On This Day: 08 Dec

Frontline UK (Bear Alley Books) GN (Dec 2014) ISBN-13: 9781907081767

First Appearances:

Lt. Dave Wilson (The Bombhunters) in Warlord (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #116 (11 Dec 1976).
Mike Hobson (Hobson's Quest) in Warlord (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #429 (11 Dec 1982).
Bad Company in 2000 A.D. (IPC Magazines Ltd.) Prog 500 (13 Dec 1986).

Births:

Tom Browne (1870); George William Smith (Gus; 1915); Les Barton (1923); David Myers (1925); Brett Ewins (1955)

Deaths:

Richard Newton (1798); Oliver Postgate (2008)

Notable Events:

Opening night of Any Old Thing, at the London Pavillion, in 1918. Written by Bruce Bairnsfather.
The feature film Press for Time released in the UK in 1966, based on the novel by Angus McGill.
Derek Fullarton was found dead at his home in Smart's Lane, Epping Forest, Essex, in 1968.
The Sunday Times featured a retrospective of Judge Dredd in the weekend section in 1991.

On This Day: 20 Oct

MASK preview comic in Eagle (IPC Magazines Ltd.) #240 (25 Oct 1986).
TV21 #243 (2014).
The Mighty World of Marvel (Panini Comics) vol.6 #01 (2016)

Judge Dredd: Future Crime (Fleetway Publications) Definitive Edition [1990]

First Appearances:

Major Jim Slayer (Slayer and the War of the Robots) in Warlord (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #422 (23 Oct 1982).

Births:

Fred Robinson (1912); Luis Arcas (1934)

Deaths:

Roy Ullyett (Berryman; 2001); Les Barton (2008); Ken Hunter (2008)

Notable Events:

Stan Lee appeared at Camden's Roundhouse in 1975, where he talked about Marvel history and answered questions.
A statue of Frank Sidebottom, sculpted by Colin Spofforth, was unveiled (at 11:37 no less) in Timperley, in 2013.
Supermarionation Blu-Ray box-set released, as a Network exclusive, in 2014. Included in the feelies was an updated and expanded edition of Stephen La Riviere’s book, an exclusive edition of TV21, published especially for the set, as well as a wallet of postcards.
Mr. Men and Little Miss stamps released by the Post Office in 2016.