1948 in comics
Notable events of 1948 in comics. See also List of years in comics.
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Events and publications
Year Overall
- Spirou et l'aventure by Jijé, Dupuis [1]
- Spirou et Fantasio by André Franquin, Dupuis [2]
- Tony Falco by Andrea Lavezzolo[3]
January
- January 5: Stanley Link's newspaper comic The Dailys is first published. It will run until 14 September 1957.[4]
- January 24: Debut of Dudley D. Watkins' Biffo the Bear in The Beano.
- January 26: Frank Godwin's Rusty Riley makes its debut.
- January: In the Donald Duck story Wintertime Wager Donald's cousin Gladstone Gander makes his debut.
- Captain America Comics (1941 series) #65 - Timely Comics
- Frankie and Lana (previously Frankie Comics) issue #13 - Timely Comics
- Sub-Mariner Comics (1941 series) #24 - Timely Comics
- The first issue of the Dutch comics magazine Ketelbinkie Krant is published, which is named Kapitein Rob's Vrienden outside Rotterdam. It will run until February 1957.[5]
February
- All-True Crime Cases (previously Official True Crime Cases) issue #26 (Timely Comics)
- Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #85 - Timely Comics
March
- March 3: In the French Communist newspaper L'Humanité José Cabrero Arnal's Pif the dog (Spiff in English) makes its debut.[6]
- Collier's Weekly publishes Fredric Wertham's "Horror in the Nursery"
- Two-Gun Kid (1948 series) #1 - Timely Comics
April
- April 24: Gian Giacomo Dalmasso and Ingam (Enzo Magni)'s Pantera Bionda makes its debut.
- Captain America Comics (1941 series) #66 - Timely Comics
- Crime Fighters (1948 series) #1 - Timely Comics
- Sub-Mariner Comics (1941 series) #25 - Timely Comics
May
- Blackstone the Magician issue 2 - Timely Comics
- Comedy Comics vol. 2, issue 1 - Timely Comics
- Human Torch Comics (1940 series) #30 - Timely Comics
June
- June 9: U.S. bandleader Fred Waring starts an annual event where professional cartoonists are invited to come to his golf resort in Shwanee Inn. This will result in a huge collection of cartoons and comics: the Fred Waring collection.[7]
- Crime Exposed (1948 series) #1 - Timely Comics
- Crime Fighters (1948 series) #2 - Timely Comics
- Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #86 - Timely Comics
- Sub-Mariner Comics (1941 series) #26 - Timely Comics
- Two-Gun Kid (1948 series) #2 - Timely Comics
July
- July 1: Lev Gleason Publications, EC Comics, Famous Funnies, and Orbit Publications found the Association of Comics Magazine Publishers, to regulate the content of comic books in the face of the publication of Fredric Wertham's "Horror in the Nursery" and "The Psychopathology of Comic Books", and increasing public criticism of the comic book industry.
- July 18: The final episode of Bunky is published.[8]
- Blackstone the Magician #3 - Timely Comics
- Captain America Comics (1941 series) #67 - Timely Comics
- Human Torch Comics (1940 series) #31 - Timely Comics
- The American Journal of Psychotherapy publishes Fredric Wertham's "The Psychopathology of Comic Books", which will lead to a witch hunt against comics.
August
- August 20: In Al Capp's Li'l Abner the Shmoo makes its debut, which will become an unexpected merchandising phenomenon within a few months.[9]
- All-Winners Comics vol. 2, issue 1 - Timely Comics
- Complete Mystery issue 1 - Timely Comics
- Crime Fighters (1948 series) #3 - Timely Comics
- Kid Colt, Hero Of The West issue 1 - Timely Comics
- Krazy Komics vol. 2, issue 1 - Timely Comics
- Lana (1948 series) #1 - Timely Comics
- Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #87 - Timely Comics
- Sub-Mariner Comics (1941 series) #27 - Timely Comics
- Two-Gun Kid (1948 series) #3 - Timely Comics
- Venus (1948 series) #1 - Timely Comics
- Wow Comics, with issue #69, publishes its final issue, changing format and title to Real Western Hero, and continuing the numbering — Fawcett Comics
September
- September: First publication of the Swedish Disney comics magazine Kalle Anka & C:o.
- September 16: Willy Vandersteen's Suske en Wiske makes its debut in Tintin , but in graphic style that is more advanced than the version which runs in Flemish newspapers.[10]
- September 16: Jacques Martin's The Adventures of Alix makes its debut in Tintin [11]
- September 30: Gian Luigi Bonelli and Aurelio Galleppini's Tex Willer makes its debut.
- Blaze Carson issue 1 - Timely Comics
- Captain America Comics (1941 series) #68 - Timely Comics
- Human Torch Comics (1940 series) #32 - Timely Comics
October
- October 4: Walt Kelly's Pogo, a comic book feature since 1942, makes its debut as a newspaper strip.
- October 25: The Dutch Ministry of Culture puts an official government declaration in the newspapers to ask teachers to stop distributing dangerous and mind-corrupting comics.[12]
- Crime Fighters (1948 series) #4 - Timely Comics
- Lana (1948 series) #2 - Timely Comics
- Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #88 - Timely Comics
- Sub-Mariner Comics (1941 series) #28 - Timely Comics
- Two-Gun Kid (1948 series) #4 - Timely Comics
- Venus (1948 series) #2 - Timely Comics
November
- November 15: James Simpkins' Jasper the Bear makes its debut and will run until 1972.[13]
- Captain America Comics (1941 series) #69 - Timely Comics
- Crime Fighters (1948 series) #5 - Timely Comics
- Human Torch Comics (1940 series) #33 - Timely Comics
December
- Lana (1948 series) #3 - Timely Comics
- Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #89 - Timely Comics
- Sub-Mariner Comics (1941 series) #29 - Timely Comics
- Two-Gun Kid (1948 series) #5 - Timely Comics
- Venus (1948 series) #3 - Timely Comics
Deaths
January
- January 26: Thomas Theodor Heine, German painter, cartoonist, comics artist and illustrator (worked for the magazine Simplicissimus), dies at age 90.[14]
March
- March 15: Mary Tourtel, British comics artist (Rupert Bear), passes away at age 74.[15]
- March 18: Freddie Langeler, Dutch comics artist (Pietje Pluk en Kootje Kwak, Bobby den Speurder, Barendje Kwik, Bello Blafmeier), dies at age 49.[16]
- March 24: Wally Wallgren, American comics artist (Inbad the Sailor, Tired Timothy, Helpful Hints, Hoosegow Herman), dies at age 65.[17]
April
- April 24: Wallace Morgan, American illustrator and comics artist (a comic strip adaptation of the novel Cluny Brown), passes away at age 72 or 73.[18]
May
- May 19: Herbert Morton Stoops, American illustrator and comics artist (continued Have You Seen Alonso?), passes away at age 60.[19]
July
- July 25: George Ernest Studdy, British comics artist (Bonzo the dog), dies at age 70.[20]
August
- Specific date unknown: Feliu Elias, aka Apa, Spanish caricaturist, painter, art critic and comics artist (Las Hazañas del Pitafras), dies at age 59.[21]
October
- October 11: Ippei Okamoto, Japanese manga artist (Kuma o Tazumete, Tanpô Gashu, Kanraku, Match no Bou, Monomiyusan) , passes away at age 62.[22]
November
- November 4: Carl Thomas Anderson, American comics artist (Henry), passes away at age 83.[23]
Specific date unknown
- Jack Farr, American comics artist (Little Willie, Mr. Jolt, Chubby, If They Came Back And Did It Over Again Today, Bringing Up Bill, Bradley, Vitamin Vic, Donny the Dreamer, Gadget Man, Iron Munro, Romeo the Robot, Three-Ring Binks), dies at age 48 or 49.[24]
- Christian Haugen, Norwegian novelist and comics writer, whose stories were adapted into comics by Arent Christensen,[25] dies at age 53 or 54.
- Joan García Junceda, Spanish illustrator and comics artist (Les Extraordinàries Aventures d'en Massagran), dies at age 66 or 67.[26]
First issues by title
DC Comics
- Leave It to Binky (February/March)
- Mr. District Attorney (January/February)
- Western Comics (January/February)
Dell Comics
- The Lone Ranger (January/February)
- Tarzan (January/February)
Marvel Comics (Timely, Atlas)
- All-Winners Comics (vol. 2) cover-dated August (Timely)
- Annie Oakley cover-dated Spring
- Blaze Carson cover-dated September
- Comedy Comics cover-dated May
- Complete Mystery cover-dated August
- Crime Exposed cover-dated June
- Crimefighters cover-dated April
- Kid Colt, Hero Of The West cover-dated August
- Krazy Komics cover-dated August
- Lana
- Lawbreakers Always Lose!
- Mitzi Comics
- My Romance
- Namora cover-dated August
- Sun Girl cover-dated August (Timely)
- Tex Morgan
- Tex Taylor cover-dated September (Atlas)
- Two-Gun Kid March (Atlas)
- Venus cover-dated August
- Wacky Duck
- Wild West cover-dated Spring (Atlas)
- Witness
Other publishers
- Adventures into the Unknown (B&I Publishing, Fall)
- The Adventures of Alix
- The Adventures of Dick Cole (Novelty Press)
- Funnyman (Magazine Enterprise)
- Kalle Anka & C:o (Egmont)
- Pantera Bionda (Giurma, April 24)
- Spirou et Fantasio (Dupuis)
- Spirou et l'aventure (Dupuis)
- Sweethearts (Fawcett, October)
- Tex Willer (Sergio Bonelli Editore, 30 September)
- Zago, Jungle Prince (Fox Feature Syndicate, September)
Comic strips
- Pogo (Post-Hall Syndicate, October 4)
- Rusty Riley (King Features, January 26)
- Spiff and Hercules (L'Humanité on March 28, 1948)
Renamed titles
- All True Crime Cases issue #26 renamed from Official True Crime Cases as of the February cover date. (Marvel Comics)
- All-Western Winners issue #2 renamed from All Winners Comics (vol. 2) as of the Winter cover date. (Timely Comics)
- Blackstone the Magician #2 (cover-dated May) renamed from Blackstone the Magician Detective Fights Crime (EC Comics)
- Frankie and Lana issue #13 renamed from Frankie Comics as of the January cover date. (Marvel Comics)
- Mitzi's Boyfriend issue #2 renamed from Mitzi Comics (Marvel Comics)
- Wild Western issue #3 renamed from Wild West as of the September cover date (Atlas Comics)
Initial appearances by character name
- Cowboy Marshall in Western Comics #1 (January), created by Don Cameron - DC Comics
- Evil Star in All Star Comics #44 (December), created by John Broome and Irwin Hasen - DC Comics
- Fiddler (comics) in All-Flash #32 (January), created by Robert Kanigher and Lee Elias - DC Comics
- Johnny Thunder in Flash Comics #01 (January), created by John Wentworth and Stan Aschmeier - DC Comics
- Jor-El in Superman #53 (August), created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster - DC Comics
- Larry Lance in Flash Comics #92 (February), created by Robert Kanigher and Carmine Infantino - DC Comics
- Mad Hatter, in Batman #49 (October), created by Bill Finger and Lew Sayre Schwartz - DC Comics
- Merry Pemberton in Star-Spangled Comics #81 (June), created by Otto Binder and Win Mortimer - DC Comics
- Nighthawk (DC Comics) in Western Comics #5 (September), created by Robert Kanigher and Charles Paris - DC Comics
- Riddler in Detective Comics #140 (October), created by Bill Finger and Dick Sprang - DC Comics
- Rodeo Rick in Western Comics #5 (September), created by Robert Kanigher and Charles Paris - DC Comics
- Star Sapphire (comics) in All-Flash Comics #32(December), created by Robert Kanigher and Lee Elias - DC Comics
- Vicki Vale in Batman #49 (October), created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger - DC Comics
- Wyoming Kid in Western Comics #1 (January), created by Don Cameron - DC Comics
References
- InediSpirou. "Spirou et l'Aventure - Jijé" (in French). Archived from the original on 2010-11-23. Retrieved 2007-06-17.
- franquin.com. "Une vie - 1948" (in French).
- Bono, Gianni and Farina, Antonio (2015). "Albi della Mezzaluna: Tony Falco". Guida al Fumetto Italiano. Retrieved 13 September 2016 (in Italian).
- "Stanley J. Link".
- "Ketelbinkie Krant/Robs Vrienden".
- "José Cabrero Arnal".
- "Fred Waring's Cartoon Collection".
- "Billy DeBeck".
- 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.
- BDoubliées. "Tintin année 1948" (in French).
- "Jacques Martin".
- "Dutch Comics after WW II".
- "James Simpkins".
- "Thomas Theodor Heine".
- "Mary Tourtel".
- "Freddie Langeler".
- "Wally Wallgren".
- "Wallace Morgan".
- "Herbert Morton Stoops".
- "George Ernest Studdy".
- "Apa". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- "Ippei Okamoto".
- "Carl Thomas Anderson".
- "Jack Farr".
- "Arent Christensen".
- "Junceda".
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