Events and publications

Year overall

January

* January 24: Milton Caniff's '' Male Call'' makes its debut. It will run until 3 March 1946. * Action Comics (1938 series) #56 - DC Comics *

Adventure Comics ''Adventure Comics'' is an American comic book series published by DC Comics from 1938 to 1983 and revived from 2009 to 2011. In its first era, the series ran for 503 issues (472 of those after the title changed from ''New Adventure Comics''), ...

(1938 series) #82 - DC Comics * Air Fighters Comics (1941 series) #4 - Hillman Periodicals * All-American Comics (1939 series) #46 - DC Comics * All-Flash (1941 series) #8, previously quarterly - DC Comics * ''

All-Winners Comics ''All Winners Comics'' was the name of two American comic book series of the 1940s, both published by Marvel Comics' predecessor, Timely Comics, during the period fans and historians call the Golden Age of Comic Books. A superhero anthology comic i ...

'' (1941 series) #7 - Timely Comics * ''

Captain America Comics Captain America is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by cartoonists Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, the character First appearance, first appeared in ''#Golden Age, Captain America Comics'' #1 (cover ...

'' (1941 series) #22 - Timely Comics * ''

Crack Comics ''Crack Comics'' was an anthology comic book series published by Quality Comics during the Golden Age of Comic Books. It featured such characters as The Clock, Black Condor, Captain Triumph, Alias the Spider, Madame Fatal, Jane Arden, Molly the ...

'' (1940 series) #27 marks the debut of Captain Triumph. - Quality Comics *''

Detective Comics ''Detective Comics'' is an American comic book series published by Detective Comics, later shortened to DC Comics. The first volume, published from 1937 to 2011 (and later continued in 2016), is best known for introducing the superhero Batman i ...

'' (1937 series) #71 - DC Comics *''

Flash Comics ''Flash Comics'' is a comics anthology published by All-American Publications and later by National Periodical Publications (DC Comics). The title had 104 issues published from January 1940 to February 1949. Despite the title, the anthology featu ...

'' (1940 series) #37 - DC Comics * ''

Human Torch Comics The Human Torch, also known as Jim Hammond (originally, Hamond), is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer-artist Carl Burgos, he first appeared in ''Marvel Comics'' #1 (Oct. 1939), p ...

'' (1940 series) #10 - Timely Comics * '' Marvel Mystery Comics'' (1939 series) #39 - Timely Comics *'' More Fun Comics'' (1936 series) #87 - DC Comics *'' Sensation Comics'' (1942 series) #13 - DC Comics *'' Star Spangled Comics'' (1941 series) #16 - DC Comics *''

Superman Superman is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, and debuted in the comic book ''Action Comics'' #1 (cover-dated June 1938 and publi ...

'' (1939 series) #20 - DC Comics *''

Young Allies Comics Young Allies is the name of three fictional superhero teams appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Golden Age The Golden Age's Young Allies were a gang of kids who fought the Axis. Their line-up included the two key sidek ...

'' (1941 series) #6 - Timely Comics

February

* February 19: Hergé's '' Tintin'' story ''

Red Rackham's Treasure ''Red Rackham's Treasure'' (french: link=no, Le Trésor de Rackham le Rouge) is the twelfth volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The story was serialised daily in , Belgium's leading francophon ...

'' is prepublished in '' Le Soir''. *

Edgar P. Jacobs Edgard Félix Pierre Jacobs (30 March 1904 – 20 February 1987), better known under his pen name Edgar P. Jacobs, was a Belgium, Belgian comic book creator (writer and artist), born in Brussels, Belgium. He was one of the founding fathers of the ...

draws '' Le Rayon U'' in Bravo magazine, which is the first Belgian science fiction comic. * Action Comics (1938 series) #57 - DC Comics *

(1938 series) #83 - DC Comics * Air Fighters Comics (1941 series) #5 - Hillman Periodicals * All-American Comics (1939 series) #47 - DC Comics * All-Star Comics (1940 series) #15 - DC Comics *''

Batman Batman is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, and debuted in Detective Comics 27, the 27th issue of the comic book ''Detective Comics'' on ...

'' (1940 series) #15 - DC Comics * ''

'' (1941 series) #23 - Timely Comics *''

'' (1937 series) #72 - DC Comics *''

'' (1940 series) #38 - DC Comics * '' Marvel Mystery Comics'' (1939 series) #40 - Timely Comics *'' More Fun Comics'' (1936 series) #88 - DC Comics *'' Sensation Comics'' (1942 series) #14 - DC Comics *'' Star Spangled Comics'' (1941 series) #17 - DC Comics * ''

U.S.A. Comics ''U.S.A. Comics'' was an American comic-book series published by Marvel Comics' 1930–1940s predecessor, Timely Comics, during the period fans and historians call the Golden Age of comic books. A superhero anthology running 17 issues cover-dated ...

'' (1941 series) #7 - Timely Comics

March

* March 4–5: Halfway the '' Tintin'' story ''

'' Professor Calculus makes his debut. * Action Comics (1938 series) #58 - DC Comics *

(1938 series) #84 - DC Comics * Air Fighters Comics (1941 series) #6 - Hillman Periodicals * All-American Comics (1939 series) #48 - DC Comics * All-Flash (1941 series) #9, previously quarterly - DC Comics * ''

'' (1941 series) #24 - Timely Comics *''

'' (1940 series) #28 - Quality Comics *''

'' (1937 series) #73 - DC Comics *''

'' (1940 series) #39 - DC Comics * '' Marvel Mystery Comics'' (1939 series) #41 - Timely Comics *'' More Fun Comics'' (1936 series) #89 - DC Comics *'' Sensation Comics'' (1942 series) #15 - DC Comics *'' Star Spangled Comics'' (1941 series) #18 - DC Comics *''

'' (1939 series) #21 - DC Comics

Spring Issue

* World's Finest Comics (1941 series) #9 - DC Comics

April

* René Bonnet's comic strip ''Fripounet'' debuts in the magazine ''Lettres aux Jeunes''. The boy character Fripounet will receive a female friend in 1945, named Marisette. * Action Comics (1938 series) #59 - DC Comics *

(1938 series) #85 - DC Comics * Air Fighters Comics (1941 series) #7 - Hillman Periodicals * All-American Comics (1939 series) #49 - DC Comics * All-Star Comics (1940 series) #16 - DC Comics * ''

'' (1941 series) #8 - Timely Comics * ''

'' (1940 series) #16: marks the debut of Batman's faithful butler Alfred Pennyworth. - DC Comics * ''

'' (1941 series) #25 - Timely Comics *''

'' (1937 series) #74 - DC Comics *''

'' (1940 series) #40 - DC Comics * ''

'' (1940 series) #11 - Timely Comics * '' Marvel Mystery Comics'' (1939 series) #42 - Timely Comics *'' More Fun Comics'' (1936 series) #90 - DC Comics *'' Sensation Comics'' (1942 series) #16 - DC Comics *'' Star Spangled Comics'' (1941 series) #19 - DC Comics * '' Sub-Mariner Comics'' (1941 series) #9 - Timely Comics * ''

'' (1941 series) #8 - Timely Comics *''

'' (1941 series) #7 - Timely Comics

May

* May 10: Jack Sparling's '' Claire Voyant'' makes its debut. It will run until 1948. * May 16: The final issue of the Italian comics magazine ''

L'Avventuroso ''L'Avventuroso'' (Italian language, Italian for "The Adventurer") was a weekly comic magazine published in Italy from 1934 to 1943. It was the first Italian comics magazine which explicitly aspired to have a more mature audience than infancy, an ...

'' is published. * Action Comics (1938 series) #60 - DC Comics * Air Fighters Comics (1941 series) #8 - Hillman Periodicals * All-Flash (1941 series) #10, previously quarterly - DC Comics * ''

'' (1941 series) #26 - Timely Comics *''

'' (1940 series) #29 - Quality Comics *''

'' (1937 series) #75 - DC Comics *''

'' (1940 series) #41 - DC Comics * '' Marvel Mystery Comics'' (1939 series) #43 - Timely Comics *'' More Fun Comics'' (1936 series) #91 - DC Comics *'' Sensation Comics'' (1942 series) #17 - DC Comics *'' Star Spangled Comics'' (1941 series) #20 - DC Comics *''

'' (1939 series) #22 - DC Comics

June

* June 20:

Harry Haenigsen Harry William Haenigsen (July 14, 1900 – 1990) was an American illustrator and cartoonist best known for ''Penny'', his comic strip about a teenage girl. He also illustrated for books, magazines and advertising. Biography Born in New York City ...

's ''

Penny A penny is a coin ( pennies) or a unit of currency (pl. pence) in various countries. Borrowed from the Carolingian denarius (hence its former abbreviation d.), it is usually the smallest denomination within a currency system. Presently, it is t ...

'' makes its debut. It will run until 1970. * Action Comics (1938 series) #61 - DC Comics *

(1938 series) #86 - DC Comics * Air Fighters Comics (1941 series) #9 - Hillman Periodicals * All-American Comics (1939 series) #50 - DC Comics * All-Star Comics (1940 series) #17 - DC Comics *''

'' (1941 series) #9 - Timely Comics *''

'' (1940 series) #17 - DC Comics * ''

'' (1941 series) #27 - Timely Comics *''

'' (1937 series) #76 - DC Comics *''

'' (1940 series) #42 - DC Comics *''

'' (1940 series) #12 - Timely Comics * '' Marvel Mystery Comics'' (1939 series) #44 - Timely Comics *'' Sensation Comics'' (1942 series) #18 - DC Comics *'' Star Spangled Comics'' (1941 series) #21 - DC Comics *'' Sub-Mariner Comics'' (1941 series) #10 - Timely Comics

Summer Issue

* World's Finest Comics (1941 series) #10 - DC Comics

July

* July 4: Jimmy Hatlo's '' Little Iodine'' receives her own spin-off comic. It will run until 1985. * July 18: Kathleen O'Brien's ''Wanda the War Girl'' first appears in print. * July 24: **

Steve Dowling ''yes'Steve is a masculine given name, usually a short form (hypocorism) of Steven or Stephen Notable people with the name include: steve jops * Steve Abbott (disambiguation), several people * Steve Adams (disambiguation), several people * Steve ...

's '' Garth'' makes its debut. It will run until 22 March 1997. **

Gilbert Lawford Dalton Gilbert Lawford Dalton (1904–1963) was a British children's writer and comics writer. He was most prolific as an author of stories for British boys' comics for DC Thomson publications. He wrote under several pseudonyms so the extent of h ...

and Jack Glass's ''

Wilson the Wonder Athlete Wilson the Wonder Athlete was a British comic strip, first published in 1943 in the British illustrated story paper ''The Wizard'' published by D. C. Thomson & Co. It follows the sporting adventures of a heroic character named William Wilson. T ...

'' makes its debut. * July 26: Bombing of Hanover in World War II: During Allied bombings of the city center of Hanover the

Wilhelm Busch Museum The Wilhelm Busch Museum (german: Wilhelm Busch - Deutsches Museum für Karikatur und Zeichenkunst, links=no, "Wilhelm Busch - German Museum of Caricature and Drawings") is a museum in Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany. It features the world's larges ...

is destroyed, but it will be rebuilt after the war. *In '' Walt Disney's Comics and Stories'', ''Good deeds'', by

Carl Barks Carl Barks (March 27, 1901 – August 25, 2000) was an American cartoonist, author, and painter. He is best known for his work in Disney comic books, as the writer and artist of the first Donald Duck stories and as the creator of Scrooge McDuck ...

; debut of

Neighbor Jones This list of Donald Duck universe characters focuses on Disney cartoon and comics characters who typically appear with Donald Duck and Scrooge McDuck, but are not related to them. For relatives of Donald and Scrooge, see Duck family (Disney) or ...

(the character gets his definitive shape four month later, in the story ''Good Neighbours).'' * Action Comics (1938 series) #62 - DC Comics * Air Fighters Comics (1941 series) #10 - Hillman Periodicals * All-American Comics (1939 series) #51 - DC Comics * All-Flash (1941 series) #11, previously quarterly - DC Comics * ''

'' (1941 series) #28 - Timely Comics *''

'' (1937 series) #77 - DC Comics *''

'' (1940 series) #43 - DC Comics * '' Jolly Jingles'' #10 - MLJ Comics - marks the debut of Al Fagaly's ''

Super Duck Super Duck was a comic book character created in 1943 for what was then MLJ Comics (now Archie Comics) by staff artist Al Fagaly. As his name implies, Super Duck (nicknamed "Supe") was originally a parody of Superman, even down to a red and blue c ...

''. * '' Marvel Mystery Comics'' (1939 series) #45 - Timely Comics *'' More Fun Comics'' (1936 series) #92 - DC Comics *'' Sensation Comics'' (1942 series) #19 - DC Comics *'' Star Spangled Comics'' (1941 series) #22 - DC Comics *''

'' (1939 series) #23 - DC Comics * ''

'' (1941 series) #9 - Timely Comics * '' Wonder Woman'' (1942 series) #5 - DC Comics: marks the debut of the villain Doctor Psycho. *''

'' (1941 series) #8 - Timely Comics

August

* Action Comics (1938 series) #63 - DC Comics *

(1938 series) #87 - DC Comics * Air Fighters Comics (1941 series) #11 - Hillman Periodicals * All-Star Comics (1940 series) #18 - DC Comics *''

'' (1940 series) #18 - DC Comics *''

'' (1941 series) #29 - Timely Comics *''

'' (1940 series) #30 - Quality Comics *''

'' (1937 series) #78 - DC Comics *''

'' (1940 series) #44 - DC Comics * '' Marvel Mystery Comics'' (1939 series) #46 - Timely Comics *'' Sensation Comics'' (1942 series) #20 - DC Comics *'' Star Spangled Comics'' (1941 series) #23 - DC Comics

September

* September 10: The final episode of the Italian comics magazine '' Bertoldo'' is published. * September 27: In

Bob Karp Robert Louis Karp (1911–1975) was an American comics writer. He began working for the Walt Disney Company in the 1930s, and from 1938 to 1974, he wrote the scripts for the daily '' Donald Duck'' newspaper strips which were illustrated by Al Tal ...

and Al Taliaferro's ''

Donald Duck Donald Fauntleroy Duck is a cartoon character created by The Walt Disney Company. Donald is an anthropomorphic white duck with a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. He typically wears a sailor shirt and cap with a bow tie. Donald is known fo ...

'' comic strip Grandma Duck makes her debut as a character (before she had only been seen in a framed picture, on 11 August 1940). * Action Comics (1938 series) #64, with Toyman vs

- DC Comics * Air Fighters Comics (1941 series) #12 - Hillman Periodicals * All-American Comics (1939 series) #52 - DC Comics *''

'' (1941 series) #10 - Timely Comics * ''

'' (1941 series) #30 - Timely Comics *''

'' (1937 series) #79 - DC Comics *''

'' (1940 series) #45 - DC Comics * '' Marvel Mystery Comics'' (1939 series) #47 - Timely Comics *'' More Fun Comics'' (1936 series) #93 - DC Comics *'' Sensation Comics'' (1942 series) #21 - DC Comics *'' Star Spangled Comics'' (1941 series) #24 - DC Comics *'' Sub-Mariner Comics'' (1941 series) #11 - Timely Comics *''

'' (1939 series) #24 - DC Comics * ''

'' (1941 series) #10 - Timely Comics *''

'' (1941 series) #9 - Timely Comics

Fall Issue

* All-Flash (1941 series) #12, previously quarterly - DC Comics * World's Finest Comics (1941 series) #11 - DC Comics

October

* October 4:

Alfred Andriola Alfred James Andriola (May 24, 1912 – March 29, 1983) was an American cartoonist best known for the comic strip ''Kerry Drake'', for which he won a Reuben Award in 1970. His work sometimes appeared under the pseudonym Alfred James. Andriola wa ...

and Allen Saunders' ''

Kerry Drake ''Kerry Drake'' is the title of a comic strip created for Publishers Syndicate by Alfred Andriola as artist and Allen Saunders as uncredited writer. It debuted on Monday, October 4, 1943, replacing Norman Marsh's ''Dan Dunn'', and was syndica ...

'' makes its debut. It will run until 1983. * October 17: In an episode of Milton Caniff's ''

Terry and the Pirates ''Terry and the Pirates'' is an action-adventure comic strip created by cartoonist Milton Caniff, which originally ran from October 22, 1934, to February 25, 1973. Captain Joseph Patterson, editor for the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate, ...

'' Filip Corkin gives a patriotic speech about comradery in the U.S. army. The next day politician John Carl Hinshaw reads it to the

Congressional Record The ''Congressional Record'' is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress, published by the United States Government Publishing Office and issued when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record Inde ...

. The page becomes a classic and will often be reprinted. * October 23:

Péricles de Andrade Maranhão Pericles was a prominent and influential statesman, orator, and general of Athens during the city's Golden Age. Pericles or Perikles may also refer to: * ''Pericles'' (ship), a sailing ship launched in 1877 * SS ''Duncan U. Fletcher'', a Liber ...

, aka Péricles, launches the comic strip ''O Amigo da Onça''. * Action Comics (1938 series) #65 - DC Comics *

(1938 series) #88 - DC Comics * Air Fighters Comics (1941 series) #13 - Hillman Periodicals * All-American Comics (1939 series) #53 - DC Comics * All-Star Comics (1940 series) #19 - DC Comics *''

'' (1940 series) #19 - DC Comics * ''

'' (1941 series) #31 - Timely Comics *''

'' (1940 series) #31 - Quality Comics *''

'' (1937 series) #80 - DC Comics *''

'' (1940 series) #46 - DC Comics * ''

'' (1940 series) #13 - Timely Comics * '' Marvel Mystery Comics'' (1939 series) #48 - Timely Comics *'' Sensation Comics'' (1942 series) #22 - DC Comics *'' Star Spangled Comics'' (1941 series) #25 - DC Comics

November

* November 1: The first episode of Roy Crane's '' Buz Sawyer'' is published. It will run until 21 April 1979. * The first episode of Albert Chartier's newspaper comic ''

Onésime Albert Chartier (16 June 1912 – 25 February 2004) was a French-Canadian cartoonist and illustrator, best known for having created the comic strip ''Onésime''. Biography Albert Chartier was the son of Joseph Chartier, a traveling salesman who ...

'' is published, continuously for 59 years, until 2002. * The final issue of the Italian comics magazine ''

Giornale dei Ragazzi The ''Giornale dei Ragazzi'' (''Journal of the Teens'') was a fortnightly magazine for children consisting of short stories, comics and cultural columns. History and profile ''Giornale dei Ragazzi'' was created in April 1926 on the initiative of ...

'' is published. * Action Comics (1938 series) #66 - DC Comics * Air Fighters Comics (1941 series) #14 - Hillman Periodicals *''

'' (1941 series) #11 - Timely Comics * ''

'' (1941 series) #32 - Timely Comics *''

'' (1937 series) #81 - DC Comics *''

'' (1940 series) #47 - DC Comics * '' Marvel Mystery Comics'' (1939 series) #49 - Timely Comics marks the debut of Otto Binder and

Al Gabriele Al Gabriele (deceased) was an American comic book artist during the 1940s period fans and historians call the Golden Age of comic books. He is known for his work on some of Marvel Comics' earliest Captain America and Sub-Mariner stories, and ...

's ''

Miss America Miss America is an annual competition that is open to women from the United States between the ages of 17 and 25. Originating in 1921 as a "bathing beauty revue", the contest is now judged on competitors' talent performances and interviews. As ...

''. *'' More Fun Comics'' (1936 series) #94 - DC Comics *'' Sensation Comics'' (1942 series) #23 - DC Comics *'' Star Spangled Comics'' (1941 series) #26 - DC Comics *'' Sub-Mariner Comics'' (1941 series) #12 - Timely Comics *''

'' (1939 series) #25 - DC Comics *In '' Walt Disney’s Comics and stories'', ''Panchito'', by Kent Hultgren; debut in comics of Panchito Pistoles.

December

* December 21: In Chester Gould's ''

Dick Tracy ''Dick Tracy'' is an American comic strip featuring Dick Tracy (originally Plainclothes Tracy), a tough and intelligent police detective created by Chester Gould. It made its debut on Sunday, October 4, 1931, in the ''Detroit Mirror'', and it ...

'' the villain Flattop makes his debut. * December 26: Joseph Hughes Newton's '' Tullus'' makes its debut. It will run until 1976. * Action Comics (1938 series) #67 - DC Comics *

(1938 series) #89 - DC Comics * Air Fighters Comics (1941 series) #15 - Hillman Periodicals * All-American Comics (1939 series) #54 - DC Comics * All-Star Comics (1940 series) #20 - DC Comics *''

'' (1940 series) #20 - DC Comics * ''

'' (1941 series) #33 - Timely Comics *''

'' (1940 series) #32 - Quality Comics *''

'' (1937 series) #82 - DC Comics *''

'' (1940 series) #48 - DC Comics * '' Marvel Mystery Comics'' (1939 series) #50 - Timely Comics *'' Sensation Comics'' (1942 series) #24 - DC Comics *'' Star Spangled Comics'' (1941 series) #27 - DC Comics *''

'' (1941 series) #10 - Timely Comics

Winter Issue

* All-Flash (1941 series) #13, previously quarterly - DC Comics * World's Finest Comics (1941 series) #12 - DC Comics

Births

January

* January 7:

Liz Berube Elizabeth Safian Berube (January 7, 1943 – January 15, 2021) was an American comic book artist, best known as a romance comics artist for DC Comics in the 1970s. Simply signing her work "Elizabeth," her modern, stylized art was used to illustra ...

, American comics artist and colorist, known for romance comics, (d.

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...

Specific date unknown

* Asher Dikstein, Israeli comic artist (''The Spaceship of Time'', ''Mysteries of the Lost Continent''), (d.

Deaths

January

* January 28: Eddie Eks, American comics artist, dies at age 60.

March

* March 3: ** Otto Luihn, Norwegian journalist, poet and comics writer (''Sjur Sjursen vil bli kapitalist''), dies from heart failure at age 52. ** Karóly Mühlbeck, Slovakian-Hungarian painter, graphic artist, caricaturist and comics artist (''Mühlbeck headlines''), dies at age 73. * March 28: Pete Llanuza, American comics artist (''Jack Ofalltrades'', continued ''Joe Jinks''), dies at age 70.

April

* April 3: Joe Cunningham, American actor, sports writer and comics artist (''Rufus McGoofus''), dies at age 52 from coronary disease. * April 9: Felix Hess, Dutch illustrator, painter, etcher and comics artist (''Uit Het Kladschrift van Jantje'', ''De Wonderlijke Reis van Jan Klaassen'', ''De Ongelooflijke Avonturen van Bram Vingerling'', ''Uit Mijn Kladboek''), passes away at age 64 in concentration camp Sobibor. * April 26: Frank Ladendorf, aka Lads, American comics artist (''Posey County'', ''Farmer Oatcake'', ''Mischievous Willie'', ''Herr Toughluck'' ''Dotty Dimple'', ''The Joys and Sorrows of Mister and Mrs. Newlywed''), passes away at age 82.

June

* June 16: Nicholas Afonsky, Russian-American comics artist (continued ''Minute Movies'', '' Little Annie Rooney'' and '' Secret Agent X-9''), dies at age 51.

July

* July 8: Jean Moulin, French resistance fighter and cartoonist, dies at age 44, after being captured by the Gestapo.

September

* September 14:

John R. Neill John Rea Neill (November 12, 1877 – September 19, 1943) was a magazine and children's book illustrator primarily known for illustrating more than forty stories set in the Land of Oz, including L. Frank Baum's, Ruth Plumly Thompson's, and three o ...

, American illustrator and comics artist (''Life Among the Macaronis'', ''The Fate of a Crown'', ''Children's Stories That Never Grow Old'', ''The Little Journeys of Nip and Tuck''), dies at age 65.

October

* October 10: Charlotte Salomon, German painter and comics artist (''Leben? oder Theater?: Ein Singspiel''), is gassed to death in

Auschwitz Auschwitz concentration camp ( (); also or ) was a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland (in a portion annexed into Germany in 1939) during World War II and the Holocaust. It con ...

at age 26. * October 18: A.M. de Jong, Dutch novelist and comics writer ('' Bulletje en Boonestaak'') is murdered by two SS soldiers in his own home, at age 55.

December

* December 29: Enrico Novelli, aka Yambo, Italian journalist, writer, illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 69.

Specific date unknown

Herbert Sydney Foxwell Herbert may refer to: People Individuals * Herbert (musician), a pseudonym of Matthew Herbert Name * Herbert (given name) * Herbert (surname) Places Antarctica * Herbert Mountains, Coats Land * Herbert Sound, Graham Land Australia * Herbert, ...

, British comics artist ( continued ''The Bruin Boys'' (better known as ''

Tiger Tim The tiger (''Panthera tigris'') is the largest living cat species and a member of the genus ''Panthera''. It is most recognisable for its dark vertical stripes on orange fur with a white underside. An apex predator, it primarily preys on un ...

'') and ''

Teddy Tail Teddy Tail was a British newspaper comic strip about a cartoon mouse featured in ''The Daily Mail'' from 5 April 1915. It was the first ''daily'' cartoon strip in a British newspaper (being also the first to use speech balloon rather than captions) ...

'', created ''The Bunty Boys''), dies at age 52 or 53. * Worden Wood, American comics artist (ghostdrew ''

Buster Brown Buster Brown is a comic-strip character created in 1902 by Richard F. Outcault. Adopted as the mascot of the Brown Shoe Company in 1904, Buster Brown, along with Mary Jane, and with his dog Tige, became well known to the United States of America ...

''), passes away at age 62 or 63.

First issues by title

;''Kid Komics'' :''Released:'' February by Timely Comics, featuring Captain Wonder and Tim Mulrooney

Initial appearances by character name

Alfred Beagle Alfred Thaddeus Crane Pennyworth is a fictional character appearing in American comic book An American comic book is a thin periodical originating in the United States, on average 32 pages, containing comics. While the form originated in 193 ...

in ''

'' #18 (April), created by Bob Kane, Bill Finger and Jerry Robinson - DC Comics * Henry King in '' All Star Comics'' #15 (February), created by Gardner Fox and Joe Gallagher - DC Comics * Captain Triumph in ''

'' #27 (January), Created by

- DC Comics * Cavalier (comics) in ''

'' #81 (November), created by Don Cameron and Bob Kane - DC Comics * Cheetah (comics) in '' Wonder Woman'' #06 (Fall Issue), William Moulton Marston - DC Comics *

Crime Doctor (comics) The Crime Doctor is the name of two fictional supervillains that appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. The Crime Doctor is an underworld medical expert who caters exclusively to criminals, originally an enemy of Batman. Publ ...

in ''

'' #77 (July), created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane - DC Comics * Doctor Psycho in '' Wonder Woman'' #5 (July), created by William Moulton Marston and Harry G. Peter - DC Comics *King Bee in '' All-Star Comics'' #18 (August), created by Gardner Fox - DC Comics *

Sabbac Sabbac is the name of three American comic book supervillains appearing in DC Comics. The original Sabbac debuted in '' Captain Marvel Jr.'' #4 (February 1943), and was created by Otto Binder and Al Carreno as an enemy of Captain Marvel Jr., whi ...

in '' Captain Marvel Jr.'' #4 (July), created by Otto Binder and Al Carreno - DC Comics *

Thinker (DC Comics) The Thinker is the name of five supervillains appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The first incarnation, Clifford DeVoe, is an enemy of Flash (Jay Garrick), Jay Garrick. The second, Clifford Carmichael, is an enemy of Ronnie ...

in ''

All Flash ''All-Flash'', originally published as ''All-Flash Quarterly'', was a comic book magazine series published by All-American Publications and later National Periodicals ( DC Comics) featuring superhero Jay Garrick, the original Flash. The series ...

'' #12 (September), created by Gardner Fox and E.E. Hibbard - DC Comics * Toyman in '' Action Comics'' #64 (September), created by Don Cameron and

Ed Dobrotka Ed, ed or ED may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Ed'' (film), a 1996 film starring Matt LeBlanc * Ed (''Fullmetal Alchemist'') or Edward Elric, a character in ''Fullmetal Alchemist'' media * ''Ed'' (TV series), a TV series that ran fro ...

- DC Comics * Tweedledum and Tweedledee (comics) in ''

'' #74 (April), created by Bob Kane, Don Cameron and Jerry Robinson - DC Comics * Uncle Marvel in '' Wow Comics'' #18 (October), created by Otto Binder and Marc Swayze - DC Comics * Vandal Savage in '' Green Lantern'' #10 (December), created by Alfred Bester and Martin Nodell - DC Comics

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