On This Day: 01 Oct

Valiant (Fleetway Publications Ltd.) #01 (06 Oct 1962).
The Mighty World of Marvel (Panini Publishing) vol.4 #01 (28 Oct 2009).

The War Picture Library Annual 1976 (IPC Magazines, Ltd. / Fleetway; 1975)
The Oldie Book of Cartoons edited by Richard Ingrams. (Deirdre McDonald Books; 1995) ISBN-13: 978-1898094135
Tottering-by-Gently: Volume 2 (O'Shea Gallery; 1998) ISBN-13: 978-0953277216

Not Forgotten 2009-10 by Steve Holland (Bear Alley Books; 2012) ISBN-13: 9781907081668.
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher: The Golden Catapult by Cavan Scott and Nigel Parkinson (Puffin Books; 2015)

First Appearances:

Brett Blade (Blade of the Frontier) in Valiant #01 (06 Oct 1962).
Louis Crandell, The Steel Claw in Valiant #01 (06 Oct 1962).
The Crows in Valiant #01 (06 Oct 1962).
Hey Presto in Valiant #01 (06 Oct 1962).
Hawk Hunter in Valiant #01 (06 Oct 1962).
Captain Hurricane in Valiant #01 (06 Oct 1962).
Kid Gloves in Valiant #01 (06 Oct 1962).
The Nutts in Valiant #01 (06 Oct 1962).
Jack O'Justice in Valiant #01 (06 Oct 1962).
Percy, the Problem Child in Valiant #01 (06 Oct 1962).
Shorty the Sheriff in Valiant #01 (06 Oct 1962).
Sixer in Valiant #01 (06 Oct 1962).
The Soppy Ha'porths in Valiant #01 (06 Oct 1962).

Births:

Frank H. Mason (1875); Leslie Otway (1902); Richard V. Corben (1940); Ciaran Lucas

Deaths:

Ebenezer Landells (1860); Rene Cloke (1995); Vere Lorrimer (1998); Terry Challis (2009); Jack Kirkbride (2006)

Notable Events:

Writers and artists for Doctor Who Magazine attended a Marvel Work-In at Westminster Comic Mart in 1988.
Igor Goldkind and Pat Mills nearly got into a fight with Bros (a popular, if artistically lacking, musical trio of the time) in 1988.
The first episode of original television series Pigsty broadcast on BBC One in 1990. Despite appearances, there was no explicit connection with Oink!.
Quentin Blake was a castaway on Desert Island Discs, on BBC Radio 4, in 2006.