1942 in comics explained
See also: List of years in comics. Notable events of 1942 in comics.
Events and publications
January
February
March
Spring Issue
April
May
June
Summer Issue
July
August
September
Fall Issue
October
November
December
Winter Issue
Specific date unknown
- The final issue of the Flemish comics magazine Wonderland is published, a supplement to the newspaper De Dag.[18]
- 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.[19]
- Vic Herman creates Winnie the Wac.[20]
- Philip Mendoza draws The Early Life of Winston Churchill, which is the earliest biographical comic about Winston Churchill.[21]
- During the internment of Japanese Americans Bennie Nobori draws the comic strip Yankee Reporter for the prisoners in camp Topaz in Central Utah.[22]
- Joe Simon and Jack Kirby leave Timely Comics and move to National Comics (now DC Comics).[23]
- Ángel Umpierrez launches his gag comic Don Cristóbal. [24]
- Golden Arrow (1942 series) #1 - Fawcett Comics
Births
February
Deaths
April
- April 1:
- John Devlin, American comics artist (assistant of Rube Goldberg, continued Looy Dot Dope) and editor (Quality Comics), dies at age 36. [26]
- Charles H. Wellington, American comics artist (Pa's (Imported) Son-In-Law), dies at age 48.[27]
May
- May 12: George William Wakefield, British comics artist (worked for Film Fun, made comics based on Laurel & Hardy), dies from a stroke at age 54.[28]
- May 14: René Bull, Irish comics illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 79.[29]
July
- July 11: Antonio Salemme, Italian comics artist (Il Principe Azzurro), dies at age 48 or 49.[30]
- July 21: Giove Toppi, Italian comics artist (Topo Lino, Renato Gallo), dies at age 53.[31]
August
September
November
- November 7: J. Norman Lynd, American comics artist (Family Portraits, continued Vignettes of Life), dies at age 63.[34]
- November 11: Billy DeBeck, American comics artist (Barney Google), dies at the age of 52.[35]
- November 26: Larry Whittington, American comics artist (Fritzi Ritz) dies in a car accident at the age of 39.[36]
Specific date unknown
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.
- V…- Comics, cover-dated January, published by Fox Feature Syndicate
- 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
- Wonder Woman, created by William Moulton Marston, in All Star Comics#8 (January), published by All-American Publications
Notes and References
- Wallace "1940s" in Dolan, p. 40: "Wonder Woman...took the lead in Sensation Comics following a sneak preview in All Star Comics #8."
- Web site: Guida Fumetto Italiano. 2021-07-26. www.guidafumettoitaliano.com.
- Web site: Marten Toonder.
- Web site: Reynold Brown.
- Web site: Sjors (Van de Rebellenclub).
- Web site: Basil Wolverton.
- Web site: Chris Ishii. lambiek.net. March 27, 2021.
- Web site: Tom Okamoto. lambiek.net. March 27, 2021.
- Web site: Jack Ito. lambiek.net. March 27, 2021.
- Web site: Hal Forrest.
- Web site: Hergé.
- Web site: George Baker.
- Book: Comics through Time: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas [4 volumes]
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. 9780313397516. Keith Booker. M.. 2014-10-28.
- Web site: Carl Barks.
- Web site: Jack Hannah.
- Web site: Guy Depière. lambiek.net. November 2, 2021.
- Web site: Eugen Semitjov.
- KOUSEMAKER, Kees en Evelien, "Wordt Vervolgd- Stripleksikon der Lage Landen", Uitgeverij Het Spectrum, Utrecht, Antwerpen, 1979, page 235.
- Web site: Bovil.
- Web site: Vic Herman.
- Web site: Philip Mendoza.
- Web site: Bennie Nobori. lambiek.net. March 27, 2021.
- Book: Wallace, Daniel. Dolan . Hannah. 1940s. DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. . 2010 . 978-0-7566-6742-9 . 40. 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..
- Web site: Ángel Umpierrez.
- https://www.cartoons.ac.uk/cartoonist-biographies/c-d/CliveCollins.html Clive Collins
- Web site: John Devlin.
- Web site: Charles H. Wellington.
- Web site: George William Wakefield. lambiek.net. May 18, 2020.
- Web site: René Bull.
- Web site: Antonio Salemme.
- Web site: Giove Toppi.
- Web site: Albert Guillaume.
- Web site: Horst Rosenthal.
- Web site: J. Norman Lynd.
- Web site: Billy DeBeck.
- Web site: Larry Whittington.
- Web site: Emil Reinicke.
- Web site: Jos Walker.