On This Day: 08 Mar

International Women's Day

First Appearances:

The Broons (newspaper strip) in the Fun Section of The Sunday Post (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #?? (08 Mar 1936).
Oor Wullie (newspaper strip) in the Fun Section of The Sunday Post (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #?? (08 Mar 1936).

Births:

Arthur Martin (1911)

Deaths:

John Hassall (1948); Mario Uggeri (2004); Franco Paludetti (2008)

Notable Events:

Rick Martin newspaper strip concluded in 1958.
The relaunched Smash! made its' first appearance in 1969, eliminating the Marvel reprint material.