Joe Sinnott, Strange Tales, The Day the Earth Caught Fire, Doctor Who, Bleeding Gums Murphy, The Funnies, Lost in Space, Smallville.

It's the 13th Anniversary of the fictional launch of the Jupiter 2 spacecraft carrying the Robinson family in the 1965 series, Lost in Space. After watching the first few episodes of the show over the past few weeks I found they really dragged on the show and should have actually made it a 30 minute show for the amount of action and plot in it.


Enjoy !!!



Birthdays

Joe Sinnott 1926, comic book artist, Working primarily as an inker, Sinnott is best-known for his long stint on Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four, from 1965 to 1981 (with a brief return in the late 1980s), initially over the pencils of industry legend Jack Kirby. Years before, he had inked Kirby's The Fantastic Four #5 (July 1962), the issue introducing Dr. Doom, plus a science fiction monster story in Strange Tales #94 (March 1962). During his nearly sixty years as a Marvel freelancer and then salaried artist working from home, Sinnott inked virtually every major title, with notable runs on The Avengers, The Defenders and The Mighty Thor.

John Dearth 1920, actor, Dick - The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961), Boss (voice) / Lupton - Doctor Who (11 episodes, 1973-1974).

Guy Siner 1947, actor, General Ravon - Doctor Who (2 episodes, 1975), Religious #1 - Babylon 5(1 episode, "Rumors, Bargains and Lies", 1997), Stuart Reed - Star Trek: Enterprise (1 episode, "Silent Enemy", 2002), Man Ray - SpongeBob SquarePants (2 episodes, 2000-2002).

Kimberly Farr 1948, actress, Langor - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "Symbiosis", 1988).

Ron Taylor 1952, actor, Orderly - Batman: The Animated Series (1 episode, "Dreams in Darkness", 1992), Reverend - A Cool Like That Christmas (1993) (TV) (voice), Klingon Chef - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (2 episodes, 1993-1994), Bleeding Gums Murphy - The Simpsons (2 episodes, 1990-1995).

Events

1930, The Funnies, a short-lived newspaper tabloid insert, ended. It ran for 36 issues on Saturdays and was produced by Dell Publishing.

1989, Star Trek:TNG, "Who Watches The Watchers" airs.

1993, Star Trek:TNG, "Gambit, Part II" airs.

1995, Star Trek:DS9, "Hippocratic Oath" airs.

1997, Fiction date that Jupiter 2 launches from Earth in the 1965 TV classic, Lost in Space.

1997, Star Trek:DS9, "Sons and Daughters" airs.

2001, Smallville airs on The WB.

2002, Star Trek:Enterprise, "A Night in Sickbay" airs.