1970 in comics

This is a list of comics-related events in 1970.

Notable events of 1970 in comics. See also List of years in comics.


Events and publications

January

First appearance of the Losers
First appearance of Zodiac, as well as team members Aquarius, Aries, Cancer, Capricorn, Gemini, Leo, Libra, Pisces, Sagittarius, Taurus, and Virgo

February

  • February 14: The British comics magazine The Wizard, cancelled in 1963, is relaunched. It will run until 10 June 1978.
  • February 26: The first episode of François Walthéry's Natacha is published. [5]

March

First appearance of Mal Duncan, DC Comics' first black superhero.

April

June

First appearance of the Man-Bat.[13]

Summer

July

August

  • August 1-3: The first three-day San Diego Comic-Con is held. Five months earlier a first event was organized but just for one day.

September

October

November

  • November 16: The French satirical comics magazine Hara-Kiri mocks the death of President Charles de Gaulle on its cover. This leads to its third and definitive ban within one decade. To thwart the ban the publication changes its name to Charlie Hebdo.
  • November 23: The first issue of the French satirical comics magazine Charlie Hebdo is published.
  • Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #134 (DC Comics)
First appearance of Darkseid

December

Deaths

January

  • January 16: Dave Breger, American comics artist (G.I. Joe), dies at age 69. [19]
  • Specific date unknown: Munson Paddock, aka Pad, American comics artist (Mr. Bluff, The Wisdom of Wiseheimer, Little Miss Thoughtful, Naughty Ned, Angelic Angelina, worked for DC Comics, Harvey Comics, Fawcett Comics), dies at age 86. [20]

February

March

  • March: Lloyd Jacquet, American comics publisher (Funnies, Inc.), dies at age 71.
  • 18 March: Jacobus Grosman, Dutch comics artist (Gijsje Goochem), passes away at age 62. [25]

April

May

  • May 3: Ken Kling, American comics artist (Hank and Pete, Buzz and Snooze, Katinka, Those Folks, Joe & Asbestos, Windy Riley, assisted on Mutt and Jeff), dies at age 74. [27]
  • May 19: Martin Branner, American comics artist (Winnie Winkle, Perry and the Rinkey-Dinks), dies at age 81. [28]
  • May 30: Heinz Ludwig, German comics artist (Mecki), dies at age 63. [29]

June

  • June 6: Victor E. Pazmiño aka VEP, Ecuadorian-American comics artist (drew comics for Famous Funnies), dies at the age of 70. [30]
  • June 13: Hubuc, Belgian comics artist (Victor Sébastopol, Alertogas), dies from leukemia at the age of 42. [31]

July

August

September

  • September 17: Cyril Gwyn Price, Welsh comics artist (PC Penny, Martha, Tricky Dicky), passes away at age 65. [35]

November

December

Specific date unknown

  • Harry Anderson, American comics artist (made comics for Fawcett Comics, Hillman Periodicals, Ace Periodicals, Feature Comics, etc.), dies at age 68 or 69. [38]
  • Helen Jacobs, British illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 89 or 90. [39]

Conventions

Awards

Goethe Awards

Published in a 1971 issue of Maggie Thompson's fanzine Newfangles for comics published in 1970.[46]

Shazam Awards

Presented in 1971 for comics published in 1970: (Award presentation: May 12, 1971, at the Statler Hilton Hotel's Terrace Ballroom.)

First Issue by title

DC Comics

All-Star Western vol. 2

Release: September. Editor: Dick Giordano.

Marvel Comics

Amazing Adventures vol. 2

Release: August. Editor: Stan Lee.

Astonishing Tales

Release: August. Editor: Stan Lee.

Conan the Barbarian

Release: October. Writer: Roy Thomas. Artist: Barry Smith and Dan Adkins.

Fear

Release: November. Editor: Stan Lee.

Ka-Zar

Release: January. Editor: Stan Lee.

Outlaw Kid (second series)

Release: August. Editor: Stan Lee.

Where Monsters Dwell

Release: August. Editor: Stan Lee.

Western Gunfighters (second series)

Release: August. Editor: Stan Lee.

Independent titles

Hulk: The Manga

Release: by Weekly Bokura Magazine. Writer: Kazuo Koike. Artists: Yoshihiro Moritou and Kosei Saigou.

It Ain't Me, Babe

Release: July by Last Gasp. Editors: Trina Robbins and Barbara "Willy" Mendes.

Oriental Heroes

Release: by Jade Dynasty. Writer/Artist: Wong Yuk Long.

San Francisco Comic Book

Release: January by San Francisco Comic Book Company. Publisher: Gary Arlington

Slow Death Funnies

Release: April by Last Gasp. Editor/Publisher: Ron Turner

Spider-Man: The Manga

Release: by Monthly Shōnen Magazine. Writer/Artist: Ryoichi Ikegami.

Young Lust

Release: October by Company & Sons. Editors: Bill Griffith and Jay Kinney

Initial appearance by character name

DC Comics

Marvel Comics

Independent titles

References

  1. ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/gillatt_john.htm
  2. ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/l/longaron_jorge.htm
  3. ↑ McAvennie, Michael; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (2010). "1970s". DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. Dorling Kindersley. p. 143. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9. Artist Neal Adams and writer Denny O'Neil rescued Batman from the cozy, campy cul-de-sac he had been consigned to in the 1960s and returned the Dark Knight to his roots as a haunted crime fighter. The cover of their first collaboration, "The Secret of the Waiting Graves", was typical of Adams' edgy, spooky style.
  4. ↑ Greenberger, Robert; Manning, Matthew K. (2009). The Batman Vault: A Museum-in-a-Book with Rare Collectibles from the Batcave. Running Press. p. 26. ISBN 0-7624-3663-8. Editor Julius Schwartz had decided to darken the character's world to further distance him from the camp environment created by the 1966 ABC show. Bringing in the talented O'Neil as well as the innovative Frank Robbins and showcasing the art of rising star Neal Adams...Schwartz pointed Batman in a new and darker direction, a path the character still continues on to this day.
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  6. ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/childress_james.htm
  7. ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/berck.htm
  8. ↑ Fox, M. Steven. Slow Death, Comixjoint. Accessed Sept. 22, 2016.
  9. ↑ indicia, Slow Death Funnies #1 (April 1970).
  10. ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/myer_r.htm
  11. ↑ McAvennie "1970s" in Dolan, p. 139: "Real-world politics have always gone hand-in-hand with comics and their creators' own personal perspectives. Yet this was never more creatively expressed than when writer Denny O'Neil and artist Neal Adams paired the liberal Green Arrow with the conservative Green Lantern."
  12. ↑ http://www.toonhound.com/ivorlott.htm
  13. ↑ Greenberger and Manning, p. 177 "Adams helped darken Gotham City in the 1970s [and] the scene was set for a new host of major villains. One of the first was Man-Bat, who debuted in the pages of 1970's Detective Comics #400."
  14. ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/l/leloup.htm
  15. ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/trudeau.htm
  16. ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/l/lazarus_m.htm
  17. ↑ McAvennie "1970s" in Dolan, p. 141 "Since no ongoing creative team had been slated to Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen, "King of Comics" Jack Kirby made the title his DC launch point, and the writer/artist's indelible energy and ideas permeated every panel and word balloon of the comic."
  18. ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/kruis.htm
  19. ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/breger_dave.htm
  20. ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/paddock_munson.htm
  21. ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/donahey_william.htm
  22. ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/stanley_lee_w_.htm
  23. ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/bateman_henry_m.htm
  24. ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/holdaway_jim.htm
  25. ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/grosman.htm
  26. ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/petersson_rudolf.htm
  27. ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/kling_kenneth.htm
  28. ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/branner.htm
  29. ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/l/ludwig_heinz.htm
  30. ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/pazmino_victor.htm
  31. ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/hubuc.htm
  32. ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/persson_elov.htm
  33. ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/l/leonard_lank.htm
  34. ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/n/neill_bud.htm
  35. ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/price_cg.htm
  36. ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/goldberg_r.htm
  37. ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/cady_h.htm
  38. ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/a/anderson_harry.htm
  39. ↑ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/j/jacobs_helen.htm
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  41. 1 2 Beerbohm, Robert. "Update to Comics Dealer Extraordinaire Robert Beerbohm: In His Own Words," Comic-Convention Memories (June 24, 2010).
  42. ↑ Evanier, Mark. POV Online: "Shel Dorf, R.I.P." Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine. (column of November 3, 2009).
  43. ↑ Hanerfeld, Mark. "Comicon News," The Comic Reader #77 (Jan. 1970).
  44. ↑ Comic-Con Souvenir Book #40 p.61 (2009).
  45. ↑ Sloane, Leonard. "Nostalgia for Extinct Pop Culture Creates Industry," New York Times (Mar. 22, 1970)
  46. ↑ Thompson, Maggie. "Comics Fan Awards 1961-1970" Comics Buyer's Guide (August 19, 2005). Archived September 14, 2015, at the Wayback Machine.
  47. ↑ Adams entry, Who's Who in Comic Books: 1928–1999. Accessed Feb. 3, 2016.
  48. ↑ O'Neil entry, Who's Who in Comic Books: 1928–1999. Accessed Feb. 3, 2016.
  49. ↑ Thomas entry, Who's Who in Comic Books: 1928–1999. Accessed Feb. 3, 2016.
  50. ↑ McAvennie "1970s" in Dolan, p. 141 "The second feature uncovered the roots of Rose Forrest/Thorn's identity, as told by writer Robert Kanigher and artist Ross Andru."
  51. ↑ Cassell, Dewey (May 2013). "A Rose By Any Other Name...Would Be Thorn". Back Issue!. TwoMorrows Publishing (64): 28–32.
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