October 10: Today in Comics History Index

• October 10, 1918: If you don't like conchiglie, I'm sure we can find you another pasta (The Stretcher Bearers)
• October 10, 1941: He was actually writing to the Hostess Donette company (All-Star Squadron #5)
• October 10, 1975: Black Lightning really wants to order Moons Over My Hammy but is too embarrassed of how silly it sounds (The Other History of the DC Universe #1)
• October 10, 1996: All 1990s X-Men comics are wiped from existence (What If…? #-1)
  
  
• October 10: Harvey Dent just got the one about the grasshopper who walked into a bar (Batman #407)
• October 10: Mister Nobody flies the Nobodywing across the moon (Batman: The Long Halloween Special #1)
• October 10: Even the next day, that crazy Batman Annual still doesn't make any sense (Detective Comics Annual #3)
• October 10: Johnny, you liar, last night you were watching One Tree Hill (Human Torch #1)
• October 10: Why is Green Lantern against crime patrols? (Infinity Inc. #4)
• October 10: Post-WWII edition of Martha Stewart's Weddings gets really crazy (Real Fact Comics #7)

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Celebrity birthdays:

• October 10, 1813: Giuseppe Verdi
• October 10, 1923: Nicholas Parsons
• October 10, 1924: Ed Wood
• October 10, 1959: Kirsty MacColl

Character birthdays:

• October 10, 1901: Talon