1944 in comics
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Events and publications
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Year overall
- EC Comics was established by Max Gaines.
January
- January 1: Debut of Dudley D. Watkins' Jimmy and his Magic Patch in The Beano.[1]
- January 19: Marten Toonder's Tom Poes story De Superfilm-onderneming is first published. Halfway the story the antagonists Bul Super and Hiep Hieper make their debut.
- All-Winners Comics (1941 series) #11 - Timely Comics
- Captain America Comics (1941 series) #34 - Timely Comics
- Human Torch (1940 series) #14 - Timely Comics
- Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #51 - Timely Comics
- Sub-Mariner Comics (1941 series) #12 - Timely Comics
- U.S.A. Comics (1941 series) #11 - Timely Comics
February
- February 10: The Italian comics magazine L'Audace is discontinued, after nearly ten years.
- Captain America Comics (1941 series) #35 - Timely Comics
- Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #52 - Timely Comics
- Adventure Comics (Volume 1 1944) #90 -- DC Comics
March
- March 6: Debut of the long-running gag cartoon series This Funny World. [2]
- Captain America Comics (1941 series) #36 - Timely Comics
- Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #53 - Timely Comics
April
- April: First publication of John Stables' Brok Windsor. [3]
- All-Winners Comics (1941 series) #12 - Timely Comics
- Captain America Comics (1941 series) #37 - Timely Comics
- Human Torch (1940 series) #15 - Timely Comics
- Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #54 - Timely Comics
- Sub-Mariner Comics (1941 series) #13 - Timely Comics
- U.S.A. Comics (1941 series) #12 - Timely Comics
May
- Captain America Comics (1941 series) #38 - Timely Comics
- Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #55 - Timely Comics
June
- June 5: Debut of Frank Robbins' newspaper comic strip Johnny Hazard.
- June 25: The death of George Herriman signifies the discontinuation of Krazy Kat after nearly 31 years. [4]
- June 26: Debut of Jim McMenamy's newspaper comic Dotty Dripple, which will run until October, after which it will be continued by Buford Tune.
- Captain America Comics (1941 series) #39 - Timely Comics
- Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #56 - Timely Comics
July
- Captain America Comics (1941 series) #40 - Timely Comics
- Contact Comics #1 - Aviation Press
- Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #57 - Timely Comics
- U.S.A. Comics (1941 series) #13 - Timely Comics
August
- Captain America Comics (1941 series) #41 - Timely Comics
September
- Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #58 - Timely Comics
October
- October 1: In Carl Barks' Donald Duck story Tight-Wire Walkers the city of Duckburg is first mentioned. [5]
- October 16: Buford Tune takes over Jim McMenamy's family comic Dotty Dripple and will continue it for the next forty years. [6]
- All-Winners Comics (1941 series) #13 - Timely Comics
- Captain America Comics (1941 series) #42 - Timely Comics
- Human Torch (1940 series) #16 - Timely Comics
- Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #59 - Timely Comics
- Miss America Comics #1 - Timely Comics
- Sub-Mariner Comics (1941 series) #14 - Timely Comics
- U.S.A. Comics (1941 series) #14 - Timely Comics
- The first issue of the Belgian comics magazine Franc Jeu is published.
December
- December 24: Marc Sleen publishes his first adventure comic De Avonturen van Neus and a gag comic named Piet Fluwijn. The latter will prove to be more durable when a year later the new character Bolleke is introduced and the series will be renamed Piet Fluwijn en Bolleke. [7]
- December 30: Marjorie Henderson Buell's newspaper comic Little Lulu comes to a close.
- Captain America Comics (1941 series) #43 - Timely Comics
- Human Torch (1940 series) #17 - Timely Comics
- Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #60 - Timely Comics
Winter
- Blackhawk #9, taking over the numbering of Uncle Sam Quarterly — first issue of Blackhawk's own title (Quality Comics)
Deaths
January
- January 9: Döes, Swiss illustrator and comics artist, passes away at age 84 or 85. [8]
- January 20: Arthur Lemay, Canadian caricaturist, illustrator and comics artist (continued Les Aventures de Timothée), passes away at age 43 or 44. [9]
Februari
- February 4: Will B. Johnstone, American lyricist, screenwriter and comics artist (You Know Me Al), dies at age 62. [10]
- February 27: Henri Cassiers, Belgian illustrator, poster artist and comics artist, passes away at age 85. [11]
April
- April 6: Rose O'Neill, American comics artist, illustrator and novelist (Kewpies), dies at age 69 from paralysis and heart failure. [12]
- April 25: George Herriman, American comics artist (Krazy Kat), passes away at age 63.[13]
September
- September 2: Jan Feith, Dutch illustrator and comics artist (De Geschiedenis des Vaderlands), dies at age 80. [14]
- September 13: William Heath Robinson, British cartoonist, passes away at age 72 [15]
October
- October 10: Antoni Utrillo, Spanish illustrator, writer, lithographer, painter, comics artist and poster designer (La Rondalla del Dijous), passes away at age 76 or 77. [16]
- October 21: Nell Brinkley, American illustrator and comics artist (Brinkley Girls), passes away at age 68. [17]
- October 23: Gerrit Rotman, Dutch teacher and comics artist (Snuffelgraag en Knagelijntje, Meneer Pimpelmans), dies at age 51. [18]
November
- November 18: Rayko Aleksiev, Bulgarian caricaturist, cartoonist, illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 51, after beaten up during interrogations. [19]
December
- December 22: Louis Briault, British comics artist (The Comical Capers of Billie Reeves, the Scream of the Screen, The Psychic Trip), dies at age 59.[20]
Specific date unknown
- Paul Fung, American comics artist (Innocent Hing, A Guy from Grand Rapid, Big House Fables, Gus and Gussie, continued Dumb Dora), passes away at age 56 or 57. [21]
- Henry Thol, American comics artist (Adamson's Adventures), dies at age 57 or 58. [22]
First issues by title
- Miss America Comics cover dated October, published by Timely Comics
Initial appearances by character name
- Gambler (comics) in Green Lantern #12 (June), created by Henry Kuttner and Martin Nodell - DC Comics
- Giganta in Wonder Woman #9 (June), created by William Moulton Marston - DC Comics
- Mister Mxyzptlk in Superman #30 (September) created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster - DC Comics
- Psycho-Pirate in All-Star Comics #23 (December), created by Gardner Fox and Joe Gallagher - DC Comics
- Professor Carter Nichols in Batman #24 (August), created by Joe Samachson and Dick Sprang - DC Comics
- Queen Clea in Wonder Woman #8 (March), created by William Moulton Marston - DC Comics
- Solomon Grundy in All-American Comics #61 (October), created by Alfred Bester and Paul Reinman - DC Comics
References
- ^ http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/m/magpatch.htm
- ^ TARR
- ^ "GCD :: Issue :: Better Comics #v3#3". comics.org.
- ^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/herriman.htm
- ^ http://www.seriesam.com/barks/comicswdc031.html#ccus_wdc0049-02
- ^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/tune_buford.htm
- ^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/sleen.htm
- ^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/does.htm
- ^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/l/lemay_arthur.htm
- ^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/j/johnstone_will.htm
- ^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/cassiers_henri.htm
- ^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/o/oneill_rose.htm
- ^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/herriman.htm
- ^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/f/feith_jan.htm
- ^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/r/robinson_william.htm
- ^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/u/utrillo_a.htm
- ^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/brinkley_nell.htm
- ^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/r/rotman.htm
- ^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/a/aleksiev_raiko.htm
- ^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/briault_louis.htm
- ^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/f/fung_p.htm
- ^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/thol_henry.htm