Ross Simpson

Clinton "Clint" Eastwood, Jr. is 83 today

  
               Known as “Wild Bill” Hickok (James Butler Hickok)  

                                  (May 27, 1837 – August 2, 1876)

Hickok was a folk hero of the Old West because of his expertise as a 
gunfighter and scout along with his reputation as a lawman. 

He was born and raised on a farm in Illinois and headed west at the age
age of 18 as a fugitive from the law. He first worked as a stagecoach 
driver, before becoming a lawman in the frontier territories of Kansas
and Nebraska. 

                  
This pair of Colt pistols are said to be Wild Bill’s. They were raffled off after  
his death to pay the funeral expenses.          

Rare photo of “Wild Bill” 

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Action Comics, published on April 18, 1938 (cover-dated June),
by National Allied Publications, a corporate predecessor of DC
Comics, is considered to be the first true superhero comic; and
though today Action Comics is a monthly devoted to Superman,
it began, like many early comics, as an anthology.

As of 2011, this is the only comic to have sold for more than $2
million for a single original copy. It is considered to be the most
valuable comic book of all time.

Superman creators Jerry Siegel (left) and Joe Shuster

The superhero Wonder Woman’s first appearance in live-action
television was a made for TV movie (Wonder Woman) on ABC
starring actress Cathy Lee Crosby.

 
Cathy Lee Crosby is 68 (12-2-1944)

 

In 1933, salesperson Maxwell Gaines and sales manager Harry 
I. Wildenberg of Eastern Color Printing collaborated with Dell
to publish the 36-page one-shot Famous Funnies: A Carnival of
Comics, considered by historians to be the first true American 
comic book. It was a reprinting of earlier newspaper comic strips,  
thus came the term comic book. These publications established  
the story telling and format that is still used today.

Maxwell Gaines