On This Day: 03 Dec

The Dandy (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #01 (04 Dec 1937).
Doctor Who Magazine Winter Special (Marvel Comics UK Ltd.) nn (1992).

First Appearances:

Barney Boko in The Dandy #01 (04 Dec 1937).
Desperate Dan in The Dandy #01 (04 Dec 1937).
Keyhole Kate in The Dandy #01 (04 Dec 1937).
Korky the Cat in The Dandy #01 (04 Dec 1937).
Sergeant Joe Fisher (Operation Husky) in Warlord (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #324 (06 Dec 1980).
Dennehy (Junker) in 2000 A.D. (Fleetway Publications) Prog 708 (08 Dec 1990).

Births:

William Kerridge Haselden (1872); Dan Escott (1928)

Notable Events:

I Feel Good (Holdings) Limited incorporated in 1999.
The Independent included a five-page tribute to The Dandy in 2007 in the form of a comic strip by Ken Harrison.