On This Day: 12 Apr

First Appearances:

Paco - Trained to Kill in Valiant and Vulcan (IPC Magazines Ltd.)

Births:

Dick Ericson (1916); Oliver Postgate (1925); Víctor de la Fuente (1927); Bambos Georgiou (1959); Frazer Diamond (Toonhound; 1968); Fehed Said (1979); Peter Cooper (1985)

Deaths:

Robert Bateman (1973); Leslie Bell (1995)

Notable Events:

Rowland Emett married Elsie May "Mary" Evans in 1941.
The Tiffany Jones feature film, based on the newspaper strip, released in 1973.
Eaglecon, a convention dedicated to the Eagle comic, began in 1980.
Sid's Snake appeared on the cover of Dave Gorman vs. the Rest of the World, an Ebury Press paperback re-release.
Dekko Comics hosted an event in Glasgow, in association with Dyslexia Scotland, to celebrate the launch of monthly subscriptions.

On This Day: 15 Dec

First Appearances:

Sergeant Joe Bannon (Death Wish) in Valiant (IPC Magazines Ltd.) #[???] (20 Dec 1975).
Det. Jack McBane, One-Eyed Jack in Valiant (IPC Magazines Ltd.) #[???] (20 Dec 1975).
Al Bestardi (Al's Baby) in Judge Dredd The Megazine (Fleetway Publications) vol.1 #4 (Jan 1991).

Births:

Kody Chamberlain (1972)

Notable Events:

The Who Sell Out record released in 1967, with a cover by Roger Law.
A sneak-preview of the Batman computer game was featured on the cover-mounted cassette with Crash #60 (Jan 1989).
The Non–Savvy, Non–Commuter by Asia Alfasi displayed in Piccadilly Circus Underground station in 2006, as part of the "Think Cities" project which celebrated 100 years of the Piccadilly Line.
Bananaman musical began a limited run at the Southwark Playhouse, Newington Causeway, London, in 2017.

On This Day: 21 Oct

Battle Picture Weekly and Valiant (IPC Magazines Ltd.) #[86] (23 Oct 1976)

Zenith: Phase One (Rebellion; 2014)
Private Eye Annual 2016 edited by Ian Hislop. (Private Eye Productions Ltd.; 2016) ISBN-13: 978-1901784640.

Judge Dredd: Dreddlocked by Stephen Marley. (Virgin Publishing; Oct 1993) ISBN-10: 0 35232 875 4.

Births:

Arthur Wallis Mills (1876); Geoffrey Boycott (1940); Janet Ahlberg (1944); Diego Jourdan (1977)

Deaths:

Jesús Blasco (1995); Dave Gibson (2015)

Notable Events:

The Elvis Presley Story newspaper strip ended in 1977.
Alf Omega Potter began work on his first comic, based on Marvel characters, in 1978, at the age of thirteen.
Artists Dave Gibbons and Lee Sullivan attended a Doctor Who Magazine tenth anniversary, signing held at The Cafe Munchen, St. Giles High Street, London, in 1989. Also in attendance was Target cover artist Alister Pearson.
Eddie Gorecki and Jonathan Stanesby scaled the Royal Courts of Justice dressed as Batman and Robin in 2003.

On This Day: 01 Oct

Valiant (Fleetway Publications Ltd.) #01 (06 Oct 1962).
The Mighty World of Marvel (Panini Publishing) vol.4 #01 (28 Oct 2009).

The War Picture Library Annual 1976 (IPC Magazines, Ltd. / Fleetway; 1975)
The Oldie Book of Cartoons edited by Richard Ingrams. (Deirdre McDonald Books; 1995) ISBN-13: 978-1898094135
Tottering-by-Gently: Volume 2 (O'Shea Gallery; 1998) ISBN-13: 978-0953277216

Not Forgotten 2009-10 by Steve Holland (Bear Alley Books; 2012) ISBN-13: 9781907081668.
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher: The Golden Catapult by Cavan Scott and Nigel Parkinson (Puffin Books; 2015)

First Appearances:

Brett Blade (Blade of the Frontier) in Valiant #01 (06 Oct 1962).
Louis Crandell, The Steel Claw in Valiant #01 (06 Oct 1962).
The Crows in Valiant #01 (06 Oct 1962).
Hey Presto in Valiant #01 (06 Oct 1962).
Hawk Hunter in Valiant #01 (06 Oct 1962).
Captain Hurricane in Valiant #01 (06 Oct 1962).
Kid Gloves in Valiant #01 (06 Oct 1962).
The Nutts in Valiant #01 (06 Oct 1962).
Jack O'Justice in Valiant #01 (06 Oct 1962).
Percy, the Problem Child in Valiant #01 (06 Oct 1962).
Shorty the Sheriff in Valiant #01 (06 Oct 1962).
Sixer in Valiant #01 (06 Oct 1962).
The Soppy Ha'porths in Valiant #01 (06 Oct 1962).

Births:

Frank H. Mason (1875); Leslie Otway (1902); Richard V. Corben (1940); Ciaran Lucas

Deaths:

Ebenezer Landells (1860); Rene Cloke (1995); Vere Lorrimer (1998); Terry Challis (2009); Jack Kirkbride (2006)

Notable Events:

Writers and artists for Doctor Who Magazine attended a Marvel Work-In at Westminster Comic Mart in 1988.
Igor Goldkind and Pat Mills nearly got into a fight with Bros (a popular, if artistically lacking, musical trio of the time) in 1988.
The first episode of original television series Pigsty broadcast on BBC One in 1990. Despite appearances, there was no explicit connection with Oink!.
Quentin Blake was a castaway on Desert Island Discs, on BBC Radio 4, in 2006.