in San Diego. Guests are Forrest J Ackerman, Ray Bradbury, Jack Kirby, and A.E. van Vogt. It’s the first three-day comics convention in San Diego and follows a one-day con earlier in the year.
55 years ago August 1, 1970 Mickey Finn creator Lank Leonard dies at age 74.
55 years ago August 2, 1970 Screenwriter, actor, producer, director, podcast host, and retailer Kevin Smith is born. His pop culture fame includes (but is far from limited to) Clerks (1994), Mallrats (1995) and Chasing Amy (1997), films that focus on the world of comics.
55 years ago August 7, 1970 Cartoonist and award-winning writer Dan Vebber is born. He’s known for his work on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Simpsons, Futurama, and Daria – as well as for his long-ago creation of the Adventure comic strip, reprinted in Comics Buyer’s Guide.
50 years ago August 5, 1975 Writer Bob Karp dies at age 64. He was known for his scripts for the Donald Duck newspaper strip and other Disney comics.
50 years ago August 6, 1975 Cuban artist Horacio Rodríguez Suría dies 10 days before his 74th birthday.
40 years ago August 6, 1985 Artist Ken Ernst dies of a heart attack at age 67. He began his career in Golden Age comic books and was known for his work on the Mary Worth newspaper strip.
35 years ago August 3, 1990 Disney’s DuckTales – The Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp opens. It’s a spinoff from the animated TV series (a first for Disney) and is the first animated film produced by Disney MovieToons.
35 years ago August 7, 1990 Dutch writer-artist Phiny Dick dies at age 77. She was the wife of Marten Toonder and named his “Tom Poes.”
30 years ago August 1, 1995 French artist Daniel Chauvin dies of stomach cancer at age 56.
30 years ago August 1, 1995 French artist Noel Gloesner dies at age 77. He drew Les Indégonflables de Chantovent.
30 years ago August 5, 1995 Belgian writer-artist Bert Peleman dies at age 80.
20 years ago August 1, 2005 Dutch artist and animator Wim Boost dies at age 87. He worked as “Wibo” and was a staff cartoonist for De Volkskrant.
15 years ago August 6, 2010 British artist Ted Rawlings dies at age 89. He was known for his work for D.C. Thomson.
10 years ago August 7, 2015 Comedian, TV personality, and writer Art Finley dies of a heart attack at age 88. He wrote captions for the Art’s Gallery feature in the San Francisco Chronicle.
5 years ago August 3, 2020 Harlan Ellison’s widow Susan Toth Ellison dies of cardiopulmonary disease at age 60.
5 years ago August 3, 2020 Writer-artist Sean Martin, creator of the Doc and Raider comic strip, dies from pancreatic cancer at age 59.
And here are the anniversaries spanning the month of August…
85 years ago August 1940 Centaur’s Keen Detective Funnies #23 introduces Hawkman imitation Air Man in a story drawn by Harry Sahle. Just to top things off, the cover calls Air Man “A Brand New Character.” Well, he does use “his secret pellets,” whereas Hawkman (by Gardner Fox and Dennis Neville, introduced in DC’s Flash Comics #1 (January 1940)) uses antique weapons.
85 years ago August 1940 Dell’s Popular Comics #54 introduces Doctor Hormone drawn by Robert Bugg. Yeah, it’s the character’s only appearance, and he doesn’t even get a cover acknowledgement, but wouldn’t you like to read more? What a great name!
85 years ago August 1940 Speaking of great names, Weird Comics #5 from Fox cover features “the fiendish Dr. Mortal.” But the issue is listed here because it introduces The Dart and Ace Barlow in a story drawn by Louis Cazeneuve. (Oh, also in the issue is a story (drawn by Don Rico) about Sorceress of Zoom. Mind you, she’s been in the series since its beginning. Hey, could it be time for a 2025 update? I’m just asking.)
85 years ago August 1940 Marvel’s Red Raven Comics #1 is the only issue of that series, but it introduces The Human Top (by Dick Briefer) and Red Raven (by Joe Simon and Louis Cazeneuve). (Hey, RR also has wings, and the cover proudly announces, “Out of the skies swooped a powerful figure.” So Hawkman really did push some buttons out there, didn’t he? Mind you, the next time RR pops up in a Marvel comic, it’s in X-Men #44, May 1968.)
85 years ago August 1940 Eastern Color’s Reg’lar Fellers Heroic Comics #1 introduces Hydroman by Bill Everett. What would you do, if you were turned into a water spout? Hydroman decides to fight alien invaders.
85 years ago August 1940 “The Hour Man Presents Minute Man Martin and the Minute Men of America” says the cover of DC’s Adventure Comics #53. The story (drawn by Bernard Baily) introduces Jimmy “Minuteman” Martin and his team of ham radio operators.
85 years ago August 1940 Fox’s Mystery Men Comics #13 introduces Lynx and Blackie in a story drawn by Jim Mooney. And, by the way, this issue is the first time readers learn that it’s Vitamin 2X that gives Dan Garret the powers of Blue Beetle.
80 years ago August 1945 Dell’s Four Color Comics #79 features “The Riddle of the Red Hat,” the only Mickey Mouse story drawn by Disney “duck artist” Carl Barks.
75 years ago August 1950 The cover is designed to grab science fiction fans. There’s a photo from the film Destination Moon (based in part on Robert Heinlein’s Rocket Ship Galileo) with the plug, “Scoop! A thrilling preview of Hollywood’s smash interplanetary epic.” (Was it interplanetary? I don’t think so. Just to the moon and back, right?) A box listing the contributors announces “astounding stories” (the title of a science fiction magazine of the day) by Edmond Hamilton, Gardner F. Fox, and David V. Reed: science fiction writers, all. DC’s Strange Adventures begins, and Grand Comics Database says that, while Whitney Ellsworth is credited as the editor, it’s science fiction’s Julius Schwartz and Mort Weisinger at the helm.
70 years ago August 1955 DC’s The Brave and the Bold begins. It introduces Silent Knight (“Duel in Forest Perilous” is by Robert Kanigher and Irv Novick), Viking Prince (“Battle for the Dragon Ship!” is by Kanigher and Joe Kubert), and Golden Gladiator (“The Thunder of the Chariots!” is by Ed Herron and Russ Heath).
70 years ago August 1955 Charlton’s Atomic Rabbit #1 introduces (yes!) Atomic Rabbit, drawn by Al Fago.
65 years ago August 1960 Marvel’s Strange Tales #76 introduces Dragoom (“the flaming intruder”) in a story drawn by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers. “Who, or what is this monstrous invader?? Why is mankind helpless against him?? Let mankind beware!” Indeed!
65 years ago August 1960 In “The Crimes of the Clock King,” DC’s World’s Finest Comics #111 introduces Green Arrow foe Clock King. The story is by Ed Herron and Lee Elias.
65 years ago August 1960 “Is The Rawhide Kid really a cold blooded gunman?? Why do they fear his guns from Abiline [sic] to Tombstone?? In this great first issue… see how The Kid became an ‘Outlaw!’” Marvel revives The Rawhide Kid with #17 (the first 16 issues came out in 1955-1957) in a story by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Dick Ayers.
65 years ago August 1960 After creating Mad, then Trump, satirist writer-artist-editor Harvey Kurtzman takes his skills to Warren’s Help! (subtitled “for Tired Minds”). The first issue describes itself as “An instant humor magazine for fast acting relief” and contains a blend of comics and captioned photographs.
65 years ago August 1960 Harvey’s Wendy, the Good Little Witch begins. Casper joins her on the cover – and stories include ones with Nightmare and Spooky.
65 years ago August 1960 DC’s Action Comics #267 features the third appearance of The Legion of Super-Heroes – and introduces Legion members Chameleon Boy, Colossal Boy, and Invisible Kid in “The Three Super-Heroes!” by Jerry Siegel and Jim Mooney. [Reep Daggle!]
65 years ago August 1960 “A great glowing thing – a Living Lava Creature! Head for the Mole Machine!” You betcha! DC’s The Brave and the Bold #31 introduces Cave Carson and his adventures “Inside Earth.” “The Secret beneath the Earth” is by Ed Herron and Bruno Premiani.
60 years ago August 1965 “Marvel proudly announces ‘The Coming of … The Swordsman! The newest, most daringly different swashbuckler from The House of Ideas!” The story in The Avengers #19 is by Stan Lee, Don Heck, and Dick Ayers. (Bonus in that story: Hawkeye’s origin.)
60 years ago August 1965 It’s just a back-up story in Marvel’s Journey into Mystery #119, but “Gather, Warriors!” by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Vince Colletta introduces Hogun the Grim, Fandral the Dashing, and Volstagg the Voluminous.
60 years ago August 1965 The cover of DC’s Justice League of America #37 questions the contents: “What?! Not a single member of the mighty Justice League on this cover?” and “Why are the superheroes of the legendary Justice Society battling the menace of a living lightning bolt on – ‘The Earth – without a Justice League!’” It’s a JLA-JSA crossover, cover featuring the Golden Age Green Lantern, Doctor Fate, Mr. Terrific, The Atom, and The Flash. It introduces Earth-A, an alternate version of Earth-One. The story is by Gardner Fox, Mike Sekowsky, and Bernard Sachs. And it’s the first Silver Age appearance of Mr. Terrific. Let’s hear it for Fair Play!
60 years ago August 1965 Marvel’s Strange Tales #135 brings Nick Fury to a new role as Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. – with the present day Fury (and the reader) being introduced to S.H.I.E.L.D., Hydra, and the Heli-Carrier in “The Man for the Job!” by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Dick Ayers.
60 years ago August 1965 Gold Key releases just one issue of Astro Boy, which introduces anime character Tetsuwan Atomu to US readers as Astro Boy. The comic book contributors are not identified in the issue.
60 years ago August 1965 Adventure Comics #335 introduces Starfinger (“the 30th century villain more dangerous than Goldfinger!” – but that’s not all) in a story by Edmond Hamilton, John Forte, and Sheldon Moldoff.
60 years ago August 1965 Giant-Man has been sharing the cover of Marvel’s Tales to Astonish with The Hulk, but now, in #70, it’s The Sub-Mariner that takes over G-M’s spot with The Hulk. “We bow to your demands! His own series… at last!!” “The Start of the Quest!” is by Stan Lee, Gene Colan, and Vince Colletta.
55 years ago August 1970 The second volume of Marvel’s Amazing Adventures begins, cover featuring Inhumans and Black Widow.
55 years ago August 1970 The second volume of Marvel’s The Outlaw Kid begins.
55 years ago August 1970 The second volume of Marvel’s Western Gunfighters begins, cover featuring Gunhawk, Fort Rango, Renegades, and Ghost Rider.
55 years ago August 1970 Marvel’s Astonishing Tales begins. The cover features Ka-Zar (in a story by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Sam Grainger) and Dr. Doom (in a story by Roy Thomas and Wally Wood).
50 years ago August 1975 He’s got Darts of Doom! Marvel’s Daredevil #124 introduces Copperhead in a story by Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, Gene Colan, and Klaus Janson.
50 years ago August 1975 Marvel cancels Giant-Size Man-Thing with the fifth issue. “Fear Times Three!” is by Steve Gerber, Ed Hannigan, and Dan Adkins – but the prize of the issue may be the back-up Howard the Duck story by Gerber, Frank Brunner, and Tom Palmer: “Hellcow!”
50 years ago August 1975 “Can even a werewolf battle a man clad in solid silver – and survive?!” Marvel’s Werewolf by Night #32 introduces Moon Knight in a story by Doug Moench and Don and Howard Perlin.
50 years ago August 1975 Marvel’s Skull the Slayer #1 introduces (How’d you guess?) Skull the Slayer. The cover of the “fear-fraught first issue!” announces, “Now it begins – as a fugitive from the concrete jungle is thrust into a world of prehistoric fury!” “The Coming of Skull the Slayer” is by Marv Wolfman and Steve Gan.
50 years ago August 1975 What the heck? The X-Men quit? But wait! Marvel’s The X-Men #94 brings together the new team in their own series, having been introduced in Giant-Size X-Men #1. “The Doomsmith Scenario!” is by Len Wein, Chris Claremont, Dave Cockrum, and Bob McLeod.
50 years ago August 1975 “The greatest superheroes of World War Two!” Marvel’s The Invaders series begins, continuing the story from Giant-Size Invaders #1 (June 1975). (They are Namor, Human Torch, Toro, Captain America, and Bucky.) [Cap’s cover exclamation is “Okay, Axis – Here we come!” That was the title of Don Thompson’s 1961 All in Color for a Dime article on these Golden Age greats.] The story is by Roy Thomas, Frank Robbins, and Vince Colletta.
50 years ago August 1975 Marvel’s Super-Villain Team-Up begins. You know there could be problems, if a bunch of not-so-nice guys consider getting together, right? Storytellers are Tony Isabella, George Tuska, Bill Everett, George Evans, Fred Kida, and Frank Springer.
50 years ago August 1975 Charlton’s Scary Tales begins. Contributors to the anthology title are Nicola Cuti, Joe Staton, Joe Gill, Sanho Kim, and Demetrio Sánchez Gómez. The issue introduces Countess Von Bludd.
50 years ago August 1975 Marvel cancels Dead of Night with #11. It cover features the introduction of The Scarecrow in a story by Scott Edelman and Rico Rival.
45 years ago August 1980 Scalphunter stars on the cover of DC’s Weird Western Tales #70, the last issue (unless you count #71 in the “Blackest Night” event in March 2010, which I’m not going to do). “A Cold Way to Die” is by Gerry Conway, Dick Ayers, and Romeo Tanghal.
45 years ago August 1980 Marvel’s Captain America #248 formally introduces Bernie Rosenthal in “Dragon Man!” by John Byrne, Roger Stern, and Joe Rubinstein.
40 years ago August 1985 DC’s Green Lantern #191 reintroduces Star Sapphire in “Macho!” by Steve Englehart, Joe Staton, and Bruce Patterson.
40 years ago August 1985 Last month, DC published The Saga of Swamp Thing #38. Now, it simplifies the title, renaming the series as Swamp Thing with #39. By the way, it will win the Kirby Award for Best Continuing Series of the year.
40 years ago August 1985 “Rebirth”: Eclipse releases Miracleman #1, which sorta introduces Miracleman in a story by Alan Moore and Garry Leach. But here’s the thing: The character is sporting an alias, because, when introduced in these American reprints, his original name is changed. The stories first appeared in the British Warrior #1 (March 1982), reviving the British Golden Age character Marvelman. See the problem? Anyway, it will get the Kirby Award for Best New Series.
40 years ago August 1985 Jinx is introduced in DC’s Tales of the Teen Titans #56 in “Fearsome Five Minus One!” by Marv Wolfman, Chuck Patton, and Mike DeCarlo.
40 years ago August 1985 The first two-month dated releases of Bruce Hamilton’s Gladstone imprint are Disneyland Birthday Party and Uncle Scrooge Goes to Disneyland.
35 years ago August 1990 King Hell releases the first issue of Rick Veitch’s Bratpack.
35 years ago August 1990 Marvel’s Spider-Man begins. Written and drawn by Todd McFarlane, it will indirectly lead to the formation of Image Comics. Remember all the details in last month’s entry? In case you don’t: It was in July 1990 that the issue set the record (via advance orders) for the highest recorded paid circulation for a comic book to that point (2,350,000 for the first printing).
35 years ago August 1990 The last issue (for a while) of DC’s Secret Origins is #50, and the cover features Batman, Robin, two Flashes, Johnny Thunder, Black Canary, and Dolphin loading its comic book elements (such as a drawing board and price and Comics Code labels) onto a horse-drawn cart (the horse being ridden by Thunder). There are “6 all-new stories” in the issue.
35 years ago August 1990 DC’s Suicide Squad #44 introduces Atom IV in “Grave Matters” by John Ostrander, David M. DeVries, and Luke McDonnell. Bye bye, Ray Palmer!
35 years ago August 1990 DC’s Doom Patrol #35 introduces Danny the Street in “Down Paradise Way” by Grant Morrison, Richard Case, and John Nyberg. He’s a street. And he has superpowers.
35 years ago August 1990 DC’s Firestorm the Nuclear Man #100 introduces Firestorm II in “Blaze of Glory” by John Ostrander, Gerry Conway, Tom Mandrake, Al Milgrom, Joe Brozowski, and Tom Grindberg. Oh, and it’s the last issue of the series. Going out in a …
35 years ago August 1990 Marvel’s The New Warriors #2 introduces Silhouette in “Mirror Moves” by Fabian Nicieza, Mark Bagley, and Al Williamson.
35 years ago August 1990 “Enter the mutant called Gambit!” Marvel’s The Uncanny X-Men #266 by Chris Claremont, Mike Collins, and Joe Rubinstein introduces Gambit assisting Storm. Mind you, fans already saw Gambit in Annual #14, but that story technically took place after this one, so …
30 years ago August 1995 Jhonen Vasquez’ Johnny, the Homicidal Maniac begins from Slave Labor. You want dark and funny Goth stuff? Here ’tis.
30 years ago August 1995 Image’s Kurt Busiek’s Astro City (yes, by Kurt Busiek) begins. The Issue will win a Squiddy Award and a Harvey Award for the Best Single Issue of the year, and the series will win an Eisner Award for Best New Series of the year.
25 years ago August 2000 Bongo begins Simpsons Comics Presents Bart Simpson with: “Big Fat Trouble in Little Springfield” by Chris Yambar and John Costanza; “Grrrl-Whirl” by George Gladir, Carolyn Kelly, and Mike Rote; and “Close Encounters of the Nerd Kind” by James W. Bates, Phil Ortiz, and Rote.
25 years ago August 2000 Marvel’s Power Pack begins with “Power Play” by Louise Simonson, June Brigman, and Bob Wiacek.
25 years ago August 2000 August 2000 The first issue of Marvel’s Marvel Boy limited series features “Hello Cruel World” by Grant Morrison and J.G. Jones.
25 years ago August 2000 Dark Horse’s Lone Wolf and Cub begins with stories by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima. It will win the Eisner Award for Best US Edition of Foreign Material of the year.
20 years ago August 2005 Jose Cabrera’s online strip Crying Macho Man goes live.
20 years ago August 2005 An alternate Marvel universe is on display in its House of M tales, including House of M #1 and #2 this month. There are a bunch of other chapters spread out in the event. (Just saying.)
20 years ago August 2005 Solo #5 from DC is by Darwyn Cooke. It will win the Eisner Award for Best Single Issue (or One-Shot) of the year.
15 years ago August 2010 Marvel has had more than one New Avengers series. This is the start of one. “Possession” is by Brian Michael Bendis, Stuart Immonen, and Wade von Grawbadger. And “Avengers Assemble The Oral History of the Earth’s Mightiest Heroes” (Should that have a colon?] is by Bendis and Arthur Adams.
15 years ago August 2010 IDW’s Dungeons & Dragons begins with #0 and variant covers. “Fell’s Four Five” is by John Rogers and Andrea Di Vito. “Freedome” is by Alex Irvine and Peter Bergting.
15 years ago August 2010 DC has been renumbering Wonder Woman since the August 2006 issue. Now, though: Yippee! It’s officially #600! In honor of the event, the 60-page issue is packed with many features.
15 years ago August 2010 DC’s Superman #700 is a “giant-sized anniversary issue!” Contents include “The Comeback” by James Robinson and Bernard Chang.
10 years ago August 2015 Over the Garden Wall begins from Boom! Studios. The Eisner Award for it as Best Publication for Kids (ages 9-12) of the year credits the series as by Pat McHale, Amalia Levari, and Jim Campbell.
10 years ago August 2015 OK, we all know the complex history of the appearance of Groot in Marvel comics over the years, right? In any case, he gets his own title at last in Groot #1 in a story by Jeff Loveness and Brian Kesinger.
10 years ago August 2015 Unsurprisingly, Marvel offers a whole bunch of variants for Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows #1, which takes place during the “Secret Wars” storyline in an alternate reality.
10 years ago August 2015 A new series of DC’s Justice League of America begins with a focus on the team of Batman, Flash, Cyborg, Aquaman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, and Superman. “Power and Glory, Part One” is by Bryan Hitch, Daniel Henriques, Wade von Grawbadger, and Andrew Currie.
10 years ago August 2015 Marvel’s Armor Wars miniseries by James Robinson and Marcio Takara begins with “Spyder-Man No More!”
5 years ago August 2020 More comics conventions are canceled due to COVID-19.
5 years ago August 2020 DC’s Dark Nights: Death Metal begins with variant covers. (The story continues from Justice League #39.) “Death Metal: An Anti-Crisis + Part I + It All Matters” is by Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo, Jared Blando, and Jonathan Glapion.
5 years ago August 2020 DC’s Green Lantern 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular #1 (and only) contains an assortment of stories involving an assortment of Green Lanterns.






