August 30: Today in Comics History Index

• August 30, 1850: Whatcha doin', Professor Webster? Just hangin' around? (Headline Comics v.2 #11)
• August 30, 1856: Our friends attack openly (Real Life Comics #4)
• August 30, 1944: Hello, Dali (Alfred Hitchcock: Master of Suspense)
• August 30, 1944: Newspaper narrowly avoids unfortunate acronym (The Newsboy Legion and the Boy Commandos Special #1)
• August 30, 1949: Man who doesn't know how to spell "the" shows an otherwise skilled knowledge of contractions (Adventure Comics #145)
• August 30, 1959: Jon Osterman is declared dead ten days after his body was vaporized (Before Watchmen: Dr. Manhattan #1 and 4)
• August 30, 1992: Choose Your Own Ad-venger (Avengers #355)

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Industry birthdays:

• August 30, 1946: Al Hewetson
• August 30, 1947: Jack C. Harris
• August 30, 1956: Craig Boldman