August 5: Today in Comics History Index

• August 5, 1884: Scary giant bronze lady kaiju begins her occupation of terror in New York City (Real Life Comics #2)
• August 5, 1912: Just when you were tired of those Dracula diary panels, here's Cap (Captain America Comics #20)
• August 5, 1945: This is not a 365 Days of Power and Responsibility post, no matter what the last panel suggests (Real Heroes #14)
• August 5, 1945: "Remember: it's for peaceful purposes only." (Real Life Comics #29)
• August 5, 2014: Sexy Robin Hood refuses to let his maid in on the caper (The Wicked + The Divine #20)
• August 5, 2026: Geez, those things must have Energizer batteries (Weird Fantasy #17)
• August 5, 2099: Duke Stratosphere apparently marries cartoon bombshell Lydia Dietz (2099 Unlimited #5)
  
  
• August 5: Or it might have been a British guy committing a crime on May 8 (Detective Comics #323)
• August 5: Jean Grey finally watched the movie Gaslight (X-Factor #13)

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Industry birthdays:

• August 5, 1953: Steve Mitchell

Celebrity birthdays:

• August 5, 1811: Ambroise Thomas
• August 5, 1887: Reginald Owen