HOLLYWOOD FUNNY FOLKS retitled NUTSY SQUIRREL (#61)
JUNGLE TALES #1
MOVIE TOWN ANIMAL ANTICS retitled THE RACOON KIDS (#52)
SUPERMAN'S PAL JIMMY OLSEN #1
THE OUTLAW KID #1
October
JUNGLE ACTION #1
OUR FIGHTING FORCES #1
November
ARROWHEAD ends (#4)
BATTLE ACTION revived (#13)
HERE'S HOWIE ends (#18)
SPY THRILLERS #1
WESTERN THRILLERS #1
December
APACHE KID revived (#11)
RUGGED ACTION #1
WESTERN KID #1
month unk.
LORNA THE JUNGLE QUEEN becomes LORNA THE JUNGLE GIRL (#6)
Fredric Wertham's book Seduction of the Innocent is published in
April. It's paranoid concepts lead to the Comics Code being created in October
of the same year.
Jimmy Olsen #1 published.
Mort Walker & Dik Browne create Hi & Lois.
Senate Committee on Juvenile Delinquincy holds hearings on comic
books. EC publisher William Gaines testifies.
World's Finest Comics #71, first Superman/Batman team up
1955
January
CRIME FIGHTERS ends (#13)
MY GREATEST ADVENTURE #1
February
MY FRIEND IRMA ends (#58)
March
CONGO BILL ends (#7)
HOMER THE HAPPY GHOST #1
JUSTICE COMICS ends (#52)
MY GIRL PEARL #1
RAWHIDE KID #1
WESTERN THRILLERS becomes COWBOY ACTION (#5)
April
DELLA VISION #1
OUTLAW FIGHTERS ends (#5)
month unk.
BLACK RIDER becomes WESTERN TALES OF BLACK RIDER (#28)
MEET MISS BLISS #1
TALES OF JUSTICE #1 (#53)?
THE BLACK KNIGHT #1
June
ANNIE OAKLEY revived (#6)
NAVY COMBAT #1
July
ADVENTURES OF PINKY LEE #1
August
JUNGLE ACTION ends (#5)
LEADING SCREEN COMICS ends (#77)
THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #1
September
SeptemberING IN LOVE #1
FRONTIER FIGHTERS #1
IT'S GAMETIME #1
POLICE BADGE #479 ends (#5)
SPY THRILLERS becomes POLICE BADGE #479 (#5)
October
DELLA VISION becomes PATTY POWERS (#4)
LEGENDS OF DANIEL BOONE #1
RUGGED ACTION becomes STRANGE STORIES OF SUSPENSE (#5)
SPELLBOUND revived (#24)
SUB-MARINER COMICS ends (#42)
November
BILLY BUCKSKIN WESTERN #1
DETECTIVE COMICS #225 (First appearance of Martian Manhunter)
JUNGLE TALES becomes JANN OF THE JUNGLE (#8)
WYATT EARP #1
December
ADVENTURES OF PINKY LEE ends (#5)
STRANGE TALES OF THE UNUSUAL #1
WESTERN TALES OF BLACK RIDER becomes GUNSMOKE WESTERN (#32)
month unk.
Brave & the Bold comics #1 published.
EC ceases publication of all horror titles, revamps whole line of
comics
Gus Edson & Irwin Hasen co-create Dondi.
Mad Comics becomes Mad Magazine.
1956
February
FRONTIER WESTERN #1
RIOT revived (#4)
TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED #1
March
IT'S GAMETIME ends (#4)
SHOWCASE #1
THE THREE MOUSKETEERS #1
MEET MISS BLISS becomes STORIES OF ROMANCE (#5)
April
SUGAR & SPIKE #1
MY LOVE STORY #1
SECRET STORY ROMANCES becomes TRUE TALES OF LOVE (#22)
THE BLACK KNIGHT ends (#5)
month unk.
ADVENTURE INTO MYSTERY #1
BILLY BUCKSKIN WESTERN becomes 2-GUN WESTERN (#4)
COWBOY ACTION becomes QUICK-TRIGGER WESTERN (#12)
WORLD OF FANTASY #1
June
ANNIE OAKLEY ends (#11)
APACHE KID becomes WESTERN GUNFIGHTERS (#20)
JACKIE GLEASON & THE HONEYMOONERS #1
MYSTICAL TALES #1
RIOT ends (#6)
WORLD OF MYSTERY #1
July
2-GUN WESTERN becomes TWO-GUN WESTERN (second series) (#5)
DEVIL-DOG DUGAN #1
MELVIN THE MONSTER #1
SHERRY THE SHOWGIRL #1
August
SGT. BARNEY BARKER #1
TRUE SECRETS ends (#40)
September
SHOWCASE #4 (First appearance of Flash II)
October
A DATE WITH MILLIE #1
PATTY POWERS ends (#7)
YELLOW CLAW #1
November
FRONTIER FIGHTERS ends (#8)
HOUSE OF SECRETS #1
December
LEGENDS OF DANIEL BOONE ends (#8)
month unk.
Alex Raymond dies in car crash.
EC ceases publication of all comic book titles.
Showcase Comics #4 introduces the new Flash, signaling a new age
of superheroes.
1957
January
BLACKHAWK acquired (#108)
G.I. COMBAT acquired (#44)
MATT SLADE GUNFIGHTER becomes KID SLADE GUNFIGHTER (#5)
NAVY TALES #1
ROBIN HOOD TALES acquired (#7)
SAILOR SWEENEY becomes NAVY ACTION (#15)
SIX-GUN WESTERN #1
February
SGT. BARNEY BARKER becomes G.I. TALES (#4)
SHERRY THE SHOWGIRL becomes SHOWGIRLS (#4)
April
HEART THROBS acquired (#108)
SHOWGIRLS becomes SHERRY THE SHOWGIRL (#5)
TALES OF THE MARINES becomes MARINES AT WAR (#5)
YELLOW CLAW ends (#4)
month unk.
SGT. BILKO #1
WESTERN TRAILS #1
June
ADVENTURES OF HOMER GHOST #1
COMMANDO ADVENTURES #1
JANN OF THE JUNGLE ends (#17)
SHOWGIRLS (second series) #1
SPELLBOUND ends (#34)
July
ADVENTURE INTO MYSTERY ends (#8)
COMBAT CASEY ends (#34)
G.I. TALES ends (#6)
KID SLADE GUNFIGHTER ends (#8)
NAVY TALES ends (#4)
SIX-GUN WESTERN ends (#4)
THE KID FROM DODGE CITY #1
THE KID FROM TEXAS #1
WESTERN TRAILS ends (#2)
WORLD OF MYSTERY ends (#7)
August
A DATE WITH MILLIE ends (#7)
ADVENTURES OF HOMER GHOST ends (#2)
ASTONISHING ends (#57)
BATTLE ACTION ends (#30)
BATTLE GROUND ends (#20)
BATTLEFRONT ends (#48)
COMBAT KELLY ends (#44)
COMMANDO ADVENTURES ends (#2)
FRONTIER WESTERN ends (#10)
JOURNEY INTO UNKNOWN WORLDS ends (#59)
LORNA THE JUNGLE GIRL ends (#26)
LOVERS ends (#86)
MARINES AT WAR ends (#7)
MARVEL TALES ends (#159)
MY LOVE STORY ends (#9)
MYSTERY TALES ends (#54)
MYSTIC ends (#61)
MYSTICAL TALES ends (#8)
NAVY ACTION ends (#18)
PATSY & HER PALS ends (#29)
SHERRY THE SHOWGIRL ends (#7)
SHOWGIRLS (second series) ends (#2)
STORIES OF ROMANCE ends (#13)
STRANGE STORIES OF SUSPENSE ends (#16)
STRANGE TALES OF THE UNUSUAL ends (#11)
TALES OF JUSTICE ends (#67)
WESTERN GUNFIGHTERS ends (#27)
WESTERN KID ends (#17)
WESTERN OUTLAWS ends (#21)
September
DEXTER THE DEMON ends (#7)
LOVE TALES ends (#75)
MELVIN THE MONSTER becomes DEXTER THE DEMON (#7)
QUICK-TRIGGER WESTERN ends (#19)
RAWHIDE KID ends (#17)
THE KID FROM DODGE CITY ends (#2)
THE KID FROM TEXAS ends (#2)
THE OUTLAW KID ends (#19)
THE RINGO KID WESTERN ends (#21)
TWO-GUN WESTERN (second seriesa) ends (#12)
UNCANNY TALES ends (#56)
WAR COMICS ends (#57)
WILD WESTERN ends (#57)
October
BUZZY ends (#76)
DODO & THE FROG ends (#92)
November
ADVENTURES OF DEAN MARTIN AND JERRY LEWIS retitled ADVENTURES OF
JERRY LEWIS (#41)
NUTSY SQUIRREL ends (#72)
December
THE RACOON KIDS ends (#64)
month unk.
Leonard Starr's On Stage first appearance.
Mell Lazarus' Miss Peach first appearance.
Reg Smythe's Andy Capp first published in England.
Showcase Comics #6 Challengers of the Unknown created by Jack
Kirby. The prototype creation that led to The Fantastic Four in
1958
March
BIG TOWN ends (#50)
ROBIN HOOD TALES ends (#14)
SUPERMAN'S GIRLFRIEND LOIS LANE #1
April
ADVENTURE COMICS #247 (First appearance of Legion of Super-Heroes)
CHALLENGERS OF THE UNKNOWN #1
JACKIE GLEASON AND THE HONEYMOONERS ends (#12)
month unk.
THE NEW ADVENTURES OF CHARLIE CHAN #1
June
MUTT & JEFF ends (#103)
SGT. BILKO'S PVT. DOBERMAN #1
August
PETER PANDA ends (#31)
September
MARINES IN BATTLE ends (#25)
SHOWCASE #22 (First appearance of Green Lantern II)
October
LEAVE IT TO BINKY ends (#60)
NAVY COMBAT ends (#20)
November
HOMER THE HAPPY GHOST ends (#22)
MISS AMERICA MAGAZINE ends (#93)
December
GANG BUSTERS ends (#58)
STRANGE WORLDS #1
month unk.
Challengers of the Unknown #1 published.
Irving Phillips' The Strange World of Mr. Mum first appearance.
James Warren introduces the influential magazine Famous Monsters
of Filmland edited by fan favorite Forrest J. Ackerman.
Johnny Hart's B.C. first appearance.
Jules Feiffer's Feifer syndicated.
Lois Lane #1 published.
Stan Lynde's Rick O'Shay first appearance.
1959
January
MR. DISTRICT ATTORNEY ends (#67)
TALES OF SUSPENSE #1
TALES TO ASTONISH #1
February
FLASH COMICS revived (#105) retitled THE FLASH
March
SHOWCASE #34 (First appearance of Atom II)
THE NEW ADVENTURES OF CHARLIE CHAN ends (#6)
month unk.
ACTION COMICS #252 (First appearance of Supergirl)
HOPALONG CASSIDY ends (#135)
July
REAL SCREEN COMICS retitled TV SCREEN COMICS (#129)
August
STRANGE WORLDS ends (#5)
WORLD OF FANTASY ends (#19)
September
PAT BOONE #1
October
A DATE WITH MILLIE (second series) #1
KATHY #1
November
ADVENTURES OF REX THE WONDER DOG ends (#46)
month unk.
Jack Kirby returns to Marvel Comics writing & illustrating
fantasy & sci-fi stories.
Stephen Becker's Comic Art in America published by Simon and
Schuster.
the Flash #105 (first issue) published.
The Green Lantern retuns in Showcase #22
1960
February
SGT. BILKO'S PVT. DOBERMAN ends (#11)
March
SGT. BILKO ends (#18)
month unk.
PAT BOONE ends (#5)
THE MANY LOVES OF DOBIE GILLIS #1
June
WYATT EARP ends (#29)
July
GREEN LANTERN (second series) #1
August
RAWHIDE KID revived (#18)
September
FLIPPITY & FLOP ends (#47)
MY OWN ROMANCE becomes TEEN-AGE ROMANCE (#77)
October
A DATE WITH JUDY ends (#79)
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #1
PETER PORKCHOPS ends (#62)
THE THREE MOUSKETEERS ends (#26)
December
A DATE WITH MILLIE (second series) becomes LIFE WITH MILLIE (#8)
month unk.
Green Lantern #1 published.
the Justice League of America first appearance in Brave & Bold
#28. They get their own title in December.
1961
January
SHOWCASE #30 (First appearance of Aquaman II)
TV SCREEN COMICS ends (#138)
WESTERN COMICS ends (#85)
March
RIP HUNTER TIME MASTER #1
April
TWO-GUN KID ends (#59)
June
ALL-STAR WESTERN ends (#119)
AMAZING ADVENTURES #1
September
SEA DEVILS #1
LINDA CARTER, STUDENT NURSE #1
November
FANTASTIC FOUR #1
December
AMAZING ADVENTURES becomes AMAZING ADULT FANTASY (#7)
month unk.
MY GIRL PEARL ends (#11)
Jack Kirby (& Stan Lee) create the Fantastic Four(Fantastic
Four #1) and the Marvel Age begins.
Nick Dallis & Alex Kotsky's Apartment 3-G first appearance.
1962
January
AQUAMAN #1
March
TEEN-AGE ROMANCE ends (#86)
month unk.
THE INCREDIBLE HULK #1
June
THE ATOM #1
August
AMAZING ADULT FANTASY becomes AMAZING FANTASY (#15)
AMAZING FANTASY ends (#15) (first app of Spider-Man)
November
TWO-GUN KID revived (#60)
month unk.
Harvey Kurtzman & Will Elder's Little Annie Fanny first
appearance in Playboy (October
Jack Kirby creates the Mighty Thor and the Hulk.
Steve Ditko, Jack Kirby & Stan Lee create Spiderman for
Amazing Fantasy comics #15.
1963
January
LINDA CARTER, STUDENT NURSE #9 ends
February
LIFE WITH MILLIE becomes MODELING WITH MILLIE (#21)
March
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1
THE INCREDIBLE HULK ends (#6)
April
METAL MEN #1
month unk.
SGT. FURY #1
July
GUNSMOKE WESTERN ends (#77)
LOVE ROMANCES ends (#106)
August
YOUNG ROMANCE COMICS acquired (#125)
September
THE AVENGERS #1
THE X-MEN #1
YOUNG LOVE acquired (#39)
month unk.
Jack Kirby creates the X-Men.
The first Comic Book Convention takes place in the basement of a
comic book store in New York City.
1964
February
KATHY ends (#27)
March
MY GREATEST ADVENTURE retitled DOOM PATROL (#86)
April
HAWKMAN #1
DAREDEVIL #1
month unk.
CAPTAIN STORM #1
August
80-page GIANT #1
October
THE MANY LOVES OF DOBIE GILLIS ends (#26)
month unk.
MARVEL TALES (second series) #1
Johnny Hart & Brant Parker's Wizard of Id makes first
appearance.
1965
February
MARVEL COLLECTORS ITEM CLASSICS #1
July
METAMORPHO #1
October
80-page GIANT ends (#15)
November
80-page GIANT revived (#16)
RIP HUNTER TIME MASTER ends (#29)
December
PATSY WALKER ends (#124)
month unk.
Creepy and Eerie magazines begin publishing by Warren Pubs. These
magazines re-unite the EC artists.
Jack Kirby (& Stan Lee) create Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD, in
Strange Tales #135
Jules Feiffer's book the Great Comic Book Heroes published by Dial
Press (Crown Publishers).
Robert Crumb's Fritz the Cat first publication.
1966
January
TEEN TITANS #1
February
FANTASY MASTERPIECES #1
March
JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY becomes THOR (#196)
June
SWING WITH SCOOTER #1
September
ALL-AMERICAN MEN OF WAR ends (#117)
HOUSE OF SECRETS ends (#80)
MYSTERY IN SPACE ends (#110)
November
PLASTIC MAN #1
month unk.
The City Museum of Cartoon Art inaugurated in Omiya, Japan. The
first museum devoted to comic art.
1967
February
GHOST RIDER #1
PATSY & HEDY ends (#110)
March
CAPTAIN STORM ends (#18)
INFERIOR FIVE #1
month unk.
SEA DEVILS ends (#35)
June
MODELING WITH MILLIE ends (#54)
August
BRAND ECHH #1
September
BOMBA THE JUNGLE BOY #1
November
GHOST RIDER ends (#7)
TEEN BEAT #1
THE SPECTRE #1
December
FANTASY MASTERPIECES becomes MARVEL SUPER-HEROES (#12)
month unk.
Bill Blackbeard founds The Academy of Comic Art in San Francisco.
In Paris, the Musee des Art Decoratifs exhibits a comprehensive
overview of comic art Bande Dessinee et Figuration Narrative.
Underground comix get a big boost with the printing of Zap Comics
#0. The book features Gilbert Shelton's Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and
Robert Crumbs' Mr. Natural.
1968
January
CAPT. SAVAGE AND HIS LEATHERNECK RAIDERS #1
TEEN BEAT retitled TEEN BEAM ends (#2)
February
ADVENTURES OF BOB HOPE ends (#109)
TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED retitled THE UNEXPECTED (#105)
March
METAMORPHO ends (#17)
GROOVY #1
KID COLT OUTLAW ends (#140)
TWO-GUN KID ends (#62)
April
SECRET SIX #1
THE FOX AND THE CROW retitled STANLEY & HIS MONSTER (#109)
TALES OF SUSPENSE becomes CAPTAIN AMERICA (#100)
TALES TO ASTONISH becomes THE INCREDIBLE HULK (#102)
month unk.
BEWARE THE CREEPER #1
PLASTIC MAN ends (#10)
CAPTAIN MARVEL #1
IRON MAN #1
STRANGE TALES ends (#168)
SUB-MARINER #1
THE SUB-MARINER #1
June
NICK FURY, AGENT OF SHIELD #1
STRANGE TALES becomes DOCTOR STRANGE (#169)
July
ANTHRO #1
GROOVY ends (#3)
LEAVE IT TO BINKY revived (#61)
THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #1
August
HAWKMAN ends (#27) (merged into THE ATOM & HAWKMAN)
THE HAWK AND THE DOVE #1
THE SILVER SURFER #1
September
BOMBA THE JUNGLE BOY ends (#7)
BROTHER POWER THE GEEK #1
DOOM PATROL ends (#121)
INFERIOR FIVE ends (#10)
October
BAT LASH #1
BLACKHAWK ends (#243)
CAPTAIN ACTION #1
DC SPECIAL #1
STANLEY & HIS MONSTER ends (#112)
THE ATOM retitled THE ATOM & HAWKMAN (#39)
THE MIGHTY MARVEL WESTERN #1
November
ANGEL AND THE APE #1
BROTHER POWER THE GEEK ends (#2)
THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN ends (#2)
month unk.
BRAND ECHH becomes NOT BRAND ECHH (#5)
Al Saunders & Al McWilliams's Dateline: Danger first
appearance.
Jack Kirby creates the Silver Surfer
Maurice Horn's book A History of the Comic Strip published
(coauthored with Pierre Couperie).
Phil Seuling, a high school English teacher sponsors the New York
Comic Art Convention over the July fourth weekend at the Statler Hilton Hotel
signaling the organization of comics fandom.
Collected Works of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century published by
Chelsea House.
1970
January
ALL-STAR WESTERN (second series) #1
THE RINGO KID #1
WHERE MONSTERS DWELL #1
March
HOT WHEELS #1
CAPT. SAVAGE AND HIS LEATHERNECK RAIDERS ends (#19)
THE X-MEN ends (#66)
April
LEAVE IT TO BINKY retitled BINKY (#72)
month unk.
THE THREE MOUSKETEERS (second series) #1
PETER, the LITTLE PEST becomes PETEY #4
PETEY ends (#4)
June
CAPTAIN MARVEL revived (#20)
July
HOMER THE HAPPY GHOST (second series) ends (#5)
TWO-GUN KID revived (#93)
WHERE CREATURES ROAM #1
August
AMAZING ADVENTURES (second series) #1
ASTONISHING TALES #1
CAPTAIN MARVEL ends (#21)
KA-ZAR #1
LI'L KIDS #1
THE OUTLAW KID (second series) #1
September
CHILI ends (#17)
SHOWCASE ends (#94)
SILVER SURFER ends (#18)
SUPER DC GIANT #1 (#17)
October
CONAN THE BARBARIAN #1
HARVEY #1
LI'L KIDS ends (#2)
SPOOF #1
SUPERMAN'S PAL JIMMY OLSEN (#133) (Kirby takes over)
November
BINKY'S BUDDIES ends (#12)
FEAR #1
HARVEY ends (#2)
KID COLT OUTLAW revived (#169)
NICK FURY #16 (revived title)
TOMAHAWK retitled SON OF TOMAHAWK (#131)
December
CHALLENGERS OF THE UNKNOWN ends (#77)
DEBBI'S DATES ends (#12)
MAD ABOUT MILLIE ends (#17)
THE X-MEN revived (#67)
month unk.
Conan the Barbarian #1 published by Marvel, illustrated by Barry
Smith
Garry Trudeau's Doonesbury syndicated.
Russell Myers' Broom Hilda first appearance.
1971
January
SPECIAL MARVEL EDITION #1
February
CHAMBER OF DARKNESS becomes MONSTERS ON THE PROWL (#9)
FOREVER PEOPLE #1
THE NEW GODS #1
March
AQUAMAN ends (#56)
HOT WHEELS ends (#6)
MISTER MIRACLE #1
KA-ZAR ends (#3)
NICK FURY, AGENT OF SHIELD #18 ends
TOWER OF SHADOWS becomes CREATURES ON THE LOOSE (#10)
month unk.
THE THREE MOUSKETEERS (second series) ends (#7)
SAVAGE TALES #1
June
DC 100-page SUPER SPECTACULAR #1 (#4)
July
80-page GIANT ends (#89)
KULL THE CONQUEROR #1
SECRET HEARTS ends (#153)
SUPER DC GIANT ends (#26)
September
SPIRIT WORLD #1
DARK MANSION OF FORBIDDING LOVE #1
GHOSTS #1
KULL THE CONQUEROR ends (#2)
WEIRD WAR TALES #1
WHERE CREATURES ROAM ends (#8)
October
BINKY ends (#81)
GIRLS' ROMANCES ends (#160)
SUGAR & SPIKE ends (#98)
THE SINISTER HOUSE OF SECRET LOVE #1
November
ADVENTURES OF JERRY LEWIS ends (#124)
DC SPECIAL ends (#15)
LI'L KIDS revived (#3)
MARVEL SUPER-HEROES ends (#31)
December
MARVEL FEATURE #1
THE WESTERN KID (second series) #1
month unk.
Maurice Horn organizes the exhibition 75 Years of the Comics at
the New York Cultural Center, the first comic exhibition ever held in a major
American museum.
1972
March
MARVEL TEAM-UP #1
MARVEL TRIPLE ACTION #1
April
GREEN LANTERN ends (#89)
TARZAN acquired (#207)
MARVEL PREMIERE #1
TOMB OF DRACULA #1
month unk.
DARK MANSION OF FORBIDDEN LOVE retitled FORBIDDEN TALES OF DARK
KORAK SON OF TARZAN (#46)
SON OF TOMAHAWK ends (#140)
RED WOLF #1
June
ALL-STAR WESTERN retitled WEIRD WESTERN TALES (#12)
COMBAT KELLY (second series) #1
DC 100-page SUPER SPECTACULAR ends (#13)
HARVEY revived (#3)
HERO FOR HIRE
THE SINISTER HOUSE OF SECRET LOVE retitled SECRETS OF SINISTER
July
KULL THE CONQUEROR revived (#3)
LARRY HARMON'S LAUREL & HARDY #1
WANTED THE WORLD'S MOST DANGEROUS VILLAINS #1
August
CHILI revived (#18)
INFERIOR FIVE revived (#11)
THE DEFENDERS #1
THE DEMON #1
THE WESTERN KID (second series) ends (#5)
WARLOCK #1
WEIRD WORLDS #1
September
CAPTAIN MARVEL revived (#22)
LI'L PALS #1
MARVEL SUPER-HEROES revived (#32)
WEREWOLF BY NIGHT #1
October
A DATE WITH DEBBI ends (#18)
DOC SAVAGE #1
FOREVER PEOPLE ends (#11)
GUNHAWKS #1
INFERIOR FIVE ends (#12)
JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY (second series) #1
JUNGLE ACTION (second series) #1
KAMANDI THE LAST BOY ON EARTH #1
SWAMP THING #1
SWING WITH SCOOTER ends (#36)
THE NEW GODS ends (#11)
WYATT EARP revived (#30)
November
CHAMBER OF CHILLS #1
HEART THROBS retitled LOVE STORIES (#147)
MARVEL SPOTLIGHT #1
NIGHT NURSE #1
SPOOF revived (#2)
SUPERGIRL #1
THE CAT #1
December
HARVEY ends (#6)
SHANNA, the SHE DEVIL #!
SUPERNATURAL THRILLERS #1
month unk.
Swamp Thing makes first appearance in House of Secrets #92.
The Comics, an Illustrated History of Comic Strip Art by Jerry
Robinson published by Putnam Books.
1973
January
CRYPT OF SHADOWS #1
FRANKENSTEIN #1
TEEN TITANS ends (#43)
TEX DAWSON, GUNSLINGER #1
WAR IS HELL #1
February
CHALLENGERS OF THE UNKNOWN revived (#78)
CRAZY (second series) #1
DC 100-page SUPER SPECTACULAR retitled 100-page SUPER SPECTACULAR
(#14)
DOOM PATROL revived (#122)
FOUR-STAR BATTLE TALES #1
JOHNNY THUNDER #1
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #1
METAL MEN revived (#42)
SECRET ORIGINS #1
SHAZAM! #1
SHIELD #1
SWORD OF SORCERY #1
VAULT OF EVIL #1
March
G.I. WAR TALES #1
BEWARE #1
April
TEX DAWSON, GUNSLINGER becomes GUNSLINGER #2
month unk.
LI'L PALS ends (#5)
NIGHT NURSE ends (#4)
SPOOF ends (#5)
WORLDS UNKNOWN #1
June
CHALLENGERS OF THE UNKNOWN ends (#80)
CRAZY (second series) ends (#3)
DOOM PATROL ends (#124)
GUNSLINGER ends (#3)
LI'L KIDS ends (#12)
THE CAT ends (#4)
WYATT EARP ends (#34)
LIMITED COLLECTORS EDITION #1 (#C-21)
July
JOHNNY THUNDER ends (#3)
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES ends (#4)
METAL MEN ends (#44)
MONSTERS UNLEASHED #1
August
MARVEL SPECTACULAR #1
PREZ #1
SHANNA, the SHE DEVIL #5 ends
TALES OF THE ZOMBIE #1
VAMPIRE TALES #1
WANTED THE WORLD'S MOST DANGEROUS CRIMINALS ends (#9)
September
BOY COMMANDOS (second series) #1
GHOST RIDER (second series) #1
PLOP! #1
RED WOLF ends (#9)
STRANGE SPORTS STORIES #1
STRANGE TALES revived (#169)
October
BLACK MAGIC #1
CHAMPION SPORTS #1
COMBAT KELLY (second series) ends (#9)
CRAZY MAGAZINE #1
SeptemberING IN LOVE ends (#143)
FOUR-STAR BATTLE TALES canceled (#5)
G.I. WAR TALES ends (#4)
GUNHAWKS ends (#7)
SHIELD ends (#5)
STRANGE ADVENTURES ends (#244)
THE SHADOW #1
WARLOCK ends (#8)
November
100-page SUPER SPECTACULAR ends (#17)
BOY COMMANDOS (second series) ends (#2)
SeptemberING IN LOVE ends (#143)
FROM BEYOND THE UNKNOWN ends (#25)
GIRLS' LOVE STORIES ends (#170)
LOVE STORIES ends (#152)
MARVEL FEATURE ends (#12)
MONSTERS ON THE PROWL ends (#27)
SWORD OF SORCERY ends (#5)
THE RINGO KID ends (#23)
December
CHILI ends (#26)
DEAD OF NIGHT #1
MARVEL DOUBLE FEATURE #1
MILLIE THE MODEL ends (#207)
UNCANNY TALES (second series) #1
WEIRD WONDER TALES #1
month unk.
DRACULA LIVES! #1
Captain Marvel returns to comic books at DC.
Dik Browne's Hagar the Horrible makes first appearance.