On This Day: 14 Jan

Treasure #01 (19 Jan 1963).
Pow! (Odhams) #01 (21 Jan 1967).
Spike (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #01 (22 Jan 1983)

Numbercruncher by Si Spurrier & P.J. Holden. (Titan Books; Jan 2014) ISBN-13: 978-1782760047.
Solid State Tank Girl by Alan Martin & Warwick Johnson-Cadwell. (Titan Books; Jan 2014) ISBN-13: 978-1782760030.

First Appearances:

Dare-a-Day Davy in Pow! #01 (21 Jan 1967).
The Dolls of St. Dominics in Pow! #01 (21 Jan 1967).
Wee Willie Haggis, the Spy from Skye in Pow! #01 (21 Jan 1967).
Sergeant Pilot Nick Ryder, Jungle Pilot in Warlord (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #69 (17 Jan 1976).
The Bleak Street Bunch in Spike #01 (22 Jan 1983).
Squadron Leader 'Lucky' Layton in Spike #01 (22 Jan 1983).
Ticker Tait in Spike #01 (22 Jan 1983).

Births:

Anton Lock (1893); Ken Bulmer (1921); Mario Cubbino (1930); Colin Wyatt (1939); Frazer Irving

Deaths:

Arthur William à Beckett (1909)

Notable Events:

Leslie Illingworth's Daily Mail cartoon, published in 1944, attained immortality when found in the ruins of Hitler's
Chancellery.
Gerard Hoffnung was a castaway on Desert Island Discs, on BBC Radio 4, in 1957.
Television adverts promoting the launch of Look and Learn were broadcast on British television in 1961.
Michael Moorcock underwent emergency exploratory surgery in 2002 to remove blood clots.
Brett Ewins received a serious head injury from police officers during an altercation at his home in 2012.
Colin Wyatt's The Jet–Set books had an official launch at the Just Imagine Bookshop in Chelmsford in 2012. Profits from the books raise money for the Born Free Foundation animal charity.
The première of Kingsman: The Secret Service took place in London in 2015.