On This Day: 19 Apr

The Tenth Doctor Archives (Titan Comics) #01 (2016)
Power Rangers: Samurai (Panini Magazines) #01 (19 Apr 2012-16 May 2012)

Tottering Hall: Family Life at Tottering-By-Gently (Orion Media; 2001) ISBN-13: 978-0752841076.

Him off the Viz: The Comic Stripped Bare by Simon Donald (Go Faster Stripe; 2015)

First Appearances:

Private Tom Green (Green's Grudge War) in Action (IPC Magazines Ltd.) #[11] (24 Apr 1976).

Births:

Mervyn Suart (1908); Camillo Zuffi (1912); Trevor Francis (1954); Phil Hall

Notable Events:

Dan Dare, Pilot of The Future radio adaptation began on BBC Radio Four in 1990.
The May un Mar Lady Dave Follows exhibition began in The Potteries Museum in 2008.

On This Day: 07 Apr

The Eagle (Hulton Press Ltd.) vol.1 #01 (14 Apr 1950)
Civil War (Panini UK) #01 (2016)

The Rime of the Modern Mariner by Nick Hayes (Jonathan Cape; 2011) ISBN-10: 0 22409 025 9
Sooner or Later by Peter Milligan, Brendan McCarthy & Jamie Hewlett (Rebellion; 2016)

First Appearances:

Fudge the Elf in newspaper strip (1938).
The Adventures of P.C.49 in The Eagle vol.1 #01 (14 Apr 1950).
Professor Brittain in The Eagle vol.1 #01 (14 Apr 1950).
Rob Conway in The Eagle vol.1 #01 (14 Apr 1950).
Dan Dare [1] in The Eagle vol.1 #01 (14 Apr 1950).
Captain Pugwash in The Eagle vol.1 #01 (14 Apr 1950).
Skippy the Kangaroo in The Eagle vol.1 #01 (14 Apr 1950).
Tommy Walls in The Eagle vol.1 #01 (14 Apr 1950).
It Happened on D-Day in Warlord (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #81 (10 Apr 1976).
Fink Angel in 2000 A.D. (IPC Magazines Ltd.) Prog 160 (12 Apr 1980).
Legend of the Linkits in Eagle and Tiger (IPC Magazines Ltd.) #212 (12 Apr 1986).

Births:

Gilbert Arthur à Beckett (1837); David Low (1891); David Ghilchik (1892); Primrose Cumming (1915); Peter Fluck (1941); Frank Wynne (1962)

Deaths:

William Heath (1840); Neville Duke (2007); Dora Jessie Saint (Miss Read; 2012)

Notable Events:

Fudge The Elf newspaper strip began in the Manchester Evening News in 1938.
A Raymond Briggs interview, in The Independent in 2004, revealed he is unhappy discussing The Snowman.
Clara Casian's short film House on the Borderland was screened, as part of La Modiva, in 2017.

Scooby-Doo! Annual 2007

[2006] Annual. Cover price £6.99.
64 pages. Full colour contents.
Panini Books

ISBN-10: 1904419976

Contents:

 2 Scooby-Doo! a: (uncredited).

 4 Contents a: (uncredited).

 5 Scooby-Doo and the Skeleton Scare!, part one, w: Terrance Griep, Jr; p: Joe Staton, i: Jeff Albrecht, lettering by Tom Orzechowski, colouring by Paul Becton.

r: Scooby-Doo (DC Comics) #69 (Feb 2003).

11 Join the Gang! 'snakes and ladders' board game.

12 The Scooby Crew biographies of Mystery Inc.

14 Scooby-Doo and the Skeleton Scare!, part two, w: Terrance Griep, Jr. p: Joe Staton, i: Jeff Albrecht, lettering by Tom Orzechowski, colouring by Paul Becton.

r: Scooby-Doo (DC Comics) #69 (Feb 2003).

20 Horrible Weeble! make it yourself feature.

22 Things That Go Bump in the Walls, part one, w: John Rozum. p: Paris Cullens, i: Bob Petrecca, lettering by Nick J. Nap, colouring by Heroic Age.

r: Scooby-Doo (DC Comics) #99 (Oct 2005).

26 The Haunted Graveyard picture puzzle.

28 Things That Go Bump in the Walls, part two, w: John Rozum. p: Paris Cullens, i: Bob Petrecca, lettering by Nick J. Nap, colouring by Heroic Age.

r: Scooby-Doo (DC Comics) #99 (Oct 2005).

32 Doggie Doodle! How to draw Scooby-Doo.

34 Wail of a Tale!, part one, w: Frank Strom. p: Anthony Williams, i: Dan Davis, lettering by Tom Orzechowski, colouring by Paul Becton.

r: Scooby-Doo (DC Comics) #76 (Sep 2003).

40 Shadow Spooks! picture puzzle.

41 Wail of a Tale!, part two, w: Frank Strom. p: Anthony Williams, i: Dan Davis, lettering by Tom Orzechowski, colouring by Paul Becton.

r: Scooby-Doo (DC Comics) #76 (Sep 2003).

47 Groovyscopes With the Mystery Inc. Gang! horoscopes.

48 The Spirits of Appledown County!, part one, w: Rurik Tyler. p: Kaken Matchette, i: Scott McRae, lettering by Tom Orzechowski, colouring by Zylonol.

r: Scooby-Doo (DC Comics) #71 (Apr 2003).

52 Head First! make it yourself feature.

54 Scooby's Snack Attack! wordsearch.

55 Velma's Super Spooks! fact page.

56 The Spirits of Appledown County!, part two, w: Rurik Tyler. p: Kaken Matchette, i: Scott McRae, lettering by Tom Orzechowski, colouring by Zylonol.

r: Scooby-Doo (DC Comics) #71 (Apr 2003).

62 Mystery Solved! a: (uncredited).

2006

Scooby-Doo Annual

2008

On This Day: 20 Oct

MASK preview comic in Eagle (IPC Magazines Ltd.) #240 (25 Oct 1986).
TV21 #243 (2014).
The Mighty World of Marvel (Panini Comics) vol.6 #01 (2016)

Judge Dredd: Future Crime (Fleetway Publications) Definitive Edition [1990]

First Appearances:

Major Jim Slayer (Slayer and the War of the Robots) in Warlord (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #422 (23 Oct 1982).

Births:

Fred Robinson (1912); Luis Arcas (1934)

Deaths:

Roy Ullyett (Berryman; 2001); Les Barton (2008); Ken Hunter (2008)

Notable Events:

Stan Lee appeared at Camden's Roundhouse in 1975, where he talked about Marvel history and answered questions.
A statue of Frank Sidebottom, sculpted by Colin Spofforth, was unveiled (at 11:37 no less) in Timperley, in 2013.
Supermarionation Blu-Ray box-set released, as a Network exclusive, in 2014. Included in the feelies was an updated and expanded edition of Stephen La Riviere’s book, an exclusive edition of TV21, published especially for the set, as well as a wallet of postcards.
Mr. Men and Little Miss stamps released by the Post Office in 2016.