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Notable events of 1962 in comics. Starting January, most companies raise their comics from 10 to 12 cents.

Publications

January

First appearance of the Skrulls
  • Journey into Mystery (1952 series) #76 - Marvel Comics
  • Kid Colt: Outlaw (1948 series) #102 - Marvel Comics
  • Strange Tales (1951 series) #92 - Marvel Comics
  • Tales of Suspense (1959 series) #25 - Marvel Comics
  • Tales to Astonish (1959 series) #27 - Marvel Comics
First appearance of Henry "Hank" Pym

February

  • February 6: In Le journal de Tintin, the first episode of the Michel Vaillant adventure Les Casse-cou, by Jean Graton starts its serialisation.
  • February 8: Jean Roba's children's adventure comic series La Ribambelle debuts in Spirou.[5]
  • Aquaman #1 — DC Comics
  • Amazing Adult Fantasy (1961 series) #9 - Marvel Comics
  • Help! vol. 2, #1 — Warren Publishing
  • Journey into Mystery (1952 series) #77 - Marvel Comics
  • Rawhide Kid (1955 series) #26 - Marvel Comics
  • Strange Tales (1951 series) #93 - Marvel Comics
  • Tales of Suspense (1959 series) #26 - Marvel Comics
  • Tales to Astonish (1959 series) #28 - Marvel Comics

March

  • March 1: The first episode of René Goscinny and Jean Tabary's Valentin Le Vagabond is published in Pilote. The series will run until 1973.[6]
  • March 22: In Pilote, the first chapter of Asterix the Gladiator, by Goscinny and Uderzo is prepublished. The story marks the debut of the pirates, whose unlucky encounters with the gauls will become a running gag in each album.[7]
  • Amazing Adult Fantasy (1961 series) #10 - Marvel Comics
  • Cave of Ali Baba, by Carl Barks, on Uncle Scrooge #37 - Dell Comics.
  • Fantastic Four (1961 series) #3 - Marvel Comics
  • Journey into Mystery (1952 series) #78 - Marvel Comics
  • Kid Colt: Outlaw (1948 series) #103 - Marvel Comics
  • Strange Tales (1951 series) #94 - Marvel Comics
  • Tales of Suspense (1959 series) #27 - Marvel Comics
  • Tales to Astonish (1959 series) #29 - Marvel Comics
  • The Italian editor Luciano Secchi debuts as an author with the western series Maschera nera (Black mask), designed by Paolo Piffarerio and published by Editoriale Corno. For the occasion, the writer takes the pen name Max Bunker.

April

  • April 2: In V-Magazine, the character Barbarella by Jean-Claude Forest makes her debut.[8]
  • April 13: Hugo Pratt's Fort Wheeling debuts in the Argentine review Misterix. It will eventually develop into the western comic Blueberry.
  • The final issue of the American comics magazine The Funnies is published.[9]
  • Amazing Adult Fantasy (1961 series) #11 - Marvel Comics
  • Journey into Mystery (1952 series) #79 - Marvel Comics
  • Rawhide Kid (1955 series) #27 - Marvel Comics
  • Strange Tales (1951 series) #95 - Marvel Comics
  • Tales of Suspense (1959 series) #28 - Marvel Comics
  • Tales to Astonish (1959 series) #30 - Marvel Comics

May

Reintroduction of Namor the Sub-Mariner into Marvel Comics continuity.
First appearance of the Hulk, Thunderbolt Ross, Betty Ross, and Rick Jones

June

  • June 21: Carmen Barbará's Mary Noticias is first published.[11]
  • Amazing Adult Fantasy (1961 series) #13 - Marvel Comics
  • Rawhide Kid (1955 series) #28 - Marvel Comics
  • Strange Tales (1951 series) #97 - Marvel Comics
  • Tales of Suspense (1959 series) #30 - Marvel Comics
  • Tales to Astonish (1959 series) #32 - Marvel Comics
  • Uncle Scrooge (1953 series) #38 - Dell comics; "The Unsafe Safe" by Carl Barks

July

  • July 20: Héctor Germán Oesterheld and Alberto Breccia's prologue story Ezra Winston el anticuario is first published and features the debut of Ezra Winston.
  • The final episode of Don Freeman and Jack Monk's Buck Ryan is published.[12]
  • Amazing Adult Fantasy (1961 series) #14 - Marvel Comics
  • Fantastic Four (1961 series) #5 - Marvel Comics
First appearance of Doctor Doom
  • The Incredible Hulk (1962 series) #2 - Marvel Comics
  • Kid Colt: Outlaw (1948 series) #105 - Marvel Comics
  • Strange Tales (1951 series) #98 - Marvel Comics
  • Tales of Suspense (1959 series) #31 - Marvel Comics
  • Tales to Astonish (1959 series) #33 - Marvel Comics
  • With issue #131 (July/August cover date), Dell Comics cancels Tarzan.

August

First appearance of Stan Lee and Steve Ditko's Spider-Man.
  • Journey into Mystery (1952 series) #83 - Marvel Comics
First appearance of Thor
  • Rawhide Kid (1955 series) #29 - Marvel Comics
  • Strange Tales (1951 series) #99 - Marvel Comics
  • Tales of Suspense (1959 series) #32 - Marvel Comics
  • Tales to Astonish (1959 series) #34 - Marvel Comics

September

  • September 5:
    • The first issue of the Flemish comics magazine Pats is published. It's a weekly children's supplement of the newspapers Het Nieuwsblad, De Standaard, Het Handelsblad, De Gentenaar and De Landwacht. It will run until 27 February 1974, after which it changes its name to the Patskrant.
    • Inside the first issue of Pats Willy Vandersteen's comics series Pats (1962-1977) makes its debut.,[14] as well as Gommaar Timmermans' long-running children's comic Fideel de Fluwelen Ridder.[15]
  • September 15: The final issue of the British comics magazine Film Fun is published, which merges with Buster.
  • First issue of Gatto Felix (Edizioni Bianconi), a licensed version of Felix the cat, by Italian authors.
  • Fantastic Four (1961 series) #6 - Marvel Comics
  • The Incredible Hulk (1962 series) #3 - Marvel Comics
First appearance of the Ringmaster and the second Circus of Crime
  • Journey into Mystery (1952 series) #84 - Marvel Comics
First appearance of Jane Foster
  • Kid Colt: Outlaw (1948 series) #106 - Marvel Comics
  • Strange Tales (1951 series) #100 - Marvel Comics
  • Strange Tales Annual (1962 series) #1 - Marvel Comics
  • Tales of Suspense (1959 series) #33 - Marvel Comics
  • Tales to Astonish (1959 series) #35 - Marvel Comics
First appearance of Ant-Man

October

  • October 6: The first issue of the British comics magazine Valiant is published. It will run until 16 October 1976.[16]
  • Fantastic Four (1961 series) #7 - Marvel Comics
  • Journey into Mystery (1952 series) #85 - Marvel Comics
First appearance of Loki, Balder, Sif, Odin & Asgard
First solo Human Torch (Johnny Storm) feature
  • Tales of Suspense (1959 series) #34 - Marvel Comics
  • Tales to Astonish (1959 series) #36 - Marvel Comics
  • In Italy, the first issue of Collana eroica, (Italian translation of the Fleetway war comics) is published by Editoriale Dardo.

November

First appearance of Puppet Master
  • The Incredible Hulk (1962 series) #4 - Marvel Comics
  • Journey into Mystery (1952 series) #86 - Marvel Comics
First appearance of Zarrko the Tomorrow Man
  • Kid Colt: Outlaw (1948 series) #107 - Marvel Comics
  • Strange Tales (1951 series) #102 - Marvel Comics
First appearance of the Wizard
  • Tales of Suspense (1959 series) #35 - Marvel Comics
  • Tales to Astonish (1959 series) #37 - Marvel Comics
  • Two-Gun Kid (1948 series) #60 - Marvel Comics
  • With issue #132, Gold Key Comics begins publishing Tarzan, which it acquired from Dell Comics.

December

  • December 10: Willy Vandersteen's western comics series Karl May, based on the novels by Karl May, is launched and will run until 1977.[15]
  • December 20: The first episode of Hubuc and Jacques Devos' Victor Sébastopol is published in Spirou.[19]
  • December 29: The final episode of Al Capp and Bob Lubbers 's Long Sam is published.[20]
  • Fantastic Four (1961 series) #9 - Marvel Comics
  • Journey into Mystery (1952 series) #87 - Marvel Comics
  • Rawhide Kid (1955 series) #31 - Marvel Comics
  • Strange Tales (1951 series) #103 - Marvel Comics
  • Tales of Suspense (1959 series) #36 - Marvel Comics
  • Tales to Astonish (1959 series) #38 - Marvel Comics
First appearance of Egghead (Marvel Comics)

Specific date unknown

  • Gene Deitch's Maly Svet (Small World) runs in Kvety, the official weekly of the Czech Communist Party for 12 episodes, after which it is discontinued because of its satire of communism.[21]
  • David Sutherland is assigned to continue the popular gag comic The Bash Street Kids in The Beano. He will draw the series from 1962 until his death in early 2023.[22]

Births

February

March

October

November

Deaths

January

  • January 13: Ernie Kovacs, American comedian and comics writer (Mad [26]), dies at age 42 in a car accident.[27]
  • January 22: Jack Patton, American comics artist (Restless Age, Dolly Burns, Spencer Easley), dies at age 61.[28]

February

  • February 12: Ding Darling, American cartoonist and comics artist (Taking the Day's Work Home to Be Free From Interruptions, We Could Live Just as Cheaply as Our Fathers, The Great American Sucker, The Musical Career of Tillie Clapsaddle), dies at age 85.[29]
  • February 14: James Crighton, Scottish comics artist (Korky the Cat), dies at age 70.[30]

March

  • March 2: J.F. Horrabin, British comics artist (Japhet and Happy, Dot and Carrie), cartoonist and writer, dies at age 77.[31]
  • March 5: Cornelis Veth, Dutch painter, cartoonist, journalist, writer and illustrator, dies at age 82.[32]

April

  • April 18: Don Wootton, American comics artist (Seeing Stars), commits suicide at age 66.[33]
  • April 21:
  • April 25: Billy Cam, American comics artist (Camouflages), dies at age 70.[36]
  • April 26: Carlos Neve, Mexican comic artist (Segundo I, Rey de Moscabia, Rocambole), dies at age 71–72.[37]

May

June

  • June 21: Tom Webster, British cartoonist (drew sports cartoons), dies at age 76.[41]

August

  • August 5: John Willie, British photographer and comics artist (Sweet Gwendoline), dies at age 59.[42]
  • August 7: Mikhail Cheremnykh, Russian caricaturist, painter, illustrator, poster artist and comics artist (Soviet propaganda comics), dies at age 71.[43]

September

  • September 17: Harry L. Parkhurst, American illustrator and comics artist (Murder for Exercise, Dear Little Dude), dies at age 86.[44]
  • September 26: George Carlson (Jingle Jangle Comics), American comics artist, dies at age 84 or 85.[45]
  • September 28: Bernardo Marques, Portuguese painter and comics artist, dies at age 64.[46]

October

  • October 26: Georges Sogny, French illustrator and comic artist (continued Don Winslow of the Navy in Le Journal de Mickey), dies at age 66. [47]
  • Specific date unknown: Forest A. McGinn, American comics artist (made a celebrity comic about Joe Martin, a Hollywood orang-utan), dies at age 69.[48]

November

  • November 2: Kurt Ludwig Schmidt, aka Becker-Kasch, German comics artist (Tim und Tobby, Mischa im Weltraum, Die Löwe Adolar, Rolf Kauka comics), dies at age 53.[49]
  • November 4: Guillermo Cifré, Spanish comics artist (Don Furcio, Cucufato Pi, Reporter Tribulete), dies at age 39.[50]
  • November 9: Emile Brumsteede, Dutch film director and comics artist (Dannie ben ik), dies at age 51.[51]
  • November 17: Albéric Bourgeois, Canadian comics artist (Les Aventures de Timothée, Les Aventures de Toinon, Les Fables du Parc Lafontaine, continued Le Père Ladébauche), dies at age 86.[52]

December

  • December 12: David Bueno de Mesquita, Dutch graphic artist, illustrator and comics artist (De Geschiedenis van Gulzigen Tobias, Billie Ritchie en Zijn Ezel), dies at age 73.[53]

Specific date unknown

  • Arch Dale, Scottish-Canadian cartoonist and comics artist (The Doo-Dads), dies at age 79 or 80.[54]
  • Guido Moroni-Celsi, Italian comics artist (Bonifazio, I Misteri della Giungla Nera, La Conquista di Mompracem), dies at age 77.[55]
  • Hal Rasmusson, American illustrator and comics artist (Aggie Mack), dies at age 61 or 62.[56]
  • Robert Q. Sale, American comics artist (worked for Lev Gleason, Funnies Inc., D.S. Publishing & Hillman, DC Comics, Novelty Comics, Marvel Comics/Atlas Comics), dies at age 37 or 38.[57]
  • H.M. Talintyre, British comics artist (Uncle Oojah, Jack and Jill), dies at age 68 or 69.[58]

First issues by title

Help! (vol. 2) — Warren Publishing

Release: February. Editor: Harvey Kurtzman

The Incredible Hulk (Marvel Comics)

Release: May. Writer: Stan Lee. Artist: Jack Kirby

Pep (The Netherlands)

Release: October 6. Note: Runs until 26 September 1975, after which it merges with Sjors to become Eppo.[59]

Initial appearances by character name

Marvel Comics

DC Comics

Other publishers

References

  1. ↑ "Suat Yalaz". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  2. ↑ BDoubliées. "Record année 1962" (in French).
  3. ↑ Lambiek Comiclopedia. "Jean Tabary".
  4. ↑ Holland, Steve. "Look and Learn: A History of the Classic Children's Magazine" (PDF). Look and Learn. Retrieved 18 November 2006.
  5. ↑ "Spirou année 1962". bdoubliees.com. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Jean Tabary". lambiek.net. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Albert Uderzo". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Barbarella, la più bella dello spazio". afnews.info Volume 1: 1995/2021 (in Italian). 2012-03-31. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
  9. ↑ "GCD :: Series :: New Funnies". www.comics.org. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  10. ↑ "David Low". lambiek.net. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  11. ↑ "Carmen Barbará". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  12. ↑ "Jack Monk". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  13. ↑ "Alberto Breccia". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  14. ↑ "Willy Vandersteen". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  15. 1 2 "GoT (Gommaar Timmermans)". lambiek.net. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
  16. ↑ "Valiant (Comic)". www.internationalhero.co.uk. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  17. ↑ "FFF - Fumetto, DIABOLIK". www.lfb.it. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  18. ↑ "Het rijmende paard". suskeenwiske.ophetwww.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  19. ↑ "Jacques Devos". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  20. ↑ "Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Long Sam". www.toonopedia.com. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  21. ↑ "Gene Deitch". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  22. ↑ "David Sutherland". lambiek.net. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  23. ↑ Miller, John Jackson (June 10, 2005). "Comics Industry Birthdays". Comics Buyer's Guide. Iola, Wisconsin. Archived from the original on February 18, 2011. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
  24. ↑ "Don Asmussen". Lambiek.net. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
  25. ↑ Gustines, George Gene (May 17, 2016). "Darwyn Cooke, Comic Book Artist With a Retro Take, Dies at 53". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
  26. ↑ "Doug Gilford's Mad Cover Site - UGOI - Ernie Kovacs". www.madcoversite.com. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  27. ↑ "Comedian Ernie Kovacs Is Killed in Traffic Accident". Victoria Advocate. January 14, 1962. Retrieved August 26, 2013.
  28. ↑ "Jack Patton".
  29. ↑ "Ding Darling". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  30. ↑ "James Crighton". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  31. ↑ "James Francis Horrabin". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  32. ↑ "Cornelis Veth".
  33. ↑ "Don Wootton". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  34. ↑ "Bob McCay". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  35. ↑ "Bob Wickersham". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  36. ↑ "Billy Cam". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  37. ↑ "Carlos Neve". lambiek.net. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
  38. ↑ "Dick Calkins". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  39. ↑ "John H. Striebel". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  40. ↑ "Vic Forsythe". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  41. ↑ "Tom Webster". lambiek.net. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
  42. ↑ "John Willie". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  43. ↑ "Mikhail Cheremnykh". lambiek.net. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  44. ↑ "H. L. Parkhurst". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  45. ↑ "George Carlson". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  46. ↑ "Bernardo Marques". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  47. ↑ "Forest A. McGinn". lambiek.net. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
  48. ↑ "Forest A. McGinn". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  49. ↑ "Becker-Kasch". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  50. ↑ "Guillermo Cifré".
  51. ↑ "Emile Brumsteede".
  52. ↑ "Albéric Bourgeois". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  53. ↑ "David Bueno de Mesquita". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  54. ↑ "Arch Dale". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  55. ↑ "Guido Moroni-Celsi".
  56. ↑ "Hal Rasmusson". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  57. ↑ "Robert Q. Sale". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  58. ↑ "H. M. Talintyre". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  59. ↑ Pep entry, Lambiek's Comiclopedia
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