June 13: Today in Comics History Index

• June 13, 1801: Joker/Swamp Thing #1 debuts (Manifest Destiny #13)
• June 13, 1805: Here comes the sun and I say AIEEEEEE IT'S GONNA KILL US ALL (Manifest Destiny #42)
• June 13, 1885: The ancestors of Nirvana migrate north (Two-Gun Kid: Sunset Riders #1)
• June 13, 1941: Oh yeah, better get in plenty of sleep for all the big celebrations tomorrow (Our Flag Comics #2)
• June 13, 1943: Following a terrible mishap with spilled red ink, the tiny golf pencil is invented (Sgt. Rock #372)
• June 13, 1945: Crime is committed by hook and by crook (Martin Kane, Private Eye #2)
• June 13, 1954: Sgt. Schultz Goes to a Funeral (Doomsday Clock #10)
• June 13, 1966: It pays to be aware of your genre (The 'Nam #5)
• June 13, 1991: Charles L. Hurlburt fails to remember the facts (Deadline USA #2)
• June 13, 1996: Morrison and Millar prove you can fit over 500 words on one comics page (Aztek: The Ultimate Man #1)
• June 13, 2000: There came a time when the old gods died and it was reported in the local newspaper (Orion #2)
  
  
• June 13: The hiring of the blindest bank security guard in Gotham City (Batman Adventures #11)
• June 13: Cop not doing anything terrible right now but keep your eye on him just in case (Black Hood #1)
• June 13: Velvet Templeton continues to stalk Charles Bronson (Velvet #12)

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Industry birthdays:

• June 13, 1961: Brett Breeding

Celebrity birthdays:

• June 13, 1865: W. B. Yeats
• June 13, 1962: Ally Sheedy
• June 13, 1981: Chris Evans