Alex de Campi

Archie vs. Predator is a comic book series written by Alex de Campi (pictured) of Dark Horse Comics and drawn by Fernando Ruiz of Archie Comics. It features Predator, a deadly alien trophy hunter, who stalks the clean-cut teenager Archie Andrews and his high school classmates, until the survivors realize they are being hunted and fight back. A four-issue limited series was released in the US in 2015 between April and July, and a hardcover collection went on sale in November. Archie Comics proposed the idea to Dark Horse, which holds the license to comics featuring 20th Century Fox's Predator. The series received positive reviews from critics, who enjoyed the strange matchup and dark humor. The April issue was the top seller for both publishers, and garnered an average review rating of 7.9 out of 10 according to the review aggregator Comic Book Roundup. The series won a Ghastly Award for Best Limited Series. (Full article...)

Bust of Ptolemy I in the Louvre

• ... that Ptolemy I Soter (bust pictured), a companion of Alexander the Great, founded the Ptolemaic dynasty to which Cleopatra VII belonged?
• ... that the novella Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts was translated as Memoirs of a Good-for-Nothing several times, the first in 1866 by Charles Godfrey Leland?
• ... that footballer Bob Jones was signed by Everton as a goalkeeper, despite originally playing as a left half, after the original goalkeeper failed to arrive at a trial?
• ... that the attacks on civilian villages by Soviet partisans in Finland were a forbidden topic in Finland until the 1990s?
• ... that Welsh footballer Stan Griffiths was given a medical discharge during World War II due to injuries suffered during his playing career?
• ... that PSYCHLOPS has been adapted for children?
• ... that Barbara P. McCarthy disagreed with philologist Rudolf Helm about whether or not Lucian originated a particular form of satiric dialog?
• ... that the seed pods of Acacia ramulosa resemble horse tails?

Woolsey Fire smoke plume

• Four wildfires in California, including the Camp Fire and Woolsey Fire (smoke pictured), burn more than 200,000 acres (81,000 hectares) and kill at least 31 people.
• In the United States midterm elections, the Democratic Party wins a majority in the House of Representatives, while the Republican Party keeps its majority in the Senate.
• In a referendum, New Caledonia votes against independence from France.
• In baseball, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks defeat the Hiroshima Toyo Carp to win the Japan Series.

November 12

William Heffelfinger

• 1892 – William Heffelfinger (pictured) was paid $500 by the Allegheny Athletic Association, becoming the first professional American football player on record.
• 1912 – The bodies of Robert Falcon Scott and his companions were discovered, roughly eight months after their deaths during the ill-fated British Antarctic Expedition 1910.
• 1928 – At least 110 people died after the British ocean liner SS Vestris was abandoned as it sank in the western Atlantic Ocean.
• 1940 – World War II: Free French forces captured Gabon from Vichy France.
• 2011 – A blast in Iran's Shahid Modarres missile base led to the death of 17 members of the Revolutionary Guards, including Hassan Tehrani Moghaddam, a key figure in Iran's missile program.

Claude of France (b. 1547) · William Henry Barlow (d. 1902) · Naomi Wolf (b. 1962)