On This Day: 23 Apr

Eagle (Fleetway Publications) #[423] (28 Apr 1990). [relaunch]
Doctor Who Adventures (Panini UK) vol.2 #01 (2015).

Character Births:

Brian Braddock (Captain Britain; 1956); Elizabeth Braddock (Psylocke; 1956).

Births:

Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School actor Gerald Campion (1921); Will Spencer (1921); Roy Cross (1924); Ed "Stewpot" Stewart (1941); Art Wetherell (1961)

Deaths:

William Shakespeare (1616); Leo Baxendale (2017)

Notable Events:

Gilbert Thomas Webster was a castaway on Desert Island Discs, on BBC Radio 4, in 1942.
William Timyn (Tim) was issued with a Naturalisation Certificate, becoming a British citizen, in 1949.
The Jethro Tull album Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die!, illustrated by Dave Gibbons, was released in the UK in 1976.
Eagle became full-colour, and printed on better paper, with #423 in 1990.
The Comedians set of stamps, with illustrations by Gerald Scarfe, was released by the Post Office in 1998.
The Best of Low exhibition began at the Political Cartoon Gallery in 2008.
Birmingham Comics Festival began in Edgbaston Stadium, The County Ground, Birmingham, in 2016.

On This Day: 09 Jan

Batman/Judge Dredd: Judgement on Gotham (Fleetway Editions) Newsstand Edition (1992).
Look and Learn - The Best of the Classic Children's Magazine (Look and Learn Magazine Ltd.) #01 (2006).

First Appearances:

Frank Hart, The Visible Man in 2000 A.D. (IPC Magazines Ltd.) Prog 47 (14 Jan 1978).
Sugarman in Amstrad Action (Future Publishing) #05 (Feb 1986).

Births:

Gilbert Abbott à Beckett (1811); George Machin (1893); John Barradale Melhuish (Mel; 1893); Tony Harding (1942); Gary James (1978)

Deaths:

Warwick Reynolds, Sr. (1896); Peter Cook (1995); Ed "Stewpot" Stewart (2016)

Notable Events:

Ian Hislop was a castaway on Desert Island Discs, on BBC Radio 4, in 1994.
Pip, Squeak and Wilfred newspaper strip reprints ended in 1999.
Escape Books Limited incorporate in 2009, becoming company #06787433.