European publications

• January 10: first publication of The Adventures of Tintin
  The Adventures of Tintin
  The Adventures of Tintin is a series of classic comic books created by Belgian artist , who wrote under the pen name of Hergé...
  
   by Hergé
  Hergé
  Georges Prosper Remi , better known by the pen name Hergé, was a Belgian comics writer and artist. His best known and most substantial work is the 23 completed comic books in The Adventures of Tintin series, which he wrote and illustrated from 1929 until his death in 1983, although he was also...
  
  , in the children's supplement Le Petit Vingtième
  Le Petit Vingtième
  Le Petit Vingtième was the weekly youth supplement to the Belgian newspaper Le Vingtième Siècle from 1928 to 1940. The comics series The Adventures of Tintin first appeared in its pages.-History:...
  
   in the newspaper Le Vingtième Siècle, with the story Les Aventures de Tintin, reporter du Petit "Vingtième", au pays des Soviets
  Tintin in the Land of the Soviets
  Tintin in the Land of the Soviets is the first title in the comic book series The Adventures of Tintin, written and drawn by Belgian cartoonist Hergé...
  
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January

• January 7:
  • first appearance of Buck Rogers.
  • first appearance of Tarzan of the Apes.
• January 16: Dell Comics
  Dell Comics
  Dell Comics was the comic book publishing arm of Dell Publishing, which got its start in pulp magazines. It published comics from 1929 to 1973. At its peak, it was the most prominent and successful American company in the medium...
  
   publishes The Funnies
  The Funnies
  The Funnies was the name of two American publications from Dell Publishing, the first of these a seminal, 1920s precursor of comic books, and the second a standard 1930s comic book.-The Funnies :In 1929, George T...
  
   #1, the first American newsstand comic book of all-original material. It lacked covers, and was in that way more like a newspaper insert, but was sold independently.
• January 17: Popeye the Sailor
  Popeye
  Popeye the Sailor is a cartoon fictional character created by Elzie Crisler Segar, who has appeared in comic strips and animated cartoons in the cinema as well as on television. He first appeared in the daily King Features comic strip Thimble Theatre on January 17, 1929...
  
  is initiated with the character's first appearance in Thimble Theatre.

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