June 5: Today in Comics History Index

• June 5, 1919: Industry laments that Alan Moore barely seems to actually write comics these days (Providence #1)
• June 5, 1944: C-Day (Sgt. Fury Annual #2)
• June 5, 1952: Well, that's a rude way to get us to read the text pages (Diary of Horror #1)
• June 5, 1957: The manhunt continues for Baskin's partner (newuniversal: 1959 #1)
• June 5, 1981: Bob Markham regrets waiting until June to have his yearbook photo taken (Moon Knight #12)
• June 5, 1998: Dr. Sivana takes advantage of his new Black Label-published status to drop the f-bomb (The Invisibles #17)
• June 5, 2019: Whoops (Doomsday Clock #8)
  
  
• June 5: Witness for the HOT-secution! (Archie's Joke Book Magazine #93)
• June 5: Circus visitor murdered with custard pie and seltzer (Batman #118)
• June 5: MySpace finally justified (Hashtag: Danger #2)
• June 5: Tintin conquers the moon with superior tank power ( Tintin: Explorers on the Moon)

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Industry birthdays:

• June 5, 1905: Wayne Boring
• June 5, 1919: Richard Scarry
• June 5, 1942: Frank Chiaramonte
• June 5, 1975: David Gallaher

Celebrity birthdays:

• June 5, 1898: Federico García Lorca
• June 5, 1901: Owen Cathcart-Jones