On This Day: 09 Oct

2000 A.D. and Starlord (IPC Magazines Ltd.) Prog 86 (14 Oct 1978).

Births:

Roy Davis (1921); Bill Tidy (1933); Jim Starlin (1949)

Deaths:

Michael Cummings (Arthur Stuart Michael Cummings; 1997); Ian Gammidge (2005); Bob Bartholomew (2013)

Notable Events:

Action (IPC Magazines Ltd.) #36 (16 Oct 1976) became the last issue to receive national distribution before the title was pulled by IPC for two months.
The Bear animated short broadcast on Channel 4 in 1998.