August 10: Today in Comics History Index

• August 10, 1946: They promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground (Madhouse #4)
• August 10, 1951: Prestigious newspaper buries the day's biggest story on page 13 (Big Town #10)
• August 10, 1999: Adric gets caught smoking behind the TARDIS (The Invisibles #3)
• August 10, 2014: This is needlessly complicating Admiral Ackbar's catchphrase (The Wicked + The Divine #20)
  
  
• August 10: London's experimental early-morning whiskey delivery service is not successful (Hellblazer #178)

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Industry birthdays:

• August 10, 1957: Christie "Max" Scheele

Celebrity birthdays:

• August 10, 1874: Herbert Hoover