August 20: Today in Comics History Index

• August 20, 1672: Based on the novel The Blue Tulip (Classics Illustrated #73)
• August 20, 1900: This heat will kill you ( Secrets of Sinister House #12)
• August 20, 1941: Criminals are simply bush league (True Comics #41)
• August 20, 1959: Dr. Manhattan and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (Watchmen #4)
• August 20, 1965: The Beatles play Comiskey Park and make Carol Tyler's world (Fab 4 Mania)
• August 20, 1972: Forget it, Jake, it's Cthulhutown (Scream #1)
• August 20, 1988: This is getting more confusing than that issue where Reed Richards and Dr. Doom jumped in time around the comic book (Hot Valley Days and Cocaine Nights #1)
• August 20, 1998: Virtual workspaces become even more cosmic (Jenny Sparks: The Secret History of the Authority #4)
• August 20, 2010: Happily, a crowded candy store is spared the brunt of a superhero brawl (Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom #1)
• August 20, 2010: Yellowjacket, no! (Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom #2)
• August 20, 2014: At this point accept it: she's just too depressed to get up, guys (The Wicked + the Divine #20)
  
  
• August 20: Waldo once again spotted. He isn't even trying anymore. (The Unwritten #35.5)

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Industry birthdays:

• August 20, 1915: George Roussos
• August 20, 1958: Dana Moreshead
• August 20, 1965: KRS-One
• August 20, 1968: Jeff Johnson

Celebrity birthdays:

• August 20, 1918: Jacqueline Susann
• August 20, 1948: Robert Plant

Character birthdays:

• August 20: Element Lad