1942 in comics
Notable events of 1942 in comics. See also List of years in comics.
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Events and publications
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Year overall
- Joe Simon and Jack Kirby leave Timely Comics and move to National Comics (now DC Comics).[1]
January
- Fox Publications goes bankrupt, which means the end of the series The Flame.
- Action Comics (1938 series) #44 - DC Comics
- Adventure Comics (1938 series) #70 - DC Comics
- All-American Comics (1939 series) #34 - DC Comics
- Captain America Comics (1941 series) #10 - Timely Comics
- Crack Comics (1940 series) #20 - Quality Comics
- Daring Mystery Comics (1940 series) #8 - final issue, cancelled by Timely Comics
- Detective Comics (1937 series) #59 - DC Comics
- Flash Comics (1940 series) #25 - DC Comics
- Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #27 - Timely Comics
- More Fun Comics (1936 series) #74 - DC Comics
- Sensation Comics #1 (cover date) featuring Wonder Woman — DC Comics[2]
- Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #4 - DC Comics
- Superman (1939 series) #14 - DC Comics
- U.S.A. Comics (1941 series) #3 - Timely Comics
February
- Action Comics (1938 series) #45 - DC Comics
- Adventure Comics (1938 series) #71 - DC Comics
- All-American Comics (1939 series) #35 - DC Comics
- All-Star Comics (1940 series) #9 - DC Comics
- Batman (1940 series) #9 - DC Comics
- Captain America Comics (1941 series) #11 - Timely Comics
- Crack Comics (1940 series) #21 - Quality Comics
- Detective Comics (1937 series) #60 - DC Comics
- Dime Comics #1 - Leo Bachle reinvents the Canadian national personification Johnny Canuck as a superhero comic.
- Flash Comics (1940 series) #26 - DC Comics
- Jingle Jangle Comics #1 - Eastern Color
- Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #28 - Timely Comics
- More Fun Comics (1936 series) #76 - DC Comics
- Sensation Comics (1942 series) #2 — DC Comics: In this issue the Wonder Woman characters Etta Candy and Doctor Poison make their debut.
- Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #5 - DC Comics
March
- March 6: The Captain Marvel villain Ibac makes his debut.
- March 11: Marten Toonder's Tom Poes story De Zieke Hertog marks the debut of Olivier B. Bommel's faithful butler Joost.[3]
- The Dutch comics magazine Sjors is banned on Nazi orders. It will reappear after the war in June 1947.[4]
- The final issue of Blue Ribbon Comics is published.
- The final issue of Human Top is published.
- Action Comics (1938 series) #46 - DC Comics
- Adventure Comics (1938 series) #72 - DC Comics
- All-American Comics (1939 series) #36 - DC Comics
- All-Winners Comics (1941 series) #4 - Timely Comics
- Captain America Comics (1941 series) #12 - Timely Comics
- Crack Comics (1940 series) #22 - Quality Comics
- Detective Comics (1937 series) #61 - DC Comics
- Flash Comics (1940 series) #27 - DC Comics
- Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #29 - Timely Comics
- More Fun Comics (1936 series) #77 - DC Comics
- Sensation Comics (1942 series) #3 — DC Comics
- Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #6 - DC Comics
- Superman (1939 series) #15 - DC Comics
Spring Issue
- All Flash Quarterly (1941 series) #4 - DC Comics
- Green Lantern Quarterly (1941 series) #3 - DC Comics
- Leading Comics (1941 series) #2 - DC Comics
- World's Finest Comics (1941 series) #5 - DC Comics
April
- April 16: Marten Toonder's Tom Poes story Het Monster-Ei marks the debut of Wammes Waggel.
- April 20: The first episode of Crockett Johnson's Barnaby is published.
- Action Comics (1938 series) #47 - DC Comics
- Adventure Comics (1938 series) #73 - DC Comics
- All-American Comics (1939 series) #37 - DC Comics
- All-Star Comics (1940 series) #10 - DC Comics
- Batman (1940 series) #10 - DC Comics
- Captain America Comics (1941 series) #13 - Timely Comics
- Detective Comics (1937 series) #62 - DC Comics
- Flash Comics (1940 series) #28 - DC Comics
- Human Torch Comics (1940 series) #7 - Timely Comics
- Joker Comics #1 - Timely Comics. In its first issue Basil Wolverton's Powerhouse Pepper makes its debut. The series will run until the spring of 1948.[5]
- Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #30 - Timely Comics
- More Fun Comics (1936 series) #78 - DC Comics
- Red Ryder Comics, with issue #6, taken over from Hawley by Dell Comics.
- Sensation Comics (1942 series) #4 — DC Comics
- Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #7 - DC Comics
- Sub-Mariner Comics (1941 series) #5 - Timely Comics
- Young Allies Comics (1941 series) #3 - Timely Comics
May
- May 16: The British comics magazine Funny Wonder merges with another magazine Wonder.
- The final episode of Tailspin Tommy, originally created by Hal Forrest, is published.[6]
- Action Comics (1938 series) #48 - DC Comics
- Adventure Comics (1938 series) #74 - DC Comics
- All-American Comics (1939 series) #38 - DC Comics
- Captain America Comics (1941 series) #14 - Timely Comics
- Crack Comics (1940 series) #23 - Quality Comics
- Detective Comics (1937 series) #63 - DC Comics
- Flash Comics (1940 series) #29 - DC Comics
- Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #31 - Timely Comics
- More Fun Comics (1936 series) #79 - DC Comics
- Sensation Comics (1942 series) #5 — DC Comics: In this issue the supervillain Paula von Gunther makes her debut.
- Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #8 - DC Comics
- Superman (1939 series) #16 - DC Comics
- U.S.A. Comics (1941 series) #4 - Timely Comics
June
- June 11: Hergé's Tintin story The Secret of the Unicorn is prepublished in Le Soir. Halfway the story butler Nestor and the castle of Marlinspike Hall make their debut.[7]
- June 13: The final episode of comic strip The Shadow by Walter B. Gibson and Vernon Greene is published.
- Action Comics (1938 series) #49 - DC Comics
- Adventure Comics (1938 series) #75 - DC Comics
- All-American Comics (1939 series) #39 - DC Comics
- All Star Comics (1940 series) #11 - DC Comics
- All-Winners Comics (1941 series) #5 - Timely Comics
- Batman (1940 series) #11 - DC Comics
- Captain America Comics (1941 series) #15 - Timely Comics
- Detective Comics (1937 series) #64 - DC Comics
- Flash Comics (1940 series) #30 - DC Comics
- Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #32 - Timely Comics
- More Fun Comics (1936 series) #80 - DC Comics
- Sensation Comics (1942 series) #6 — DC Comics
- Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #9 - DC Comics
- Sub-Mariner Comics (1941 series) #6 - Timely Comics
- Yank, the Army Weekly #1 - Harvey Comics: In its first issue George Baker's Sad Sack makes its debut.[8]
- Young Allies Comics (1941 series) #4 - Timely Comics
Summer Issue
- All Flash Quarterly (1941 series) #5 - DC Comics. In this issue the villain trio Winky, Blinky, and Noddy make their debut.
- Green Lantern Quarterly (1941 series) #4 - DC Comics
- Leading Comics (1941 series) #3 - DC Comics
- Wonder Woman (1942 series) #1 - DC Comics, which marks the first stand-alone series of William Moulton Marston and Harry G. Peter's Wonder Woman. In its first issue supervillain Ares makes his debut.
- World's Finest Comics (1941 series) #6 - DC Comics
July
- The American comics magazine The Funnies changes its name to New Funnies.
- Action Comics (1938 series) #50 - DC Comics
- Adventure Comics (1938 series) #76 - DC Comics
- All-American Comics (1939 series) #40 - DC Comics
- Captain America Comics (1941 series) #16 - Timely Comics
- Crack Comics (1940 series) #24 - Quality Comics
- Crime Does Not Pay debuts with issue #22, continuing the numbering of Silver Streak Comics — Lev Gleason Publications
- Detective Comics (1937 series) #65 - DC Comics
- Flash Comics (1940 series) #31 - DC Comics
- Human Torch Comics (1940 series) #8 - Timely Comics
- Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #33 - Timely Comics
- More Fun Comics (1936 series) #81 - DC Comics
- Sensation Comics (1942 series) #7 — DC Comics
- Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #10 - DC Comics
- Superman (1939 series) #17 - DC Comics
- U.S.A. Comics (1941 series) #5 - Timely Comics
August
- In Al Capp's Li'l Abner the comic-within-a-comic Fearless Fosdick makes its debut, though only as a reference. For his first adventure within the series itself readers have to wait until 19 June 1944.[9]
- Action Comics (1938 series) #51 - DC Comics
- Adventure Comics (1938 series) #77 - DC Comics: In this issue Alfred Bester and Stan Kaye's Genius Jones makes its debut.
- All-American Comics (1939 series) #41 - DC Comics
- All Star Comics (1940 series) #12 - DC Comics
- Batman (1940 series) #12 - DC Comics
- Captain America Comics (1941 series) #17 - Timely Comics
- Detective Comics (1937 series) #66 - DC Comics: In this issue the Batman villain Harvey Dent, better known as Two-Face, makes his debut.
- Flash Comics (1940 series) #32 - DC Comics
- Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #34 - Timely Comics
- More Fun Comics (1936 series) #82 - DC Comics
- Sensation Comics (1942 series) #8 — DC Comics
- Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #11 - DC Comics
September
- September 4: In Chester Gould's Dick Tracy the villain Pruneface makes his debut.
- Action Comics (1938 series) #52 - DC Comics
- Adventure Comics (1938 series) #78 - DC Comics
- All-American Comics (1939 series) #42 - DC Comics
- All-Winners Comics (1941 series) #6 - Timely Comics
- Captain America Comics (1941 series) #18 - Timely Comics
- Crack Comics (1940 series) #25 - Quality Comics
- Detective Comics (1937 series) #67 - DC Comics
- Flash Comics (1940 series) #33 - DC Comics
- Human Torch Comics (1940 series) #9 - Timely Comics
- Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #35 - Timely Comics
- More Fun Comics (1936 series) #83 - DC Comics
- Sensation Comics (1942 series) #9 — DC Comics
- Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #12 - DC Comics
- Sub-Mariner Comics (1941 series) #7 - Timely Comics
- Superman (1939 series) #18 - DC Comics
- Young Allies Comics (1941 series) #5 - Timely Comics
Fall Issue
- All Flash (1941 series) #6, previously All Flash Quarterly - DC Comics
- Green Lantern Quarterly (1941 series) #5 - DC Comics
- Leading Comics (1941 series) #4 - DC Comics
- Wonder Woman (1942 series) #2 - DC Comics
- World's Finest Comics (1941 series) #7 - DC Comics
October
- October 1: Bob Karp, Carl Barks and Jack Hannah create the first American adventure comics series based on Donald Duck. The series kicks off with the story Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold.[10][11]
- Action Comics (1938 series) #53 - DC Comics
- Adventure Comics (1938 series) #79 - DC Comics
- All-American Comics (1939 series) #43 - DC Comics
- All Star Comics (1940 series) #13 - DC Comics
- Batman (1940 series) #13 - DC Comics
- Captain America Comics (1941 series) #19 - Timely Comics
- Detective Comics (1937 series) #68 - DC Comics
- Flash Comics (1940 series) #34 - DC Comics
- Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #36 - Timely Comics
- More Fun Comics (1936 series) #84 - DC Comics
- Sensation Comics (1942 series) #10 — DC Comics
- Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #13 - DC Comics
November
- Action Comics (1938 series) #54 - DC Comics
- Adventure Comics (1938 series) #80 - DC Comics
- Air Fighter Comics (1941 series) #2 - Hillman Periodicals
- All-American Comics (1939 series) #44 - DC Comics
- All-Flash (1941 series) #07, previously quarterly - DC Comics
- All-Winners Comics (1941 series) #7 - Timely Comics
- Captain America Comics (1941 series) #20 - Timely Comics
- Crack Comics (1940 series) #26 - Quality Comics
- Detective Comics (1937 series) #69 - DC Comics
- Flash Comics (1940 series) #35 - DC Comics
- Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #37 - Timely Comics
- More Fun Comics (1936 series) #85 - DC Comics
- Sensation Comics (1942 series) #11 — DC Comics
- Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #14 - DC Comics
- Sub-Mariner Comics (1941 series) #8 - Timely Comics
- Superman (1939 series) #19 - DC Comics
December
- The Swedish comic strip Allan Kämpe by Eugen Semitjov makes its debut.[12]
- Action Comics (1938 series) #55 - DC Comics
- Adventure Comics (1938 series) #81 - DC Comics
- Air Fighters Comics (1941 series) #3 - Hillman Periodicals: In this issue Heap makes his debut.
- All-American Comics (1939 series) #45 - DC Comics
- All Star Comics (1940 series) #14 - DC Comics
- Batman (1940 series) #14 - DC Comics
- Captain America Comics (1941 series) #21 - Timely Comics
- Detective Comics (1937 series) #70 - DC Comics
- Flash Comics (1940 series) #36 - DC Comics
- Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #38 - Timely Comics
- More Fun Comics (1936 series) #86 - DC Comics
- Sensation Comics (1942 series) #12 — DC Comics
- Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #15 - DC Comics
- U.S.A. Comics (1941 series) #6 - Timely Comics
Winter Issue
- Boy Commandos (1942 series) #1 - DC Comics
- Comic Cavalcade (1942 series) #1 - DC Comics
- Green Lantern Quarterly (1941 series) #6 - DC Comics
- Leading Comics (1941 series) #5 - DC Comics
- World's Finest Comics (1941 series) #8 - DC Comics
- Eugen Semitjov begins publishing Allan Kämpe
Specific date unknown
- The final issue of the Flemish comics magazine Wonderland is published, a supplement to the newspaper De Dag.[13]
- The first episode of Carl Grubert's The Berrys is published. It will run until 1974.
- Bovil creates his comic strip Tusen Och en Natt, based on Arabian Nights. It will run until his death in 1949. [14]
- Vic Herman creates Winnie the Wac.[15]
- Philip Mendoza draws The Early Life of Winston Churchill, which is the earliest biographical comic about Winston Churchill.[16]
Deaths
April
- April 1: Charles H. Wellington, American comics artist (Pa's (Imported) Son-In-Law), passes away at age 48.[17]
May
July
- July 11: Antonio Salemme, Italian comics artist (Il Principe Azzurro), dies at the age of 48 or 49.[20]
- July 21: Giove Toppi, Italian comics artist (Topo Lino, Renato Gallo), dies at age 53. [21]
August
- August 10: Albert Guillaume, French caricaturist, illustrator and poster designer who also made some occasional pantomime comics, dies at age 69.[22]
September
- September 11: Horst Rosenthal, German-born French comics artist (made a series of text comics while incarcerated in Gurs internment camp, among them a comic strip starring Mickey Mouse named Mickey au Camp de Gurs), is executed in Auschwitz at the age of 27.[23]
November
- November 7: J. Norman Lynd, American comics artist (Family Portraits, continued Vignettes of Life), dies at age 63. [24]
- November 11: Billy DeBeck, American comics artist (Barney Google), dies at the age of 52.[25]
- November 26: Larry Whittington, American comics artist (Fritzi Ritz) dies in a car accident at the age of 39.[26]
Specific date unknown
- Joe Devlin, American comics artist (assisted Rube Goldberg, continued Looy Dot Dope and worked for Quality Comics), dies at an unknown age.[27]
- Emil Reinicke, German comics artist (published in Fliegende Blätter), passes away at age 82 or 83.[28]
- Josiah Walker, aka Jos Walker, British comics artist (Sexton Blake), dies at age 55. [29]
First issues by title
- Boy Commandos, cover-dated Winter, published by DC Comics.
- Comic Cavalcade, cover-dated Winter, published by DC Comics
- Hangman Comics, cover-dated Spring, published by MLJ Magazines Inc.
- Sensation Comics, cover-dated January, published by DC Comics.
- Wonder Woman, cover-dated Summer, published by DC Comics.
Initial appearances by character name
- Airboy in Air Fighters Comics #2 (November), created by writers Charles Biro and Dick Wood, and artist Al Camy - Hillman Periodicals
- Air Wave in Detective Comics #60 (February), created by Murray Boltinoff - DC Comics
- Boomerang in More Fun Comics #79 (May) - DC Comics
- Dan the Dyna-Mite in Star Spangled Comics #7 (April), created by Mort Weisinger and Hal Sharp - DC Comics
- Dan Turpin in Detective Comics #64 (June), created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby - DC Comics
- Doctor Poison in Sensation Comics #2 (February), created by William Moulton Marston and Harry G. Peter - DC Comics
- Etta Candy' in Sensation Comics #2 (February), created by William Moulton Marston and Harry G. Peter - DC Comics
- False-Face in Leading Comics #2 (National Comics, Spring), created by Mort Weisinger and Creig Flessel
- Gay Ghost in Sensation Comics #1 (January), created by Gardner Fox and Howard Purcell - DC Comics
- Guardian in Star Spangled Comics #7 (April), created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby - DC Comics
- Heap in Air Fighters Comics #3 (December), created by Harry Stein and Mort Leav - Hillman Periodicals
- Kid Eternity in Hit Comics #25 (December), created by Otto Binder and Sheldon Moldoff - DC Comics
- Liberty Belle in Boy Commandos #1 (December), created by Don Cameron and Chuck Winter - DC Comics
- Mary Marvel in Captain Marvel Adventures #18 (December), created by Otto Binder and Marc Swayze - DC Comics
- Metallo in World's Finest Comics #6 (June), created by Robert Bernstein and Al Plastino - DC Comics
- Mister Terrific (Terry Sloane) in Sensation Comics #1 (DC Comics, January), created by Charles Resizenstein and Hal Sharpe
- Paul Kirk, created by Jack Kirby, in Adventure Comics #58 (January), published by DC Comics.
- The Prankster in Action Comics #51 (August), created by Jerry Siegel and John Sikela - DC Comics
- The Puzzler in Action Comics #49 (June), created by Jerry Siegel and John Sikela - DC Comics
- Shade in Flash Comics #33 (September),created by Gardner Fox - DC Comics
- Rag Doll in Flash Comics #36 (December), created by Gardner Fox - DC Comics
- Robotman in Star Spangled Comics #7 (April), created by Jerry Siegel and Leo Nowak - DC Comics
- Sal Maroni in Detective Comics #66 (August), created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane - DC Comics
- Spider Widow in Feature Comics #57 (June), created by Frank Borth - DC Comics
- TNT in Star Spangled Comics #7 (April), created by Mort Weisinger and Hal Sharp - DC Comics
- Two Face in Detective Comics #66 (August), created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane - DC Comics
- Wildcat in Sensation Comics #1 (January), created by Bill Finger and Irwin Hasen - DC Comics
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References
- Wallace, Daniel (2010). "1940s". In Dolan, Hannah (ed.). DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. Dorling Kindersley. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9.
DC scored a coup by luring to their ranks the popular artist and writer team of Jack Kirby and Joe Simon, who [in 1942] introduced the Newsboy Legion, the Guardian, and the Boy Commandos.
- Wallace "1940s" in Dolan, p. 40: "Wonder Woman...took the lead in Sensation Comics following a sneak preview in All Star Comics #8."
- "Marten Toonder".
- "Sjors (Van de Rebellenclub)".
- "Basil Wolverton".
- "Hal Forrest".
- "Hergé".
- "George Baker".
- Keith Booker, M. (2014-10-28). Comics through Time: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas [4 volumes]: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas. ISBN 9780313397516.
- "Carl Barks".
- "Jack Hannah".
- "Eugen Semitjov".
- KOUSEMAKER, Kees en Evelien, "Wordt Vervolgd- Stripleksikon der Lage Landen", Uitgeverij Het Spectrum, Utrecht, Antwerpen, 1979, page 235.
- "Bovil".
- "Vic Herman".
- "Philip Mendoza".
- "Charles H. Wellington".
- "George William Wakefield". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- "René Bull".
- "Antonio Salemme".
- https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/toppi_giove.htm
- "Albert Guillaume".
- "Horst Rosenthal".
- "J. Norman Lynd".
- "Billy DeBeck".
- "Larry Whittington".
- "Joe Devlin".
- "Emil Reinicke".
- https://www.lambiek.net/artists/w/walker_jos.htm
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