July 29: Today in Comics History Index

• July 29, 1741: Another white man claims he discovered something (Real Life Comics #7)
• July 29, 1881: I bring you this unreadable text story again to see if you can comprehend it this time (Jumbo Comics #105)
• July 29, 189X: I'd go with that feeling, Captain (Marvel Classics Comics #9)
• July 29, 1945: The next two panels in this comic are of August 5 and August 9 and show the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, so I won't be bringing you those. Enjoy this panel of three guys sitting around. (General Douglas MacArthur)
• July 29, 1965: And now my life has changed in oh so many ways ( Marvel Comics Super Special #4)
• July 29, 1966: What he actually meant was that he was higher than Jesus ( The Fifth Beatle and The Beatles in Comics!)
• July 29, 1985: First issue of Jim Shooter/Power Man Team-Up premieres (Swamp Thing #41)
• July 29, 1988: Hey kids, comics! (Star Brand #16)
• July 29, 2009: Ben Grimm had better have a darn good explanation (Fantastic Four #569)
  
  
• July 29: Just another regular ordinary evil day in the New York Subway (Dark Reign: Sinister Spider-Man #2)

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Industry birthdays:

• July 29, 1955: Dave Stevens
• July 29, 1974: Gail Simone