August 19: Today in Comics History Index

• August 19, 1692: Spider-Man Arrives Too Late to Save a Hanging Witch (Marvel Team-Up #44)
• August 19, 1812: This is really instructional, because the only thing I knew about him was that he was played by Raymond Burr (Real Fact Comics #18)
• August 19, 1945: He then returned to his life as a candidate (General Douglas MacArthur)
• August 19, 1949: Severed Poultry from Peking Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, Jim Lad (Top 10: The Forty-Niners)
• August 19, 1962: Ringo claims hazard pay (The Beatles in Comics!)
• August 19, 1972: Scream #1:
  • 8:30 AM: "I really must stop eating toasted sandwiches before bed made with Lovecraft Brand Evil Cheese Slices."
  • 4:30 PM: Actually, the directions were to one of Lovecraft's favorite pubs and he didn't want it getting overrun by hipsters
  • 7:30 PM: Aw geez, Oswald Cobblepot's running for mayor again
• August 19, 1998: Big galoot marries fairytale princess (Excalibur #125)
• August 19, 2009: J. Jonah Jameson isn't really enjoying the taste of that boot leather (Dark Reign: Sinister Spider-Man #3)
  
  
• August 19: Internet rises up violently against Bully after he uses the same panel four days in a row (Adventure Comics #145)
• August 19: With Great Batman Power Comes Great Batman Responsibility (Young Justice #11)
• August 19: At last, it's "Batman's Mysteries on the Moon!" (Young Justice #11)

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Industry birthdays:

• August 19, 1956: Chuck Patton