June 18: Today in Comics History Index

• June 18, 1792: Maybe Marie Antoinette should give up on the before-bedtime toasted cheese (Deadpool Annual #1)
• June 18, 1804: Opening line of a Ladybird Book (Manifest Destiny #7)
• June 18, 1881: I warned you you'd have to see these pages again... (Jumbo Comics #105)
• June 18, 1918: Thanks, Dad (Sgt. Rock #324)
• June 18, 1940: Spite Marriage (The Spirit, January 31, 1943)
• June 18, 1965: That's right, read some cheerful news to the coma patient (House of Secrets #25)
• June 18, 1974: JJJ rant exiled to bottom cover of front page (Marvel Treasury Edition #1)
• June 18, 1981: Here comes the bridegoon (Doonesbury, June 1, 1981)
• June 18, 1989: Add STP Octane Booster to stop your calendar from knocking (Realworlds: Batman)
• June 18, 1993: The Appeal of the Conservative Party (Warrior #11 and V for Vendetta #3)
• June 18, 2000: Lovely cows killed; Johnny Cash is blamed (Section Zero #1)
• June 18, 3002: Pampers 3000™ really keep David dry (Weird War Tales #61)
  
  
• June 18: Wonder Woman tries new Bouncin' and Behavin' Pert; loses her powers (Wonder Woman #176)

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Industry birthdays:

• June 18, 1954: Dean Mullaney

Celebrity birthdays:

• June 18, 1908: Bud Collyer
• June 18, 1924: George Mikan

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