October 8: Today in Comics History Index

• October 8, 1871: The Atom attempts to pin another one of his heinous crimes upon an innocent cow (Detective Comics #432)
• October 8, 1888: The Best Jack the Ripper Walking Tour Ever (Thunderbolts #167)
• October 8, 1918: The unfunny version of Blackadder Goes Forth premieres (I Am the Guard: The Story of the National Guard from Muskets to Missiles)
• October 8, 1957: Believe it or Don't! (MAD #42)
• October 8, 1979: Rock star Flea is 100% certain the other kids in his class won't laugh at him (Back to the Future #12)
• October 8, 1996: This could never happen in these enlightened times (Daily Bugle #1)
• October 8, 1996: If you can tell me (because I didn't label the scan and can't remember) what comic this came from, I will personally mail you a gift from (??? #?)
• October 8, 2002: Say, isn't the Daily Bugle nicknamed "The Picture Newspaper?" (Deadline #4)
  
  
• October 8: Crew members are saddened by the funeral for Popeye, Bluto, the Whiffle Hen, the Jeep, and pieces of Wimpy (The Dollhouse Family #4)
• October 8: The Day That Goes By in a Flash (Flash: The Fastest man Alive #8)
• October 8: We return yet once again to Josephine Baker, P.I., still continually in progress one additional time (Miss Don't Touch Me)
• October 8: Clean-up on Cellblock "H" (Suicide Squad #6)

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Industry birthdays:

• October 8: Mike Lackey

Celebrity birthdays:

• October 8, 1910: Kirk Alyn