Daily Birthdays and Events in Sci-Fi, Comics and related areas

December 29, 2011

Slave Labor Graphics, The Green Hornet Strikes Again!, Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders, Terry and the Pirates, The Lost Planet, Long Sam.

Are you curious as to the actual size of the Enterprise studio model delivered to the Desilu TV stage in 1964? Then check out the events portion and find your answer.


Enjoy !!!



Birthdays

Ariel Schrag 1979, cartoonist, Schrag self-published her first comic series, Awkward, depicting events from her freshman year, originally selling copies to friends and family. Slave Labor Graphics subsequently reprinted Awkward as a graphic novel, followed by three more books based on her next three years of school: Definition, Potential, and Likewise.
Pierre Watkin 1887, actor, Boss Crogan - The Green Hornet Strikes Again! (1940), Police Commissioner J.R. Weston - The Shadow Returns (1946), Prof. Salisbury - Brick Bradford (1947), Perry White - Superman (1948), Perry White - Atom Man vs. Superman (1950), Police Chief Pat Patton - Dick Tracy (3 episodes, 1950-1951), Harry Green / Admiral / Sir Lancelot - Adventures of Superman (4 episodes, 1952-1958), Editor Ned Hilton - The Lost Planet (1953), RCMP Commissioner Morrison - Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders (1953)[Chs.1,10-12], Dr. Morgan - Captain Midnight (1 episode, "The Deadly Project", 1954), Mayor Bremer - Creature with the Atom Brain (1955), Spokesman at Press Conference - It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958).
Forrest Taylor 1883, actor, Cmdr. Grant - Dick Tracy Returns (1938)[Ch. 10], Mr. Stevens - Airplane Designer - Dick Tracy's G-Men (1939)[Ch. 8], Black - Henchman - The Phantom Creeps (1939)[Ch. 9], Mr. Drake - Terry and the Pirates (1940), Snipe - Foranti Thug - The Green Hornet Strikes Again! (1940)[Ch. 14], Voice of The Gargoyle - The Spider Returns (1941), Netzikoff's Butler - Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. (1941)[Ch. 2], Prof. Arnold Leeds - Superman (1948)[Chs. 3-4], Prof. Edmund Dorn - The Lost Planet (1953).


Events

1946, Milton Caniff leaves Terry and the Pirates strip. George Wunder takes over.
1962, Long Sam comic strip by Al Capp ends.
1964, The 11-foot Enterprise studio model is delivered to Desilu by Richard C. Datin, Jr..
1966, Star Trek:TOS, "Shore Leave" airs.
1967, Star Trek:TOS, "The Trouble with Tribbles" airs.

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