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: 28 Jan

The Loner (Fleetway Publications) #01 (1991)

First Appearances:

Judge Anderson in 2000 A.D. (IPC Magazines Ltd.) Prog 150 (02 Feb 1980)

Births:

Mary Tourtel (1874); Hunt Emerson (1952)

Deaths:

Jerry Siegel (1996)

Notable Events:

Rupert Murdoch tweeted an apology, for the Gerald Scarfe cartoon published the previous day, in 2013.

On This Day: 27 Jan

Jester (1912)
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles Adventures (Fleetway Publications) #01 (1990)

Births:

Flo Lancaster (1881); Pete Williams (1937); Steven Appleby (1956); Richard Starkings (1958); Sean Phillips (1965); Lee Carter

Deaths:

Arthur Marshall (1989)

Notable Events:

The final appearance of Captain Marvel and Captain Marvel, Jr, in their own titles – #24 of each – published by L. Miller & Son, Ltd. (1954).
Marvelman #335 became the last weekly issue of the title, and the last regular comic to feature original adventures of Marvelman, in 1960.
Woolworths Group plc entered administration in 2008, bringing an end to their presence on the high street. The Sign of the Scarlet Ladybird obviously didn't help the company...
A Gerald Scarfe cartoon in The Sunday Times in 2013, depicting Benjamin Netanyahu trapping Palestinians in a wall with blood for mortar, was criticised for supposed anti-Semitic content by Board of Deputies of British Jews.

On This Day: 10 Oct

School Fun (IPC Magazines Ltd.) #01 (15 Oct 1983).
AARGH! (Artists Against Rampant Government Homophobia) #nn (Mad Love; 1988).
Stingray (Fleetway) #01 (10 Oct 1992-23 Oct 1992).
Marvel Heroes (Panini) #01 (Nov 2008).

First Appearances:

B'Ware Caretaker in School Fun #01 (15 Oct 1983).
Coronation Street School in School Fun #01 (15 Oct 1983).
Creepy Crawler in School Fun #01 (15 Oct 1983).
E.T.T. - Extra Terrestrial Teacher in School Fun #01 (15 Oct 1983).
Grange Hill Juniors in School Fun #01 (15 Oct 1983).
School Belle in School Fun #01 (15 Oct 1983).
Schoolditz in School Fun #01 (15 Oct 1983).
Softy Sir in School Fun #01 (15 Oct 1983).
Teachers United in School Fun #01 (15 Oct 1983).
Time Bus in School Fun #01 (15 Oct 1983).
Walt Teaser in School Fun #01 (15 Oct 1983).
Young Arfur in School Fun #01 (15 Oct 1983).
Wulf Stolberg (Stolberg in Battle) in Warlord (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #525 (13 Oct 1984).

Births:

Helen Jacobs (1888); Leonard Matthews (1914); Peter Bellingham (Scooter McKenzie; 1967)

Deaths:

Les Gibbard (2010); Paul Brazier (2016)

Notable Events:

Jane newspaper strip ended in 1959.
Dennis Publishing Limited incorporated in 1973.
Hercules animated film, with designs by Gerald Scarfe, released in the UK in 1997.
€urobo££o©ks! exhibition began at the Cartoon Gallery in London in 2007.