August 18: Today in Comics History Index

• August 18, 1692: Marvel's adaptation of The Crucible does not have enough Spider-Man in it (Marvel Team-Up #43)
• August 18, 1948: Looming deadline forces entire comics book panel to be a caption (Jackie Robinson #1)
• August 18, 1972: Ironically, then he ran right into the Crawling Eye (Scream #1)
• August 18, 1982: THIS MAN! Has just won a fabulous two-week vacation in Iran, all expenses paid by the CIA! (Psi-Force #21)
• August 18, 2014: I don't know about you, but I can certainly sit and wait (The Wicked + The Divine #20)
  
  
• August 18: Crook uses newly oiled gun to shoot pool (Adventure Comics #145)
• August 18: Tim Drake finishes his homework five minutes early (Batman 80-Page Giant #3)
• August 18: A lovely date with Alfred Pennyworth (Heartthrobs #3)
• August 18: Happy Unity Day! (Superman #14-15 and Supergirl #33)

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Industry birthdays:

• August 18, 1965: Skip Dietz
• August 18: Barbara Altman
• August 18: Robert Venditti

Celebrity (and pals'!) birthdays:

• August 18, 1587: Virginia Dare
• August 18, 1907: Criswell
• August 18, 1936: Robert Redford
• August 18: Kevin Church (and also.)

Character birthdays:

• August 18: Wing