August 21: Today in Comics History Index

• August 21, 1880: Bloated baby-man complains about "fake news" (Gore #2)
• August 21, 1934: Crime Cases Comics #27:
  • Gang War in Brooklyn makes a hard man humble
  • 9:04 AM: I like Monster Comics, but I also like Blackie and His Cart Comics and Boils and the Jenson Bros. Comics.
  • 10:40 AM: Charles Nelson Reilly backhands a child
  • 11:50 AM: Everyone is edgy during a red skies Crisis crossover
  • 5:01 PM: That coulda gone smoother
  • 5:04 PM; Police Radio is playing all the hits, all day long
  • 5:30 PM: Well, that'll happen
  • "Has our crime started paying yet?"
• August 21, 1950: Don Ho is invented ("Aloha...Hawaii!" PSA)
• August 21, 1973: Weirdest Archie Andrews comic book ever (Black Magic v.4 #2)
• August 21, 19XX: Everybody was kung-fu killing / It was just a little bit thrilling (Iron Fist #10)
• August 21, 1996: They didn't mean Dan Quayle, they meant an actual quail (Armageddon 2001 #1)
• August 21, 2010: Doctor Solar:
  • 6:20 AM This is the most genteel Saw sequel yet
  • 7:25 PM Comic books take you to exciting locations! Paris! Bangkok! Poughkeepsie!
  
  
  
• August 21: Nancy still keeps receipts again (Nancy, July 13, 2021)
• August 21: Gotta admire that craftsmanship (Tales of Horror #8)
• August 21: Well, yeah, he kinda did (Young Justice #1)

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