1943 in comics

none Notable events of 1943 in comics. Events and publications Year overall January January 24: Milton Caniff's Male Call makes its debut. It will run until 3 March 1946.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/caniff.htm Milton Caniff lambiek.net May 18, 2020 Action Comics (1938 series) #56 - DC Comics Adventure Comics (1938 series) #82 - DC Comics Air Fighters Comics (1941 series) #4 - Hillman Periodicals All-American Comics (1939 series) #46 - DC Comics All-Flash (1941 series) #8, previously quarterly - DC Comics All-Winners Comics (1941 series) #7 - Timely Comics Captain Aero Comics (1941 series) #10 - Holyoke Publishing Captain America Comics (1941 series) #22 - Timely Comics Cat-Man Comics (1941 series) #17 - Holyoke Publishing Crack Comics (1940 series) #27 marks the debut of Captain Triumph. - Quality Comics Detective Comics (1937 series) #71 - DC Comics Flash Comics (1940 series) #37 - DC Comics Gene Autry Comics (1941 series) #4 - Fawcett Comics Human Torch Comics (1940 series) #10 - Timely Comics Joker Comics (1942 series) #6 - Timely Comics Krazy Komics (1942 series) #5 - Timely Comics Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #39 - Timely Comics More Fun Comics (1936 series) #87 - DC Comics Sensation Comics (1942 series) #13 - DC Comics Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #16 - DC Comics Superman (1939 series) #20 - DC Comics Target Comics (1942 series) #11 - Novelty Press Young Allies Comics (1941 series) #6 - Timely Comics February February 19: Hergé's Tintin story Red Rackham's Treasure is prepublished in Le Soir.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/herge.htm Hergé lambiek.net May 18, 2020 Edgar P. Jacobs draws Le Rayon U in Bravo magazine, which is the first Belgian science fiction comic.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/j/jacobs.htm E.P. Jacobs lambiek.net August 5, 2021 Action Comics (1938 series) #57 - DC Comics Adventure Comics (1938 series) #83 - DC Comics Air Fighters Comics (1941 series) #5 - Hillman Periodicals All-American Comics (1939 series) #47 - DC Comics All-Star Comics (1940 series) #15 - DC Comics Batman (1940 series) #15 - DC Comics Captain America Comics (1941 series) #23 - Timely Comics Detective Comics (1937 series) #72 - DC Comics Flash Comics (1940 series) #38 - DC Comics Gene Autry Comics (1941 series) #5 - Fawcett Comics Joker Comics (1942 series) #7 - Timely Comics Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #40 - Timely Comics More Fun Comics (1936 series) #88 - DC Comics Sensation Comics (1942 series) #14 - DC Comics Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #17 - DC Comics Target Comics (1942 series) #12 - Novelty Press U.S.A. Comics (1941 series) #7 - Timely Comics March March 4–5: Halfway the Tintin story Red Rackham's Treasure Professor Calculus makes his debut. Action Comics (1938 series) #58 - DC Comics Adventure Comics (1938 series) #84 - DC Comics Air Fighters Comics (1941 series) #6 - Hillman Periodicals All-American Comics (1939 series) #48 - DC Comics All-Flash (1941 series) #9, previously quarterly - DC Comics Captain America Comics (1941 series) #24 - Timely Comics Crack Comics (1940 series) #28 - Quality Comics Detective Comics (1937 series) #73 - DC Comics Flash Comics (1940 series) #39 - DC Comics Gene Autry Comics (1941 series) #6 - Fawcett Comics Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #41 - Timely Comics More Fun Comics (1936 series) #89 - DC Comics Sensation Comics (1942 series) #15 - DC Comics Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #18 - DC Comics Target Comics (1943 series) #1 - Novelty Press Superman (1939 series) #21 - DC Comics Spring Issue World's Finest Comics (1941 series) #9 - DC Comics April René Bonnet's comic strip Fripounet debuts in the magazine Lettres aux Jeunes. The boy character Fripounet will receive a female friend in 1945, named Marisette.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/bonnet_rene.htm René Bonnet lambiek.net May 18, 2020 Action Comics (1938 series) #59 - DC Comics Adventure Comics (1938 series) #85 - DC Comics Air Fighters Comics (1941 series) #7 - Hillman Periodicals All-American Comics (1939 series) #49 - DC Comics All-Star Comics (1940 series) #16 - DC Comics All-Winners Comics (1941 series) #8 - Timely Comics Batman (1940 series) #16: marks the debut of Batman's faithful butler Alfred Pennyworth. - DC Comics Captain America Comics (1941 series) #25 - Timely Comics Detective Comics (1937 series) #74 - DC Comics Flash Comics (1940 series) #40 - DC Comics Gene Autry Comics (1941 series) #7 - Fawcett Comics Human Torch Comics (1940 series) #11 - Timely Comics Joker Comics (1942 series) #8 - Timely Comics Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #42 - Timely Comics More Fun Comics (1936 series) #90 - DC Comics Sensation Comics (1942 series) #16 - DC Comics Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #19 - DC Comics Sub-Mariner Comics (1941 series) #9 - Timely Comics Target Comics (1943 series) #2 - Novelty Press U.S.A. Comics (1941 series) #8 - Timely Comics Young Allies Comics (1941 series) #7 - Timely Comics May May 10: Jack Sparling's Claire Voyant makes its debut. It will run until 1948. May 16: The final issue of the Italian comics magazine L'Avventuroso is published. Action Comics (1938 series) #60 - DC Comics Air Fighters Comics (1941 series) #8 - Hillman Periodicals All-Flash (1941 series) #10, previously quarterly - DC Comics Captain America Comics (1941 series) #26 - Timely Comics Crack Comics (1940 series) #29 - Quality Comics Detective Comics (1937 series) #75 - DC Comics Flash Comics (1940 series) #41 - DC Comics Gene Autry Comics (1941 series) #8 - Fawcett Comics Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #43 - Timely Comics More Fun Comics (1936 series) #91 - DC Comics Sensation Comics (1942 series) #17 - DC Comics Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #20 - DC Comics Superman (1939 series) #22 - DC Comics Target Comics (1943 series) #3 - Novelty Press June June 20: Harry Haenigsen's Penny makes its debut. It will run until 1970. Action Comics (1938 series) #61 - DC Comics Adventure Comics (1938 series) #86 - DC Comics Air Fighters Comics (1941 series) #9 - Hillman Periodicals All-American Comics (1939 series) #50 - DC Comics All-Star Comics (1940 series) #17 - DC Comics All-Winners Comics (1941 series) #9 - Timely Comics Batman (1940 series) #17 - DC Comics Captain America Comics (1941 series) #27 - Timely Comics Detective Comics (1937 series) #76 - DC Comics Flash Comics (1940 series) #42 - DC Comics Human Torch Comics (1940 series) #12 - Timely Comics Joker Comics (1942 series) #9 - Timely Comics Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #44 - Timely Comics Sensation Comics (1942 series) #18 - DC Comics Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #21 - DC Comics Sub-Mariner Comics (1941 series) #10 - Timely Comics Target Comics (1943 series) #4 - Novelty Press Summer Issue World's Finest Comics (1941 series) #10 - DC Comics July July 4: Jimmy Hatlo's Little Iodine receives her own spin-off comic. It will run until 1985.http://www.toonopedia.com/iodine.htm Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Little Iodine www.toonopedia.com May 18, 2020 July 18: Kathleen O'Brien's Wanda the War Girl first appears in print.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/o/obrien_kath.htm Kath O'Brien lambiek.net May 18, 2020 July 24: Steve Dowling's Garth makes its debut. It will run until 22 March 1997. Gilbert Lawford Dalton and Jack Glass's Wilson the Wonder Athlete makes its debut. July 26: Bombing of Hanover in World War II: During Allied bombings of the city center of Hanover the Wilhelm Busch Museum is destroyed, but it will be rebuilt after the war.http://www.karikatur-museum.de/230_Chronik_der_Wilhelm-Busch-Gesellschaft.html history July: In Walt Disney's Comics and Stories, Good deeds, by Carl Barks; debut of Neighbor Jones (the character gets his definitive shape four month later, in the story Good Neighbours). July: Helnit Publishing regains the publishing rights for Captain Aero Comics and Cat-Man Comics from Holyoke Publishing. Action Comics (1938 series) #62 - DC Comics Air Fighters Comics (1941 series) #10 - Hillman Periodicals All-American Comics (1939 series) #51 - DC Comics All-Flash (1941 series) #11, previously quarterly - DC Comics Captain America Comics (1941 series) #28 - Timely Comics Cat-Man Comics (1941 series) #18 - Helnit Publishing Detective Comics (1937 series) #77 - DC Comics Flash Comics (1940 series) #43 - DC Comics Gene Autry Comics (1941 series) #9 - Fawcett Comics Jolly Jingles #10 - MLJ Comics - marks the debut of Al Fagaly's Super Duck. Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #45 - Timely Comics More Fun Comics (1936 series) #92 - DC Comics Sensation Comics (1942 series) #19 - DC Comics Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #22 - DC Comics Superman (1939 series) #23 - DC Comics U.S.A. Comics (1941 series) #9 - Timely Comics Wonder Woman (1942 series) #5 - DC Comics: marks the debut of the villain Doctor Psycho. Young Allies Comics (1941 series) #8 - Timely Comics August Action Comics (1938 series) #63 - DC Comics Adventure Comics (1938 series) #87 - DC Comics Air Fighters Comics (1941 series) #11 - Hillman Periodicals All-Star Comics (1940 series) #18 - DC Comics Batman (1940 series) #18 - DC Comics Captain America Comics (1941 series) #29 - Timely Comics Crack Comics (1940 series) #30 - Quality Comics Detective Comics (1937 series) #78 - DC Comics Flash Comics (1940 series) #44 - DC Comics Joker Comics (1942 series) #10 - Timely Comics Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #46 - Timely Comics Sensation Comics (1942 series) #20 - DC Comics Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #23 - DC Comics Target Comics (1943 series) #5 - Novelty Press September September 10: The final episode of the Italian comics magazine Bertoldo is published. September 27: In Bob Karp and Al Taliaferro's Donald Duck comic strip Grandma Duck makes her debut as a character (before she had only been seen in a framed picture, on 11 August 1940).https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/taliaferro.htm Al Taliaferro lambiek.net May 18, 2020 Action Comics (1938 series) #64, with Toyman vs Superman - DC Comics Air Fighters Comics (1941 series) #12 - Hillman Periodicals All-American Comics (1939 series) #52 - DC Comics All-Winners Comics (1941 series) #10 - Timely Comics Captain Aero Comics (1941 series) #11 - Helnit Publishing Captain America Comics (1941 series) #30 - Timely Comics Cat-Man Comics (1941 series) #19 - Helnit Publishing Detective Comics (1937 series) #79 - DC Comics Flash Comics (1940 series) #45 - DC Comics Gene Autry Comics (1941 series) #10 - Fawcett Comics Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #47 - Timely Comics More Fun Comics (1936 series) #93 - DC Comics Sensation Comics (1942 series) #21 - DC Comics Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #24 - DC Comics Sub-Mariner Comics (1941 series) #11 - Timely Comics Superman (1939 series) #24 - DC Comics U.S.A. Comics (1941 series) #10 - Timely Comics Young Allies Comics (1941 series) #9 - Timely Comics Fall Issue All-Flash (1941 series) #12, previously quarterly - DC Comics World's Finest Comics (1941 series) #11 - DC Comics October October 4: Alfred Andriola and Allen Saunders' Kerry Drake makes its debut. It will run until 1983. October 17: In an episode of Milton Caniff's Terry and the Pirates Filip Corkin gives a patriotic speech about comradery in the U.S. army. The next day politician John Carl Hinshaw reads it to the Congressional Record. The page becomes a classic and will often be reprinted. October 23: Péricles de Andrade Maranhão, Péricles, launches the comic strip O Amigo da Onça.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/pericles.htm Péricles Action Comics (1938 series) #65 - DC Comics Adventure Comics (1938 series) #88 - DC Comics Air Fighters Comics (1941 series) #13 - Hillman Periodicals All-American Comics (1939 series) #53 - DC Comics All-Star Comics (1940 series) #19 - DC Comics Batman (1940 series) #19 - DC Comics Captain America Comics (1941 series) #31 - Timely Comics Cat-Man Comics (1941 series) #20 - Helnit Publishing Crack Comics (1940 series) #31 - Quality Comics Detective Comics (1937 series) #80 - DC Comics Flash Comics (1940 series) #46 - DC Comics Human Torch Comics (1940 series) #13 - Timely Comics Joker Comics (1942 series) #11 - Timely Comics Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #48 - Timely Comics Sensation Comics (1942 series) #22 - DC Comics Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #25 - DC Comics Target Comics (1943 series) #6 - Novelty Press November November 1: The first episode of Roy Crane's Buz Sawyer is published. It will run until 21 April 1979. The first episode of Albert Chartier's newspaper comic Onésime is published, continuously for 59 years, until 2002.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/chartier_albert.htm Albert Chartier The final issue of the Italian comics magazine Giornale dei Ragazzi is published. Action Comics (1938 series) #66 - DC Comics Air Fighters Comics (1941 series) #14 - Hillman Periodicals All-Winners Comics (1941 series) #11 - Timely Comics Captain Aero Comics (1941 series) #12 - Helnit Publishing Captain America Comics (1941 series) #32 - Timely Comics Cat-Man Comics (1941 series) #21 - Helnit Publishing Detective Comics (1937 series) #81 - DC Comics Flash Comics (1940 series) #47 - DC Comics Joker Comics (1942 series) #12 - Timely Comics Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #49 - Timely Comics marks the debut of Otto Binder and Al Gabriele's Miss America. More Fun Comics (1936 series) #94 - DC Comics Sensation Comics (1942 series) #23 - DC Comics Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #26 - DC Comics Sub-Mariner Comics (1941 series) #12 - Timely Comics Superman (1939 series) #25 - DC Comics Target Comics (1943 series) #7 - Novelty Press In Walt Disney’s Comics and stories, Panchito, by Kent Hultgren; debut in comics of Panchito Pistoles. December December 21: In Chester Gould's Dick Tracy the villain Flattop makes his debut.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/gould.htm Chester Gould lambiek.net May 18, 2020 December 26: Joseph Hughes Newton's Tullus makes its debut. It will run until 1976. December: Gene Autry Comics publisher changes from Fawcett to Dell Comics. Action Comics (1938 series) #67 - DC Comics Adventure Comics (1938 series) #89 - DC Comics Air Fighters Comics (1941 series) #15 - Hillman Periodicals All-American Comics (1939 series) #54 - DC Comics All-Star Comics (1940 series) #20 - DC Comics Batman (1940 series) #20 - DC Comics Captain America Comics (1941 series) #33 - Timely Comics Cat-Man Comics (1941 series) #22 - Helnit Publishing Crack Comics (1940 series) #32 - Quality Comics Detective Comics (1937 series) #82 - DC Comics Flash Comics (1940 series) #48 - DC Comics Gene Autry Comics (1941 series) #11 - Dell Comics Joker Comics (1942 series) #13 - Timely Comics Marvel Mystery Comics (1939 series) #50 - Timely Comics Sensation Comics (1942 series) #24 - DC Comics Star Spangled Comics (1941 series) #27 - DC Comics Suspense Comics (1943 series) #1 - Et-Es-Go Magazines Target Comics (1943 series) #8 - Novelty Press Young Allies Comics (1941 series) #10 - Timely Comics Winter Issue All-Flash (1941 series) #13, previously quarterly - DC Comics World's Finest Comics (1941 series) #12 - DC Comics Births January January 7: Liz Berube, American comics artist and colorist, known for romance comics, (d. 2021).Degg, D. D. "LIZ BERUBE – RIP," The Daily Cartoonist (March 1, 2021). January 29: Steve Skeates, American comic writer (DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Charlton Comics), (d. 2023).Cronin Brian 2023-04-01 Steve Skeates, Longtime Comic Writer and Hawk & Dove Co-Creator, Dies at 80 https://www.cbr.com/steve-skeates-hawk-dove-aquaman-obituary/ 2023-04-01 CBR en November November 11: Dave Cockrum, American comics artist (X-Men, The Avengers, Superboy), (d. 2006).Dave Cockrum https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/cockrum_dave.htm 7 April 2018 lambiek.net Specific date unknown Asher Dikstein, Israeli comic artist (The Spaceship of Time, Mysteries of the Lost Continent), (d. 2021).https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/dikstein_asher.htm Asher Dikstein Lambiek.net January 14, 2022 Deaths January January 28: Eddie Eks, American comics artist, dies at age 60.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/e/eks_e.htm Eddie Eks March March 3: Otto Luihn, Norwegian journalist, poet and comics writer (Sjur Sjursen vil bli kapitalist), dies from heart failure at age 52. Karóly Mühlbeck, Slovakian-Hungarian painter, graphic artist, caricaturist and comics artist (Mühlbeck headlines), dies at age 73.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/muehlbeck_karoly.htm Károly Mühlbeck lambiek.net May 18, 2020 March 28: Pete Llanuza, American comics artist (Jack Ofalltrades, continued Joe Jinks), dies at age 70.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/l/llanuza_pete.htm Pete Llanuza lambiek.net May 18, 2020 April April 3: Joe Cunningham, American actor, sports writer and comics artist (Rufus McGoofus), dies at age 52 from coronary disease.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/cunningham_joe.htm Joe Cunningham lambiek.net December 27, 2020 April 9: Felix Hess, Dutch illustrator, painter, etcher and comics artist (Uit Het Kladschrift van Jantje, De Wonderlijke Reis van Jan Klaassen, De Ongelooflijke Avonturen van Bram Vingerling, Uit Mijn Kladboek), dies at age 64 in concentration camp Sobibor.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/hess_felix.htm Felix Hess lambiek.net May 18, 2020 April 26: Frank Ladendorf, a.k.a. Lads, American comics artist (Posey County, Farmer Oatcake, Mischievous Willie, Herr Toughluck Dotty Dimple, The Joys and Sorrows of Mister and Mrs. Newlywed), dies at age 82.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/l/lads.htm Frank Ladendorf lambiek.net May 18, 2020 June June 16: Nicholas Afonsky, Russian-American comics artist (continued Minute Movies, Little Annie Rooney and Secret Agent X-9), dies at age 51.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/a/afonsky_nicholas.htm Nicholas Afonsky lambiek.net May 18, 2020 July July 8: Jean Moulin, French resistance fighter and cartoonist, dies at age 44, after being captured by the Gestapo. September September 14: John R. Neill, American illustrator and comics artist (Life Among the Macaronis, The Fate of a Crown, Children's Stories That Never Grow Old, The Little Journeys of Nip and Tuck), dies at age 65.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/n/neill_john-r.htm John R. Neill lambiek.net September 16, 2020 October October 10: Charlotte Salomon, German painter and comics artist (Leben? oder Theater?: Ein Singspiel), is gassed to death in Auschwitz at age 26. October 18: A.M. de Jong, Dutch novelist and comics writer (Bulletje en Boonestaak) is murdered by two SS soldiers at age 55.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/r/raemdonck.htm George van Raemdonck Lambiek.net July 11, 2022 December December 29: Enrico Novelli, a.k.a. Yambo, Italian journalist, writer, illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 69.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/y/yambo.htm Yambo lambiek.net April 2, 2021 Specific date unknown Herbert Sydney Foxwell, British comics artist (continued The Bruin Boys (better known as Tiger Tim) and Teddy Tail, created The Bunty Boys), dies at age 52 or 53.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/f/foxwell_herbert.htm Herbert Sydney Foxwell lambiek.net May 18, 2020 Worden Wood, American comics artist (ghostdrew Buster Brown), dies at age 62 or 63.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/w/wood_worden.htm Worden Wood lambiek.net May 18, 2020 First issues by title Suspense Comics (December) - Et-Es-Go Magazines Initial appearances by character name Alfred Beagle in Batman #18 (April), created by Bob Kane, Bill Finger and Jerry Robinson - DC Comics Henry King in All Star Comics #15 (February), created by Gardner Fox and Joe Gallagher - DC Comics Captain Triumph in Crack Comics #27 (January), Created by Alfred Andriola - DC Comics Cavalier in Detective Comics #81 (November), created by Don Cameron and Bob Kane - DC Comics Cheetah in Wonder Woman #06 (Fall Issue), William Moulton Marston - DC Comics Crime Doctor in Detective Comics #77 (July), created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane - DC Comics Doctor Psycho in Wonder Woman #5 (July), created by William Moulton Marston and Harry G. Peter - DC Comics King Bee in All-Star Comics #18 (August), created by Gardner Fox - DC Comics Sabbac in Captain Marvel Jr. #4 (July), created by Otto Binder and Al Carreno - DC Comics Thinker in All Flash #12 (September), created by Gardner Fox and E.E. Hibbard - DC Comics Toyman in Action Comics #64 (September), created by Don Cameron and Ed Dobrotka - DC Comics Tweedledum and Tweedledee in Detective Comics #74 (April), created by Bob Kane, Don Cameron and Jerry Robinson - DC Comics Uncle Marvel in Wow Comics #18 (October), created by Otto Binder and Marc Swayze - DC Comics Vandal Savage in Green Lantern #10 (December), created by Alfred Bester and Martin Nodell - DC Comics References