1960 in comics
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Events and publications
August
- Rawhide Kid (1955 series), with issue #17, revived by Marvel.
First issues by title
- Buster (IPC Magazines, May 28)
- Green Lantern vol. 2 (DC Comics, July)
- Help! (Warren Publishing, August)
- Justice League of America (DC Comics, October/November)
- Richie Rich (Harvey Comics, November)
- Wendy the Good Little Witch (Harvey Comics, August)
Initial appearances by character name
DC Comics
- Amazo, in The Brave and the Bold #30 (June)
- Aqualad, in Adventure Comics #269 (February)
- Arrowette in World's Finest Comics #113 (November)
- Atomic Knight, in Strange Adventures #117 (June)
- Captain Boomerang, in Flash #117 (December)
- Snapper Carr, in The Brave and the Bold #28 (February/March)
- Cave Carson in The Brave and the Bold #31 (September)
- Clock King, in World's Finest Comics #111 (August)
- Despero, in Justice League of America #1 (October)
- Danny the Dummy, in Batman #134 (September)
- Elongated Man, in Flash #112 (May)
- Guardians of the Universe, in Green Lantern vol., 2 #1 (July)
- Professor Ivo, in The Brave and the Bold #30 (June)
- Justice League of America, in The Brave and the Bold #28 (February/March)[1]
- Thomas Kalmaku, in Green Lantern vol. 2, #2 (October)
- Kite Man, in Batman #133 (August)
- Kryptonite Man, in Superboy #83 (September)
- Lyla Lerrol, in Superman #141 (November)
- Multi-Man, in Challengers of the Unknown #14 (June–July)
- Puppet Master, in Green Lantern vol. 2, # 1 (July–August)
- Reep Daggle, in Action Comics #267 (August)
- Sea Devils, in Showcase #27 (August)
- Starro, in The Brave and the Bold #28 (February/March)
- Streaky the Supercat, in Action Comics #261 (February)
- Trickster, in Flash #113 (June–July)
- Zebra-Man, in Detective Comics #275 (January)
Marvel Comics
- Abominable Snowman, in Tales to Astonish #13 (November)
- Chondu the Mystic, in Tales of Suspense #9 (May)
- Dragoom, in Strange Tales #76 (August)
- Gorgilla, in Tales To Astonish #12 (October)
- Master Khan, in Strange Tales #77 (October)
- Molten Man-Thing, in Tales of Suspense #7 (January)
- Rawhide Kid, in Rawhide Kid #1 (Atlas Comics, March)
- Xemnu, in Journey into Mystery #62 (November)
Other publishers
- Benoît Brisefer, in Spirou magazine #1183 (mid-December)
- Captain Atom, in Space Adventures #33[2] (Charlton Comics, March)
- Corporal Clott, in The Dandy #990 (D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd., 12 November)
Newspaper strips
- Jimmy Five, in Monica's Gang
- Willie Lumpkin, in syndicated strip created by Stan Lee and Dan DeCarlo
- Maggy, in Monica's Gang
References
- ^ McAvennie, Michael; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (2010). "1960s". DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. Dorling Kindersley. p. 99. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9.
Editor Julius Schwartz had repopulated the [superhero] subculture by revitalizing Golden Age icons like Green Lantern and the Flash..He recruited writer Gardner Fox and artist Mike Sekowsky, and together they came up with the Justice League of America, a modern version of the legendary Justice Society of America from the 1940s.
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