On This Day: 12 Dec

Mortal Kombat: Tournament Edition (Manga Publishing Ltd.) #01 (Jan 1996)

Sláine the Exile by Steven Savile (Black Flame; 2006) ISBN-10: 1 84416 387 3

First Appearances:

M.A.C.H. Zero in 2000 A.D. (IPC Magazines Ltd.) Prog 43 (17 Dec 1977)

Births:

David Wright (1912); Fred Kida (1920)

Deaths:

D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd. chairman David Coupar Thomson (1954); Dudley Pout (1991); Luis Bermejo (2015)

Notable Events:

Charles H. Bennett attended the Punch table in 1866 for the final time before his death.
Douglas Bader was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in 1940, for his service during the Battle of Britain.
Bob Monkhouse was a castaway, alongside Denis Goodwin, on Desert Island Discs, on BBC Radio 4, in 1955.
Leonard Cottrell was a castaway on Desert Island Discs, on BBC Radio 4, in 1966.
Hogarth (an episode in the Omnibus documentary series) focusing on William Hogarth, and directed by Gerald Scarfe, broadcast on BBC One in 1971.
Baz & Co. newspaper strip ended in 1992.
Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future CGI animated series began on Channel 5 in 2001.
The Gorillaz released G–Sides in 2001.