I Bought That Comic 🌈さんのイラストまとめ

Happy 65th birthday to the great John Totleben! His SWAMP THING (w/Moore & Bissette) in the 80s turned the comics world on its head, and he turned in equally wonderful work on MIRACLEMAN. His struggles with his eyesight make him a hero on his own. Have a wonderful day, John!

2/6/75: THE JOKER gets his solo book, although don't tell the Clown Prince of Crime that Marvel's SUPER-VILLAIN TEAM-UP and Doom beat him to the punch. A challenge for Dennis O'Neil over its nine issues was how to repeatedly bust him out of jail and return him to incarceration

The pioneer in "biomechanics," Swiss artist H.R. Giger was born OTD in 1940. His designs for ALIEN lifted him to pop cultural heights, and his art appeared everywhere. Here's his cover for Debbie Harry's KOO KOO, leading many retailers to refuse to display it. He died in 2014.

1/1/70: God, I love this George Wilson cover. BORIS KARLOFF TALES OF MYSTERY #29 demonstrates how Gold Key captured the Kirby giant monster vibe with two John Celardo tales; one about giant grasshoppers, and the cover tale of a tentacled creature that traps ships in the Sargasso.

Happy 76th birthday to our master filmmaker Steven Spielberg. No one has left a bigger imprint on cinema this last half-century:

SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE was released across America OTD in 1978, becoming the highest-grossing release of the year and making star Christopher Reeve a household name. It was also the most expensive movie to date, and its delay from a summer release worried many. They needn't have.

Happy 59th birthday to the awesome @SteveEpting, who brought his dynamic artistic skills to such titles as AVENGERS, CAPTAIN AMERICA, SUPERMAN, CRUX and more. Have a fantastic day, Steve!

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Remembering Betty Ballantine (BOTD in 1919), the publishing legend who - with her husband Ian - founded both Bantam and Ballantine Books, and release some of the finest fantasy/SF books of the century. She died just shy of her 100th birthday.

THE JETSONS debuted on ABC OTD 60 years ago, the first show on the network to be telecast in color from its premiere. Although it lasted only one season, its 24 episodes would be rerun for years. A Gold Key comic appeared weeks later and ran 36 issues. "Meet George Jetson..."