1942 in comics

Notable events of 1942 in comics. See also List of years in comics.

Years in comics
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2020s
2020

Events and publications
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Year overall

January

February

March

Spring Issue

April

May

June

Summer Issue

July

August

September

Fall Issue

October

November

December

Winter Issue

Specific date unknown
  • The final issue of the Flemish comics magazine Wonderland is published, a supplement to the newspaper De Dag.[13]
  • The first episode of Carl Grubert's The Berrys is published. It will run until 1974.
  • Bovil creates his comic strip Tusen Och en Natt, based on Arabian Nights. It will run until his death in 1949. [14]
  • Vic Herman creates Winnie the Wac.[15]
  • Philip Mendoza draws The Early Life of Winston Churchill, which is the earliest biographical comic about Winston Churchill.[16]


Deaths

April
  • April 1: Charles H. Wellington, American comics artist (Pa's (Imported) Son-In-Law), passes away at age 48.[17]

May
  • May 12: George William Wakefield, British comics artist (worked for Film Fun, made comics based on Laurel & Hardy), dies from a stroke at age 54. [18]
  • May 14: René Bull, Irish comics illustrator and comics artist, passes away at the age of 79.[19]

July
  • July 11: Antonio Salemme, Italian comics artist (Il Principe Azzurro), dies at the age of 48 or 49.[20]
  • July 21: Giove Toppi, Italian comics artist (Topo Lino, Renato Gallo), dies at age 53. [21]

August

September

November
  • November 7: J. Norman Lynd, American comics artist (Family Portraits, continued Vignettes of Life), dies at age 63. [24]
  • November 11: Billy DeBeck, American comics artist (Barney Google), dies at the age of 52.[25]
  • November 26: Larry Whittington, American comics artist (Fritzi Ritz) dies in a car accident at the age of 39.[26]

Specific date unknown

First issues by title


Initial appearances by character name

References
  1. Wallace, Daniel (2010). "1940s". In Dolan, Hannah (ed.). DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. Dorling Kindersley. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9. DC scored a coup by luring to their ranks the popular artist and writer team of Jack Kirby and Joe Simon, who [in 1942] introduced the Newsboy Legion, the Guardian, and the Boy Commandos.
  2. Wallace "1940s" in Dolan, p. 40: "Wonder Woman...took the lead in Sensation Comics following a sneak preview in All Star Comics #8."
  3. "Marten Toonder".
  4. "Sjors (Van de Rebellenclub)".
  5. "Basil Wolverton".
  6. "Hal Forrest".
  7. "Hergé".
  8. "George Baker".
  9. Keith Booker, M. (2014-10-28). Comics through Time: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas [4 volumes]: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas. ISBN 9780313397516.
  10. "Carl Barks".
  11. "Jack Hannah".
  12. "Eugen Semitjov".
  13. KOUSEMAKER, Kees en Evelien, "Wordt Vervolgd- Stripleksikon der Lage Landen", Uitgeverij Het Spectrum, Utrecht, Antwerpen, 1979, page 235.
  14. "Bovil".
  15. "Vic Herman".
  16. "Philip Mendoza".
  17. "Charles H. Wellington".
  18. "George William Wakefield". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  19. "René Bull".
  20. "Antonio Salemme".
  21. https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/toppi_giove.htm
  22. "Albert Guillaume".
  23. "Horst Rosenthal".
  24. "J. Norman Lynd".
  25. "Billy DeBeck".
  26. "Larry Whittington".
  27. "Joe Devlin".
  28. "Emil Reinicke".
  29. https://www.lambiek.net/artists/w/walker_jos.htm
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