Journey into Mystery, Jughead, Tippy Teen, A Date With Debbi, Otherworld, Flash Gordon, Boots and Her Buddies, Dark Breed, Tracker.

57 years ago today Flash Gordon aired on TV. Of course if you look at it one way Flash Gordon was practically a household name at that time. It would have been interesting to actually to have watched it originally.


Enjoy !!!



Birthdays

Vince Colletta 1923, comic book artist and art director, a few landmark early issues of Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four, and a long, celebrated run on the character Thor in Journey into Mystery and The Mighty Thor.

Samm Schwartz 1920, comic artist best known for his work in MLJ and Archie Comics. Schwartz, who pencilled, inked, and lettered most of his own work, specialized in stories featuring Jughead, and was the lead artist on the Jughead solo title through much of the '50s and early '60s. In 1965, Schwartz left Archie Comics to become an artist and editor at Tower Comics, founded by former Archie editor Harry Shorten.[3] Schwartz helped edit T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents, but his main project was Tippy Teen, an Archie-style comic about the adventures of a spunky teenaged girl. The comic and its spinoff, Go-Go and Animal, featured many stories drawn by Schwartz, as well as contributions from moonlighting Archie artists like Harry Lucey and Dan DeCarlo. When Tower Comics folded, Schwartz spent a year at DC Comics, drawing stories and covers for their teen humor titles, A Date With Debbi and Debbi's Dates. In 1969 Schwartz returned to Archie Comics and once again became the main artist on Jughead. He drew most issues of that title from 1970 to 1987, still doing his own inking and lettering, as well as contributing stories to other titles like Reggie and Me and That Wilkin Boy. In 1987, Jughead was re-launched with new artists, but Schwartz continued to draw Jughead stories for the company, many of which appeared in Jughead digests.

Mark Lenard 1924, actor, Romulan Commander / Sarek - Star Trek (2 episodes, 1966-1967), Sarek - Star Trek: The Animated Series (1 episode, "Yesteryear", 1973), Urko - Planet of the Apes (11 episodes, 1974), Mr. Slater - The Incredible Hulk (1 episode, "Captive Night", 1979), Klingon Captain - Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), Ambassador Duvoe - Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1 episode, "Journey to Oasis", 1981), Ambassador Sarek - Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), Commander Perel Sightings - Otherworld (1 episode, "The Zone Troopers Build Men", 1985), Ambassador Sarek - Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986), Sarek - Star Trek: The Next Generation (2 episodes, 1990-1991), Ambassador Sarek - Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991).

Paul Rossilli 1948, actor, Brigadier General Kerla - Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991).

Renée Jones 1958, actress, Lt. Aquiel Uhnari - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "Aquiel", 1993).

Events

1954, Flash Gordon airs on DuMont Television Network.

1960, Boots and Her Buddies daily strip ends, leaving only the Sunday page running until 1969.

1990, Star Trek:TNG, "Suddenly Human" airs.

1996, Dark Breed is released.

2001, Tracker airs.

2003, Star Trek:Enterprise, "Exile" airs.

2004, Star Trek:Enterprise, "Storm Front, Part II" airs.