August 3: Today in Comics History Index

• August 3, 1850: Reichuss Mansion burned down, fell over, then sank into the swamp (House of Secrets #7)
• August 3, 1884: Frontier Jimmy Olsen is shot down by Lucy Lane of the Olllllllllld West (Billy the Kid #97)
• August 3, 189X: Well, maybe you shouldn't have hired a raging madman as a mate (Marvel Classics Comics #9)
• August 3, 1949: Walter Matthau patiently awaits the reading of the will (National Lampoon v.2 #120)
• August 3, 1955: Book names names, tells tales, dooms author (The Vain #3)
• August 3, 1956: "How hard could it be?" asks Hellboy rhetorically after watching an El Santo movie (Hellboy in Mexico)
• August 3, 1977: Alan Moore makes sure he leaves some space to tell stories that take place before Watchmen (Watchmen #4)
• August 3, 1987: "Going down, Mr. Gaiman?" (Miracleman #7)
  
  
• August 3: Bruce Wayne's Groundhog Day comes again and again on August 3 (Batman Annual #13)
• August 3: Vincent Price extends his usual creepy invitation (Clue: Candlestick #1)
• August 3: German submariners kill H.P. Lovecraft (Weird War Tales #1)
• August 3: Hare-El arrives on Earth, last survivor of his exploded world Carroton (Young Justice #7)
• August 3: We're not in Kansas anymore (Young Justice #8)

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Industry birthdays:

• August 3, 1917: Jim Fitzsimmons

Celebrity birthdays:

• August 3, 1900: Ernie Pyle