On This Day: 19 Mar

Tornado (IPC Magazines Ltd.) #01 (24 Mar 1979).
Eagle (IPC Magazines Ltd.) vol.21 #01 (27 Mar 1982).
Scream (IPC Magazines Ltd.) #01 (24 Mar 1984).

First Appearances:

The Angry Planet in Tornado #01 (24 Mar 1979).
Captain Klep in Tornado #01 (24 Mar 1979).
Victor Drago in Tornado #01 (24 Mar 1979).
The Mind of Wolfie Smith in Tornado #01 (24 Mar 1979).
Wagner's Walk in Tornado #01 (24 Mar 1979).
The Collector in Eagle vol.21 #01 (27 Mar 1982).
Doomlord in Eagle vol.21 #01 (27 Mar 1982).
Ernie in Eagle vol.21 #01 (27 Mar 1982).
Sgt. Streetwise in Eagle vol.21 #01 (27 Mar 1982).
Mick Tempest (The Tower King) in Eagle vol.21 #01 (27 Mar 1982).
Thunderbolt and Smokey! in Eagle vol.21 #01 (27 Mar 1982).
The Dracula File in Scream #01 (24 Mar 1984).
Library of Death in Scream #01 (24 Mar 1984).
Monster in Scream #01 (24 Mar 1984).
Max (The Thirteenth Floor) in Scream #01 (24 Mar 1984).
Tales from the Grave in Scream #01 (24 Mar 1984).
The Terror of the Cats in Scream #01 (24 Mar 1984).
Frank Weitz (Armoured Gideon) in 2000 A.D. (Fleetway Publications) Prog 671 (24 Mar 1990).

Births:

Achille Beltrame (1871); Sep E. Scott (1879); William Blain (1903); Keith Waite (1927); Richard Williams (1933); Pasqual Ferry (1961); Simon Donald (1964)

Deaths:

Steve Dowling (1986); Johnny Hicklenton (2010)

Notable Events:

Jim Barker took voluntary redundancy to become a freelance artist in 1982.
The Sun published an attack on St. Swithin's Day in 1990. Failed politician Teddy "dial-a-quote" Taylor was on hand to offer his opinion on the comic, though it later transpired he hadn't even read the story.
Revolutionary War: Warheads (Marvel) #01 (Mar 2014) released in the US in 2014.
Cursed Edge – Prog 5 fan film released on YouTube in 2016.

On This Day: 02 Nov

Girl (Hulton Press Ltd.) Vol.1 #01 (1951).

Britain's Best Political Cartoons 2017 edited by Tim Benson. (Random House Books; 2017) ISBN-13: 978-1847948076.

Births:

Colin McLoughlin (1925)

Deaths:

Walter Bell (1979); chairman of the Eagle Society Howard Corn (2016)

Notable Events:

Chad Varah launched the Samaritans hotline in 1953.
Beau Peep newspaper strip began in first issue of The Daily Star in 1978.
Fear and Loathing in Gonzovision, a documentary about Ralph Steadman, broadcast, as part of Omnibus, in 1978.
If... newspaper strip began in The Guardian in 1981.
The Revolver Hallowe'en Tour descended on Nostalgia & Comics, 14-16 Smallbrook, Queensway, Birmingham, in 1990.
A blue plaque was unveiled on 488 Audenshaw Road, Manchester, commemorating Frank Hampson in 2001.
Wallace & Grommit X–mas stamps were released by the Post Office in 2010.
Comica, the London International Comics Festival, began in 2012, running at multiple locations until the end of the month.
Cursed Edge – Prog 1 fan film released on YouTube in 2013.