August 29: Today in Comics History Index

• August 29, 1776: Okay! Now you can finally look at the picture! (Picture Stories from American History #2)
• August 29, 1857: Match wits with Abe Lincoln, and see if you can figure out...whodunnit?!? (Real Heroes #9)
• August 29, 1953 and 1974: Why the Last Man? (Weird Fantasy #13)
• August 29, 1959: The Beatles begin to come together; then immediately break up (Beatles with an A: Birth of a Band)
• August 29, 1970: FDR is attacked by that sexy French feather duster from Beauty and the Beast (Silverblade #2)
• August 29, 1985: The ghost of Tim Caldwell is disappointed that a visit to his graveside has turned into a soap opera (Swamp Thing #41)
• August 29, 1986: A bad day for Astrid Olafson (World's Finest Comics #322)
  
  
• August 29: I don't care how much you update him, I'll never believe the Turtle is a match for the Flash (The Flash #72)

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Industry birthdays:

• August 29, 1958: James Romberger

Character birthdays and deaths:

• August 29, 1953: Adam Akly
• August 29, 1986: Death of Astrid Olafson
• August 29: Mr. Mastermind