1942 in comics
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| Years in comics |
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| Before the 1900s |
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| 1920s |
| 1930s |
| 1940s |
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Events and publications
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Year overall
- Joe Simon and Jack Kirby leave Timely Comics and move to National Comics (now DC Comics).[1]
January
- All-Winners Comics (1941 series) #3 - Timely Comics
- Captain America Comics (1941 series) #10 - Timely Comics
- Daring Mystery Comics (1940 series) #8 - final issue, cancelled by Timely Comics
- Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #27 - Timely Comics
- Sensation Comics #1 (cover date) featuring Wonder Woman — DC Comics[2]
- U.S.A. Comics (1941 series) #3 - Timely Comics
February
- Captain America Comics (1941 series) #11 - Timely Comics
- Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #28 - Timely Comics
March
- Captain America Comics (1941 series) #12 - Timely Comics
- Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #29 - Timely Comics
April
- All-Winners Comics (1941 series) #4 - Timely Comics
- Captain America Comics (1941 series) #13 - Timely Comics
- Human Torch (1940 series) #7 - Timely Comics
- Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #30 - Timely Comics
- Red Ryder Comics, with issue #6, taken over from Hawley by Dell Comics.
- Sub-Mariner Comics (1941 series) #5 - Timely Comics
- U.S.A. Comics (1941 series) #4 - Timely Comics
May
- Captain America Comics (1941 series) #14 - Timely Comics
- Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #31 - Timely Comics
June
- Captain America Comics (1941 series) #15 - Timely Comics
- Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #32 - Timely Comics
July
- All-Winners Comics (1941 series) #5 - Timely Comics
- Captain America Comics (1941 series) #16 - Timely Comics
- Crime Does Not Pay debuts with issue #22, continuing the numbering of Silver Streak Comics — Lev Gleason Publications
- Human Torch (1940 series) #8 - Timely Comics
- Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #33 - Timely Comics
- Sub-Mariner Comics (1941 series) #6 - Timely Comics
- U.S.A. Comics (1941 series) #5 - Timely Comics
August
- Captain America Comics (1941 series) #17 - Timely Comics
- Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #34 - Timely Comics
September
- Captain America Comics (1941 series) #18 - Timely Comics
- Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #35 - Timely Comics
October
- All-Winners Comics (1941 series) #6 - Timely Comics
- Captain America Comics (1941 series) #19 - Timely Comics
- Human Torch (1940 series) #9 - Timely Comics
- Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #36 - Timely Comics
- Sub-Mariner Comics (1941 series) #7 - Timely Comics
November
- Captain America Comics (1941 series) 20 - Timely Comics
- Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #37 - Timely Comics
December
- Captain America Comics (1941 series) #21 - Timely Comics
- Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #38 - Timely Comics
- Sub-Mariner Comics (1941 series) #8 - Timely Comics
- U.S.A. Comics (1941 series) #6 - Timely Comics
- Eugen Semitjov begins publishing Allan Kämpe
First issues by title
- Boy Commandos, cover-dated Winter, published by DC Comics.
- Comic Cavalcade, cover-dated Winter, published by DC Comics
- Hangman Comics, cover-dated Spring, published by MLJ Magazines Inc.
- Sensation Comics, cover-dated January, published by DC Comics.
- Wonder Woman, cover-dated Summer, published by DC Comics.
Initial appearances by character name
- False-Face in Leading Comics #2 (National Comics, Spring), created by Mort Weisinger and Creig Flessel
- Mister Terrific (Terry Sloane) in Sensation Comics #1 (DC Comics, January), created by Charles Resizenstein and Hal Sharpe
References
- ^ Wallace, Daniel; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (2010). "1940s". 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.
{{cite book}}:|first2=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Wallace "1940s" in Dolan, p. 40: "Wonder Woman...took the lead in Sensation Comics following a sneak preview in All Star Comics #8."