17 June 1977, Multi-instrumentalist and former Traffic frontman Steve Winwood officially launched his solo career by releasing his self-titled debut album, Steve Winwood. It made 22 on the US chart, and No. 12 on the UK chart. #SteveWinwood

#OnThisDay in 1982 #AlexanderLuthor of #Earth3 debuted in @DC.com #DCComicsPresents #comics Annual #1 helping #TheSupermenOfEarthsOneAndTwo defeat #TheLexLuthorsOfEarthsOneAndTwo he returns #3yearsLater for #CrisisOnInfiniteEarths #1 opening when #rocketingAlexJrToEarth1 as #RedSkies destroy #E3

#HappyBirthday #ComicArtist #WallyWood #MadMagazine #SuperDuperMan maestro #ECScienceFictionComics #TheSpiritInOuterSpace #THUNDERAgents #CaptainAction #DisneylandMemorialOrgy *woulda aced #New52 #BatmanCatwomanRooftopSex #SuperSquad #Stalker #deftDraftsman filled @dc.com 1st #DDCup via #PowerGirl

#NewTitans 36 .. most #surprising lackOf #coverArt standardFor #resolution #composition #definition on a topLine @dc.com title I think I’ve seen #AllIn tho #theStoryDelivers a #goodlookingReset with #BobHaney-certified #classicWackySmallTownTeenTitansCrises vibe + #poopedJonKent

#XMenUnited 4 #onAGoof gets its act together as @marvelcomics.bsky.social announces its 10 issue limited run

#SupermanUnlimited 14 @dc.com zips & #looksGreat #cameoBattles #shockReveal closer to Unlimited

#OnThisDay in 2010 #Aqualad II debuted in @dc.com #BrightestDay #comics #4 #YoungJusticeAnimatedSeriesCharacter-inspired #JacksonHyde AKA #Kaldurahm #discoversHis hisMom isFrom #Xebel w #HardWaterPowers & #Aquaman85’s enemy #BlackManta is hisFather #New52 #ghosted til 2016 #pride #FutureStateAquaman

#OnThisDay in 1999 #Hawkgirl III debuted in @DC.com #JSA #SecretFilesAndOrigins #comics #1 #KendraSaunders the #granddaughter of #OriginalHawkgirl85 #ShieraHall’s #cousin #SpeedSaunders commits suicide & #ShierasSpiritPossessesHerBody but Kendra’s memories repel #TheOriginalHawkman as her #soulmate

#BringMeTheBeauties .. we ❤️ you #HBO! .. nobody does #BonfireOfTheVanities like you!

#AbsoluteBatman 20 series & talent here closer to their best in tailoring #AllIn @dc.com #Earth2Batman 😈🦇

#OnThisDay in 1978 #Cinnamon debuted in @dc.com #WeirdWesternTales #comics #48 #orphan #RedHeadInWhiteLeather #gambler #playingCards with #OneOfTheMenWhoKilledHerFather & once #sheCallsHimOut she #shurikens him with #herDadsSheriffsBadge later revealed to be #TheWildWest reincarnation of #Hawkgirl85

#HappyBirthday #NealAdams #comicArtist got his start in #ArchieComics & #BenCaseyComicStrip then #starStruck @DC.com #JerryLewis #BobHope #comics #BraveAndTheBold #Batman #Spectre #Deadman #GreenLantern brought #closerToReal #penAndInk #dynamism to #late60sEarly70sComics like no other

#HappyBirthday #RossAndru #ComicArtist drew late 40s #Tarzan #newspaperComicStrip produced 50s #3DRomanceComics with #longtimeArtCollaborator #MikeEsposito co-created @dc.com #SuicideSquad #MetalMen gave #SilverAge #WonderWoman #TheFlash #comics unique wackiness & armed #WarComics with accessibility

#onThisDay in 1939 #TheSandman seriesBegan in #AdventureComics #40 2MonthsAfter his #NewYorkWorldsFair #comics #1 debut #WesleyDodds #SuitCloakFedoraGasMaskCladComicBookCrimeFighter KO’ed crooks with his #sleepGasGun & in 1941 gets #superHeroSpandex #50YearsLater @dc.com dreams up #aWorthySuccessor

#OnThisDay in 1939 #TheBlueBeetle #beatCop #DanGarrett debuted in #FoxComics #MysteryMen #comics #1 fought crime in a #BulletproofCostume #superPowered by #Vitamin2X & his #origin incorporates #occult #scarab powers & the character is acquired by #CharltonComics in 1964 & reintroduced @dc.com 1985

#OnThisDay in 1984 @dc.com #JemmSonOfSaturn debuted in his own #comic #psychokinetic short-shifted #MartianManhunter surrogate #Jemm son of #KingJaxx #fledHisHomePlanet for #Earth during a #WhiteMartian coup & he arrives in #Harlem & befriends #LutherMannkin who helped him in his search for #Syrra

Happy #FlagDay2026 #PaulLynde100 #tooBusyForAWife #USA250 #pride

#OnThisDay in 1944 #TheGambler debuted in @dc.com #GreenLantern #comics #12 #StephenSharpe III’s girlfriend #sworeNotToMarryHim until he proved he wasn’t #aCompulsiveGambler #LikeHisForefathers thenSheRanOff w #PoolHallCharlie whoWonAFortuneInTheLottery hadRepOf #brazenlyPosingNearHisOwnWantedPoster

Daily News, May 9, 1970.

#FuryOfFirestorm 2 @dc.com #AllIn #BoosterGold-ing #RonnieRaymond a bit before going full #Spectre on #OurBoy! ethos & art does some nice things but #Firestorm #creator #GerryConway is credited as Gary here @msbrittanyjean.bsky.social

#BarbaraGordon Breakout 1 .. #yawn! #dampKickoff for The @dc.com #BatgirlBarbaraGordon60 celebration

#TheSentry 4 .. it was @marvelcomics.bsky.social #Krypto’s mini-series all along 🐕

#OnThisDay in 1945 #NeptunePerkins debuted in @dc.com #FlashComics #66 #bornWithWebbedFeetAndHands & #saltDeficiency his parents #raisedHimOnABoat #soHeCouldConstantlyBeInTheSea meets #Hawkman when RiceRyan tries to steal his boat #2yearsLater he #travelsToVenus w #TheWingedWonder then MIA til 1987

#OnThisDay in 1985 #SensorGirl debuted in @dc.com #LegionOfSuperHeroes #comics #14 #maskedBlonde whose #powersAndIdentityAreASecret #SaturnGirl vouches for her #LegionMembership #Brainiac5 hopes she’s #Crisis-surviving #Supergirl but revealed #PrincessProjectra60 when visiting #KarateKid60’s grave

#OnThisDay in 1968 #BatLash debuted #onHorseback in @dc.com #Showcase #comics #76 wandering thru #TheTownOfWelcome trying to get #ThePheasantHeJustShot prepared #inAspic #theWayHeLikes & gets in a row or two because he #cantStandPeopleMakingFunOfTheSensitivitiesOfOthers #SergioAragones #NickCardy

#OnThisDay in 1968 #BatLash debuted #onHorseback in @dc.com #Showcase #comics #76 wandering thru #TheTownOfWelcome trying to get #ThePheasantHeJustShot prepared #inAspic #theWayHeLikes & gets in a row or two because he #cantStandPeopleMakingFunOfTheSensitivitiesOfOthers #SergioAragones #NickCardy

#onThisDay in 1968 #RedTornado II debuted in @dc.com #JusticeLeagueOfAmerica #comics #64 #2monthsBefore #Marvel’s #ScarletSynthezoid made the scene #MaHunkel’s memories & #TheTornadoTyrantOfRann’s temperament were tossed together in #TOMorrow’s tin man & #LenWein cast him in #hisGreatestRole #JLA102

#65YearsAgoToday #LightningLord debuted in @dc.com #Superman #comics #147 as the adult #brotherOfLightningLad of #TheLegionOfSuperHeroes who reveals how they both gained #LightningPowers afterBeingZapped by #ALightningMonsterOnKorbal nameLaterRevealed as #MektRanzz & #theirSister #Ayla was there too

#65YearsAgoToday #SaturnQueen debuted in @dc.com #Superman #comics #147 introducing herself to #LexLuthor as being from #Saturn #inTheFuture #whereCrimeHasBeenEliminated so #whenSheCameToEarth #sheGotTheUrgeToDoThat with her #SuperHypnotismPowers but #SupermanMinesSaturnsRingToHelpHerReform

#65YearsAgoToday #CosmicKing debuted in @dc.com #Superman #comics #147 #DrLaevarBolto #AnAlchemistFromVenus whose acquired #transmutationPowers are #DeemedAnEvilAbilityByGovernmentOfficials #banishedFromVenus sports the #bubbleHelmet #CosmicBoy only wore on #hisCoverDebut #3yearsEarlier

#65YearsAgoToday #TheLegionOfSuperVillains debuted in #SupermanComics #147 with a #LegionOfSuperHeroes #1958DebutCoverHomage #LightningLord #SaturnQueen #CosmicKing #adultDarkMirrorVersions of #The3OriginalLegionnaires theorized @dc.com #alternateEarth tale that predates #FlashOfTwoWorlds

#OnThisDay in 1947 #JohnnyPeril debuted in #@DC.com #ComicsCavalcade #comics #19 as #MrNobody who helps a young runaway girl while on the runHimselfFromFalseMurderCharges #newspaperReporter meets #TheSpirit becomes #late40s #AllStarComics #backupFeature then #DangerTrail #SensationComics #Unexpected

#AbsoluteMartianManhunter 11 @dc.com everything but the kitchen sink #penultimate for our #AbsoluteJusticeLeagueOfAmerica #founder 😎

#DareDevil 3 @marvelcomics.bsky.social low key #Spidey #teamUp gives it some life

#Supergirl 13 @dc.com #OurHeroine traveling a long way to get home 🚀 #lovelyLooking #FantasiaInABottledCity for #TheGirlOfSteel

#CaptainMarvel Dark Past 4 .. yikes! It gets worse! .. out of the blue @marvelcomics.bsky.social serves up THEIR #SuperDanversLady in a #provocative storyline JUST WHEN her compatriot @dc.com is getting HER #FeatureFilm spotlight right now 🤔 #HolyMoley!

#HappyBirthday #LenWein teenage @dc.com #ThursdayAfternoonTourPioneer turn #ComicWriter & #Editor co-created #TeenTitans #1stRussianHero #1stBlackHero #SwampThing #TheHumanTarget II & had #GL #JohnStewart join #JLA grateful to’ve been #SuperHeroTeamComics baptized by his JLA run w #DickGiordano

#Spielberg submits to #NewYorkTimesMagazine #coverStory this week & #nytimesarts seasoned #leadFilmCritic #ManohlaDargis suddenly gushes like a school girl in her review of his mid #RubeGoldberg-like near mess of a movie #DisclosureDay 🤣

#DisclosureDay #UniversalPictures #TheMovieMasterOfMonitizingOurChildhoodMemories gets his hands on some #MarvelStudios-style #macguffins #EmilyBlunt & #JoshOConnor (bless him) are game but the #materialTreadmill is #unforgiving #repetitive and #earnestToAFault in its #trope

#OnThisDay in 1947 #BlackCanary debuted in @dc.com #FlashComics #86 #mysteriousBlonde who disappears after #JohnnyThunder & #HisMagicThunderbolt helpHerGet a #DominoMask out of a safeThatAGangOfCrooks PlanToUseToStealAValuableSapphire #endsUpTakingOverHisComicFeature later #1stEarth2toEarth1Migrant

#MortalThor 11 @marvelcomics.bsky.social #toweringEntertainment via Ewing/Saiz & Co & #DarioAgger does his best #NedBeatty in #Network #noBull

#GreenLanternCorps 16 @dc.com art makes a stalwart effort to maintain Pasarin precision standards but lots of moving parts & not necessarily new-audience-friendly considering #Lanterns #in2months 🧐

#HappyBirthday #GeorgePérez #comicArtist #NewTeenTitans #JusticeLeagueOfAmerica #CrisisOnInfiniteEarths #WonderWoman #stylizedGoGo80sSuccessorToVintageClassicists #MurphyAnderson #LouFine #ultimateLateCenturySuperHeroCrossoverArtist #fullPagesAlwaysFit #mimickedButNeverDuplicated

#HappyBirthday #JudyGarland #AmericanSinger #actress #dancer #FirstFemaleGrammyAwardWinnerForAlbumOfTheYear #JudyAtCarnegieHall #ICouldGoOnSinging #TheClock #AStarIsBorn #SummerStock #TheWizardOfOz #MeetMeInStLouis probably #Hollywood’s mostTragic case of #StellarTalentUnderGlass

#XMen 31 @marvelcomics.bsky.social #HenryMcCoy confirms that #science is fun!

#ActionComics 1099 @dc.com cruel #bestLookingPart is the #RyanSook cover that #doesNotHappenInThisComic while #ourYoungHero #runsTheSuddenHumanityGamutOfEmotions in 22 pages

#AvengersArmaggedon 1 #RedHulk rhetoric rattles around #realWorldPolitics while #EarthsMightiestHeroes #rallyAroundTheFlag of #IronCaptainAmericaMan attempting a reset for @marvelcomics.bsky.social #topSuperGroup while gearing up for #MarvelStudios #AvengersDoomsday #looksGood & #cantKnockThatCast

#EmperorAquaman 18 @dc.com .. we just got #ourHero cleaned up and now we’re back to a Momoa-style bro-jokes script 😞 #oldSchoolFillInCrossOver just meeting 99-cent COVID-era #digitalComic standards of quality #Aquaman85

#OnThisDay in 1999 #StarGirl debuted in @DC.com Stars & S.T.R.I.P.E. #comics #1 when #teenager #CourtneyWhitmore discovers #herStepDad #MattDugan is #theRetiredSuperHero #Stripsey85 #formerSidekick to #TheStarSpangledKid85 she arms herself w #StarmanVI ’s #battleStaff & #theyFormANewCrimeFightingDuo

#OnThisDay in 1983 #Harbinger debuted in @dc.com #NewTeenTitans Annual 2 #comics as #Lyla handing #computerReadout to #TheMonitor #2YearsLater #armorsUpAndDoppelgängers to assemble his #CrisisOnInfiniteEarths cast & its revealed sheWas an #EarthPrime #orphanAdriftAtSea raised to act as #hisSecond