Today in Comics History, August 2, 1776: John Hancock invents a phrase for people putting their names on something

from Picture Stories from American History #2 (EC, 1946), script by M. C. Gaines and W. W. D. Sones, pencils and inks by Allen Simon
Of course, the only thing worse than that is some autograph hunter pestering you, when you just know he's gonna turn around and put 'em up on eBay:


from "Autograph, Please!" in Superman #48 (DC, September 1947), script by Jerry Siegel, pencils and inks by John Sikela
Getting on your Herbalife mailing list is not a worthy cause, Superman!