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: 09 Feb

Action (IPC Magazines Ltd.) vol.1 #01 (14 Feb 1976).
Bullet (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #01 (14 Feb 1976).
Hammer Horror (Marvel Comics UK Ltd.) #01 (Mar 1995).

2000 AD's Greatest: Celebrating Forty Years of 2000 A.D. (Rebellion; 2017).
The Wild Side: A Cartoon Collection of Footballing Animals by Steve English. (Summersdale; 2017) ISBN-13: 978-1-84953-979-1
Judge Dredd: Every Empire Falls by Michael Carroll, Paul Davidson, Colin Macneil, Henry Flint, PJ Holden & Carlos Ezquerra. (Rebellion; Feb 2017) ISBN 978-1781-08531-8

Adventureman by Jamie McDonald. (Summersdale; 2017) ISBN-13: 978-1-84953-969-2.
Thrill Power Overload - Revised and Expanded by David Bishop and Karl Stock. (Rebellion; Feb 2017) ISBN 978-1781-08522-6

First Appearances:

Action Mouse in Action vol.1 #01 (14 Feb 1976).
Jack Barron (Blackjack) in Action vol.1 #01 (14 Feb 1976).
Mike Carter (The Running Man) in Action vol.1 #01 (14 Feb 1976).
The Coffin Sub in Action vol.1 #01 (14 Feb 1976).
Dredger in Action vol.1 #01 (14 Feb 1976).
Major Kurt Hellman (Hellman of Hammer Force) in Action vol.1 #01 (14 Feb 1976).
Hook Jaw in Action vol.1 #01 (14 Feb 1976).
Alec Shaw (Play Till You Drop!) in Action vol.1 #01 (14 Feb 1976).
Dan Walker (Sport's Not For Losers!) in Action vol.1 #01 (14 Feb 1976).

Births:

Harry Hargreaves (1922); Haro Hodson (Haro; 1923); The Reverend Robert Lionel Fanthorpe (1935); Suzy Varty (1949)

Notable Events:

The Times published an apology for Barry Fantoni's caricature of Terry-Thomas in 1965.
The Fink Brothers' single Mutants in Mega-City One entered the UK charts at #75 in 1985. It would continue to chart for a further three weeks.
Brett Ewins appeared before Uxbridge Magistrates Court charged with GBH with intent, and remanded on custody, in 2012.

On This Day: 18 Oct

Hoot (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #01 (26 Oct 1985)

Game Zone (Dennis Publishing) vol.1 #1 (Nov 1991).

First Appearances:

Harry Thompson (Harry Twenty on the High Rock) in 2000 A.D. Prog 287 (23 Oct 1982).

Births:

Reg Perrott (1914); Kev F. Sutherland (1961); Alexander Williams (1967)

Deaths:

Brian Davis (Michael ffolkes; 1988); Les Lilley (1998); Alan Coren (2007)

Notable Events:

Dot and Carrie newspaper strip began in the London Evening News in 1960.
The Marvel Art Exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, featuring original comic artwork, began in 1975.
Action (IPC Magazines Ltd.) vol.1 #?? (23 Oct 1976) was meant to appear on this day, but the majority of the run was pulped - the remaining copies are now highly collectible.
Marvel Comics Film & Fantasy Convention began at Royal Horticultural New Hall in 1980.
The Alex theatrical adaptation began in the Arts Theatre, London in 2007.
Private Eye: The First 50 Years exhibition began, at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, in 2011.
Lakes International Comic Art Festival began, in Kendal, Cumbria, in 2013.
Lakes International Comic Art Festival began, in Kendal, Cumbria, in 2014.

On This Day: 09 Oct

2000 A.D. and Starlord (IPC Magazines Ltd.) Prog 86 (14 Oct 1978).

Births:

Roy Davis (1921); Bill Tidy (1933); Jim Starlin (1949)

Deaths:

Michael Cummings (Arthur Stuart Michael Cummings; 1997); Ian Gammidge (2005); Bob Bartholomew (2013)

Notable Events:

Action (IPC Magazines Ltd.) #36 (16 Oct 1976) became the last issue to receive national distribution before the title was pulled by IPC for two months.
The Bear animated short broadcast on Channel 4 in 1998.