1949 in comics
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Notable events of 1949 in comics. See also List of years in comics.
Events and publications
Publishers Star Publications, Toby Press, and Youthful make their debuts; conversely, Columbia Comics, Novelty Press, and Street & Smith Comics all fold.
January
- January 22: First of publication of Peyo's gag comic Poussy in Le Soir. [1]
- Captain America Comics (1941 series) #70 - Timely Comics
- Human Torch (1940 series) #34 - Timely Comics
- Jughead #1 - Archie Comics.
February
- Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #90 - Timely Comics
- Sub-Mariner Comics (1941 series) #30 - Timely Comics
- Two-Gun Kid (1948 series) #6 - Timely Comics
March
- Captain America Comics (1941 series) #71 - Timely Comics
- Human Torch (1940 series) #35 - Timely Comics
April
- April 9: The final issue of the Italian Disney comics magazine Topolino is published. It becomes a digest instead.
- April 25: First publication of Wally Fawkes' (aka Trog) Flook in The Daily Mail. [2]
- Captain America Comics (1941 series) #72 - Timely Comics
- Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #91 - Timely Comics
- Sub-Mariner Comics (1941 series) #31 - Timely Comics
- Two-Gun Kid (1948 series) #7 - Timely Comics
May
- May 22: First publication of Warren Tufts' Casey Ruggles as a Sunday strip. It will become a daily strip on 19 September. [3]
- The final issue of the Belgian comics magazine Wrill is published.
June
- Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #92. The final issue under this title; with the next issue it changes title and format to Marvel Tales - Timely Comics
- Sub-Mariner Comics (1941 series) #32 - Timely Comics
- Two-Gun Kid (1948 series) #8 - Timely Comics
- Western Winners, with issue #5, takes over the numbering of All-Western Winners — Atlas Comics
July
- Captain America Comics (1941 series) #73 - Timely Comics
August
- August 13: First publication of Pepo's Condorito.[4][5]
- Big Shot, with issue #104, is canceled by Columbia Comics.
- Marvel Tales debuts with issue #93, taking over the numbering of Marvel Mystery Comics - Timely Comics
- Best Love debuts with issue #33, taking over the numbering of Sub-Mariner Comics - Timely Comics
- Two-Gun Kid (1948 series) #9 - Timely Comics
- Girls' Love Stories #1 - DC Comics
September
- Alfred Harvey and Vic Herman's Little Dot makes her debut in Sad Sack Comics # 1.
October
- Captain America Comics (1941 series) #74 - Timely Comics
- The final issue of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster's Slam Bradley is published.
November
- Two-Gun Kid (1948 series), with issue #10, canceled by Timely Comics. (The title would be revived four years later by Marvel, continuing the numbering.)
- Boy Commandos (1942 series), with issue #36 dated November–December, canceled by DC Comics.
December
- December 3: First publication of Pecos Bill by Guido Martina and Raffaele Paparella. [6]
- December 15: The final issue of the Dutch comics magazine Doe Mee is published. [7]
Deaths
March
- March 6: Storm P., Danish comics artist, animator, illustrator, painter and comedian (Peter og Ping), passes away at the age of 66.[8]
- March 16: Stanley E. Armstrong, American comics artist (continued Slim Jim And The Force), passes away at age 85. [9]
- March 21: Jo Valle, French comics writer (L'Espiègle Lili), dies at age 83. [10]
April
- 24 April: Reg Carter, British comics artist (Big Eggo) dies at the age of 62.[11]
May
- May 12: Neysa McMein, American illustrator, painter and comics artist (Deathless Deer), dies at age 60. [12]
- May 27: Robert L. Ripley, American comics artist, cartoonist, entrepreneur and anthropologist (Ripley's Believe It or Not!), dies at the age of 58 from a heart attack.[13]
June
- 10 June: John T. McCutcheon, American political cartoonist and occasional comics artist (Bird Center), dies at age 79. [14]
July
October
- October 8: Monte Barrett, American comics writer (Jane Arden), dies at age 52. [16]
November
December
- December 3: Frank Miller, American comics artist (Barney Baxter), dies from a heart attack at the age of 51.[19]
- December 11: Clifford K. Berryman, American cartoonist (Remember the Maine, Drawing the Line in Mississippi), dies at the age of 80.
Specific date unknown
- Jo Valle, French comics writer (L'Espiègle Lili), dies at age 84.
- André Vallet, French painter, illustrator and comics artist (L'Espiègle Lili), dies at age 79 or 80. [20]
First issues by title
- Buster Bunny, cover dated November, published by Standard Comics
- Girl Comics, cover-dated October, published by Timely Comics
- Girls' Love Stories, cover dated August–September, published by DC Comics
- Heart Throbs, cover-dated August, published by Quality Comics
- Kid Colt Outlaw, cover-dated May, published by Timely Comics
- Superboy, cover-dated March/April, published by DC Comics
- Torchy, cover-dated November, published by Quality Comics
Initial appearances by character name
- Pow Wow Smith in Detective Comics #151 (September), created by Don Cameron and Carmine Infantino - DC Comics
- Dr. Edward Clariss - Reverse Flash in Flash Comics #104 (February), created by John Broome and Joe Kubert - DC Comics
Sources
- ↑ "Peyo". Lambiek.net. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
- ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/trog.htm
- ↑ Casey Ruggles at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on March 8, 2015.
- ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/pepo.htm
- ↑ Gravett, Paul, "1001 Comics You Must Read Before You Die", Universe, page 145.
- ↑ Franco Fossati, I grandi eroi del fumetto, Gramese, 1990, pp. 178–179
- ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/aanvang/doemee.htm
- ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/p-storm.htm
- ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/a/armstrong_stanley.htm
- ↑ http://data.bnf.fr/12734063/jo_valle/
- ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/carter_reg.htm
- ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/mcmein_neysa.htm
- ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/r/ripley_robert_l.htm
- ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/mccutcheon_john.htm
- ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/kuhn_walt.htm
- ↑ http://data.desmoinesregister.com/famous-iowans/montgomery-monte-barrett
- ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/v/vinger_bern-l.htm
- ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/a/ambrose_lester.htm
- ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/miller_frank.htm
- ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/v/vallet_a.htm
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