October 6: Today in Comics History Index

• October 6, 1600: Bridezilla vows to destroy opera (Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact #v.4 #1)
• October 6, 1890: Critics disparage Grant Morrison (Eclipso: The Darkness Within #1)
• October 6, 1918: Unchained Melody (Reg'lar Fellers Heroic Comics #6)
• October 6, 1918: Novelty alarm clock unappreciated (The Stretcher Bearers)
• October 6, 1939: Hawkman discovers Balloonium (Secret Origins #11)
• October 6, 1961: Ray Palmer inherits a fortune in candy bars of chocolate and crunchy toffee (Showcase #35)
• October 6, 1966: Beach movie ruined by Cyclops coming in and blasting everybody with his heat vision (Welcome to Tranquility: One Foot in the Grave #2)
• October 6, 1987: Vigilante's comic book is cancelled. So is Vigilante. (Vigilante #50)
• October 6, 1989: Clark Kent wins a Cable Ace Award for his self-insertion fan fiction (Superman #79)
• October 6, 2015: Queuing neatly and correctly solves all problems on Earth (Yellow Cab)
  
  
• October 6: I saw a werewolf on the poop deck* of the H.M.S. Trader Vic. His naval demeanor was perfect. (The Dollhouse Family #4)
• October 6: Man grilled about this night under the harsh glare of the Booster Gold-Signal (Moon Knight #8)
• October 6: Nancy still keeps receipts yet again once more (Nancy, July 13, 2021)
• October 6: The Mad Thinker vows to beat Johnny Storm in this year's chili cook-off (Strange Tales #131)

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Industry birthdays:

• October 6, 1913: Alfred Harvey
• October 6, 1959: Adam Kubert

Character birthdays and deaths:

• October 6, 1987: Death of Vigilante