On This Day: 12 Jan

The Crunch (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #01 (20 Jan 1979).

Cadet Anderson: Teenage Kyx by Alan Grant, Carlos Ezquerra, Patrick Goddard & Steve Yeowell. (Rebellion; Jan 2017) ISBN 978-1781-08539-4.
The Complete Scarlet Traces volume 1 by Ian Edginton & D'Israeli (Rebellion; Jan 2017) ISBN 978-1781-08501-1

Judge Dredd: Psykogeddon by Dave Stone. (Black Flame; Jan 2006) ISBN-13: 9781849971003.

First Appearances:

Ross Harper (Who Killed Cassidy?) in The Crunch #01 (20 Jan 1979).
Bearpaw Jay, The Mantracker in The Crunch #01 (20 Jan 1979).
Doctor Kyser (The Kyser Experiment) in The Crunch #01 (20 Jan 1979).
Mike Preston (The Walking Bombs) in The Crunch #01 (20 Jan 1979).
Mark Sabor (Arena) in The Crunch #01 (20 Jan 1979).
Durham Red in 2000 A.D. (IPC Magazines Ltd.) Prog 505 (17 Jan 1987).

Births:

Jack Greenall (1905); Angus Scott (1909); Juan Jesús García Alvarez (Xuasus; 1968)

Deaths:

Florence Anderson (1972); Richard Hook (2010); Tony Harding (2014)

Notable Events:

The Schoolboys' Own Exhibition at the Royal Horticultural Hall, Westminster, London, ended in 1952. Eagle was represented by a Dan Dare Rifle Range, with the best shot of the day qualifying for a specially-made B.S.A. air rifle. The best of these was awarded the Eagle Marksman of the Year trophy by Marcus Morris.
Ronald Searle was a castaway on Desert Island Discs, on BBC Radio 4, in 1959.