1948 in comics explained
See also: List of years in comics. Notable events of 1948 in comics.
Events and publications
Year Overall
January
February
March
Spring
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Births
March
May
Specific date unknown
Deaths
January
March
- March 15: Mary Tourtel, British illustrator and comics artist (Rupert Bear), dies at age 74.[22]
- March 18: Freddie Langeler, Dutch comics artist (Pietje Pluk en Kootje Kwak, Bobby den Speurder, Barendje Kwik, Bello Blafmeier), dies at age 49.[23]
- March 24: Wally Wallgren, American comics artist (Inbad the Sailor, Tired Timothy, Helpful Hints, Hoosegow Herman), dies at age 65.[24]
April
May
- May 19: Herbert Morton Stoops, American illustrator and comics artist (continued Have You Seen Alonso?), dies at age 60.[26]
June
- June 13: Jimmy Frise, Canadian comics artist (Life's Little Comedies, later Birdseye Centre), dies at age 57.[27]
July
August
- Specific date unknown: Feliu Elias, aka Apa, Spanish caricaturist, painter, art critic and comics artist (Las Hazañas del Pitafras), dies at age 59.[29]
October
- October 5: Bert Green, British animator and comics artist (Stella and Gertie, Kids), dies at age 63.[30]
- October 11: Ippei Okamoto, Japanese manga artist (Kuma o Tazumete, Tanpô Gashu, Kanraku, Match no Bou, Monomiyusan), dies at age 62.[31]
November
December
- December 5: Fukujiro Yokoi, Japanese comics artist (Putchar in Wonderland), dies at age 36 from TBC.[33]
Specific date unknown
- Jack Farr, American comics artist (Little Willie, Mr. Jolt, Chubby, If They Came Back And Did It Over Again Today, Bringing Up Bill, Bradley, Vitamin Vic, Donny the Dreamer, Gadget Man, Iron Munro, Romeo the Robot, Three-Ring Binks), dies at age 48 or 49.[34]
- Christian Haugen, Norwegian novelist and comics writer, whose stories were adapted into comics by Arent Christensen,[35] dies at age 53 or 54.
- Joan García Junceda, Spanish illustrator and comics artist (Les Extraordinàries Aventures d'en Massagran), dies at age 66 or 67.[36]
First issues by title
DC Comics
Dell Comics
- The Lone Ranger (January/February)
- Tarzan (January/February)
Marvel Comics (Timely, Atlas)
Other publishers
Comic strips
Renamed titles
- All True Crime Cases issue #26 renamed from Official True Crime Cases as of the February cover date. (Marvel Comics)
- All-Western Winners issue #2 renamed from All Winners Comics (vol. 2) as of the Winter cover date. (Timely Comics)
- Blackstone the Magician #2 (cover-dated May) renamed from Blackstone the Magician Detective Fights Crime (EC Comics)
- Frankie and Lana issue #13 renamed from Frankie Comics as of the January cover date. (Marvel Comics)
- Mitzi's Boyfriend issue #2 renamed from Mitzi Comics (Marvel Comics)
- Wild Western issue #3 renamed from Wild West as of the September cover date (Atlas Comics)
Initial appearances by character name
- Cowboy Marshall in Western Comics #1 (January), created by Don Cameron - DC Comics
- Evil Star in All Star Comics #44 (December), created by John Broome and Irwin Hasen - DC Comics
- Fiddler (comics) in All-Flash #32 (January), created by Robert Kanigher and Lee Elias - DC Comics
- Jor-El in Superman #53 (August), created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster - DC Comics
- Larry Lance in Flash Comics #92 (February), created by Robert Kanigher and Carmine Infantino - DC Comics
- Mad Hatter, in Batman #49 (October), created by Bill Finger and Lew Sayre Schwartz - DC Comics
- Merry Pemberton in Star-Spangled Comics #81 (June), created by Otto Binder and Win Mortimer - DC Comics
- Nighthawk (DC Comics) in Western Comics #5 (September), created by Robert Kanigher and Charles Paris - DC Comics
- Riddler in Detective Comics #140 (October), created by Bill Finger and Dick Sprang - DC Comics
- Rodeo Rick in Western Comics #5 (September), created by Robert Kanigher and Charles Paris - DC Comics
- Serafino by Egidio Gherlizza in Gaie Fantasie (Edizioni Alpe)
- Star Sapphire (comics) in All-Flash Comics #32 (December), created by Robert Kanigher and Lee Elias - DC Comics
- Vicki Vale in Batman #49 (October), created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger - DC Comics
- Wyoming Kid in Western Comics #1 (January), created by Don Cameron - DC Comics
Notes and References
- Bono, Gianni and Farina, Antonio (2015). "Albi della Mezzaluna: Tony Falco". Guida al Fumetto Italiano. Retrieved 13 September 2016 .
- Web site: Stanley J. Link.
- Web site: Ketelbinkie Krant/Robs Vrienden.
- Web site: texte . Parti communiste français Auteur du . 1948-03-26 . L'Humanité : journal socialiste quotidien . 2023-12-06 . Gallica . EN.
- Web site: Jacques Laudy. lambiek.net. January 18, 2024.
- Web site: Fred Waring's Cartoon Collection. https://archive.today/20120805095319/http://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/digital/fwa/fwcartoons.html . dead . 2012-08-05 .
- Web site: Billy DeBeck.
- Web site: André LeBlanc.
- 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: BDoubliées. Tintin année 1948. French.
- Web site: Jacques Martin.
- Web site: Dutch Comics after WW II.
- Web site: Kreigh Collins. lambiek.net. October 2, 2022.
- Web site: James Simpkins.
- Web site: Sul sentiero della morte . 2022-07-01 . www.ubcfumetti.com.
- News: Muere Picanyol, creador de Ot, el bruixot. es. El Periódico de Catalunya. March 18, 2021. March 18, 2021.
- Web site: Muere el dibujante Josep Lluís Martínez "Picanyol" a los 73 años . La Vanguardia . March 18, 2021 . es . March 19, 2021.
- Web site: Mor el dibuixant Picanyol, creador d'"Ot el Bruixot" . naciodigital.cat . ca . March 19, 2021.
- Web site: Romeu. Lambiek.net. July 25, 2021.
- Web site: Index to Comic Art Collection: "Batdance" to "Bateson" . August 7, 2023 . comics.lib.msu.edu.
- Web site: Thomas Theodor Heine.
- Web site: Mary Tourtel.
- Web site: Freddie Langeler.
- Web site: Wally Wallgren.
- Web site: Wallace Morgan.
- Web site: Herbert Morton Stoops.
- Web site: Jimmy Frise. lambiek.net. February 14, 2021.
- Web site: George Ernest Studdy.
- Web site: Apa. lambiek.net. May 18, 2020.
- Web site: Bert Green.
- Web site: Ippei Okamoto.
- Web site: Carl Thomas Anderson.
- Web site: Carl Thomas Anderson.
- Web site: Jack Farr.
- Web site: Arent Christensen.
- Web site: Junceda.