Li'l Jinx, Cubby the Bear, Bumble the Bee-tective, The Andromeda Strain, Dazzler, Phoebe Zeit-Geist, TekWar, Stargate: Atlantis, Doctor Who.

It's Joe Edwards' birthday today. Joe was the creator of Li'l Jinx. Not a lot know that Li'l Jinx was born on Halloween.

Also today in 1964, Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer cartoon TV show first airs on TV.


Enjoy !!!



Birthdays

Joe Edwards 1921, comic book artist best known for creating Archie Comics' mischievous little-girl character Li'l Jinx. He later worked for Dell Comics and Timely Comics, the 1940s forerunner of Marvel Comics. In 1942, he joined MLJ Comics, the forerunner of Archie Comics, working first on funny animal stories featuring Squoimy the Woim, Cubby the Bear and Bumble the Bee-tective. Edwards would go on to illustrate many adventures of the popular Riverdale high-schoolers Archie, Jughead, Betty and Veronica,as well, working on them as recently as the 1980s. Edwards also worked on Super Duck, Captain Sprocket and his own creation Li'l Jinx, whose name was based on her birthdate being Halloween

Lance Fuller 1928, actor, Capt. Bob Stark - Men Into Space (1 episode, "Burnout", 1959), Ogram Gatewood - The Twilight Zone (1 episode, "The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank", 1962), Man - The Andromeda Strain (1971).

Frank Springer 1929, comic book and comic strip artist, comic book and comic strip artist best known for Marvel Comics' Dazzler and Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.. Collaborating with writer Michael O'Donoghue, Springer created one of the first adult-oriented comics features on American newsstands—The Adventures of Phoebe Zeit-Geist in the magazine Evergreen Review.

Torri Higginson 1969, actress, Beth Kittridge - TekWar (1994) (TV), Beth Kittridge - TekWar: TekLords (1994) (TV), Beth Kittridge - TekWar: TekJustice (1994) (TV), Beth Kittridge - TekWar (4 episodes, 1994-1995), Alyssa Selwyn - The Outer Limits (1 episode, "The Haven", 1999), Dr. Elizabeth Weir - Stargate SG-1 (3 episodes, 2004-2006), Dr. Elizabeth Weir - Stargate: Atlantis (63 episodes, 2004-2008), Kaycee - Stonehenge Apocalypse (2010) (TV).

Events

1964, Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer cartoon TV show first airs on TV.

1967, Bridge scenes are filmed for TOS: "Patterns of Force".

1968, Star Trek:TOS, "The Empath" airs.

1989, The final episode of the long-running BBC science fiction series Doctor Who is broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom.

1991, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country premieres in the US.

2002, Firefly, "War Stories" airs.