September 12: Today in Comics History Index

• September 12, 1271: The wrong way to look at it, but there you go (UFO Flying Saucers #12)
• September 12, 1804: This is on your head, Ortho Lawn Care Products (Manifest Destiny #19)
• September 12, 1881: "Oh, not this thing again, Bully," you are surely saying right now (Jumbo Comics #105)
• September 12, 1915: Invention of Star Wars cosplay (Doctor Who Magazine #386)
• September 12, 1918: Well, then, maybe you shouldn't have shot down the observation balloon (Real Heroes #8)
• September 12, 1942: Mickey Spillane writes tough-as-nails, gritty crime drama in which the crooks are caught because they paid their electric bill (All-Winners Comics #6)
• September 12, 1945: Vision attempts to change his own battery without the help of an authorized Apple Service Provider (The Vain #2)
• September 12, 1945: Eh, it's always a long story with these a-holes (The Vain #2)
• September 12, 1972: First meeting of the Justice Club (Green Arrow Catchers) (Detective Comics #433)
• September 12, 1981: 366 Days with J. Jonah Jameson, Day 256 (Amazing Spider-Man Annual #15)
• September 12, 1987: Either Duck is four-foot nothing or Ken is seven feet tall (Star Brand #11)
• September 12, 1992: Yes, she Mae go into space (Milestones in History #1)
• September 12, 2005: Victor Zsasz is perp-walked through cosmic rays (Detective Comics #815)
  
  
• September 12: Cobra Bubbles arrives in Commissioner Gordon's office (Batman #407)
• September 12: Don Blake's cane has a pretty good monthly minutes plan (Thor: Season One)
• September 12: Danny and Caroline enjoy their Star Wars™ blue milk (The Unwritten #35.5)
• September 12: Robin attempts to sum up a case to the tune of the theme from Fresh Prince (Young Justice #17)

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Industry birthdays:

• September 12: Martrese Beck

Celebrity birthdays:

• September 12, 1914: Johnny Long
• September 12, 1952: Neal Peart