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Thursday, January 17, 2019

On This Day: 17 Jan

Marvel Comic (Marvel Comics Ltd.) #?? ().
Spider-Man Comic (Marvel Comics Ltd.) #311 (24 Jan 1979).
All-Action Monthly (IPC Magazines Ltd.) #01 (Feb 1987).

Births:

Compton Mackenzie (1883); David Thomas (Tom Cain; 1959)

Deaths:

Percy Cocking (1964); Malcolm Judge (1989)

Notable Events:

The Marvel Revolution PHASE 2 (overseen by Dez Skinn) began in 1979; restructuring of the weeklies was undertaken, new names for the Spider-Man series and The Mighty World of Marvel, plus the use of photographs on Star Wars Weekly was implemented.

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