October 3: Today in Comics History Index

• October 3, 1881: The last surviving dog was killed for foodAW GEEZ DON'T MAKE ME READ THIS AWFUL TEXT STORY AGAIN, COMICS (Jumbo Comics #105)
• October 3, 1896: Diana Prince wrote this text story so she could claim her new bike purchase was tax deductible (Sensation Comics #85)
• October 3, 1943: Pinup photographer discovers Bettie Page (Original Sin Annual #1)
• October 3, 1950: He blew his casket (Mysterious Adventures #4)
• October 3, 1951: World Series promo "Spooky Witch Night" deemed disappointing (Richie Rich, Casper and Wendy — National League #1)
• October 3, 1958: Reed Richards discovers the great mint flavor in new Wrigley Doublemint Gum (Startling Stories: Fantastic Four: Unstable Molecules #1)
• October 3, 1964: That sexy French feather duster from Beauty and the Beast sweeps away the text stories in Variety (Silverblade #1)
• October 3, 1972: The Devil of Monte Frisco (Daredevil #95)
• October 3, 1987: Well, your dad is a reckless idiot then, kid (Astonishing Times #2)
• October 3, 1988: In Russia, Danger Room insult you (Psi-Force #28)
• October 3, 2013: Ray takes a paid break from his beaker-dropping job (Black Market #2)
• October 3, 2013: Crooked health inspectors put pressure on the owner of Ray's Famous Original Pizza (Black Market #3)
  
  
• October 3: Technically, this should be posted on September 3, but you know the rules (Captain America [Annual] 1999)

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Industry birthdays:

• October 3, 1913: Fred Guardineer
• October 3, 1924: Harvey Kurtzman

Celebrity birthdays:

• October 3, 1941: Chubby Checker
• October 3, 1983: Tessa Thompson

Character birthdays and deaths:

• October 3, 1950: Death of John Norris
• October 3, 1987: Noah Sans