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1950 in comics
1950 in comics
-European publications:* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis * Eagle launched on April 14 of this year and ran until 1994.-U.S. publications:In 1950 the U.S. comics industry came to a turning point...

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1952 in comics
1952 in comics
See also:1951 in comics,other events of 1952,1953 in comics,1950s in comics and thelist of years in comics1952 saw, among other things, the launch of Mad Magazine.-May:*Sensation Comics issue 109 final issue — DC Comics...

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1950s in comics
See also:1940s in comics,other events of the 1950s,1960s in comics and thelist of years in comicsPublications: 1950 - 1951 - 1952 - 1953 - 1954 - 1955 - 1956 - 1957 - 1958 - 1959-1950:See also: 1950 in comics...

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European publications

  • Il y a un sorcier à Champignac
    Il y a un sorcier à Champignac
    Il y a un sorcier à Champignac by Franquin, is the second album of the Spirou et Fantasio series, and the first to tell a long intricate story in what would become the Spirou tradition, in contrast to the previous short format stories...

    by André Franquin
    André Franquin
    André Franquin was an influential Belgian comics artist, whose best known comic strip creations are Gaston and Marsupilami, created while he worked on the Spirou et Fantasio comic strip from 1947 to 1969, during a period seen by many as the series' golden age.-Franquin's beginnings:Franquin was...

     with Jean Darc
    Henri Gillain
    Henri Gillain was a Belgian teacher and comics enthusiast who on several occasions wrote scripts for Franco-Belgian comics publications in the segment known as Bande Dessinée...

    , Dupuis

January

  • Action Comics
    Action Comics
    Action Comics is an American comic book series that introduced Superman, the first major superhero character as the term is popularly defined...

     (1938
    1938 in comics
    -European publications:* April 21: first issue of Le Journal de Spirou, featuring debuts of the series Spirou by Rob-Vel and Les Aventures de Tif by Fernand Dineur....

     series) #152
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Adventure Comics
    Adventure Comics
    Adventure Comics was a comic book series published by DC Comics from 1935 to 1983 and then revamped from 2009 to 2011. In its first era, the series ran for 503 issues , making it the fifth-longest-running DC series, behind Detective Comics, Action Comics, Superman, and Batman...

     (1938
    1938 in comics
    -European publications:* April 21: first issue of Le Journal de Spirou, featuring debuts of the series Spirou by Rob-Vel and Les Aventures de Tif by Fernand Dineur....

     series) #160
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Adventures Into the Unknown
    Adventures Into the Unknown
    Adventures Into the Unknown was a horror and supernatural comic series from the Golden Age of Comic Books. The title was released in the fall of 1948 by B&I Publishing and enjoyed a run of 174 issues for nearly two decades, ceasing publication in August 1967...

    ! (1948
    1948 in comics
    -European :*Spirou et l'aventure by Jijé, Dupuis *Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis -January:* Captain America Comics #65 - Timely Comics*Frankie and Lana issue #13 - Timely Comics...

     series) #19
    - American Comics Group
    American Comics Group
    American Comics Group was a New York City-based comic book publisher which operated during the Golden and Silver Age of comic books. ACG published one of the first horror comics titles, Adventures into the Unknown. Another of ACG's claims to fame was the character of Herbie Popnecker, who starred...

  • Adventures of Alan Ladd
    Adventures of Alan Ladd
    Adventures of Alan Ladd was a nine-issue series of comic books published by DC Comics from 1949 to 1951. The stories featureded the film actor Alan Ladd in a variety of adventurous situations. The first six issues have covers with photos of the actor....

     (1949
    1949 in comics
    -Events and publications:Publishers Star Publications, Toby Press, and Youthful make their debuts; conversely, Columbia Comics, Novelty Press, and Street & Smith Comics all fold.-January:* Captain America Comics #70 - Timely Comics...

     series) #9
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Airboy
    Airboy
    Airboy is a fictional aviator hero of an American comic book series initially published by Hillman Periodicals during the World War II-era time period fans and historians call the Golden Age of comic books. He was created by writers Charles Biro and Dick Wood and artist Al Camy.-Golden Age:Airboy...

     (as Airboy Vol. 7) (1942
    1942 in comics
    -January:* All-Winners Comics #3 - Timely Comics* Captain America Comics #10 - Timely Comics* Daring Mystery Comics #8 - final issue, cancelled by Timely Comics...

     series) #12
    - Hillman Periodicals
    Hillman Periodicals
    Hillman Periodicals, Inc. was an American magazine and comic book publishing company founded in 1938 by Alex L. Hillman, a former New York City book publisher...

  • All Star Comics
    All Star Comics
    All Star Comics is a 1940s comic book series from All-American Publications, one of the early companies that merged with National Periodical Publications to form the modern-day DC Comics. With the exception of the first two issues, All Star Comics primarily told stories about the adventures of the...

     (becomes All Star Western) (1948
    1948 in comics
    -European :*Spirou et l'aventure by Jijé, Dupuis *Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis -January:* Captain America Comics #65 - Timely Comics*Frankie and Lana issue #13 - Timely Comics...

     series) #58
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Amazing Adventures
    Amazing Adventures
    Amazing Adventures is the name of several anthology comic book series, all but one published by Marvel Comics.The earliest Marvel series of that name introduced the company's first superhero of the late-1950s to early-1960s period fans and historians call the Silver Age of Comic Books...

     (1950
    1950 in comics
    -European publications:* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis * Eagle launched on April 14 of this year and ran until 1994.-U.S. publications:In 1950 the U.S. comics industry came to a turning point...

     series) #2
    - Ziff-Davis Publishing Company
  • Amazing Detective Cases (1950
    1950 in comics
    -European publications:* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis * Eagle launched on April 14 of this year and ran until 1994.-U.S. publications:In 1950 the U.S. comics industry came to a turning point...

     series) #4
    - Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics may refer to* Atlas Comics , one of the two comic publishing companies that would be the forerunner of Marvel Comics* Seaboard Periodicals, founded by Timely/Atlas /Marvel founder, a short-lived comic publisher that published under the Atlas Comics name and referred to as...

  • Archie Comics
    Archie Comics
    Archie Comics is an American comic book publisher headquartered in the Village of Mamaroneck, Town of Mamaroneck, New York, known for its many series featuring the fictional teenagers Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle and Jughead Jones. The characters were created by...

     (1946
    1946 in comics
    -European publications:* September 26: first issue of Le Journal de Tintin, featuring debut of the series Blake et Mortimer by Edgar P. Jacobs, and the Tintin story Le temple du soleil by Hergé....

     series) #48
    - Archie Publications
  • Archie's Girls, Betty and Veronica (1950
    1950 in comics
    -European publications:* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis * Eagle launched on April 14 of this year and ran until 1994.-U.S. publications:In 1950 the U.S. comics industry came to a turning point...

     series) #7
    - Archie Publications
  • Archie's Pal Jughead (1949
    1949 in comics
    -Events and publications:Publishers Star Publications, Toby Press, and Youthful make their debuts; conversely, Columbia Comics, Novelty Press, and Street & Smith Comics all fold.-January:* Captain America Comics #70 - Timely Comics...

     series) #8
    - Archie Publications
  • Archie's Rival Reggie
    Archie's Rival Reggie
    Archie's Rival, Reggie was a comic book published by Archie Comics from 1950-1954 and 1963-1980. This book showcases Archie's rival Reggie Mantle's solo exploits. The first 14 issues were published under this title, with the name changing to "Reggie" for issues 15 through 18, then finally to...

     (1950
    1950 in comics
    -European publications:* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis * Eagle launched on April 14 of this year and ran until 1994.-U.S. publications:In 1950 the U.S. comics industry came to a turning point...

     series) #2
    - Archie Publications
  • Blackhawk
    Blackhawk (comics)
    Blackhawk, a long-running comic book series, was also a film serial, a radio series and a novel. The comic book was published first by Quality Comics and later by DC Comics. The series was created by Will Eisner, Chuck Cuidera, and Bob Powell, but the artist most associated with the feature is Reed...

     (1944
    1944 in comics
    -January:* All-Winners Comics #11 - Timely Comics* Captain America Comics #34 - Timely Comics* Human Torch #14 - Timely Comics* Marvel Mystery Comics #51 - Timely Comics...

     series) #36
    - Quality Comics
    Quality Comics
    Quality Comics was an American comic book publishing company that operated from 1939 to 1956 and was an influential creative force in what historians and fans call the Golden Age of comic books....

  • Dale Evans Comics (1948
    1948 in comics
    -European :*Spirou et l'aventure by Jijé, Dupuis *Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis -January:* Captain America Comics #65 - Timely Comics*Frankie and Lana issue #13 - Timely Comics...

     series) #15
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Danger Trail (1950
    1950 in comics
    -European publications:* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis * Eagle launched on April 14 of this year and ran until 1994.-U.S. publications:In 1950 the U.S. comics industry came to a turning point...

     series) #4
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Detective Comics
    Detective Comics
    Detective Comics is an American comic book series published monthly by DC Comics since 1937, best known for introducing the iconic superhero Batman in Detective Comics #27 . It is, along with Action Comics, the book that launched with the debut of Superman, one of the medium's signature series, and...

     (1937
    1937 in comics
    -January:* Detective Picture Stories #2 - Centaur Publications* Famous Funnies #30 - Eastern Color* The Funnies #4 - Dell Comics* Funny Picture Stories #3 - Centaur Publications* King Comics #10 - David McKay Publications...

     series) #167
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Journey Into Unknown Worlds (1950
    1950 in comics
    -European publications:* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis * Eagle launched on April 14 of this year and ran until 1994.-U.S. publications:In 1950 the U.S. comics industry came to a turning point...

     series) #38
    - Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics may refer to* Atlas Comics , one of the two comic publishing companies that would be the forerunner of Marvel Comics* Seaboard Periodicals, founded by Timely/Atlas /Marvel founder, a short-lived comic publisher that published under the Atlas Comics name and referred to as...

  • Movie Town Animial Antics (1946
    1946 in comics
    -European publications:* September 26: first issue of Le Journal de Tintin, featuring debut of the series Blake et Mortimer by Edgar P. Jacobs, and the Tintin story Le temple du soleil by Hergé....

     series) #30
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Mr. District Attorney
    Mr. District Attorney
    Mr. District Attorney is a popular radio crime drama which aired on NBC and ABC from April 3, 1939 to June 13, 1952 . The series focused on a crusading D.A., initially known only as "Mister District Attorney," or "Chief", and was later translated to television. On television the D.A...

     (1948
    1948 in comics
    -European :*Spirou et l'aventure by Jijé, Dupuis *Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis -January:* Captain America Comics #65 - Timely Comics*Frankie and Lana issue #13 - Timely Comics...

     series) #19
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Private Eye
    Private Eye
    Private Eye is a fortnightly British satirical and current affairs magazine, edited by Ian Hislop.Since its first publication in 1961, Private Eye has been a prominent critic and lampooner of public figures and entities that it deemed guilty of any of the sins of incompetence, inefficiency,...

     (1951 series) #1
    - Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics may refer to* Atlas Comics , one of the two comic publishing companies that would be the forerunner of Marvel Comics* Seaboard Periodicals, founded by Timely/Atlas /Marvel founder, a short-lived comic publisher that published under the Atlas Comics name and referred to as...

  • Sensation Comics
    Sensation Comics
    Sensation Comics is the title of a comic book series published by DC Comics that ran for 109 issues between 1942 and 1952. For most of its run, the lead feature was Wonder Woman. Other series that appeared were the Black Pirate, the Gay Ghost, Mr...

     (1942
    1942 in comics
    -January:* All-Winners Comics #3 - Timely Comics* Captain America Comics #10 - Timely Comics* Daring Mystery Comics #8 - final issue, cancelled by Timely Comics...

     series) #101
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Star Spangled Comics (1941
    1941 in comics
    -Events and publications:Stan Lee becomes editor-in-chief at Timely Comics.Adventures of Captain Marvel, a twelve-chapter film serial adapted from the popular Captain Marvel comic book character for Republic Pictures, debuts...

     series) #112
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Strange Adventures
    Strange Adventures
    Strange Adventures was the title of several American comic books published by DC Comics, most notably a long-running science fiction anthology that began in 1950.-Original series:...

     (1950
    1950 in comics
    -European publications:* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis * Eagle launched on April 14 of this year and ran until 1994.-U.S. publications:In 1950 the U.S. comics industry came to a turning point...

     series) #4
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Superboy
    Superboy
    Superboy is the name of several fictional characters that have been published by DC Comics, most of them youthful incarnations of Superman. These characters have also been the main characters of four ongoing Superboy comic book series published by DC....

     (1949
    1949 in comics
    -Events and publications:Publishers Star Publications, Toby Press, and Youthful make their debuts; conversely, Columbia Comics, Novelty Press, and Street & Smith Comics all fold.-January:* Captain America Comics #70 - Timely Comics...

     series) #12
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...


February

  • A-1 Comics
    A-1 Comics
    A-1 Comics is a Golden Age comics publication that began in 1944 and ended in 1955. It was used by owner Vincent Sullivan's Magazine Enterprises to try out a number of potential characters and titles, as well as reprinting newspaper strips such as Texas Slim, Kerry Drake and Teena...

     (1944
    1944 in comics
    -January:* All-Winners Comics #11 - Timely Comics* Captain America Comics #34 - Timely Comics* Human Torch #14 - Timely Comics* Marvel Mystery Comics #51 - Timely Comics...

     series) #31
    - Magazine Enterprises
    Magazine Enterprises
    Magazine Enterprises was an American comic book company lasting from 1943 to 1958, which published primarily Western, humor, crime, adventure, and children's comics, with virtually no superheroes...

  • Action Comics
    Action Comics
    Action Comics is an American comic book series that introduced Superman, the first major superhero character as the term is popularly defined...

     (1938
    1938 in comics
    -European publications:* April 21: first issue of Le Journal de Spirou, featuring debuts of the series Spirou by Rob-Vel and Les Aventures de Tif by Fernand Dineur....

     series) #153
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Adventure Comics
    Adventure Comics
    Adventure Comics was a comic book series published by DC Comics from 1935 to 1983 and then revamped from 2009 to 2011. In its first era, the series ran for 503 issues , making it the fifth-longest-running DC series, behind Detective Comics, Action Comics, Superman, and Batman...

     (1938
    1938 in comics
    -European publications:* April 21: first issue of Le Journal de Spirou, featuring debuts of the series Spirou by Rob-Vel and Les Aventures de Tif by Fernand Dineur....

     series) #161
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Adventures into Terror (1950
    1950 in comics
    -European publications:* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis * Eagle launched on April 14 of this year and ran until 1994.-U.S. publications:In 1950 the U.S. comics industry came to a turning point...

     series) #102
    - Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics may refer to* Atlas Comics , one of the two comic publishing companies that would be the forerunner of Marvel Comics* Seaboard Periodicals, founded by Timely/Atlas /Marvel founder, a short-lived comic publisher that published under the Atlas Comics name and referred to as...

  • Adventures Into the Unknown
    Adventures Into the Unknown
    Adventures Into the Unknown was a horror and supernatural comic series from the Golden Age of Comic Books. The title was released in the fall of 1948 by B&I Publishing and enjoyed a run of 174 issues for nearly two decades, ceasing publication in August 1967...

    ! (1948
    1948 in comics
    -European :*Spirou et l'aventure by Jijé, Dupuis *Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis -January:* Captain America Comics #65 - Timely Comics*Frankie and Lana issue #13 - Timely Comics...

     series) #20
    - American Comics Group
    American Comics Group
    American Comics Group was a New York City-based comic book publisher which operated during the Golden and Silver Age of comic books. ACG published one of the first horror comics titles, Adventures into the Unknown. Another of ACG's claims to fame was the character of Herbie Popnecker, who starred...

  • Adventures of Bob Hope
    Adventures of Bob Hope
    The Adventures of Bob Hope is a comic book series that was published by National Periodical Publications . The series featured stories based on comedian Bob Hope, as well as assorted other humorous stories...

     (1950
    1950 in comics
    -European publications:* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis * Eagle launched on April 14 of this year and ran until 1994.-U.S. publications:In 1950 the U.S. comics industry came to a turning point...

     series) #7
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Airboy
    Airboy
    Airboy is a fictional aviator hero of an American comic book series initially published by Hillman Periodicals during the World War II-era time period fans and historians call the Golden Age of comic books. He was created by writers Charles Biro and Dick Wood and artist Al Camy.-Golden Age:Airboy...

     (as Airboy Vol. 8) (1942
    1942 in comics
    -January:* All-Winners Comics #3 - Timely Comics* Captain America Comics #10 - Timely Comics* Daring Mystery Comics #8 - final issue, cancelled by Timely Comics...

     series) #1
    - Hillman Periodicals
    Hillman Periodicals
    Hillman Periodicals, Inc. was an American magazine and comic book publishing company founded in 1938 by Alex L. Hillman, a former New York City book publisher...

  • All American Western (1948
    1948 in comics
    -European :*Spirou et l'aventure by Jijé, Dupuis *Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis -January:* Captain America Comics #65 - Timely Comics*Frankie and Lana issue #13 - Timely Comics...

     series) #118
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • All Star Comics
    All Star Comics
    All Star Comics is a 1940s comic book series from All-American Publications, one of the early companies that merged with National Periodical Publications to form the modern-day DC Comics. With the exception of the first two issues, All Star Comics primarily told stories about the adventures of the...

    (1940
    1940 in comics
    -Year overall:* Another boom year for the burgeoning American comic book industry, as Ace Comics, Columbia Comics, Farrell Publications, Holyoke Publishing, Novelty Press, and Street & Smith Comics all begin publishing.-January:...

     series) #57 - final issue (cover-dated Feb./Mar.), cancelled by DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • All-True Crime (1948
    1948 in comics
    -European :*Spirou et l'aventure by Jijé, Dupuis *Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis -January:* Captain America Comics #65 - Timely Comics*Frankie and Lana issue #13 - Timely Comics...

     series) #44
    - Marvel Comics
    Marvel Comics
    Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...

  • Amazing Adventures
    Amazing Adventures
    Amazing Adventures is the name of several anthology comic book series, all but one published by Marvel Comics.The earliest Marvel series of that name introduced the company's first superhero of the late-1950s to early-1960s period fans and historians call the Silver Age of Comic Books...

     (1950
    1950 in comics
    -European publications:* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis * Eagle launched on April 14 of this year and ran until 1994.-U.S. publications:In 1950 the U.S. comics industry came to a turning point...

     series) #3
    - Ziff-Davis Publishing Company
  • Astonishing (1951 series) #2 - Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics may refer to* Atlas Comics , one of the two comic publishing companies that would be the forerunner of Marvel Comics* Seaboard Periodicals, founded by Timely/Atlas /Marvel founder, a short-lived comic publisher that published under the Atlas Comics name and referred to as...

  • Batman
    Batman
    Batman is a fictional character created by the artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger. A comic book superhero, Batman first appeared in Detective Comics #27 , and since then has appeared primarily in publications by DC Comics...

     (1940
    1940 in comics
    -Year overall:* Another boom year for the burgeoning American comic book industry, as Ace Comics, Columbia Comics, Farrell Publications, Holyoke Publishing, Novelty Press, and Street & Smith Comics all begin publishing.-January:...

     series) #63
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Blackhawk
    Blackhawk (comics)
    Blackhawk, a long-running comic book series, was also a film serial, a radio series and a novel. The comic book was published first by Quality Comics and later by DC Comics. The series was created by Will Eisner, Chuck Cuidera, and Bob Powell, but the artist most associated with the feature is Reed...

     (1944
    1944 in comics
    -January:* All-Winners Comics #11 - Timely Comics* Captain America Comics #34 - Timely Comics* Human Torch #14 - Timely Comics* Marvel Mystery Comics #51 - Timely Comics...

     series) #37
    - Quality Comics
    Quality Comics
    Quality Comics was an American comic book publishing company that operated from 1939 to 1956 and was an influential creative force in what historians and fans call the Golden Age of comic books....

  • Detective Comics
    Detective Comics
    Detective Comics is an American comic book series published monthly by DC Comics since 1937, best known for introducing the iconic superhero Batman in Detective Comics #27 . It is, along with Action Comics, the book that launched with the debut of Superman, one of the medium's signature series, and...

     (1937
    1937 in comics
    -January:* Detective Picture Stories #2 - Centaur Publications* Famous Funnies #30 - Eastern Color* The Funnies #4 - Dell Comics* Funny Picture Stories #3 - Centaur Publications* King Comics #10 - David McKay Publications...

     series) #168
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Flash Gordon
    Flash Gordon
    Flash Gordon is the hero of a science fiction adventure comic strip originally drawn by Alex Raymond. First published January 7, 1934, the strip was inspired by and created to compete with the already established Buck Rogers adventure strip. Also inspired by these series were comics such as Dash...

     (1950
    1950 in comics
    -European publications:* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis * Eagle launched on April 14 of this year and ran until 1994.-U.S. publications:In 1950 the U.S. comics industry came to a turning point...

     series) #4
    - Harvey Publications
  • Journey Into Unknown Worlds (1950
    1950 in comics
    -European publications:* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis * Eagle launched on April 14 of this year and ran until 1994.-U.S. publications:In 1950 the U.S. comics industry came to a turning point...

     series) #4
    - Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics may refer to* Atlas Comics , one of the two comic publishing companies that would be the forerunner of Marvel Comics* Seaboard Periodicals, founded by Timely/Atlas /Marvel founder, a short-lived comic publisher that published under the Atlas Comics name and referred to as...

  • Marvel Tales
    Marvel Tales
    Marvel Tales is the title of three American comic-book series published by Marvel Comics, the first of them from the company's 1950s predecessor, Atlas Comics...

     (1949
    1949 in comics
    -Events and publications:Publishers Star Publications, Toby Press, and Youthful make their debuts; conversely, Columbia Comics, Novelty Press, and Street & Smith Comics all fold.-January:* Captain America Comics #70 - Timely Comics...

     series) #102
    - Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics may refer to* Atlas Comics , one of the two comic publishing companies that would be the forerunner of Marvel Comics* Seaboard Periodicals, founded by Timely/Atlas /Marvel founder, a short-lived comic publisher that published under the Atlas Comics name and referred to as...

  • Star Spangled Comics (1941
    1941 in comics
    -Events and publications:Stan Lee becomes editor-in-chief at Timely Comics.Adventures of Captain Marvel, a twelve-chapter film serial adapted from the popular Captain Marvel comic book character for Republic Pictures, debuts...

     series) #113
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Strange Adventures
    Strange Adventures
    Strange Adventures was the title of several American comic books published by DC Comics, most notably a long-running science fiction anthology that began in 1950.-Original series:...

     (1950
    1950 in comics
    -European publications:* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis * Eagle launched on April 14 of this year and ran until 1994.-U.S. publications:In 1950 the U.S. comics industry came to a turning point...

     series) #5
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Superman
    Superman
    Superman is a fictional comic book superhero appearing in publications by DC Comics, widely considered to be an American cultural icon. Created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born American artist Joe Shuster in 1932 while both were living in Cleveland, Ohio, and sold to Detective...

     (1939
    1939 in comics
    -Year overall:* A boom year for the burgeoning American comic book industry, as Archie Comics, Fawcett Comics, Fox Feature Syndicate, Lev Gleason Publications, Marvel Comics, Nedor Comics, Quality Comics, and Timely Comics all begin publishing.-January:...

     series) #68
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • White Fang
    White Fang
    White Fang is a novel by American author Jack London. First serialized in Outing magazine, it was published in 1906. The story takes place in Yukon Territory, Canada, during the Klondike Gold Rush at the end of the 19th-century, and details a wild wolfdog's journey to domestication...

     (1944
    1944 in comics
    -January:* All-Winners Comics #11 - Timely Comics* Captain America Comics #34 - Timely Comics* Human Torch #14 - Timely Comics* Marvel Mystery Comics #51 - Timely Comics...

     series) #80
    - Classics Illustrated
    Classics Illustrated
    Classics Illustrated is a comic book series featuring adaptations of literary classics such as Moby Dick, Hamlet, and The Iliad. Created by Albert Kanter, the series began publication in 1941 and finished its first run in 1971, producing 169 issues. Following the series' demise, various companies...


March

  • A-1 Comics
    A-1 Comics
    A-1 Comics is a Golden Age comics publication that began in 1944 and ended in 1955. It was used by owner Vincent Sullivan's Magazine Enterprises to try out a number of potential characters and titles, as well as reprinting newspaper strips such as Texas Slim, Kerry Drake and Teena...

     (1944
    1944 in comics
    -January:* All-Winners Comics #11 - Timely Comics* Captain America Comics #34 - Timely Comics* Human Torch #14 - Timely Comics* Marvel Mystery Comics #51 - Timely Comics...

     series) #32
    - Magazine Enterprises
    Magazine Enterprises
    Magazine Enterprises was an American comic book company lasting from 1943 to 1958, which published primarily Western, humor, crime, adventure, and children's comics, with virtually no superheroes...

  • Action Comics
    Action Comics
    Action Comics is an American comic book series that introduced Superman, the first major superhero character as the term is popularly defined...

     (1938
    1938 in comics
    -European publications:* April 21: first issue of Le Journal de Spirou, featuring debuts of the series Spirou by Rob-Vel and Les Aventures de Tif by Fernand Dineur....

     series) #154
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Adventure Comics
    Adventure Comics
    Adventure Comics was a comic book series published by DC Comics from 1935 to 1983 and then revamped from 2009 to 2011. In its first era, the series ran for 503 issues , making it the fifth-longest-running DC series, behind Detective Comics, Action Comics, Superman, and Batman...

     (1938
    1938 in comics
    -European publications:* April 21: first issue of Le Journal de Spirou, featuring debuts of the series Spirou by Rob-Vel and Les Aventures de Tif by Fernand Dineur....

     series) #162
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Adventures Into the Unknown
    Adventures Into the Unknown
    Adventures Into the Unknown was a horror and supernatural comic series from the Golden Age of Comic Books. The title was released in the fall of 1948 by B&I Publishing and enjoyed a run of 174 issues for nearly two decades, ceasing publication in August 1967...

    ! (1948
    1948 in comics
    -European :*Spirou et l'aventure by Jijé, Dupuis *Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis -January:* Captain America Comics #65 - Timely Comics*Frankie and Lana issue #13 - Timely Comics...

     series) #21
    - American Comics Group
    American Comics Group
    American Comics Group was a New York City-based comic book publisher which operated during the Golden and Silver Age of comic books. ACG published one of the first horror comics titles, Adventures into the Unknown. Another of ACG's claims to fame was the character of Herbie Popnecker, who starred...

  • Airboy
    Airboy
    Airboy is a fictional aviator hero of an American comic book series initially published by Hillman Periodicals during the World War II-era time period fans and historians call the Golden Age of comic books. He was created by writers Charles Biro and Dick Wood and artist Al Camy.-Golden Age:Airboy...

     (as Airboy Vol. 8) (1942
    1942 in comics
    -January:* All-Winners Comics #3 - Timely Comics* Captain America Comics #10 - Timely Comics* Daring Mystery Comics #8 - final issue, cancelled by Timely Comics...

     series) #2
    - Hillman Periodicals
    Hillman Periodicals
    Hillman Periodicals, Inc. was an American magazine and comic book publishing company founded in 1938 by Alex L. Hillman, a former New York City book publisher...

  • Amazing Detective Cases (1950
    1950 in comics
    -European publications:* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis * Eagle launched on April 14 of this year and ran until 1994.-U.S. publications:In 1950 the U.S. comics industry came to a turning point...

     series) #5
    - Marvel Comics
    Marvel Comics
    Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...

  • Archie Comics
    Archie Comics
    Archie Comics is an American comic book publisher headquartered in the Village of Mamaroneck, Town of Mamaroneck, New York, known for its many series featuring the fictional teenagers Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle and Jughead Jones. The characters were created by...

     (1946
    1946 in comics
    -European publications:* September 26: first issue of Le Journal de Tintin, featuring debut of the series Blake et Mortimer by Edgar P. Jacobs, and the Tintin story Le temple du soleil by Hergé....

     series) #49
    - Archie Publications
  • Archie's Girls, Betty and Veronica (1950
    1950 in comics
    -European publications:* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis * Eagle launched on April 14 of this year and ran until 1994.-U.S. publications:In 1950 the U.S. comics industry came to a turning point...

     series) #8
    - Archie Publications
  • Archie's Pal Jughead (1949
    1949 in comics
    -Events and publications:Publishers Star Publications, Toby Press, and Youthful make their debuts; conversely, Columbia Comics, Novelty Press, and Street & Smith Comics all fold.-January:* Captain America Comics #70 - Timely Comics...

     series) #9
    - Archie Publications
  • Archie's Rival Reggie
    Archie's Rival Reggie
    Archie's Rival, Reggie was a comic book published by Archie Comics from 1950-1954 and 1963-1980. This book showcases Archie's rival Reggie Mantle's solo exploits. The first 14 issues were published under this title, with the name changing to "Reggie" for issues 15 through 18, then finally to...

     (1950
    1950 in comics
    -European publications:* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis * Eagle launched on April 14 of this year and ran until 1994.-U.S. publications:In 1950 the U.S. comics industry came to a turning point...

     series) #3
    - Archie Publications
  • Battle
    Battle
    Generally, a battle is a conceptual component in the hierarchy of combat in warfare between two or more armed forces, or combatants. In a battle, each combatant will seek to defeat the others, with defeat determined by the conditions of a military campaign...

     (1951 series) #1
    - Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics may refer to* Atlas Comics , one of the two comic publishing companies that would be the forerunner of Marvel Comics* Seaboard Periodicals, founded by Timely/Atlas /Marvel founder, a short-lived comic publisher that published under the Atlas Comics name and referred to as...

  • Blackhawk
    Blackhawk (comics)
    Blackhawk, a long-running comic book series, was also a film serial, a radio series and a novel. The comic book was published first by Quality Comics and later by DC Comics. The series was created by Will Eisner, Chuck Cuidera, and Bob Powell, but the artist most associated with the feature is Reed...

     (1944
    1944 in comics
    -January:* All-Winners Comics #11 - Timely Comics* Captain America Comics #34 - Timely Comics* Human Torch #14 - Timely Comics* Marvel Mystery Comics #51 - Timely Comics...

     series) #38
    - Quality Comics
    Quality Comics
    Quality Comics was an American comic book publishing company that operated from 1939 to 1956 and was an influential creative force in what historians and fans call the Golden Age of comic books....

  • Dale Evans Comics (1948
    1948 in comics
    -European :*Spirou et l'aventure by Jijé, Dupuis *Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis -January:* Captain America Comics #65 - Timely Comics*Frankie and Lana issue #13 - Timely Comics...

     series) #16
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Danger Trail (1950
    1950 in comics
    -European publications:* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis * Eagle launched on April 14 of this year and ran until 1994.-U.S. publications:In 1950 the U.S. comics industry came to a turning point...

     series) #5
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Detective Comics
    Detective Comics
    Detective Comics is an American comic book series published monthly by DC Comics since 1937, best known for introducing the iconic superhero Batman in Detective Comics #27 . It is, along with Action Comics, the book that launched with the debut of Superman, one of the medium's signature series, and...

     (1937
    1937 in comics
    -January:* Detective Picture Stories #2 - Centaur Publications* Famous Funnies #30 - Eastern Color* The Funnies #4 - Dell Comics* Funny Picture Stories #3 - Centaur Publications* King Comics #10 - David McKay Publications...

     series) #169
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Movie Town Animial Antics (1946
    1946 in comics
    -European publications:* September 26: first issue of Le Journal de Tintin, featuring debut of the series Blake et Mortimer by Edgar P. Jacobs, and the Tintin story Le temple du soleil by Hergé....

     series) #31
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Mr. District Attorney
    Mr. District Attorney
    Mr. District Attorney is a popular radio crime drama which aired on NBC and ABC from April 3, 1939 to June 13, 1952 . The series focused on a crusading D.A., initially known only as "Mister District Attorney," or "Chief", and was later translated to television. On television the D.A...

     (1948
    1948 in comics
    -European :*Spirou et l'aventure by Jijé, Dupuis *Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis -January:* Captain America Comics #65 - Timely Comics*Frankie and Lana issue #13 - Timely Comics...

     series) #20
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Mystic (1951 series) #1 - Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics may refer to* Atlas Comics , one of the two comic publishing companies that would be the forerunner of Marvel Comics* Seaboard Periodicals, founded by Timely/Atlas /Marvel founder, a short-lived comic publisher that published under the Atlas Comics name and referred to as...

  • Private Eye
    Private Eye
    Private Eye is a fortnightly British satirical and current affairs magazine, edited by Ian Hislop.Since its first publication in 1961, Private Eye has been a prominent critic and lampooner of public figures and entities that it deemed guilty of any of the sins of incompetence, inefficiency,...

     (1951 series) #2
    - Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics may refer to* Atlas Comics , one of the two comic publishing companies that would be the forerunner of Marvel Comics* Seaboard Periodicals, founded by Timely/Atlas /Marvel founder, a short-lived comic publisher that published under the Atlas Comics name and referred to as...

  • Sensation Comics
    Sensation Comics
    Sensation Comics is the title of a comic book series published by DC Comics that ran for 109 issues between 1942 and 1952. For most of its run, the lead feature was Wonder Woman. Other series that appeared were the Black Pirate, the Gay Ghost, Mr...

     (1942
    1942 in comics
    -January:* All-Winners Comics #3 - Timely Comics* Captain America Comics #10 - Timely Comics* Daring Mystery Comics #8 - final issue, cancelled by Timely Comics...

     series) #102
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Star Spangled Comics (1941
    1941 in comics
    -Events and publications:Stan Lee becomes editor-in-chief at Timely Comics.Adventures of Captain Marvel, a twelve-chapter film serial adapted from the popular Captain Marvel comic book character for Republic Pictures, debuts...

     series) #114
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Strange Adventures
    Strange Adventures
    Strange Adventures was the title of several American comic books published by DC Comics, most notably a long-running science fiction anthology that began in 1950.-Original series:...

     (1950
    1950 in comics
    -European publications:* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis * Eagle launched on April 14 of this year and ran until 1994.-U.S. publications:In 1950 the U.S. comics industry came to a turning point...

     series) #6
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Superboy
    Superboy
    Superboy is the name of several fictional characters that have been published by DC Comics, most of them youthful incarnations of Superman. These characters have also been the main characters of four ongoing Superboy comic book series published by DC....

     (1949
    1949 in comics
    -Events and publications:Publishers Star Publications, Toby Press, and Youthful make their debuts; conversely, Columbia Comics, Novelty Press, and Street & Smith Comics all fold.-January:* Captain America Comics #70 - Timely Comics...

     series) #13
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...


April

  • A-1 Comics
    A-1 Comics
    A-1 Comics is a Golden Age comics publication that began in 1944 and ended in 1955. It was used by owner Vincent Sullivan's Magazine Enterprises to try out a number of potential characters and titles, as well as reprinting newspaper strips such as Texas Slim, Kerry Drake and Teena...

     (1944
    1944 in comics
    -January:* All-Winners Comics #11 - Timely Comics* Captain America Comics #34 - Timely Comics* Human Torch #14 - Timely Comics* Marvel Mystery Comics #51 - Timely Comics...

     series) #33
    - Magazine Enterprises
    Magazine Enterprises
    Magazine Enterprises was an American comic book company lasting from 1943 to 1958, which published primarily Western, humor, crime, adventure, and children's comics, with virtually no superheroes...

  • Action Comics
    Action Comics
    Action Comics is an American comic book series that introduced Superman, the first major superhero character as the term is popularly defined...

     (1938
    1938 in comics
    -European publications:* April 21: first issue of Le Journal de Spirou, featuring debuts of the series Spirou by Rob-Vel and Les Aventures de Tif by Fernand Dineur....

     series) #155
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Adventure Comics
    Adventure Comics
    Adventure Comics was a comic book series published by DC Comics from 1935 to 1983 and then revamped from 2009 to 2011. In its first era, the series ran for 503 issues , making it the fifth-longest-running DC series, behind Detective Comics, Action Comics, Superman, and Batman...

     (1938
    1938 in comics
    -European publications:* April 21: first issue of Le Journal de Spirou, featuring debuts of the series Spirou by Rob-Vel and Les Aventures de Tif by Fernand Dineur....

     series) #163
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Adventures into Terror (1950
    1950 in comics
    -European publications:* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis * Eagle launched on April 14 of this year and ran until 1994.-U.S. publications:In 1950 the U.S. comics industry came to a turning point...

     series) #103
    - Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics may refer to* Atlas Comics , one of the two comic publishing companies that would be the forerunner of Marvel Comics* Seaboard Periodicals, founded by Timely/Atlas /Marvel founder, a short-lived comic publisher that published under the Atlas Comics name and referred to as...

  • Adventures Into the Unknown
    Adventures Into the Unknown
    Adventures Into the Unknown was a horror and supernatural comic series from the Golden Age of Comic Books. The title was released in the fall of 1948 by B&I Publishing and enjoyed a run of 174 issues for nearly two decades, ceasing publication in August 1967...

    ! (1948
    1948 in comics
    -European :*Spirou et l'aventure by Jijé, Dupuis *Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis -January:* Captain America Comics #65 - Timely Comics*Frankie and Lana issue #13 - Timely Comics...

     series) #22
    - American Comics Group
    American Comics Group
    American Comics Group was a New York City-based comic book publisher which operated during the Golden and Silver Age of comic books. ACG published one of the first horror comics titles, Adventures into the Unknown. Another of ACG's claims to fame was the character of Herbie Popnecker, who starred...

  • Adventures of Bob Hope
    Adventures of Bob Hope
    The Adventures of Bob Hope is a comic book series that was published by National Periodical Publications . The series featured stories based on comedian Bob Hope, as well as assorted other humorous stories...

     (1950
    1950 in comics
    -European publications:* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis * Eagle launched on April 14 of this year and ran until 1994.-U.S. publications:In 1950 the U.S. comics industry came to a turning point...

     series) #8
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Airboy
    Airboy
    Airboy is a fictional aviator hero of an American comic book series initially published by Hillman Periodicals during the World War II-era time period fans and historians call the Golden Age of comic books. He was created by writers Charles Biro and Dick Wood and artist Al Camy.-Golden Age:Airboy...

     (as Airboy Vol. 8) (1942
    1942 in comics
    -January:* All-Winners Comics #3 - Timely Comics* Captain America Comics #10 - Timely Comics* Daring Mystery Comics #8 - final issue, cancelled by Timely Comics...

     series) #3
    - Hillman Periodicals
    Hillman Periodicals
    Hillman Periodicals, Inc. was an American magazine and comic book publishing company founded in 1938 by Alex L. Hillman, a former New York City book publisher...

  • All American Western (1948
    1948 in comics
    -European :*Spirou et l'aventure by Jijé, Dupuis *Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis -January:* Captain America Comics #65 - Timely Comics*Frankie and Lana issue #13 - Timely Comics...

     series) #119
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • All Star Western (previously All Star Comics
    All Star Comics
    All Star Comics is a 1940s comic book series from All-American Publications, one of the early companies that merged with National Periodical Publications to form the modern-day DC Comics. With the exception of the first two issues, All Star Comics primarily told stories about the adventures of the...

    ) (1948
    1948 in comics
    -European :*Spirou et l'aventure by Jijé, Dupuis *Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis -January:* Captain America Comics #65 - Timely Comics*Frankie and Lana issue #13 - Timely Comics...

     series) #58
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • All-True Crime (1948
    1948 in comics
    -European :*Spirou et l'aventure by Jijé, Dupuis *Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis -January:* Captain America Comics #65 - Timely Comics*Frankie and Lana issue #13 - Timely Comics...

     series) #45
    - Marvel Comics
    Marvel Comics
    Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...

  • Astonishing (1951 series) #3 - Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics may refer to* Atlas Comics , one of the two comic publishing companies that would be the forerunner of Marvel Comics* Seaboard Periodicals, founded by Timely/Atlas /Marvel founder, a short-lived comic publisher that published under the Atlas Comics name and referred to as...

  • Batman
    Batman
    Batman is a fictional character created by the artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger. A comic book superhero, Batman first appeared in Detective Comics #27 , and since then has appeared primarily in publications by DC Comics...

     (1940
    1940 in comics
    -Year overall:* Another boom year for the burgeoning American comic book industry, as Ace Comics, Columbia Comics, Farrell Publications, Holyoke Publishing, Novelty Press, and Street & Smith Comics all begin publishing.-January:...

     series) #64
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Battle
    Battle
    Generally, a battle is a conceptual component in the hierarchy of combat in warfare between two or more armed forces, or combatants. In a battle, each combatant will seek to defeat the others, with defeat determined by the conditions of a military campaign...

     (1951 series) #2
    - Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics may refer to* Atlas Comics , one of the two comic publishing companies that would be the forerunner of Marvel Comics* Seaboard Periodicals, founded by Timely/Atlas /Marvel founder, a short-lived comic publisher that published under the Atlas Comics name and referred to as...

  • Blackhawk
    Blackhawk (comics)
    Blackhawk, a long-running comic book series, was also a film serial, a radio series and a novel. The comic book was published first by Quality Comics and later by DC Comics. The series was created by Will Eisner, Chuck Cuidera, and Bob Powell, but the artist most associated with the feature is Reed...

     (1944
    1944 in comics
    -January:* All-Winners Comics #11 - Timely Comics* Captain America Comics #34 - Timely Comics* Human Torch #14 - Timely Comics* Marvel Mystery Comics #51 - Timely Comics...

     series) #39
    - Quality Comics
    Quality Comics
    Quality Comics was an American comic book publishing company that operated from 1939 to 1956 and was an influential creative force in what historians and fans call the Golden Age of comic books....

  • Danger Trail (1950
    1950 in comics
    -European publications:* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis * Eagle launched on April 14 of this year and ran until 1994.-U.S. publications:In 1950 the U.S. comics industry came to a turning point...

     series) #5
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Detective Comics
    Detective Comics
    Detective Comics is an American comic book series published monthly by DC Comics since 1937, best known for introducing the iconic superhero Batman in Detective Comics #27 . It is, along with Action Comics, the book that launched with the debut of Superman, one of the medium's signature series, and...

     (1937
    1937 in comics
    -January:* Detective Picture Stories #2 - Centaur Publications* Famous Funnies #30 - Eastern Color* The Funnies #4 - Dell Comics* Funny Picture Stories #3 - Centaur Publications* King Comics #10 - David McKay Publications...

     series) #170
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Flash Gordon
    Flash Gordon
    Flash Gordon is the hero of a science fiction adventure comic strip originally drawn by Alex Raymond. First published January 7, 1934, the strip was inspired by and created to compete with the already established Buck Rogers adventure strip. Also inspired by these series were comics such as Dash...

     (1950
    1950 in comics
    -European publications:* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis * Eagle launched on April 14 of this year and ran until 1994.-U.S. publications:In 1950 the U.S. comics industry came to a turning point...

     series) #5
    - Harvey Publications
  • Journey Into Unknown Worlds (1950
    1950 in comics
    -European publications:* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis * Eagle launched on April 14 of this year and ran until 1994.-U.S. publications:In 1950 the U.S. comics industry came to a turning point...

     series) #5
    - Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics may refer to* Atlas Comics , one of the two comic publishing companies that would be the forerunner of Marvel Comics* Seaboard Periodicals, founded by Timely/Atlas /Marvel founder, a short-lived comic publisher that published under the Atlas Comics name and referred to as...

  • Marvel Tales
    Marvel Tales
    Marvel Tales is the title of three American comic-book series published by Marvel Comics, the first of them from the company's 1950s predecessor, Atlas Comics...

     (1949
    1949 in comics
    -Events and publications:Publishers Star Publications, Toby Press, and Youthful make their debuts; conversely, Columbia Comics, Novelty Press, and Street & Smith Comics all fold.-January:* Captain America Comics #70 - Timely Comics...

     series) #103
    - Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics may refer to* Atlas Comics , one of the two comic publishing companies that would be the forerunner of Marvel Comics* Seaboard Periodicals, founded by Timely/Atlas /Marvel founder, a short-lived comic publisher that published under the Atlas Comics name and referred to as...

  • Mystery in Space
    Mystery in Space
    Mystery in Space is the name of two science fiction comic book series published in the United States by DC Comics, then known as National Comics. The first series ran for 110 issues from 1951 - 1966, with a further 7 issues continuing the numbering during a 1980s revival of the title...

     (1951 series) #1
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Two-Gun Kid
    Two-Gun Kid
    The Two-Gun Kid is a fictional character, a cowboy gunslinger in the Wild West of Marvel Comics' shared universe, the Marvel Universe.-Publication history:...

     (as Two-Gun Western) (1948
    1948 in comics
    -European :*Spirou et l'aventure by Jijé, Dupuis *Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis -January:* Captain America Comics #65 - Timely Comics*Frankie and Lana issue #13 - Timely Comics...

     series) #6
    - Marvel Comics
    Marvel Comics
    Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...

  • Star Spangled Comics (1941
    1941 in comics
    -Events and publications:Stan Lee becomes editor-in-chief at Timely Comics.Adventures of Captain Marvel, a twelve-chapter film serial adapted from the popular Captain Marvel comic book character for Republic Pictures, debuts...

     series) #115
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Strange Adventures
    Strange Adventures
    Strange Adventures was the title of several American comic books published by DC Comics, most notably a long-running science fiction anthology that began in 1950.-Original series:...

     (1950
    1950 in comics
    -European publications:* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis * Eagle launched on April 14 of this year and ran until 1994.-U.S. publications:In 1950 the U.S. comics industry came to a turning point...

     series) #7
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Superman
    Superman
    Superman is a fictional comic book superhero appearing in publications by DC Comics, widely considered to be an American cultural icon. Created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born American artist Joe Shuster in 1932 while both were living in Cleveland, Ohio, and sold to Detective...

     (1939
    1939 in comics
    -Year overall:* A boom year for the burgeoning American comic book industry, as Archie Comics, Fawcett Comics, Fox Feature Syndicate, Lev Gleason Publications, Marvel Comics, Nedor Comics, Quality Comics, and Timely Comics all begin publishing.-January:...

     series) #69
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...


May

  • A-1 Comics
    A-1 Comics
    A-1 Comics is a Golden Age comics publication that began in 1944 and ended in 1955. It was used by owner Vincent Sullivan's Magazine Enterprises to try out a number of potential characters and titles, as well as reprinting newspaper strips such as Texas Slim, Kerry Drake and Teena...

     (1944
    1944 in comics
    -January:* All-Winners Comics #11 - Timely Comics* Captain America Comics #34 - Timely Comics* Human Torch #14 - Timely Comics* Marvel Mystery Comics #51 - Timely Comics...

     series) #34
    - Magazine Enterprises
    Magazine Enterprises
    Magazine Enterprises was an American comic book company lasting from 1943 to 1958, which published primarily Western, humor, crime, adventure, and children's comics, with virtually no superheroes...

  • Action Comics
    Action Comics
    Action Comics is an American comic book series that introduced Superman, the first major superhero character as the term is popularly defined...

     (1938
    1938 in comics
    -European publications:* April 21: first issue of Le Journal de Spirou, featuring debuts of the series Spirou by Rob-Vel and Les Aventures de Tif by Fernand Dineur....

     series) #156
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Adventure Comics
    Adventure Comics
    Adventure Comics was a comic book series published by DC Comics from 1935 to 1983 and then revamped from 2009 to 2011. In its first era, the series ran for 503 issues , making it the fifth-longest-running DC series, behind Detective Comics, Action Comics, Superman, and Batman...

     (1938
    1938 in comics
    -European publications:* April 21: first issue of Le Journal de Spirou, featuring debuts of the series Spirou by Rob-Vel and Les Aventures de Tif by Fernand Dineur....

     series) #164
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Adventures Into the Unknown
    Adventures Into the Unknown
    Adventures Into the Unknown was a horror and supernatural comic series from the Golden Age of Comic Books. The title was released in the fall of 1948 by B&I Publishing and enjoyed a run of 174 issues for nearly two decades, ceasing publication in August 1967...

    ! (1948
    1948 in comics
    -European :*Spirou et l'aventure by Jijé, Dupuis *Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis -January:* Captain America Comics #65 - Timely Comics*Frankie and Lana issue #13 - Timely Comics...

     series) #23
    - American Comics Group
    American Comics Group
    American Comics Group was a New York City-based comic book publisher which operated during the Golden and Silver Age of comic books. ACG published one of the first horror comics titles, Adventures into the Unknown. Another of ACG's claims to fame was the character of Herbie Popnecker, who starred...

  • Airboy
    Airboy
    Airboy is a fictional aviator hero of an American comic book series initially published by Hillman Periodicals during the World War II-era time period fans and historians call the Golden Age of comic books. He was created by writers Charles Biro and Dick Wood and artist Al Camy.-Golden Age:Airboy...

     (as Airboy Vol. 8) (1942
    1942 in comics
    -January:* All-Winners Comics #3 - Timely Comics* Captain America Comics #10 - Timely Comics* Daring Mystery Comics #8 - final issue, cancelled by Timely Comics...

     series) #4
    - Hillman Periodicals
    Hillman Periodicals
    Hillman Periodicals, Inc. was an American magazine and comic book publishing company founded in 1938 by Alex L. Hillman, a former New York City book publisher...

  • All-Famous Crime (1950
    1950 in comics
    -European publications:* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis * Eagle launched on April 14 of this year and ran until 1994.-U.S. publications:In 1950 the U.S. comics industry came to a turning point...

     series) #8
    - Star Publications
    Star Publications
    Star Publications, Inc. was a Golden Age American comic book publisher, operating during the years 1949–1954. Founded by artist/editor L.B. Cole and lawyer Gerhard Kramer, Star specialized in horror comics, crime, and romance comics — but also published funny animal stories...

  • Amazing Detective Cases (1950
    1950 in comics
    -European publications:* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis * Eagle launched on April 14 of this year and ran until 1994.-U.S. publications:In 1950 the U.S. comics industry came to a turning point...

     series) #6
    - Marvel Comics
    Marvel Comics
    Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...

  • Archie Comics
    Archie Comics
    Archie Comics is an American comic book publisher headquartered in the Village of Mamaroneck, Town of Mamaroneck, New York, known for its many series featuring the fictional teenagers Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle and Jughead Jones. The characters were created by...

     (1946
    1946 in comics
    -European publications:* September 26: first issue of Le Journal de Tintin, featuring debut of the series Blake et Mortimer by Edgar P. Jacobs, and the Tintin story Le temple du soleil by Hergé....

     series) #50
    - Archie Publications
  • Archie's Girls, Betty and Veronica (1950
    1950 in comics
    -European publications:* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis * Eagle launched on April 14 of this year and ran until 1994.-U.S. publications:In 1950 the U.S. comics industry came to a turning point...

     series) #9
    - Archie Publications
  • Archie's Pal Jughead (1949
    1949 in comics
    -Events and publications:Publishers Star Publications, Toby Press, and Youthful make their debuts; conversely, Columbia Comics, Novelty Press, and Street & Smith Comics all fold.-January:* Captain America Comics #70 - Timely Comics...

     series) #10
    - Archie Publications
  • Battle
    Battle
    Generally, a battle is a conceptual component in the hierarchy of combat in warfare between two or more armed forces, or combatants. In a battle, each combatant will seek to defeat the others, with defeat determined by the conditions of a military campaign...

     (1951 series) #3
    - Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics may refer to* Atlas Comics , one of the two comic publishing companies that would be the forerunner of Marvel Comics* Seaboard Periodicals, founded by Timely/Atlas /Marvel founder, a short-lived comic publisher that published under the Atlas Comics name and referred to as...

  • Blackhawk
    Blackhawk (comics)
    Blackhawk, a long-running comic book series, was also a film serial, a radio series and a novel. The comic book was published first by Quality Comics and later by DC Comics. The series was created by Will Eisner, Chuck Cuidera, and Bob Powell, but the artist most associated with the feature is Reed...

     (1944
    1944 in comics
    -January:* All-Winners Comics #11 - Timely Comics* Captain America Comics #34 - Timely Comics* Human Torch #14 - Timely Comics* Marvel Mystery Comics #51 - Timely Comics...

     series) #40
    - Quality Comics
    Quality Comics
    Quality Comics was an American comic book publishing company that operated from 1939 to 1956 and was an influential creative force in what historians and fans call the Golden Age of comic books....

  • The Cisco Kid
    The Cisco Kid
    The Cisco Kid refers to a character found in numerous film, radio, television and comic book series based on the fictional Western character created by O. Henry in his 1907 short story "The Caballero's Way", published in the collection Heart of the West...

     (1951 series) #1
    - 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...

  • Dale Evans Comics (1948
    1948 in comics
    -European :*Spirou et l'aventure by Jijé, Dupuis *Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis -January:* Captain America Comics #65 - Timely Comics*Frankie and Lana issue #13 - Timely Comics...

     series) #17
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Detective Comics
    Detective Comics
    Detective Comics is an American comic book series published monthly by DC Comics since 1937, best known for introducing the iconic superhero Batman in Detective Comics #27 . It is, along with Action Comics, the book that launched with the debut of Superman, one of the medium's signature series, and...

     (1937
    1937 in comics
    -January:* Detective Picture Stories #2 - Centaur Publications* Famous Funnies #30 - Eastern Color* The Funnies #4 - Dell Comics* Funny Picture Stories #3 - Centaur Publications* King Comics #10 - David McKay Publications...

     series) #171
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Kid Colt Outlaw
    Kid Colt
    Kid Colt is the name of two fictional characters in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first is a cowboy whose adventures have taken place in numerous western themed comic book series published by Marvel...

     (1948
    1948 in comics
    -European :*Spirou et l'aventure by Jijé, Dupuis *Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis -January:* Captain America Comics #65 - Timely Comics*Frankie and Lana issue #13 - Timely Comics...

     series) #14
    - Marvel Comics
    Marvel Comics
    Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...

  • Movie Town Animial Antics (1946
    1946 in comics
    -European publications:* September 26: first issue of Le Journal de Tintin, featuring debut of the series Blake et Mortimer by Edgar P. Jacobs, and the Tintin story Le temple du soleil by Hergé....

     series) #32
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Mr. District Attorney
    Mr. District Attorney
    Mr. District Attorney is a popular radio crime drama which aired on NBC and ABC from April 3, 1939 to June 13, 1952 . The series focused on a crusading D.A., initially known only as "Mister District Attorney," or "Chief", and was later translated to television. On television the D.A...

     (1948
    1948 in comics
    -European :*Spirou et l'aventure by Jijé, Dupuis *Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis -January:* Captain America Comics #65 - Timely Comics*Frankie and Lana issue #13 - Timely Comics...

     series) #21
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Mystic (1951 series) #2 - Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics may refer to* Atlas Comics , one of the two comic publishing companies that would be the forerunner of Marvel Comics* Seaboard Periodicals, founded by Timely/Atlas /Marvel founder, a short-lived comic publisher that published under the Atlas Comics name and referred to as...

  • Private Eye
    Private Eye
    Private Eye is a fortnightly British satirical and current affairs magazine, edited by Ian Hislop.Since its first publication in 1961, Private Eye has been a prominent critic and lampooner of public figures and entities that it deemed guilty of any of the sins of incompetence, inefficiency,...

     (1951 series) #3
    - Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics may refer to* Atlas Comics , one of the two comic publishing companies that would be the forerunner of Marvel Comics* Seaboard Periodicals, founded by Timely/Atlas /Marvel founder, a short-lived comic publisher that published under the Atlas Comics name and referred to as...

  • Sensation Comics
    Sensation Comics
    Sensation Comics is the title of a comic book series published by DC Comics that ran for 109 issues between 1942 and 1952. For most of its run, the lead feature was Wonder Woman. Other series that appeared were the Black Pirate, the Gay Ghost, Mr...

     (1942
    1942 in comics
    -January:* All-Winners Comics #3 - Timely Comics* Captain America Comics #10 - Timely Comics* Daring Mystery Comics #8 - final issue, cancelled by Timely Comics...

     series) #103
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Star Spangled Comics (1941
    1941 in comics
    -Events and publications:Stan Lee becomes editor-in-chief at Timely Comics.Adventures of Captain Marvel, a twelve-chapter film serial adapted from the popular Captain Marvel comic book character for Republic Pictures, debuts...

     series) #116
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Strange Adventures
    Strange Adventures
    Strange Adventures was the title of several American comic books published by DC Comics, most notably a long-running science fiction anthology that began in 1950.-Original series:...

     (1950
    1950 in comics
    -European publications:* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis * Eagle launched on April 14 of this year and ran until 1994.-U.S. publications:In 1950 the U.S. comics industry came to a turning point...

     series) #8
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Superboy
    Superboy
    Superboy is the name of several fictional characters that have been published by DC Comics, most of them youthful incarnations of Superman. These characters have also been the main characters of four ongoing Superboy comic book series published by DC....

     (1949
    1949 in comics
    -Events and publications:Publishers Star Publications, Toby Press, and Youthful make their debuts; conversely, Columbia Comics, Novelty Press, and Street & Smith Comics all fold.-January:* Captain America Comics #70 - Timely Comics...

     series) #14
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...


June

  • A-1 Comics
    A-1 Comics
    A-1 Comics is a Golden Age comics publication that began in 1944 and ended in 1955. It was used by owner Vincent Sullivan's Magazine Enterprises to try out a number of potential characters and titles, as well as reprinting newspaper strips such as Texas Slim, Kerry Drake and Teena...

     (1944
    1944 in comics
    -January:* All-Winners Comics #11 - Timely Comics* Captain America Comics #34 - Timely Comics* Human Torch #14 - Timely Comics* Marvel Mystery Comics #51 - Timely Comics...

     series) #35
    - Magazine Enterprises
    Magazine Enterprises
    Magazine Enterprises was an American comic book company lasting from 1943 to 1958, which published primarily Western, humor, crime, adventure, and children's comics, with virtually no superheroes...

  • Action Comics
    Action Comics
    Action Comics is an American comic book series that introduced Superman, the first major superhero character as the term is popularly defined...

     (1938
    1938 in comics
    -European publications:* April 21: first issue of Le Journal de Spirou, featuring debuts of the series Spirou by Rob-Vel and Les Aventures de Tif by Fernand Dineur....

     series) #157
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Adventure Comics
    Adventure Comics
    Adventure Comics was a comic book series published by DC Comics from 1935 to 1983 and then revamped from 2009 to 2011. In its first era, the series ran for 503 issues , making it the fifth-longest-running DC series, behind Detective Comics, Action Comics, Superman, and Batman...

     (1938
    1938 in comics
    -European publications:* April 21: first issue of Le Journal de Spirou, featuring debuts of the series Spirou by Rob-Vel and Les Aventures de Tif by Fernand Dineur....

     series) #165
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Adventures into Terror (1950
    1950 in comics
    -European publications:* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis * Eagle launched on April 14 of this year and ran until 1994.-U.S. publications:In 1950 the U.S. comics industry came to a turning point...

     series) #104
    - Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics may refer to* Atlas Comics , one of the two comic publishing companies that would be the forerunner of Marvel Comics* Seaboard Periodicals, founded by Timely/Atlas /Marvel founder, a short-lived comic publisher that published under the Atlas Comics name and referred to as...

  • Adventures Into the Unknown
    Adventures Into the Unknown
    Adventures Into the Unknown was a horror and supernatural comic series from the Golden Age of Comic Books. The title was released in the fall of 1948 by B&I Publishing and enjoyed a run of 174 issues for nearly two decades, ceasing publication in August 1967...

    ! (1948
    1948 in comics
    -European :*Spirou et l'aventure by Jijé, Dupuis *Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis -January:* Captain America Comics #65 - Timely Comics*Frankie and Lana issue #13 - Timely Comics...

     series) #24
    - American Comics Group
    American Comics Group
    American Comics Group was a New York City-based comic book publisher which operated during the Golden and Silver Age of comic books. ACG published one of the first horror comics titles, Adventures into the Unknown. Another of ACG's claims to fame was the character of Herbie Popnecker, who starred...

  • Adventures of Bob Hope
    Adventures of Bob Hope
    The Adventures of Bob Hope is a comic book series that was published by National Periodical Publications . The series featured stories based on comedian Bob Hope, as well as assorted other humorous stories...

     (1950
    1950 in comics
    -European publications:* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis * Eagle launched on April 14 of this year and ran until 1994.-U.S. publications:In 1950 the U.S. comics industry came to a turning point...

     series) #9
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Airboy
    Airboy
    Airboy is a fictional aviator hero of an American comic book series initially published by Hillman Periodicals during the World War II-era time period fans and historians call the Golden Age of comic books. He was created by writers Charles Biro and Dick Wood and artist Al Camy.-Golden Age:Airboy...

     (as Airboy Vol. 8) (1942
    1942 in comics
    -January:* All-Winners Comics #3 - Timely Comics* Captain America Comics #10 - Timely Comics* Daring Mystery Comics #8 - final issue, cancelled by Timely Comics...

     series) #5
    - Hillman Periodicals
    Hillman Periodicals
    Hillman Periodicals, Inc. was an American magazine and comic book publishing company founded in 1938 by Alex L. Hillman, a former New York City book publisher...

  • All American Western (1948
    1948 in comics
    -European :*Spirou et l'aventure by Jijé, Dupuis *Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis -January:* Captain America Comics #65 - Timely Comics*Frankie and Lana issue #13 - Timely Comics...

     series) #120
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • All Star Western (1948
    1948 in comics
    -European :*Spirou et l'aventure by Jijé, Dupuis *Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis -January:* Captain America Comics #65 - Timely Comics*Frankie and Lana issue #13 - Timely Comics...

     series) #59
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • All-True Crime (1948
    1948 in comics
    -European :*Spirou et l'aventure by Jijé, Dupuis *Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis -January:* Captain America Comics #65 - Timely Comics*Frankie and Lana issue #13 - Timely Comics...

     series) #46
    - Marvel Comics
    Marvel Comics
    Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...

  • Astonishing (1951 series) #4 - Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics may refer to* Atlas Comics , one of the two comic publishing companies that would be the forerunner of Marvel Comics* Seaboard Periodicals, founded by Timely/Atlas /Marvel founder, a short-lived comic publisher that published under the Atlas Comics name and referred to as...

  • Batman
    Batman
    Batman is a fictional character created by the artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger. A comic book superhero, Batman first appeared in Detective Comics #27 , and since then has appeared primarily in publications by DC Comics...

     (1940
    1940 in comics
    -Year overall:* Another boom year for the burgeoning American comic book industry, as Ace Comics, Columbia Comics, Farrell Publications, Holyoke Publishing, Novelty Press, and Street & Smith Comics all begin publishing.-January:...

     series) #65
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Battle
    Battle
    Generally, a battle is a conceptual component in the hierarchy of combat in warfare between two or more armed forces, or combatants. In a battle, each combatant will seek to defeat the others, with defeat determined by the conditions of a military campaign...

     (1951 series) #4
    - Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics may refer to* Atlas Comics , one of the two comic publishing companies that would be the forerunner of Marvel Comics* Seaboard Periodicals, founded by Timely/Atlas /Marvel founder, a short-lived comic publisher that published under the Atlas Comics name and referred to as...

  • Blackhawk
    Blackhawk (comics)
    Blackhawk, a long-running comic book series, was also a film serial, a radio series and a novel. The comic book was published first by Quality Comics and later by DC Comics. The series was created by Will Eisner, Chuck Cuidera, and Bob Powell, but the artist most associated with the feature is Reed...

     (1944
    1944 in comics
    -January:* All-Winners Comics #11 - Timely Comics* Captain America Comics #34 - Timely Comics* Human Torch #14 - Timely Comics* Marvel Mystery Comics #51 - Timely Comics...

     series) #41
    - Quality Comics
    Quality Comics
    Quality Comics was an American comic book publishing company that operated from 1939 to 1956 and was an influential creative force in what historians and fans call the Golden Age of comic books....

  • Chamber of Chills
    Chamber of Chills
    Chamber of Chills is the name of two anthology horror comic books, one published by Harvey Publications in the early 1950s, the other by Marvel Comics in the 1970s.-Harvey Publications:...

     (1951 series) #1
    - Harvey Comics
    Harvey Comics
    Harvey Comics was an American comic book publisher, founded in New York City by Alfred Harvey in 1941, after buying out the small publisher Brookwood Publications. His brothers Robert B...

  • The Cisco Kid
    The Cisco Kid
    The Cisco Kid refers to a character found in numerous film, radio, television and comic book series based on the fictional Western character created by O. Henry in his 1907 short story "The Caballero's Way", published in the collection Heart of the West...

     (1951 series) #2
    - 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...

  • Detective Comics
    Detective Comics
    Detective Comics is an American comic book series published monthly by DC Comics since 1937, best known for introducing the iconic superhero Batman in Detective Comics #27 . It is, along with Action Comics, the book that launched with the debut of Superman, one of the medium's signature series, and...

     (1937
    1937 in comics
    -January:* Detective Picture Stories #2 - Centaur Publications* Famous Funnies #30 - Eastern Color* The Funnies #4 - Dell Comics* Funny Picture Stories #3 - Centaur Publications* King Comics #10 - David McKay Publications...

     series) #172
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Journey Into Unknown Worlds (1950
    1950 in comics
    -European publications:* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis * Eagle launched on April 14 of this year and ran until 1994.-U.S. publications:In 1950 the U.S. comics industry came to a turning point...

     series) #6
    - Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics may refer to* Atlas Comics , one of the two comic publishing companies that would be the forerunner of Marvel Comics* Seaboard Periodicals, founded by Timely/Atlas /Marvel founder, a short-lived comic publisher that published under the Atlas Comics name and referred to as...

  • Marvel Tales
    Marvel Tales
    Marvel Tales is the title of three American comic-book series published by Marvel Comics, the first of them from the company's 1950s predecessor, Atlas Comics...

     (1949
    1949 in comics
    -Events and publications:Publishers Star Publications, Toby Press, and Youthful make their debuts; conversely, Columbia Comics, Novelty Press, and Street & Smith Comics all fold.-January:* Captain America Comics #70 - Timely Comics...

     series) #104
    - Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics may refer to* Atlas Comics , one of the two comic publishing companies that would be the forerunner of Marvel Comics* Seaboard Periodicals, founded by Timely/Atlas /Marvel founder, a short-lived comic publisher that published under the Atlas Comics name and referred to as...

  • Mystery in Space
    Mystery in Space
    Mystery in Space is the name of two science fiction comic book series published in the United States by DC Comics, then known as National Comics. The first series ran for 110 issues from 1951 - 1966, with a further 7 issues continuing the numbering during a 1980s revival of the title...

     (1951 series) #2
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Star Spangled Comics (1941
    1941 in comics
    -Events and publications:Stan Lee becomes editor-in-chief at Timely Comics.Adventures of Captain Marvel, a twelve-chapter film serial adapted from the popular Captain Marvel comic book character for Republic Pictures, debuts...

     series) #117
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Strange Adventures
    Strange Adventures
    Strange Adventures was the title of several American comic books published by DC Comics, most notably a long-running science fiction anthology that began in 1950.-Original series:...

     (1950
    1950 in comics
    -European publications:* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis * Eagle launched on April 14 of this year and ran until 1994.-U.S. publications:In 1950 the U.S. comics industry came to a turning point...

     series) #9
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Strange Tales
    Strange Tales
    Strange Tales is the name of several comic book anthology series published by Marvel Comics. It introduced the features "Doctor Strange" and "Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.", and was a showcase for the science fiction/suspense stories of artists Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, and for the...

     (1951 series) #1
    - Marvel Comics
    Marvel Comics
    Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...

  • Superman
    Superman
    Superman is a fictional comic book superhero appearing in publications by DC Comics, widely considered to be an American cultural icon. Created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born American artist Joe Shuster in 1932 while both were living in Cleveland, Ohio, and sold to Detective...

     (1939
    1939 in comics
    -Year overall:* A boom year for the burgeoning American comic book industry, as Archie Comics, Fawcett Comics, Fox Feature Syndicate, Lev Gleason Publications, Marvel Comics, Nedor Comics, Quality Comics, and Timely Comics all begin publishing.-January:...

     series) #70
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Two-Gun Kid
    Two-Gun Kid
    The Two-Gun Kid is a fictional character, a cowboy gunslinger in the Wild West of Marvel Comics' shared universe, the Marvel Universe.-Publication history:...

     (as Two-Gun Western) (1948
    1948 in comics
    -European :*Spirou et l'aventure by Jijé, Dupuis *Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis -January:* Captain America Comics #65 - Timely Comics*Frankie and Lana issue #13 - Timely Comics...

     series) #7
    - Marvel Comics
    Marvel Comics
    Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...

  • Witches Tales (1951 series) #1 - Harvey Comics
    Harvey Comics
    Harvey Comics was an American comic book publisher, founded in New York City by Alfred Harvey in 1941, after buying out the small publisher Brookwood Publications. His brothers Robert B...


July

  • A-1 Comics
    A-1 Comics
    A-1 Comics is a Golden Age comics publication that began in 1944 and ended in 1955. It was used by owner Vincent Sullivan's Magazine Enterprises to try out a number of potential characters and titles, as well as reprinting newspaper strips such as Texas Slim, Kerry Drake and Teena...

     (1944
    1944 in comics
    -January:* All-Winners Comics #11 - Timely Comics* Captain America Comics #34 - Timely Comics* Human Torch #14 - Timely Comics* Marvel Mystery Comics #51 - Timely Comics...

     series) #36
    - Magazine Enterprises
    Magazine Enterprises
    Magazine Enterprises was an American comic book company lasting from 1943 to 1958, which published primarily Western, humor, crime, adventure, and children's comics, with virtually no superheroes...

  • Action Comics
    Action Comics
    Action Comics is an American comic book series that introduced Superman, the first major superhero character as the term is popularly defined...

     (1938
    1938 in comics
    -European publications:* April 21: first issue of Le Journal de Spirou, featuring debuts of the series Spirou by Rob-Vel and Les Aventures de Tif by Fernand Dineur....

     series) #158
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Adventure Comics
    Adventure Comics
    Adventure Comics was a comic book series published by DC Comics from 1935 to 1983 and then revamped from 2009 to 2011. In its first era, the series ran for 503 issues , making it the fifth-longest-running DC series, behind Detective Comics, Action Comics, Superman, and Batman...

     (1938
    1938 in comics
    -European publications:* April 21: first issue of Le Journal de Spirou, featuring debuts of the series Spirou by Rob-Vel and Les Aventures de Tif by Fernand Dineur....

     series) #166
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Adventures Into the Unknown
    Adventures Into the Unknown
    Adventures Into the Unknown was a horror and supernatural comic series from the Golden Age of Comic Books. The title was released in the fall of 1948 by B&I Publishing and enjoyed a run of 174 issues for nearly two decades, ceasing publication in August 1967...

    ! (1948
    1948 in comics
    -European :*Spirou et l'aventure by Jijé, Dupuis *Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis -January:* Captain America Comics #65 - Timely Comics*Frankie and Lana issue #13 - Timely Comics...

     series) #25
    - American Comics Group
    American Comics Group
    American Comics Group was a New York City-based comic book publisher which operated during the Golden and Silver Age of comic books. ACG published one of the first horror comics titles, Adventures into the Unknown. Another of ACG's claims to fame was the character of Herbie Popnecker, who starred...

  • Airboy
    Airboy
    Airboy is a fictional aviator hero of an American comic book series initially published by Hillman Periodicals during the World War II-era time period fans and historians call the Golden Age of comic books. He was created by writers Charles Biro and Dick Wood and artist Al Camy.-Golden Age:Airboy...

     (as Airboy Vol. 8) (1942
    1942 in comics
    -January:* All-Winners Comics #3 - Timely Comics* Captain America Comics #10 - Timely Comics* Daring Mystery Comics #8 - final issue, cancelled by Timely Comics...

     series) #6
    - Hillman Periodicals
    Hillman Periodicals
    Hillman Periodicals, Inc. was an American magazine and comic book publishing company founded in 1938 by Alex L. Hillman, a former New York City book publisher...

  • All-Famous Crime (1950
    1950 in comics
    -European publications:* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis * Eagle launched on April 14 of this year and ran until 1994.-U.S. publications:In 1950 the U.S. comics industry came to a turning point...

     series) #9
    - Star Publications
    Star Publications
    Star Publications, Inc. was a Golden Age American comic book publisher, operating during the years 1949–1954. Founded by artist/editor L.B. Cole and lawyer Gerhard Kramer, Star specialized in horror comics, crime, and romance comics — but also published funny animal stories...

  • Amazing Detective Cases (1950
    1950 in comics
    -European publications:* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis * Eagle launched on April 14 of this year and ran until 1994.-U.S. publications:In 1950 the U.S. comics industry came to a turning point...

     series) #7
    - Marvel Comics
    Marvel Comics
    Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...

  • Archie Comics
    Archie Comics
    Archie Comics is an American comic book publisher headquartered in the Village of Mamaroneck, Town of Mamaroneck, New York, known for its many series featuring the fictional teenagers Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle and Jughead Jones. The characters were created by...

     (1946
    1946 in comics
    -European publications:* September 26: first issue of Le Journal de Tintin, featuring debut of the series Blake et Mortimer by Edgar P. Jacobs, and the Tintin story Le temple du soleil by Hergé....

     series) #51
    - Archie Publications
  • Archie's Girls, Betty and Veronica (1950
    1950 in comics
    -European publications:* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis * Eagle launched on April 14 of this year and ran until 1994.-U.S. publications:In 1950 the U.S. comics industry came to a turning point...

     series) #10
    - Archie Publications
  • Archie's Pal Jughead (1949
    1949 in comics
    -Events and publications:Publishers Star Publications, Toby Press, and Youthful make their debuts; conversely, Columbia Comics, Novelty Press, and Street & Smith Comics all fold.-January:* Captain America Comics #70 - Timely Comics...

     series) #11
    - Archie Publications
  • Battle
    Battle
    Generally, a battle is a conceptual component in the hierarchy of combat in warfare between two or more armed forces, or combatants. In a battle, each combatant will seek to defeat the others, with defeat determined by the conditions of a military campaign...

     (1951 series) #5
    - Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics may refer to* Atlas Comics , one of the two comic publishing companies that would be the forerunner of Marvel Comics* Seaboard Periodicals, founded by Timely/Atlas /Marvel founder, a short-lived comic publisher that published under the Atlas Comics name and referred to as...

  • Blackhawk
    Blackhawk (comics)
    Blackhawk, a long-running comic book series, was also a film serial, a radio series and a novel. The comic book was published first by Quality Comics and later by DC Comics. The series was created by Will Eisner, Chuck Cuidera, and Bob Powell, but the artist most associated with the feature is Reed...

     (1944
    1944 in comics
    -January:* All-Winners Comics #11 - Timely Comics* Captain America Comics #34 - Timely Comics* Human Torch #14 - Timely Comics* Marvel Mystery Comics #51 - Timely Comics...

     series) #42
    - Quality Comics
    Quality Comics
    Quality Comics was an American comic book publishing company that operated from 1939 to 1956 and was an influential creative force in what historians and fans call the Golden Age of comic books....

  • The Cisco Kid
    The Cisco Kid
    The Cisco Kid refers to a character found in numerous film, radio, television and comic book series based on the fictional Western character created by O. Henry in his 1907 short story "The Caballero's Way", published in the collection Heart of the West...

     (1951 series) #3
    - 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...

  • Dale Evans Comics (1948
    1948 in comics
    -European :*Spirou et l'aventure by Jijé, Dupuis *Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis -January:* Captain America Comics #65 - Timely Comics*Frankie and Lana issue #13 - Timely Comics...

     series) #18
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Detective Comics
    Detective Comics
    Detective Comics is an American comic book series published monthly by DC Comics since 1937, best known for introducing the iconic superhero Batman in Detective Comics #27 . It is, along with Action Comics, the book that launched with the debut of Superman, one of the medium's signature series, and...

     (1937
    1937 in comics
    -January:* Detective Picture Stories #2 - Centaur Publications* Famous Funnies #30 - Eastern Color* The Funnies #4 - Dell Comics* Funny Picture Stories #3 - Centaur Publications* King Comics #10 - David McKay Publications...

     series) #173
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Kid Colt Outlaw
    Kid Colt
    Kid Colt is the name of two fictional characters in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first is a cowboy whose adventures have taken place in numerous western themed comic book series published by Marvel...

     (1948
    1948 in comics
    -European :*Spirou et l'aventure by Jijé, Dupuis *Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis -January:* Captain America Comics #65 - Timely Comics*Frankie and Lana issue #13 - Timely Comics...

     series) #15
    - Marvel Comics
    Marvel Comics
    Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...

  • Movie Town Animial Antics (1946
    1946 in comics
    -European publications:* September 26: first issue of Le Journal de Tintin, featuring debut of the series Blake et Mortimer by Edgar P. Jacobs, and the Tintin story Le temple du soleil by Hergé....

     series) #33
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Mr. District Attorney
    Mr. District Attorney
    Mr. District Attorney is a popular radio crime drama which aired on NBC and ABC from April 3, 1939 to June 13, 1952 . The series focused on a crusading D.A., initially known only as "Mister District Attorney," or "Chief", and was later translated to television. On television the D.A...

     (1948
    1948 in comics
    -European :*Spirou et l'aventure by Jijé, Dupuis *Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis -January:* Captain America Comics #65 - Timely Comics*Frankie and Lana issue #13 - Timely Comics...

     series) #22
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Mystic (1951 series) #3 - Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics may refer to* Atlas Comics , one of the two comic publishing companies that would be the forerunner of Marvel Comics* Seaboard Periodicals, founded by Timely/Atlas /Marvel founder, a short-lived comic publisher that published under the Atlas Comics name and referred to as...

  • Private Eye
    Private Eye
    Private Eye is a fortnightly British satirical and current affairs magazine, edited by Ian Hislop.Since its first publication in 1961, Private Eye has been a prominent critic and lampooner of public figures and entities that it deemed guilty of any of the sins of incompetence, inefficiency,...

     (1951 series) #4
    - Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics may refer to* Atlas Comics , one of the two comic publishing companies that would be the forerunner of Marvel Comics* Seaboard Periodicals, founded by Timely/Atlas /Marvel founder, a short-lived comic publisher that published under the Atlas Comics name and referred to as...

  • Sensation Comics
    Sensation Comics
    Sensation Comics is the title of a comic book series published by DC Comics that ran for 109 issues between 1942 and 1952. For most of its run, the lead feature was Wonder Woman. Other series that appeared were the Black Pirate, the Gay Ghost, Mr...

     (1942
    1942 in comics
    -January:* All-Winners Comics #3 - Timely Comics* Captain America Comics #10 - Timely Comics* Daring Mystery Comics #8 - final issue, cancelled by Timely Comics...

     series) #104
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Star Spangled Comics (1941
    1941 in comics
    -Events and publications:Stan Lee becomes editor-in-chief at Timely Comics.Adventures of Captain Marvel, a twelve-chapter film serial adapted from the popular Captain Marvel comic book character for Republic Pictures, debuts...

     series) #118
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Strange Adventures
    Strange Adventures
    Strange Adventures was the title of several American comic books published by DC Comics, most notably a long-running science fiction anthology that began in 1950.-Original series:...

     (1950
    1950 in comics
    -European publications:* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis * Eagle launched on April 14 of this year and ran until 1994.-U.S. publications:In 1950 the U.S. comics industry came to a turning point...

     series) #10
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Strange Tales
    Strange Tales
    Strange Tales is the name of several comic book anthology series published by Marvel Comics. It introduced the features "Doctor Strange" and "Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.", and was a showcase for the science fiction/suspense stories of artists Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, and for the...

     (1951 series) #2
    - Marvel Comics
    Marvel Comics
    Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...

  • Superboy
    Superboy
    Superboy is the name of several fictional characters that have been published by DC Comics, most of them youthful incarnations of Superman. These characters have also been the main characters of four ongoing Superboy comic book series published by DC....

     (1949
    1949 in comics
    -Events and publications:Publishers Star Publications, Toby Press, and Youthful make their debuts; conversely, Columbia Comics, Novelty Press, and Street & Smith Comics all fold.-January:* Captain America Comics #70 - Timely Comics...

     series) #15
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...


August

  • A-1 Comics
    A-1 Comics
    A-1 Comics is a Golden Age comics publication that began in 1944 and ended in 1955. It was used by owner Vincent Sullivan's Magazine Enterprises to try out a number of potential characters and titles, as well as reprinting newspaper strips such as Texas Slim, Kerry Drake and Teena...

     (1944
    1944 in comics
    -January:* All-Winners Comics #11 - Timely Comics* Captain America Comics #34 - Timely Comics* Human Torch #14 - Timely Comics* Marvel Mystery Comics #51 - Timely Comics...

     series) #37
    - Magazine Enterprises
    Magazine Enterprises
    Magazine Enterprises was an American comic book company lasting from 1943 to 1958, which published primarily Western, humor, crime, adventure, and children's comics, with virtually no superheroes...

  • Action Comics
    Action Comics
    Action Comics is an American comic book series that introduced Superman, the first major superhero character as the term is popularly defined...

     (1938
    1938 in comics
    -European publications:* April 21: first issue of Le Journal de Spirou, featuring debuts of the series Spirou by Rob-Vel and Les Aventures de Tif by Fernand Dineur....

     series) #159
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Adventure Comics
    Adventure Comics
    Adventure Comics was a comic book series published by DC Comics from 1935 to 1983 and then revamped from 2009 to 2011. In its first era, the series ran for 503 issues , making it the fifth-longest-running DC series, behind Detective Comics, Action Comics, Superman, and Batman...

     (1938
    1938 in comics
    -European publications:* April 21: first issue of Le Journal de Spirou, featuring debuts of the series Spirou by Rob-Vel and Les Aventures de Tif by Fernand Dineur....

     series) #167
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Adventures into Terror (1950
    1950 in comics
    -European publications:* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis * Eagle launched on April 14 of this year and ran until 1994.-U.S. publications:In 1950 the U.S. comics industry came to a turning point...

     series) #105
    - Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics may refer to* Atlas Comics , one of the two comic publishing companies that would be the forerunner of Marvel Comics* Seaboard Periodicals, founded by Timely/Atlas /Marvel founder, a short-lived comic publisher that published under the Atlas Comics name and referred to as...

  • Adventures Into the Unknown
    Adventures Into the Unknown
    Adventures Into the Unknown was a horror and supernatural comic series from the Golden Age of Comic Books. The title was released in the fall of 1948 by B&I Publishing and enjoyed a run of 174 issues for nearly two decades, ceasing publication in August 1967...

    ! (1948
    1948 in comics
    -European :*Spirou et l'aventure by Jijé, Dupuis *Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis -January:* Captain America Comics #65 - Timely Comics*Frankie and Lana issue #13 - Timely Comics...

     series) #26
    - American Comics Group
    American Comics Group
    American Comics Group was a New York City-based comic book publisher which operated during the Golden and Silver Age of comic books. ACG published one of the first horror comics titles, Adventures into the Unknown. Another of ACG's claims to fame was the character of Herbie Popnecker, who starred...

  • Adventures of Bob Hope
    Adventures of Bob Hope
    The Adventures of Bob Hope is a comic book series that was published by National Periodical Publications . The series featured stories based on comedian Bob Hope, as well as assorted other humorous stories...

     (1950
    1950 in comics
    -European publications:* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis * Eagle launched on April 14 of this year and ran until 1994.-U.S. publications:In 1950 the U.S. comics industry came to a turning point...

     series) #10
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Airboy
    Airboy
    Airboy is a fictional aviator hero of an American comic book series initially published by Hillman Periodicals during the World War II-era time period fans and historians call the Golden Age of comic books. He was created by writers Charles Biro and Dick Wood and artist Al Camy.-Golden Age:Airboy...

     (as Airboy Vol. 8) (1942
    1942 in comics
    -January:* All-Winners Comics #3 - Timely Comics* Captain America Comics #10 - Timely Comics* Daring Mystery Comics #8 - final issue, cancelled by Timely Comics...

     series) #7
    - Hillman Periodicals
    Hillman Periodicals
    Hillman Periodicals, Inc. was an American magazine and comic book publishing company founded in 1938 by Alex L. Hillman, a former New York City book publisher...

  • All American Western (1948
    1948 in comics
    -European :*Spirou et l'aventure by Jijé, Dupuis *Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis -January:* Captain America Comics #65 - Timely Comics*Frankie and Lana issue #13 - Timely Comics...

     series) #121
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • All Star Western (1948
    1948 in comics
    -European :*Spirou et l'aventure by Jijé, Dupuis *Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis -January:* Captain America Comics #65 - Timely Comics*Frankie and Lana issue #13 - Timely Comics...

     series) #60
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • All-True Crime (1948
    1948 in comics
    -European :*Spirou et l'aventure by Jijé, Dupuis *Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis -January:* Captain America Comics #65 - Timely Comics*Frankie and Lana issue #13 - Timely Comics...

     series) #47
    - Marvel Comics
    Marvel Comics
    Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...

  • Astonishing (1951 series) #5 - Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics may refer to* Atlas Comics , one of the two comic publishing companies that would be the forerunner of Marvel Comics* Seaboard Periodicals, founded by Timely/Atlas /Marvel founder, a short-lived comic publisher that published under the Atlas Comics name and referred to as...

  • Batman
    Batman
    Batman is a fictional character created by the artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger. A comic book superhero, Batman first appeared in Detective Comics #27 , and since then has appeared primarily in publications by DC Comics...

     (1940
    1940 in comics
    -Year overall:* Another boom year for the burgeoning American comic book industry, as Ace Comics, Columbia Comics, Farrell Publications, Holyoke Publishing, Novelty Press, and Street & Smith Comics all begin publishing.-January:...

     series) #66
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Battle
    Battle
    Generally, a battle is a conceptual component in the hierarchy of combat in warfare between two or more armed forces, or combatants. In a battle, each combatant will seek to defeat the others, with defeat determined by the conditions of a military campaign...

     (1951 series) #6
    - Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics may refer to* Atlas Comics , one of the two comic publishing companies that would be the forerunner of Marvel Comics* Seaboard Periodicals, founded by Timely/Atlas /Marvel founder, a short-lived comic publisher that published under the Atlas Comics name and referred to as...

  • Blackhawk
    Blackhawk (comics)
    Blackhawk, a long-running comic book series, was also a film serial, a radio series and a novel. The comic book was published first by Quality Comics and later by DC Comics. The series was created by Will Eisner, Chuck Cuidera, and Bob Powell, but the artist most associated with the feature is Reed...

     (1944
    1944 in comics
    -January:* All-Winners Comics #11 - Timely Comics* Captain America Comics #34 - Timely Comics* Human Torch #14 - Timely Comics* Marvel Mystery Comics #51 - Timely Comics...

     series) #43
    - Quality Comics
    Quality Comics
    Quality Comics was an American comic book publishing company that operated from 1939 to 1956 and was an influential creative force in what historians and fans call the Golden Age of comic books....

  • The Cisco Kid
    The Cisco Kid
    The Cisco Kid refers to a character found in numerous film, radio, television and comic book series based on the fictional Western character created by O. Henry in his 1907 short story "The Caballero's Way", published in the collection Heart of the West...

     (1951 series) #4
    - 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...

  • Detective Comics
    Detective Comics
    Detective Comics is an American comic book series published monthly by DC Comics since 1937, best known for introducing the iconic superhero Batman in Detective Comics #27 . It is, along with Action Comics, the book that launched with the debut of Superman, one of the medium's signature series, and...

     (1937
    1937 in comics
    -January:* Detective Picture Stories #2 - Centaur Publications* Famous Funnies #30 - Eastern Color* The Funnies #4 - Dell Comics* Funny Picture Stories #3 - Centaur Publications* King Comics #10 - David McKay Publications...

     series) #174
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Journey Into Unknown Worlds (1950
    1950 in comics
    -European publications:* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis * Eagle launched on April 14 of this year and ran until 1994.-U.S. publications:In 1950 the U.S. comics industry came to a turning point...

     series) #7
    - Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics may refer to* Atlas Comics , one of the two comic publishing companies that would be the forerunner of Marvel Comics* Seaboard Periodicals, founded by Timely/Atlas /Marvel founder, a short-lived comic publisher that published under the Atlas Comics name and referred to as...

  • Marvel Tales
    Marvel Tales
    Marvel Tales is the title of three American comic-book series published by Marvel Comics, the first of them from the company's 1950s predecessor, Atlas Comics...

     (1949
    1949 in comics
    -Events and publications:Publishers Star Publications, Toby Press, and Youthful make their debuts; conversely, Columbia Comics, Novelty Press, and Street & Smith Comics all fold.-January:* Captain America Comics #70 - Timely Comics...

     series) #105
    - Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics may refer to* Atlas Comics , one of the two comic publishing companies that would be the forerunner of Marvel Comics* Seaboard Periodicals, founded by Timely/Atlas /Marvel founder, a short-lived comic publisher that published under the Atlas Comics name and referred to as...

  • Mystery in Space
    Mystery in Space
    Mystery in Space is the name of two science fiction comic book series published in the United States by DC Comics, then known as National Comics. The first series ran for 110 issues from 1951 - 1966, with a further 7 issues continuing the numbering during a 1980s revival of the title...

     (1951 series) #3
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Strange Adventures
    Strange Adventures
    Strange Adventures was the title of several American comic books published by DC Comics, most notably a long-running science fiction anthology that began in 1950.-Original series:...

     (1950
    1950 in comics
    -European publications:* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis * Eagle launched on April 14 of this year and ran until 1994.-U.S. publications:In 1950 the U.S. comics industry came to a turning point...

     series) #11
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Star Spangled Comics (1941
    1941 in comics
    -Events and publications:Stan Lee becomes editor-in-chief at Timely Comics.Adventures of Captain Marvel, a twelve-chapter film serial adapted from the popular Captain Marvel comic book character for Republic Pictures, debuts...

     series) #119
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Strange Tales
    Strange Tales
    Strange Tales is the name of several comic book anthology series published by Marvel Comics. It introduced the features "Doctor Strange" and "Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.", and was a showcase for the science fiction/suspense stories of artists Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, and for the...

     (1951 series) #3
    - Marvel Comics
    Marvel Comics
    Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...

  • Superman
    Superman
    Superman is a fictional comic book superhero appearing in publications by DC Comics, widely considered to be an American cultural icon. Created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born American artist Joe Shuster in 1932 while both were living in Cleveland, Ohio, and sold to Detective...

     (1939
    1939 in comics
    -Year overall:* A boom year for the burgeoning American comic book industry, as Archie Comics, Fawcett Comics, Fox Feature Syndicate, Lev Gleason Publications, Marvel Comics, Nedor Comics, Quality Comics, and Timely Comics all begin publishing.-January:...

     series) #71
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Two-Gun Kid
    Two-Gun Kid
    The Two-Gun Kid is a fictional character, a cowboy gunslinger in the Wild West of Marvel Comics' shared universe, the Marvel Universe.-Publication history:...

     (as Two-Gun Western) (1948
    1948 in comics
    -European :*Spirou et l'aventure by Jijé, Dupuis *Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis -January:* Captain America Comics #65 - Timely Comics*Frankie and Lana issue #13 - Timely Comics...

     series) #8
    - Marvel Comics
    Marvel Comics
    Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...


September

  • A-1 Comics
    A-1 Comics
    A-1 Comics is a Golden Age comics publication that began in 1944 and ended in 1955. It was used by owner Vincent Sullivan's Magazine Enterprises to try out a number of potential characters and titles, as well as reprinting newspaper strips such as Texas Slim, Kerry Drake and Teena...

     (1944
    1944 in comics
    -January:* All-Winners Comics #11 - Timely Comics* Captain America Comics #34 - Timely Comics* Human Torch #14 - Timely Comics* Marvel Mystery Comics #51 - Timely Comics...

     series) #38
    - Magazine Enterprises
    Magazine Enterprises
    Magazine Enterprises was an American comic book company lasting from 1943 to 1958, which published primarily Western, humor, crime, adventure, and children's comics, with virtually no superheroes...

  • Action Comics
    Action Comics
    Action Comics is an American comic book series that introduced Superman, the first major superhero character as the term is popularly defined...

     (1938
    1938 in comics
    -European publications:* April 21: first issue of Le Journal de Spirou, featuring debuts of the series Spirou by Rob-Vel and Les Aventures de Tif by Fernand Dineur....

     series) #160
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Adventure Comics
    Adventure Comics
    Adventure Comics was a comic book series published by DC Comics from 1935 to 1983 and then revamped from 2009 to 2011. In its first era, the series ran for 503 issues , making it the fifth-longest-running DC series, behind Detective Comics, Action Comics, Superman, and Batman...

     (1938
    1938 in comics
    -European publications:* April 21: first issue of Le Journal de Spirou, featuring debuts of the series Spirou by Rob-Vel and Les Aventures de Tif by Fernand Dineur....

     series) #168
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Adventures Into the Unknown
    Adventures Into the Unknown
    Adventures Into the Unknown was a horror and supernatural comic series from the Golden Age of Comic Books. The title was released in the fall of 1948 by B&I Publishing and enjoyed a run of 174 issues for nearly two decades, ceasing publication in August 1967...

    ! (1948
    1948 in comics
    -European :*Spirou et l'aventure by Jijé, Dupuis *Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis -January:* Captain America Comics #65 - Timely Comics*Frankie and Lana issue #13 - Timely Comics...

     series) #27
    - American Comics Group
    American Comics Group
    American Comics Group was a New York City-based comic book publisher which operated during the Golden and Silver Age of comic books. ACG published one of the first horror comics titles, Adventures into the Unknown. Another of ACG's claims to fame was the character of Herbie Popnecker, who starred...

  • Airboy
    Airboy
    Airboy is a fictional aviator hero of an American comic book series initially published by Hillman Periodicals during the World War II-era time period fans and historians call the Golden Age of comic books. He was created by writers Charles Biro and Dick Wood and artist Al Camy.-Golden Age:Airboy...

     (as Airboy Vol. 8) (1942
    1942 in comics
    -January:* All-Winners Comics #3 - Timely Comics* Captain America Comics #10 - Timely Comics* Daring Mystery Comics #8 - final issue, cancelled by Timely Comics...

     series) #8
    - Hillman Periodicals
    Hillman Periodicals
    Hillman Periodicals, Inc. was an American magazine and comic book publishing company founded in 1938 by Alex L. Hillman, a former New York City book publisher...

  • Amazing Detective Cases (1950
    1950 in comics
    -European publications:* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis * Eagle launched on April 14 of this year and ran until 1994.-U.S. publications:In 1950 the U.S. comics industry came to a turning point...

     series) #8
    - Marvel Comics
    Marvel Comics
    Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...

  • Archie Comics
    Archie Comics
    Archie Comics is an American comic book publisher headquartered in the Village of Mamaroneck, Town of Mamaroneck, New York, known for its many series featuring the fictional teenagers Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle and Jughead Jones. The characters were created by...

     (1946
    1946 in comics
    -European publications:* September 26: first issue of Le Journal de Tintin, featuring debut of the series Blake et Mortimer by Edgar P. Jacobs, and the Tintin story Le temple du soleil by Hergé....

     series) #52
    - Archie Publications
  • Archie's Girls, Betty and Veronica (1950
    1950 in comics
    -European publications:* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis * Eagle launched on April 14 of this year and ran until 1994.-U.S. publications:In 1950 the U.S. comics industry came to a turning point...

     series) #11
    - Archie Publications
  • Archie's Pal Jughead (1949
    1949 in comics
    -Events and publications:Publishers Star Publications, Toby Press, and Youthful make their debuts; conversely, Columbia Comics, Novelty Press, and Street & Smith Comics all fold.-January:* Captain America Comics #70 - Timely Comics...

     series) #12
    - Archie Publications
  • Battle
    Battle
    Generally, a battle is a conceptual component in the hierarchy of combat in warfare between two or more armed forces, or combatants. In a battle, each combatant will seek to defeat the others, with defeat determined by the conditions of a military campaign...

     (1951 series) #7
    - Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics may refer to* Atlas Comics , one of the two comic publishing companies that would be the forerunner of Marvel Comics* Seaboard Periodicals, founded by Timely/Atlas /Marvel founder, a short-lived comic publisher that published under the Atlas Comics name and referred to as...

  • Blackhawk
    Blackhawk (comics)
    Blackhawk, a long-running comic book series, was also a film serial, a radio series and a novel. The comic book was published first by Quality Comics and later by DC Comics. The series was created by Will Eisner, Chuck Cuidera, and Bob Powell, but the artist most associated with the feature is Reed...

     (1944
    1944 in comics
    -January:* All-Winners Comics #11 - Timely Comics* Captain America Comics #34 - Timely Comics* Human Torch #14 - Timely Comics* Marvel Mystery Comics #51 - Timely Comics...

     series) #44
    - Quality Comics
    Quality Comics
    Quality Comics was an American comic book publishing company that operated from 1939 to 1956 and was an influential creative force in what historians and fans call the Golden Age of comic books....

  • The Cisco Kid
    The Cisco Kid
    The Cisco Kid refers to a character found in numerous film, radio, television and comic book series based on the fictional Western character created by O. Henry in his 1907 short story "The Caballero's Way", published in the collection Heart of the West...

     (1951 series) #5
    - 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...

  • Dale Evans Comics (1948
    1948 in comics
    -European :*Spirou et l'aventure by Jijé, Dupuis *Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis -January:* Captain America Comics #65 - Timely Comics*Frankie and Lana issue #13 - Timely Comics...

     series) #19
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Detective Comics
    Detective Comics
    Detective Comics is an American comic book series published monthly by DC Comics since 1937, best known for introducing the iconic superhero Batman in Detective Comics #27 . It is, along with Action Comics, the book that launched with the debut of Superman, one of the medium's signature series, and...

     (1937
    1937 in comics
    -January:* Detective Picture Stories #2 - Centaur Publications* Famous Funnies #30 - Eastern Color* The Funnies #4 - Dell Comics* Funny Picture Stories #3 - Centaur Publications* King Comics #10 - David McKay Publications...

     series) #175
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Kid Colt Outlaw
    Kid Colt
    Kid Colt is the name of two fictional characters in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first is a cowboy whose adventures have taken place in numerous western themed comic book series published by Marvel...

     (1948
    1948 in comics
    -European :*Spirou et l'aventure by Jijé, Dupuis *Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis -January:* Captain America Comics #65 - Timely Comics*Frankie and Lana issue #13 - Timely Comics...

     series) #16
    - Marvel Comics
    Marvel Comics
    Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...

  • Movie Town Animial Antics (1946
    1946 in comics
    -European publications:* September 26: first issue of Le Journal de Tintin, featuring debut of the series Blake et Mortimer by Edgar P. Jacobs, and the Tintin story Le temple du soleil by Hergé....

     series) #34
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Mr. District Attorney
    Mr. District Attorney
    Mr. District Attorney is a popular radio crime drama which aired on NBC and ABC from April 3, 1939 to June 13, 1952 . The series focused on a crusading D.A., initially known only as "Mister District Attorney," or "Chief", and was later translated to television. On television the D.A...

     (1948
    1948 in comics
    -European :*Spirou et l'aventure by Jijé, Dupuis *Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis -January:* Captain America Comics #65 - Timely Comics*Frankie and Lana issue #13 - Timely Comics...

     series) #23
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Mystic (1951 series) #4 - Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics may refer to* Atlas Comics , one of the two comic publishing companies that would be the forerunner of Marvel Comics* Seaboard Periodicals, founded by Timely/Atlas /Marvel founder, a short-lived comic publisher that published under the Atlas Comics name and referred to as...

  • Private Eye
    Private Eye
    Private Eye is a fortnightly British satirical and current affairs magazine, edited by Ian Hislop.Since its first publication in 1961, Private Eye has been a prominent critic and lampooner of public figures and entities that it deemed guilty of any of the sins of incompetence, inefficiency,...

     (1951 series) #5
    - Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics may refer to* Atlas Comics , one of the two comic publishing companies that would be the forerunner of Marvel Comics* Seaboard Periodicals, founded by Timely/Atlas /Marvel founder, a short-lived comic publisher that published under the Atlas Comics name and referred to as...

  • Sensation Comics
    Sensation Comics
    Sensation Comics is the title of a comic book series published by DC Comics that ran for 109 issues between 1942 and 1952. For most of its run, the lead feature was Wonder Woman. Other series that appeared were the Black Pirate, the Gay Ghost, Mr...

     (1942
    1942 in comics
    -January:* All-Winners Comics #3 - Timely Comics* Captain America Comics #10 - Timely Comics* Daring Mystery Comics #8 - final issue, cancelled by Timely Comics...

     series) #105
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Star Spangled Comics (1941
    1941 in comics
    -Events and publications:Stan Lee becomes editor-in-chief at Timely Comics.Adventures of Captain Marvel, a twelve-chapter film serial adapted from the popular Captain Marvel comic book character for Republic Pictures, debuts...

     series) #120
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Strange Adventures
    Strange Adventures
    Strange Adventures was the title of several American comic books published by DC Comics, most notably a long-running science fiction anthology that began in 1950.-Original series:...

     (1950
    1950 in comics
    -European publications:* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis * Eagle launched on April 14 of this year and ran until 1994.-U.S. publications:In 1950 the U.S. comics industry came to a turning point...

     series) #12
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Strange Tales
    Strange Tales
    Strange Tales is the name of several comic book anthology series published by Marvel Comics. It introduced the features "Doctor Strange" and "Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.", and was a showcase for the science fiction/suspense stories of artists Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, and for the...

     (1951 series) #4
    - Marvel Comics
    Marvel Comics
    Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...

  • Superboy
    Superboy
    Superboy is the name of several fictional characters that have been published by DC Comics, most of them youthful incarnations of Superman. These characters have also been the main characters of four ongoing Superboy comic book series published by DC....

     (1949
    1949 in comics
    -Events and publications:Publishers Star Publications, Toby Press, and Youthful make their debuts; conversely, Columbia Comics, Novelty Press, and Street & Smith Comics all fold.-January:* Captain America Comics #70 - Timely Comics...

     series) #16
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...


October

  • A-1 Comics
    A-1 Comics
    A-1 Comics is a Golden Age comics publication that began in 1944 and ended in 1955. It was used by owner Vincent Sullivan's Magazine Enterprises to try out a number of potential characters and titles, as well as reprinting newspaper strips such as Texas Slim, Kerry Drake and Teena...

     (1944
    1944 in comics
    -January:* All-Winners Comics #11 - Timely Comics* Captain America Comics #34 - Timely Comics* Human Torch #14 - Timely Comics* Marvel Mystery Comics #51 - Timely Comics...

     series) #39
    - Magazine Enterprises
    Magazine Enterprises
    Magazine Enterprises was an American comic book company lasting from 1943 to 1958, which published primarily Western, humor, crime, adventure, and children's comics, with virtually no superheroes...

  • Action Comics
    Action Comics
    Action Comics is an American comic book series that introduced Superman, the first major superhero character as the term is popularly defined...

     (1938
    1938 in comics
    -European publications:* April 21: first issue of Le Journal de Spirou, featuring debuts of the series Spirou by Rob-Vel and Les Aventures de Tif by Fernand Dineur....

     series) #161
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Adventure Comics
    Adventure Comics
    Adventure Comics was a comic book series published by DC Comics from 1935 to 1983 and then revamped from 2009 to 2011. In its first era, the series ran for 503 issues , making it the fifth-longest-running DC series, behind Detective Comics, Action Comics, Superman, and Batman...

     (1938
    1938 in comics
    -European publications:* April 21: first issue of Le Journal de Spirou, featuring debuts of the series Spirou by Rob-Vel and Les Aventures de Tif by Fernand Dineur....

     series) #169
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Adventures into Terror (1950
    1950 in comics
    -European publications:* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis * Eagle launched on April 14 of this year and ran until 1994.-U.S. publications:In 1950 the U.S. comics industry came to a turning point...

     series) #106
    - Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics may refer to* Atlas Comics , one of the two comic publishing companies that would be the forerunner of Marvel Comics* Seaboard Periodicals, founded by Timely/Atlas /Marvel founder, a short-lived comic publisher that published under the Atlas Comics name and referred to as...

  • Adventures Into the Unknown
    Adventures Into the Unknown
    Adventures Into the Unknown was a horror and supernatural comic series from the Golden Age of Comic Books. The title was released in the fall of 1948 by B&I Publishing and enjoyed a run of 174 issues for nearly two decades, ceasing publication in August 1967...

    ! (1948
    1948 in comics
    -European :*Spirou et l'aventure by Jijé, Dupuis *Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis -January:* Captain America Comics #65 - Timely Comics*Frankie and Lana issue #13 - Timely Comics...

     series) #28
    - American Comics Group
    American Comics Group
    American Comics Group was a New York City-based comic book publisher which operated during the Golden and Silver Age of comic books. ACG published one of the first horror comics titles, Adventures into the Unknown. Another of ACG's claims to fame was the character of Herbie Popnecker, who starred...

  • Adventures of Bob Hope
    Adventures of Bob Hope
    The Adventures of Bob Hope is a comic book series that was published by National Periodical Publications . The series featured stories based on comedian Bob Hope, as well as assorted other humorous stories...

     (1950
    1950 in comics
    -European publications:* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis * Eagle launched on April 14 of this year and ran until 1994.-U.S. publications:In 1950 the U.S. comics industry came to a turning point...

     series) #11
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Airboy
    Airboy
    Airboy is a fictional aviator hero of an American comic book series initially published by Hillman Periodicals during the World War II-era time period fans and historians call the Golden Age of comic books. He was created by writers Charles Biro and Dick Wood and artist Al Camy.-Golden Age:Airboy...

     (as Airboy Vol. 8) (1942
    1942 in comics
    -January:* All-Winners Comics #3 - Timely Comics* Captain America Comics #10 - Timely Comics* Daring Mystery Comics #8 - final issue, cancelled by Timely Comics...

     series) #9
    - Hillman Periodicals
    Hillman Periodicals
    Hillman Periodicals, Inc. was an American magazine and comic book publishing company founded in 1938 by Alex L. Hillman, a former New York City book publisher...

  • All American Western (1948
    1948 in comics
    -European :*Spirou et l'aventure by Jijé, Dupuis *Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis -January:* Captain America Comics #65 - Timely Comics*Frankie and Lana issue #13 - Timely Comics...

     series) #122
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • All Star Western (1940
    1940 in comics
    -Year overall:* Another boom year for the burgeoning American comic book industry, as Ace Comics, Columbia Comics, Farrell Publications, Holyoke Publishing, Novelty Press, and Street & Smith Comics all begin publishing.-January:...

     series) #61
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • All-True Crime (1948
    1948 in comics
    -European :*Spirou et l'aventure by Jijé, Dupuis *Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis -January:* Captain America Comics #65 - Timely Comics*Frankie and Lana issue #13 - Timely Comics...

     series) #48
    - Marvel Comics
    Marvel Comics
    Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...

  • Astonishing (1951 series) #6 - Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics may refer to* Atlas Comics , one of the two comic publishing companies that would be the forerunner of Marvel Comics* Seaboard Periodicals, founded by Timely/Atlas /Marvel founder, a short-lived comic publisher that published under the Atlas Comics name and referred to as...

  • Batman
    Batman
    Batman is a fictional character created by the artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger. A comic book superhero, Batman first appeared in Detective Comics #27 , and since then has appeared primarily in publications by DC Comics...

     (1940
    1940 in comics
    -Year overall:* Another boom year for the burgeoning American comic book industry, as Ace Comics, Columbia Comics, Farrell Publications, Holyoke Publishing, Novelty Press, and Street & Smith Comics all begin publishing.-January:...

     series) #67
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Battle
    Battle
    Generally, a battle is a conceptual component in the hierarchy of combat in warfare between two or more armed forces, or combatants. In a battle, each combatant will seek to defeat the others, with defeat determined by the conditions of a military campaign...

     (1951 series) #8
    - Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics may refer to* Atlas Comics , one of the two comic publishing companies that would be the forerunner of Marvel Comics* Seaboard Periodicals, founded by Timely/Atlas /Marvel founder, a short-lived comic publisher that published under the Atlas Comics name and referred to as...

  • Blackhawk
    Blackhawk (comics)
    Blackhawk, a long-running comic book series, was also a film serial, a radio series and a novel. The comic book was published first by Quality Comics and later by DC Comics. The series was created by Will Eisner, Chuck Cuidera, and Bob Powell, but the artist most associated with the feature is Reed...

     (1944
    1944 in comics
    -January:* All-Winners Comics #11 - Timely Comics* Captain America Comics #34 - Timely Comics* Human Torch #14 - Timely Comics* Marvel Mystery Comics #51 - Timely Comics...

     series) #45
    - Quality Comics
    Quality Comics
    Quality Comics was an American comic book publishing company that operated from 1939 to 1956 and was an influential creative force in what historians and fans call the Golden Age of comic books....

  • Detective Comics
    Detective Comics
    Detective Comics is an American comic book series published monthly by DC Comics since 1937, best known for introducing the iconic superhero Batman in Detective Comics #27 . It is, along with Action Comics, the book that launched with the debut of Superman, one of the medium's signature series, and...

     (1937
    1937 in comics
    -January:* Detective Picture Stories #2 - Centaur Publications* Famous Funnies #30 - Eastern Color* The Funnies #4 - Dell Comics* Funny Picture Stories #3 - Centaur Publications* King Comics #10 - David McKay Publications...

     series) #176
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Journey Into Unknown Worlds (1950
    1950 in comics
    -European publications:* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis * Eagle launched on April 14 of this year and ran until 1994.-U.S. publications:In 1950 the U.S. comics industry came to a turning point...

     series) #8
    - Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics may refer to* Atlas Comics , one of the two comic publishing companies that would be the forerunner of Marvel Comics* Seaboard Periodicals, founded by Timely/Atlas /Marvel founder, a short-lived comic publisher that published under the Atlas Comics name and referred to as...

  • Marvel Tales
    Marvel Tales
    Marvel Tales is the title of three American comic-book series published by Marvel Comics, the first of them from the company's 1950s predecessor, Atlas Comics...

     (1949
    1949 in comics
    -Events and publications:Publishers Star Publications, Toby Press, and Youthful make their debuts; conversely, Columbia Comics, Novelty Press, and Street & Smith Comics all fold.-January:* Captain America Comics #70 - Timely Comics...

     series) #106
    - Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics may refer to* Atlas Comics , one of the two comic publishing companies that would be the forerunner of Marvel Comics* Seaboard Periodicals, founded by Timely/Atlas /Marvel founder, a short-lived comic publisher that published under the Atlas Comics name and referred to as...

  • Mystery in Space
    Mystery in Space
    Mystery in Space is the name of two science fiction comic book series published in the United States by DC Comics, then known as National Comics. The first series ran for 110 issues from 1951 - 1966, with a further 7 issues continuing the numbering during a 1980s revival of the title...

     (1951 series) #4
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Star Spangled Comics (1941
    1941 in comics
    -Events and publications:Stan Lee becomes editor-in-chief at Timely Comics.Adventures of Captain Marvel, a twelve-chapter film serial adapted from the popular Captain Marvel comic book character for Republic Pictures, debuts...

     series) #121
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Strange Adventures
    Strange Adventures
    Strange Adventures was the title of several American comic books published by DC Comics, most notably a long-running science fiction anthology that began in 1950.-Original series:...

     (1950
    1950 in comics
    -European publications:* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis * Eagle launched on April 14 of this year and ran until 1994.-U.S. publications:In 1950 the U.S. comics industry came to a turning point...

     series) #13
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Strange Tales
    Strange Tales
    Strange Tales is the name of several comic book anthology series published by Marvel Comics. It introduced the features "Doctor Strange" and "Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.", and was a showcase for the science fiction/suspense stories of artists Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, and for the...

     (1951 series) #5
    - Marvel Comics
    Marvel Comics
    Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...

  • Superman
    Superman
    Superman is a fictional comic book superhero appearing in publications by DC Comics, widely considered to be an American cultural icon. Created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born American artist Joe Shuster in 1932 while both were living in Cleveland, Ohio, and sold to Detective...

     (1939
    1939 in comics
    -Year overall:* A boom year for the burgeoning American comic book industry, as Archie Comics, Fawcett Comics, Fox Feature Syndicate, Lev Gleason Publications, Marvel Comics, Nedor Comics, Quality Comics, and Timely Comics all begin publishing.-January:...

     series) #72
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Two-Gun Kid
    Two-Gun Kid
    The Two-Gun Kid is a fictional character, a cowboy gunslinger in the Wild West of Marvel Comics' shared universe, the Marvel Universe.-Publication history:...

     (as Two-Gun Western) (1948
    1948 in comics
    -European :*Spirou et l'aventure by Jijé, Dupuis *Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis -January:* Captain America Comics #65 - Timely Comics*Frankie and Lana issue #13 - Timely Comics...

     series) #9
    - Marvel Comics
    Marvel Comics
    Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...


November

  • A-1 Comics
    A-1 Comics
    A-1 Comics is a Golden Age comics publication that began in 1944 and ended in 1955. It was used by owner Vincent Sullivan's Magazine Enterprises to try out a number of potential characters and titles, as well as reprinting newspaper strips such as Texas Slim, Kerry Drake and Teena...

     (1944
    1944 in comics
    -January:* All-Winners Comics #11 - Timely Comics* Captain America Comics #34 - Timely Comics* Human Torch #14 - Timely Comics* Marvel Mystery Comics #51 - Timely Comics...

     series) #40
    - Magazine Enterprises
    Magazine Enterprises
    Magazine Enterprises was an American comic book company lasting from 1943 to 1958, which published primarily Western, humor, crime, adventure, and children's comics, with virtually no superheroes...

  • Action Comics
    Action Comics
    Action Comics is an American comic book series that introduced Superman, the first major superhero character as the term is popularly defined...

     (1938
    1938 in comics
    -European publications:* April 21: first issue of Le Journal de Spirou, featuring debuts of the series Spirou by Rob-Vel and Les Aventures de Tif by Fernand Dineur....

     series) #162
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Adventure Comics
    Adventure Comics
    Adventure Comics was a comic book series published by DC Comics from 1935 to 1983 and then revamped from 2009 to 2011. In its first era, the series ran for 503 issues , making it the fifth-longest-running DC series, behind Detective Comics, Action Comics, Superman, and Batman...

     (1938
    1938 in comics
    -European publications:* April 21: first issue of Le Journal de Spirou, featuring debuts of the series Spirou by Rob-Vel and Les Aventures de Tif by Fernand Dineur....

     series) #170
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Adventures Into the Unknown
    Adventures Into the Unknown
    Adventures Into the Unknown was a horror and supernatural comic series from the Golden Age of Comic Books. The title was released in the fall of 1948 by B&I Publishing and enjoyed a run of 174 issues for nearly two decades, ceasing publication in August 1967...

    ! (1948
    1948 in comics
    -European :*Spirou et l'aventure by Jijé, Dupuis *Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis -January:* Captain America Comics #65 - Timely Comics*Frankie and Lana issue #13 - Timely Comics...

     series) #29
    - American Comics Group
    American Comics Group
    American Comics Group was a New York City-based comic book publisher which operated during the Golden and Silver Age of comic books. ACG published one of the first horror comics titles, Adventures into the Unknown. Another of ACG's claims to fame was the character of Herbie Popnecker, who starred...

  • Airboy
    Airboy
    Airboy is a fictional aviator hero of an American comic book series initially published by Hillman Periodicals during the World War II-era time period fans and historians call the Golden Age of comic books. He was created by writers Charles Biro and Dick Wood and artist Al Camy.-Golden Age:Airboy...

     (as Airboy Vol. 8) (1942
    1942 in comics
    -January:* All-Winners Comics #3 - Timely Comics* Captain America Comics #10 - Timely Comics* Daring Mystery Comics #8 - final issue, cancelled by Timely Comics...

     series) #10
    - Hillman Periodicals
    Hillman Periodicals
    Hillman Periodicals, Inc. was an American magazine and comic book publishing company founded in 1938 by Alex L. Hillman, a former New York City book publisher...

  • All-Famous Crime (1950
    1950 in comics
    -European publications:* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis * Eagle launched on April 14 of this year and ran until 1994.-U.S. publications:In 1950 the U.S. comics industry came to a turning point...

     series) #10
    - Star Publications
    Star Publications
    Star Publications, Inc. was a Golden Age American comic book publisher, operating during the years 1949–1954. Founded by artist/editor L.B. Cole and lawyer Gerhard Kramer, Star specialized in horror comics, crime, and romance comics — but also published funny animal stories...

  • Amazing Detective Cases (1950
    1950 in comics
    -European publications:* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis * Eagle launched on April 14 of this year and ran until 1994.-U.S. publications:In 1950 the U.S. comics industry came to a turning point...

     series) #9
    - Marvel Comics
    Marvel Comics
    Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...

  • Archie Comics
    Archie Comics
    Archie Comics is an American comic book publisher headquartered in the Village of Mamaroneck, Town of Mamaroneck, New York, known for its many series featuring the fictional teenagers Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle and Jughead Jones. The characters were created by...

     (1946
    1946 in comics
    -European publications:* September 26: first issue of Le Journal de Tintin, featuring debut of the series Blake et Mortimer by Edgar P. Jacobs, and the Tintin story Le temple du soleil by Hergé....

     series) #53
    - Archie Publications
  • Archie's Girls, Betty and Veronica (1950
    1950 in comics
    -European publications:* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis * Eagle launched on April 14 of this year and ran until 1994.-U.S. publications:In 1950 the U.S. comics industry came to a turning point...

     series) #12
    - Archie Publications
  • Archie's Pal Jughead (1949
    1949 in comics
    -Events and publications:Publishers Star Publications, Toby Press, and Youthful make their debuts; conversely, Columbia Comics, Novelty Press, and Street & Smith Comics all fold.-January:* Captain America Comics #70 - Timely Comics...

     series) #13
    - Archie Publications
  • Battle
    Battle
    Generally, a battle is a conceptual component in the hierarchy of combat in warfare between two or more armed forces, or combatants. In a battle, each combatant will seek to defeat the others, with defeat determined by the conditions of a military campaign...

     (1951 series) #9
    - Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics may refer to* Atlas Comics , one of the two comic publishing companies that would be the forerunner of Marvel Comics* Seaboard Periodicals, founded by Timely/Atlas /Marvel founder, a short-lived comic publisher that published under the Atlas Comics name and referred to as...

  • Blackhawk
    Blackhawk (comics)
    Blackhawk, a long-running comic book series, was also a film serial, a radio series and a novel. The comic book was published first by Quality Comics and later by DC Comics. The series was created by Will Eisner, Chuck Cuidera, and Bob Powell, but the artist most associated with the feature is Reed...

     (1944
    1944 in comics
    -January:* All-Winners Comics #11 - Timely Comics* Captain America Comics #34 - Timely Comics* Human Torch #14 - Timely Comics* Marvel Mystery Comics #51 - Timely Comics...

     series) #46
    - Quality Comics
    Quality Comics
    Quality Comics was an American comic book publishing company that operated from 1939 to 1956 and was an influential creative force in what historians and fans call the Golden Age of comic books....

  • Combat Kelly
    Combat Kelly
    Combat Kelly is the name of two fictional characters in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Both appear in war comics titles: Combat Kelly, published by Marvel's 1950s iteration, Atlas Comics, and set during the Korean War; and the 1970s series Combat Kelly and the Deadly Dozen, set earlier...

     (1951 series) #1
    - Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics may refer to* Atlas Comics , one of the two comic publishing companies that would be the forerunner of Marvel Comics* Seaboard Periodicals, founded by Timely/Atlas /Marvel founder, a short-lived comic publisher that published under the Atlas Comics name and referred to as...

  • Dale Evans Comics (1948
    1948 in comics
    -European :*Spirou et l'aventure by Jijé, Dupuis *Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis -January:* Captain America Comics #65 - Timely Comics*Frankie and Lana issue #13 - Timely Comics...

     series) #20
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Detective Comics
    Detective Comics
    Detective Comics is an American comic book series published monthly by DC Comics since 1937, best known for introducing the iconic superhero Batman in Detective Comics #27 . It is, along with Action Comics, the book that launched with the debut of Superman, one of the medium's signature series, and...

     (1937
    1937 in comics
    -January:* Detective Picture Stories #2 - Centaur Publications* Famous Funnies #30 - Eastern Color* The Funnies #4 - Dell Comics* Funny Picture Stories #3 - Centaur Publications* King Comics #10 - David McKay Publications...

     series) #177
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Kid Colt Outlaw
    Kid Colt
    Kid Colt is the name of two fictional characters in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first is a cowboy whose adventures have taken place in numerous western themed comic book series published by Marvel...

     (1948
    1948 in comics
    -European :*Spirou et l'aventure by Jijé, Dupuis *Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis -January:* Captain America Comics #65 - Timely Comics*Frankie and Lana issue #13 - Timely Comics...

     series) #17
    - Marvel Comics
    Marvel Comics
    Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...

  • Movie Town Animial Antics (1946
    1946 in comics
    -European publications:* September 26: first issue of Le Journal de Tintin, featuring debut of the series Blake et Mortimer by Edgar P. Jacobs, and the Tintin story Le temple du soleil by Hergé....

     series) #35
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Mr. District Attorney
    Mr. District Attorney
    Mr. District Attorney is a popular radio crime drama which aired on NBC and ABC from April 3, 1939 to June 13, 1952 . The series focused on a crusading D.A., initially known only as "Mister District Attorney," or "Chief", and was later translated to television. On television the D.A...

     (1948
    1948 in comics
    -European :*Spirou et l'aventure by Jijé, Dupuis *Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis -January:* Captain America Comics #65 - Timely Comics*Frankie and Lana issue #13 - Timely Comics...

     series) #24
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Mystic (1951 series) #5 - Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics may refer to* Atlas Comics , one of the two comic publishing companies that would be the forerunner of Marvel Comics* Seaboard Periodicals, founded by Timely/Atlas /Marvel founder, a short-lived comic publisher that published under the Atlas Comics name and referred to as...

  • Police Comics
    Police Comics
    Police Comics was a comic book anthology title published by Quality Comics from 1941 until 1953. It featured short stories in the superhero, crime and humor genres....

     (1951 series) #109
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Private Eye
    Private Eye
    Private Eye is a fortnightly British satirical and current affairs magazine, edited by Ian Hislop.Since its first publication in 1961, Private Eye has been a prominent critic and lampooner of public figures and entities that it deemed guilty of any of the sins of incompetence, inefficiency,...

     (1951 series) #6
    - Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics may refer to* Atlas Comics , one of the two comic publishing companies that would be the forerunner of Marvel Comics* Seaboard Periodicals, founded by Timely/Atlas /Marvel founder, a short-lived comic publisher that published under the Atlas Comics name and referred to as...

  • Sensation Comics
    Sensation Comics
    Sensation Comics is the title of a comic book series published by DC Comics that ran for 109 issues between 1942 and 1952. For most of its run, the lead feature was Wonder Woman. Other series that appeared were the Black Pirate, the Gay Ghost, Mr...

     (1942
    1942 in comics
    -January:* All-Winners Comics #3 - Timely Comics* Captain America Comics #10 - Timely Comics* Daring Mystery Comics #8 - final issue, cancelled by Timely Comics...

     series) #106
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Star Spangled Comics (1941
    1941 in comics
    -Events and publications:Stan Lee becomes editor-in-chief at Timely Comics.Adventures of Captain Marvel, a twelve-chapter film serial adapted from the popular Captain Marvel comic book character for Republic Pictures, debuts...

     series) #122
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Strange Adventures
    Strange Adventures
    Strange Adventures was the title of several American comic books published by DC Comics, most notably a long-running science fiction anthology that began in 1950.-Original series:...

     (1950
    1950 in comics
    -European publications:* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis * Eagle launched on April 14 of this year and ran until 1994.-U.S. publications:In 1950 the U.S. comics industry came to a turning point...

     series) #14
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Strange Tales
    Strange Tales
    Strange Tales is the name of several comic book anthology series published by Marvel Comics. It introduced the features "Doctor Strange" and "Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.", and was a showcase for the science fiction/suspense stories of artists Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, and for the...

     (1951 series) #6
    - Marvel Comics
    Marvel Comics
    Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...

  • Superboy
    Superboy
    Superboy is the name of several fictional characters that have been published by DC Comics, most of them youthful incarnations of Superman. These characters have also been the main characters of four ongoing Superboy comic book series published by DC....

     (1949
    1949 in comics
    -Events and publications:Publishers Star Publications, Toby Press, and Youthful make their debuts; conversely, Columbia Comics, Novelty Press, and Street & Smith Comics all fold.-January:* Captain America Comics #70 - Timely Comics...

     series) #17
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...


December

  • A-1 Comics
    A-1 Comics
    A-1 Comics is a Golden Age comics publication that began in 1944 and ended in 1955. It was used by owner Vincent Sullivan's Magazine Enterprises to try out a number of potential characters and titles, as well as reprinting newspaper strips such as Texas Slim, Kerry Drake and Teena...

     (1944
    1944 in comics
    -January:* All-Winners Comics #11 - Timely Comics* Captain America Comics #34 - Timely Comics* Human Torch #14 - Timely Comics* Marvel Mystery Comics #51 - Timely Comics...

     series) #41
    - Magazine Enterprises
    Magazine Enterprises
    Magazine Enterprises was an American comic book company lasting from 1943 to 1958, which published primarily Western, humor, crime, adventure, and children's comics, with virtually no superheroes...

  • Action Comics
    Action Comics
    Action Comics is an American comic book series that introduced Superman, the first major superhero character as the term is popularly defined...

     (1938
    1938 in comics
    -European publications:* April 21: first issue of Le Journal de Spirou, featuring debuts of the series Spirou by Rob-Vel and Les Aventures de Tif by Fernand Dineur....

     series) #163
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Adventure Comics
    Adventure Comics
    Adventure Comics was a comic book series published by DC Comics from 1935 to 1983 and then revamped from 2009 to 2011. In its first era, the series ran for 503 issues , making it the fifth-longest-running DC series, behind Detective Comics, Action Comics, Superman, and Batman...

     (1938
    1938 in comics
    -European publications:* April 21: first issue of Le Journal de Spirou, featuring debuts of the series Spirou by Rob-Vel and Les Aventures de Tif by Fernand Dineur....

     series) #171
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Adventures into Terror (1950
    1950 in comics
    -European publications:* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis * Eagle launched on April 14 of this year and ran until 1994.-U.S. publications:In 1950 the U.S. comics industry came to a turning point...

     series) #107
    - Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics may refer to* Atlas Comics , one of the two comic publishing companies that would be the forerunner of Marvel Comics* Seaboard Periodicals, founded by Timely/Atlas /Marvel founder, a short-lived comic publisher that published under the Atlas Comics name and referred to as...

  • Adventures Into the Unknown
    Adventures Into the Unknown
    Adventures Into the Unknown was a horror and supernatural comic series from the Golden Age of Comic Books. The title was released in the fall of 1948 by B&I Publishing and enjoyed a run of 174 issues for nearly two decades, ceasing publication in August 1967...

    ! (1948
    1948 in comics
    -European :*Spirou et l'aventure by Jijé, Dupuis *Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis -January:* Captain America Comics #65 - Timely Comics*Frankie and Lana issue #13 - Timely Comics...

     series) #30
    - American Comics Group
    American Comics Group
    American Comics Group was a New York City-based comic book publisher which operated during the Golden and Silver Age of comic books. ACG published one of the first horror comics titles, Adventures into the Unknown. Another of ACG's claims to fame was the character of Herbie Popnecker, who starred...

  • Adventures of Bob Hope
    Adventures of Bob Hope
    The Adventures of Bob Hope is a comic book series that was published by National Periodical Publications . The series featured stories based on comedian Bob Hope, as well as assorted other humorous stories...

     (1950
    1950 in comics
    -European publications:* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis * Eagle launched on April 14 of this year and ran until 1994.-U.S. publications:In 1950 the U.S. comics industry came to a turning point...

     series) #12
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Airboy
    Airboy
    Airboy is a fictional aviator hero of an American comic book series initially published by Hillman Periodicals during the World War II-era time period fans and historians call the Golden Age of comic books. He was created by writers Charles Biro and Dick Wood and artist Al Camy.-Golden Age:Airboy...

     (as Airboy Vol. 8) (1942
    1942 in comics
    -January:* All-Winners Comics #3 - Timely Comics* Captain America Comics #10 - Timely Comics* Daring Mystery Comics #8 - final issue, cancelled by Timely Comics...

     series) #11
    - Hillman Periodicals
    Hillman Periodicals
    Hillman Periodicals, Inc. was an American magazine and comic book publishing company founded in 1938 by Alex L. Hillman, a former New York City book publisher...

  • All American Western (1948
    1948 in comics
    -European :*Spirou et l'aventure by Jijé, Dupuis *Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis -January:* Captain America Comics #65 - Timely Comics*Frankie and Lana issue #13 - Timely Comics...

     series) #123
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • All Star Western (1940
    1940 in comics
    -Year overall:* Another boom year for the burgeoning American comic book industry, as Ace Comics, Columbia Comics, Farrell Publications, Holyoke Publishing, Novelty Press, and Street & Smith Comics all begin publishing.-January:...

     series) #62
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • All-True Crime (1948
    1948 in comics
    -European :*Spirou et l'aventure by Jijé, Dupuis *Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis -January:* Captain America Comics #65 - Timely Comics*Frankie and Lana issue #13 - Timely Comics...

     series) #49
    - Marvel Comics
    Marvel Comics
    Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...

  • Astonishing (1951 series) #7 - Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics may refer to* Atlas Comics , one of the two comic publishing companies that would be the forerunner of Marvel Comics* Seaboard Periodicals, founded by Timely/Atlas /Marvel founder, a short-lived comic publisher that published under the Atlas Comics name and referred to as...

  • Batman
    Batman
    Batman is a fictional character created by the artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger. A comic book superhero, Batman first appeared in Detective Comics #27 , and since then has appeared primarily in publications by DC Comics...

     (1940
    1940 in comics
    -Year overall:* Another boom year for the burgeoning American comic book industry, as Ace Comics, Columbia Comics, Farrell Publications, Holyoke Publishing, Novelty Press, and Street & Smith Comics all begin publishing.-January:...

     series) #68
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Battle
    Battle
    Generally, a battle is a conceptual component in the hierarchy of combat in warfare between two or more armed forces, or combatants. In a battle, each combatant will seek to defeat the others, with defeat determined by the conditions of a military campaign...

     (1951 series) #10
    - Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics may refer to* Atlas Comics , one of the two comic publishing companies that would be the forerunner of Marvel Comics* Seaboard Periodicals, founded by Timely/Atlas /Marvel founder, a short-lived comic publisher that published under the Atlas Comics name and referred to as...

  • Blackhawk
    Blackhawk (comics)
    Blackhawk, a long-running comic book series, was also a film serial, a radio series and a novel. The comic book was published first by Quality Comics and later by DC Comics. The series was created by Will Eisner, Chuck Cuidera, and Bob Powell, but the artist most associated with the feature is Reed...

     (1944
    1944 in comics
    -January:* All-Winners Comics #11 - Timely Comics* Captain America Comics #34 - Timely Comics* Human Torch #14 - Timely Comics* Marvel Mystery Comics #51 - Timely Comics...

     series) #47
    - Quality Comics
    Quality Comics
    Quality Comics was an American comic book publishing company that operated from 1939 to 1956 and was an influential creative force in what historians and fans call the Golden Age of comic books....

  • Combat Kelly
    Combat Kelly
    Combat Kelly is the name of two fictional characters in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Both appear in war comics titles: Combat Kelly, published by Marvel's 1950s iteration, Atlas Comics, and set during the Korean War; and the 1970s series Combat Kelly and the Deadly Dozen, set earlier...

     (1951 series) #2
    - Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics may refer to* Atlas Comics , one of the two comic publishing companies that would be the forerunner of Marvel Comics* Seaboard Periodicals, founded by Timely/Atlas /Marvel founder, a short-lived comic publisher that published under the Atlas Comics name and referred to as...

  • Detective Comics
    Detective Comics
    Detective Comics is an American comic book series published monthly by DC Comics since 1937, best known for introducing the iconic superhero Batman in Detective Comics #27 . It is, along with Action Comics, the book that launched with the debut of Superman, one of the medium's signature series, and...

     (1937
    1937 in comics
    -January:* Detective Picture Stories #2 - Centaur Publications* Famous Funnies #30 - Eastern Color* The Funnies #4 - Dell Comics* Funny Picture Stories #3 - Centaur Publications* King Comics #10 - David McKay Publications...

     series) #178
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • House of Mystery
    House of Mystery
    The House of Mystery is the name of several horror-mystery-suspense anthology comic book series. It had a companion series, House of Secrets.-Genesis:...

     (1951 series) #1
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Journey Into Unknown Worlds (1950
    1950 in comics
    -European publications:* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis * Eagle launched on April 14 of this year and ran until 1994.-U.S. publications:In 1950 the U.S. comics industry came to a turning point...

     series) #9
    - Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics may refer to* Atlas Comics , one of the two comic publishing companies that would be the forerunner of Marvel Comics* Seaboard Periodicals, founded by Timely/Atlas /Marvel founder, a short-lived comic publisher that published under the Atlas Comics name and referred to as...

  • Marvel Tales
    Marvel Tales
    Marvel Tales is the title of three American comic-book series published by Marvel Comics, the first of them from the company's 1950s predecessor, Atlas Comics...

     (1949
    1949 in comics
    -Events and publications:Publishers Star Publications, Toby Press, and Youthful make their debuts; conversely, Columbia Comics, Novelty Press, and Street & Smith Comics all fold.-January:* Captain America Comics #70 - Timely Comics...

     series) #107
    - Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics
    Atlas Comics may refer to* Atlas Comics , one of the two comic publishing companies that would be the forerunner of Marvel Comics* Seaboard Periodicals, founded by Timely/Atlas /Marvel founder, a short-lived comic publisher that published under the Atlas Comics name and referred to as...

  • Mystery in Space
    Mystery in Space
    Mystery in Space is the name of two science fiction comic book series published in the United States by DC Comics, then known as National Comics. The first series ran for 110 issues from 1951 - 1966, with a further 7 issues continuing the numbering during a 1980s revival of the title...

     (1951 series) #5
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Star Spangled Comics (1941
    1941 in comics
    -Events and publications:Stan Lee becomes editor-in-chief at Timely Comics.Adventures of Captain Marvel, a twelve-chapter film serial adapted from the popular Captain Marvel comic book character for Republic Pictures, debuts...

     series) #123
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Strange Adventures
    Strange Adventures
    Strange Adventures was the title of several American comic books published by DC Comics, most notably a long-running science fiction anthology that began in 1950.-Original series:...

     (1950
    1950 in comics
    -European publications:* Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis * Eagle launched on April 14 of this year and ran until 1994.-U.S. publications:In 1950 the U.S. comics industry came to a turning point...

     series) #15
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Strange Tales
    Strange Tales
    Strange Tales is the name of several comic book anthology series published by Marvel Comics. It introduced the features "Doctor Strange" and "Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.", and was a showcase for the science fiction/suspense stories of artists Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, and for the...

     (1951 series) #7
    - Marvel Comics
    Marvel Comics
    Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...

  • Superman
    Superman
    Superman is a fictional comic book superhero appearing in publications by DC Comics, widely considered to be an American cultural icon. Created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born American artist Joe Shuster in 1932 while both were living in Cleveland, Ohio, and sold to Detective...

     (1939
    1939 in comics
    -Year overall:* A boom year for the burgeoning American comic book industry, as Archie Comics, Fawcett Comics, Fox Feature Syndicate, Lev Gleason Publications, Marvel Comics, Nedor Comics, Quality Comics, and Timely Comics all begin publishing.-January:...

     series) #73
    - DC Comics
    DC Comics
    DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

  • Two-Gun Kid
    Two-Gun Kid
    The Two-Gun Kid is a fictional character, a cowboy gunslinger in the Wild West of Marvel Comics' shared universe, the Marvel Universe.-Publication history:...

     (as Two-Gun Western) (1948
    1948 in comics
    -European :*Spirou et l'aventure by Jijé, Dupuis *Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis -January:* Captain America Comics #65 - Timely Comics*Frankie and Lana issue #13 - Timely Comics...

     series) #10
    - Marvel Comics
    Marvel Comics
    Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...


Others

  • Archie Comics Annual (1946
    1946 in comics
    -European publications:* September 26: first issue of Le Journal de Tintin, featuring debut of the series Blake et Mortimer by Edgar P. Jacobs, and the Tintin story Le temple du soleil by Hergé....

     series) #2
    - Archie Publications
  • Hopalong Cassidy
    Hopalong Cassidy
    Hopalong Cassidy is a fictional cowboy hero created in 1904 by the author Clarence E. Mulford, who wrote a series of popular short stories and twenty-eight novels based on the character....

     (1946
    1946 in comics
    -European publications:* September 26: first issue of Le Journal de Tintin, featuring debut of the series Blake et Mortimer by Edgar P. Jacobs, and the Tintin story Le temple du soleil by Hergé....

     series) #60
    - Quality Comics
    Quality Comics
    Quality Comics was an American comic book publishing company that operated from 1939 to 1956 and was an influential creative force in what historians and fans call the Golden Age of comic books....

  • King Solomon's Mines
    King Solomon's Mines
    King Solomon's Mines is a popular novel by the Victorian adventure writer and fabulist Sir H. Rider Haggard. It tells of a search of an unexplored region of Africa by a group of adventurers led by Allan Quatermain for the missing brother of one of the party...

    - Avon Comics
  • Rocket To The Moon - Avon Comics
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