July 6: Today in Comics History Index

• July 6, 1747: And later, he played bass for Zeppelin. (Amazing Man Comics #14)
• July 6, 1777: "Confuse-a-Redcoat" service off to a good start (Picture Stories from American History #2)
• July 6, 189X: This won't end well, as the next two captions will eventually tell you (Marvel Classics Comics #9)
• July 6, 1949: Baseball game must go on even during the Crisis on Infinite Earths (Don Newcombe one-shot)
• July 6, 1949: Comic book panel momentarily thinks it is a baseball card (Jackie Robinson #1)
• July 6, 1954: I feel like I'm knockin' on Dodgers' door (The Amazing Willie Mays)
• July 6, 1957: Meet The Beatles Meet (The Beatles in Comics!)
• July 6, 1964: Musicians work like dogs (Marvel Comics Super Special #4)
• July 6, 1966: Comic book artist figures out a way to give all his girlfriends a cameo appearance (L.E.G.I.O.N. '95 Annual #5)
• July 6, 1968: When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie that's perjury (Daredevil #47)
• July 6, 1988: At last, the massive hole formerly Pittsburgh begins to stabilOH NO! VOLCANO! (Marvel/New Universe Comics cover-dated October 1988
  
  
• July 6: Catwoman begins to regret inviting the Joe Chill family to her wedding (Batman #345)
• July 6: Human lie detector runs on hamburgers (Riverdale One-Shot)
• July 6: Say, John Byrne...what day does the Calgary Stampede start? ([Uncanny] X-Men #121)
• July 6: Only 6 hours of couch potatoing? Ma West is remarkably impatient! (Young Justice #0)

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Industry birthdays:

• July 6, 1924: Frank Giacoia
• July 6, 1949: Tony Franco
• July 6, 1950: John Byrne
• July 6, 1969: Sarra Mossoff
• July 6: Eric Fein

Celebrity birthdays:

• July 6, 1925: Merv Griffin
• July 6, 1927: Janet Leigh
• July 6, 1945: Burt Ward