August 31: Today in Comics History Index

• August 31, 1939: Spider-Man Noir blows off Mary Jane Noir's play to see a magician saw Black Cat Noir in half (Edge of Spider-Verse #1)
• August 31, 1986: It's that Plymouth K-Car, isn't it (D.P. 7 Annual #1)
• August 31, 2011: In honor of Diana Day, please adjust your horizontal hold (Hellblazer Special: Bad Blood #2)
  
  
• August 31: Tonight's Episode: The Writer's Barely-Disguised Fetish (Doom Patrol #13)
• August 31: Monsters' Ball (House of Mystery #255)

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Industry birthdays:

• August 31, 1946: Rick Parker
• August 31, 1967: Hector Collazo

Celebrity birthdays:

• August 31, 1897: Fredric March

Character birthdays:

• August 31: Billy Connors