Today in Comics History, June 9, 2036: Diary of boxer who had to fight four men to be Most Beautiful Participant in Mermaid Parade

from eJunky (Scout, Septmber 2023), script by Nicholas Tana, art by Kyle Faehnrich

Today in Comics History, June 9, 1899: Coney Island bout determines Most Beautiful Participant in Mermaid Parade

"In This Corner" from Joe Palooka Comics (1945 series) #80 (Harvey, November 1953), creator uncredited and unknown

Today in Comics History, June 8, 2004: Mighty Venus threatens to block out the Sun!

This Curious World (NEA Service, March 21, 1936), by Willam Ferguson
A special fun thank you to Tom Heintjes of Hogan's Alley for posting this panel online!

Today in Comics History, June 8, 1950: Phil Rizzuto is distracted by the Crisis on Infinite Earths

from Phil Rizzuto: Baseball Hero one-shot (Fawcett, 1951), script by Charles Dexter

Today in Comics History, June 7, 1916: Lord Kitchener cleverly escapes being in WWI

from Tolkien: Lighting Up the Darkness (Ablaze, February 2024), script by Willy Duraffourg, art by Giancarlo Caracuzzo, colors by Flavia Caracuzzo and Joël Odone
(Actually, he died on June 5, but for the sake of this feature, this newspaper is thoughtlessly two days behind.)

Today in Comics History, June 6, 1970: NASA astronaut mistakes tree for moon

from "Who Is Murdering Our Astronauts?" in UFO Flying Saucers #3 (Western/Gold Key, November 1972), pencils and inks by Luis Dominguez

Today in Comics History, June 6, 1966: Happy birthday, Walt Graves! Hope you survive the...oh.

from "Waking Walter" in Quick Stops #2 (Dark Horse, December 2022), script by Kevin Smith, pencils by Phil Hester, inks by Ande Parks, letters by Andrew Thomas

Today in Comics History, June 6, 1944: A cartoon beagle honors the veterans of WWII more sincerely than the current President of the United States

Peanuts (June 6, 1993; United Feature Syndicate), by Charles Schulz

Today in Comics History, June 4, 1916: J.R.R. Tolkien arrives for his guest appearance on Blackadder Goes Forth

from Tolkien: Lighting Up the Darkness (Ablaze, February 2024), script by Willy Duraffourg, art by Giancarlo Caracuzzo, colors by Flavia Caracuzzo and Joël Odone

Today in Comics History, June 3, 1951: Umpire calls foul when batters begin hitting custard pies

from Thrilling True Stories of the Baseball Giants one-shot (Fawcett, 1952), script by Charles Dexter

Today in Comics History, June 2, 1979: The Circle of Life is completed

from The Far Side (1994, Universal Press Syndicate), by Gary Larson

Today in Comics History: June 2, 1951: Willie Mays inherits K'un-Lun's mighty power of the Iron Fist

from Thrilling True Stories of the Baseball Giants one-shot (Fawcett, 1952), script by Charles Dexter