Comic Book History

Turning 30: LOVE AND ROCKETS #50 ends the series; from May 1996. By Jaime Hernandez, Mario Hernandez & Gilbert Hernandez; cover by Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez & Jess Johnson.

Turning 30: Gladiator debuts in DAREDEVIL #18; covercdard July 1966. By Stan Lee, Denny O'Neil, John Romita, Frank Giacoia & Sam Rosen; cover by Romita, Stan Goldberg & Rosen. #daredevil #marvelcomics

Turning 30: TERMINAL CITY #1 (of 9); cover dated July 1996. By Dean Motter, Michael Lark, Rick Taylor & Willie Schubert; cover by Mark Chiarello.

Turning 30: GIRL #1 (of 3); dated July 1996. By Peter Milligan, Duncan Fegredo, Nathan Eyring & Ellie de Ville; cover by Fegredo.

Turning 30: THE BIG BOOK OF LITTLE CRIMINALS; from April 1996. #dccomics

Turning 60: 14-year-old Jim Shooter begins writing for DC Comics with ADVENTURE COMICS #346; cover dated July 1966. By Shooter, Sheldon Moldoff, Milt Snapinn & Henry Boltinoff; cover by Curt Swan, George Klein & Ira Schnapp. #adventurecomics #LegionOfSuperHeroes #dccomics

Turning 30: ARSENAL SPECIAL (#1); dated July 1996. By C. J. Henderson, William Rosado, Prentis Rollins, Chris Matthys & John Costanza; cover by Rosado, Matthys & Alex Jay. #dccomics

Turning 30: THE AVENGERS #400; dated July 1996. By Mark Waid,,Mike Wieringo, Tom Palmer, John Kalisz, Bill Oakley & Mike Deodato; cover by Deodato & Palmer. #theavengers #dccomics

Turning 60: I SPY #1; dated August 1966. By Paul S. Newman, Al McWilliams & Ben Oda. This series ran six issues. #dellcomics

Turning 30: DOCTOR STRANGE, SORCERER SUPREME #90 ends the series; cover dated June 1996. By J. M. DeMatteis, Mark Buckingham, Kev Sutherland, Kevin Somers & Jim Novak; cover by Buckingham. #DoctorStrange #marvelcomics

Turning 80: TINY TOT COMICS #1; from April 1946. By Ruth Geller & Burton Geller; cover by Burton Geller. This series ran ten issues.

Turning 80: GENE AUTRY COMICS #1; from May 1946. Includes work by Jesse Marsh. #dellcomics

Turning 50: THE ETERNALS #1; cover dated July 1976. By Jack Kirby, John Verpoorten, Glynis Oliver & Gaspar Saladino; cover by Kirby, Frank Giacoia & Danny Crespi. #theeternals #marvelcomics

Turning 80: MISS AMERICA v.4 #1; cover dated May 1946. Includes work by Pauline Loth.

Turning 50: George Pérez’s iconic first Avengers cover with THE AVENGERS #149; cover dated July 1976. By Steve Englehart, Pérez, Sam Grainger, Hugh Paley & Tom Orzechowski; cover by Pérez, John Romita, Frank Giacoia & Danny Crespi. #avengers #marvelcomics

Turning 80: GENE AUTRY COMICS #1; from May 1946. Includes work by Jesse Marsh. #dellcomics

Turning 50: MASTER OF KUNG FU ANNUAL #1; from April 1976. By Doug Moench, Keith Pollard, Duffy Vohland, John Tartaglione, Petra Goldberg, Gaspar Saladino & Jean Simek; cover by Rich Buckler, Frank Giacoia & Danny Crespi. #marvelcomics

Turning 50: ASTONISHING TALES #36 ends the series; dated July 1976. By Rich Buckler, Keith Pollard, Howard Bender & Beth Bleckley; cover by Buckler & Irv Watanabe. #marvelcomics

Turning 80: COOKIE #1; from April 1946. By Dan Gordon & Ken Hultgren; cover by Gordon.