October 12: Today in Comics History Index

• October 12, 1910: John Lennon continues to have trouble writing the lyrics to "I'm So Tired" (The New Deadwardians #1)
• October 12, 1910: Slowly, stealthily, the other buildings creep up on Big Ben (The New Deadwardians #2)
• October 12, 1963: Fin Fang Foom is forcibly ejected by bouncers from Appleby's (All-New Miracleman Annual #1)
• October 12, 1963: Johnny Bates driven murderously insane by Airfix plastic spaceship model (Warrior 33 and Miracleman #1)
• October 12, 1963: First appearance in comics: The Maalox Moment (Warrior #7 and Miracleman #2)
• October 12, 1969: Paul McCartney has been replaced by a Skrull ( The Beatles in Comics! and Wisdom #2)
• October 12, 1985: I could never vote in a phone poll to kill off someone who likes hot chocolate. (Blue Devil #19)
• October 12, 1985: Catchy opening sentence kicks off new diary (Watchmen #1)
• October 12, 1985: Dr. Manhattan interrupted while proofreading senior yearbook (Watchmen #4)
• October 12, 2014: Secret Agent Lex Luthor is equipped with picture-in-picture vision (Grayson #9)
  
  
• Columbus Day stories that specifically mention October 12:
  • October 12, 1492: Atlanteans plot against Christopher Columbus (Picture Stories from American History #1)
  • October 12, 1944: US Navy continues on in the finest tradition of Christopher Columbus (Real Fact Comics #4)
  • October 12: Superboy delays curing cancer so he can go to a parade (Adventure Comics #145)
  • October 12: Superboy cheerfully celebrates the plight of the American Indian (Adventure Comics #145)
  • October 12: "Our standards are over! Lower the guns!" (Real Life Comics #4)
  • October 12: Christopher Columbus and Napoleon Bonaparte get into an argument about which one of them is more popular so they time-travel to the 20th century to find out if…look, I don't write these comics, I just post about them (Strange Adventures #60)
  • October 12: The Absolutely True Diary of a Brooklyn Indian (World's Finest Comics #41)
  
  
  
• October 12: Commissioner Gordon works on his Don Johnson impersonation (Batman #407)
• October 12: Iris West is really, really bad at bedroom talk (The Flash #73)
• October 12: An eight-month-iversary isn't a thing, Barry (The Flash #74)
• October 12: Entire Walker family goes bat-crap insane (Patsy Walker #52)

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Industry birthdays:

• October 12, 1965: Dan Abnett
• October 12: Barbara Johnston
• October 12: J. Torres

Celebrity birthdays:

• October 12, 1924: Doris Grau

Character birthdays:

• October 12: James Gordon, Jr.
• October 12: Nuklon
• October 12: Ragsy Walker