1942 in comics


Notable events of 1942 in comics.

Events and publications

January

January: Holyoke Publishing purchases the publishing rights to Cat-Man Comics and Captain Aero Comics from Helnit Publishing.4Most Comics #1 - Novelty PressAction Comics #44 - DC ComicsAdventure Comics #70 - DC ComicsAll-American Comics #34 - DC ComicsAll-Star Comics #8 - DC Comics: First appearance of Wonder WomanBatman #8 - DC ComicsBig 3 #7 - Fox Feature Syndicate: Final IssueBulletman #3 - Fawcett ComicsCaptain America Comics #10 - Timely ComicsCaptain Marvel Adventures #6 - Fawcett ComicsCat-Man Comics #6 - Holyoke Publishing

February

February 10. In Italy, after the outbreak of the war with USA, Tuffolino, by Federico Petrocchi and Pier Lorenzo De Vita, replaces Topolino, until then the only American comic tolerated by the Fascist censure. The new comic, a shameless plagiarism of the Disney original, with human characters instead of animals, lasts until December 1943.Action Comics #45 - DC ComicsAdventure Comics #71 - DC ComicsAll-American Comics #35 - DC ComicsAll-Star Comics #9 - DC ComicsBlue Beetle #11 - Fox Feature SyndicateCaptain Aero Comics #2 - Holyoke PublishingCaptain America Comics #11 - Timely ComicsCaptain Marvel Adventures #7 - Fawcett ComicsCat-Man Comics #7 - Holyoke Publishing

March

March 6: The Captain Marvel villain Ibac makes his debut.March 6: Fox Feature Syndicate goes bankrupt, canceling several titles with Blue Beetle moving to Holyoke Publishing until Fox regained Blue Beetle in 1944.March 11: Marten Toonder's Tom Poes story De Zieke Hertog marks the debut of Olivier B. Bommel's faithful butler Joost.March 15: The final episode of Tailspin Tommy, at this point drawn by Reynold Brown, is published..

Spring Issue

4Most Comics #2 - Novelty PressAll Flash Quarterly #4 - DC ComicsAll-Winners Comics #4 - Timely ComicsAmerica's Greatest Comics #2 - Fawcett ComicsGreen Lantern Quarterly #3 - DC ComicsHuman Torch Comics #7 - Timely ComicsLeading Comics #2 - DC ComicsMinute-Man #3 - Fawcett Comics: Final issueSub-Mariner Comics #5 - Timely ComicsWorld's Finest Comics #5 - DC ComicsWow Comics #5 - Fawcett ComicsYoung Allies Comics #3 - Timely 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 #47 - DC ComicsAdventure Comics #73 - DC ComicsAll-American Comics #37 - DC ComicsAll-Star Comics #10 - DC ComicsBatman #10 - DC ComicsCaptain Aero Comics #4 - Holyoke PublishingCaptain America Comics #13 - Timely ComicsCaptain Marvel Adventures #9 - Fawcett ComicsCat-Man Comics #9 - Holyoke PublishingComedy Comics #9 - Timely ComicsDetective Comics #62 - DC ComicsFlash Comics #28 - DC ComicsJoker Comics #1 - Timely Comics. In its first issue Basil Wolverton's Powerhouse Pepper makes its debut.Marvel Mystery Comics #30 - Timely ComicsMaster Comics #25 - Fawcett ComicsMore Fun Comics #78 - DC ComicsRed Ryder Comics, with issue #6, taken over from Hawley by Dell Comics.Sensation Comics #4 — DC ComicsSpy Smasher #4 - Fawcett ComicsStar Spangled Comics #7 - DC ComicsTarget Comics #2 - Novelty PressWhiz Comics #29 - Fawcett Comics

May

May 15: In the U.S. internment camp for Japanese-Americans, Santa Anita, California at the Assembly Center, Chris Ishii creates the comic strip Li'l Neebo for the prisoners. The series is later continued by, respectively, Tom Okamoto and Jack Ito until 1944.May 16: The British comics magazine Funny Wonder merges with another magazine Wonder.

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.June 13: The final episode of comic strip The Shadow by Walter B. Gibson and Vernon Greene is published.Action Comics #49 - DC ComicsAdventure Comics #75 - DC ComicsAll-American Comics #39 - DC ComicsAll Star Comics #11 - DC ComicsBatman #11 - DC ComicsBlue Beetle #12 - Holyoke PublishingCaptain Aero Comics #6 - Holyoke PublishingCaptain America Comics #15 - Timely ComicsCaptain Marvel Adventures #12 - Fawcett ComicsCat-Man Comics #11 - Holyoke PublishingComedy Comics #10 - Timely ComicsDetective Comics #64 - DC ComicsFlash Comics #30 - DC ComicsJoker Comics #2 - Timely ComicsMarvel Mystery Comics #32 - Timely ComicsMaster Comics #27 - Fawcett ComicsMore Fun Comics #80 - DC ComicsSensation Comics #6 - DC ComicsSpy Smasher #5 - Fawcett ComicsStar Spangled Comics #9 - DC Comics

Summer Issue

All Flash Quarterly #5 - DC Comics. In this issue the villain trio Winky, Blinky, and Noddy make their debut.All-Winners Comics #5 - Timely ComicsAmerica's Greatest Comics #3 - Fawcett ComicsGreen Lantern Quarterly #4 - DC ComicsHuman Torch Comics #8 - Timely ComicsLeading Comics #3 - DC ComicsSub-Mariner Comics #6 - Timely ComicsWonder Woman #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 #6 - DC ComicsU.S.A. Comics #5 - Timely ComicsYoung Allies Comics #4 - Timely Comics

July

July 27: The first episode of Eric Stanton's Tin Hats appears in the Philadelphia Post Gazette.

August

September

September 4: In Chester Gould's Dick Tracy the villain Pruneface makes his debut.Action Comics #52 - DC ComicsAdventure Comics #78 - DC ComicsAll-American Comics #42 - DC ComicsBlue Beetle #14 - Holyoke PublishingBulletman #7 - Fawcett Comics

Fall Issue

All Flash #6, previously All Flash Quarterly - DC ComicsAll-Winners Comics #6 - Timely ComicsAmerica's Greatest Comics #4 - Fawcett ComicsGreen Lantern Quarterly #5 - DC ComicsHuman Torch Comics #9 - Timely ComicsLeading Comics #4 - DC ComicsSub-Mariner Comics #7 - Timely ComicsWonder Woman #2 - DC ComicsWorld's Finest Comics #7 - DC ComicsU.S.A. Comics #6 - Timely ComicsYoung Allies Comics #5 - Timely 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.

November

Action Comics #54 - DC ComicsAdventure Comics #80 - DC Comics

December

Winter Issue

All-Winners Comics #7 - Timely ComicsBoy Commandos #1 - DC ComicsComic Cavalcade #1 - DC ComicsGreen Lantern Quarterly #6 - DC ComicsHuman Torch Comics #10 - Timely ComicsLeading Comics #5 - DC ComicsSub-Mariner Comics #8 - Timely ComicsWorld's Finest Comics #8 - DC Comics

Specific date unknown

Births

February

February 6: Clive Collins, British cartoonist,.

Deaths

April

April 1:
  • * John Devlin, American comics artist and editor, dies at age 36.
  • * Charles H. Wellington, American comics artist, dies at age 48.

May

May 12: George William Wakefield, British comics artist, dies from a stroke at age 54.May 14: René Bull, Irish comics illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 79.

June

June 21: Victor T'Sas, A.K.A. Vias, Belgian painter, advertising illustrator and illustrator, dies at age 75.

July

July 11: Antonio Salemme, Italian comics artist, dies at age 48 or 49.July 21: Giove Toppi, Italian comics artist, dies at age 53.

August

August 10: Albert Guillaume, French caricaturist, illustrator and poster designer who also made some occasional pantomime comics, dies at age 69.

September

September 11: Horst Rosenthal, German-born French comics artist, is executed in Auschwitz at the age of 27.

November

November 7: J. Norman Lynd, American comics artist, dies at age 63.November 11: Billy DeBeck, American comics artist, dies at the age of 52.November 26: Larry Whittington, American comics artist dies in a car accident at the age of 39.

Specific date unknown

  • Emil Reinicke, German comics artist, dies at age 82 or 83.
  • Josiah Walker, aka Jos Walker, British comics artist, dies at age 55.

First issues by title

Initial appearances by character name