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1939 in comics

1939 in comics

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Notable events of 1939 in comics.

See also: List of years in comics

Events and publications

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Specials

Specific date unknown

Births

March

  • March 27: Jo Teodorescu, Romanian illustrator and comics artist (Aventurile profesului Parbriz), (d. 2014).[10]

April

Deaths

January

June

  • June 28: Joz De Swerts, Belgian illustrator, political cartoonist and comics artist (worked for Zonneland), dies at age 49.[15]

July

  • July 4: Louis Wain, British painter and illustrator (illustrations starring anthropomorphic cats), dies at age 78.[16]
  • July 25: A.E. Hayward, American comics artist (Somebody's Stenog), dies at age 55.[17]

August

  • August 14: T.E. Powers, American comics artist (Our Moving Pictures, Mr. Nobody Holme), dies at the age of 69.[18]

September

  • September 8: Elie Smalhout, Dutch graphic artist, illustrator and comics artist (made text comics for De Notenkraker), dies at age 49.[19]
  • September 29: Luc Lafnet, aka Davine, Visnet, O. Lucas, Pol, Luc, Belgian-French comics artist (Bizouk et Pélik, Zizette, assisted on Spirou et Fantasio, Bibor et Tribar), dies at age 40 from pancreatic cancer.[20]

October

  • October 10: Benjamin Rabier, French comics artist, illustrator, animator and advertising artist (Gédéon, Tintin-Lutin, designed La Vache Qui Rit), dies at age 74.[21]
  • October 12: Llorenç Brunet i Forroll, Spanish caricaturist, painter and comics artist, dies at age 67.[22]
  • October 18: Carl Olof Petersen, Swedish illustrator, painter and comics artist, dies at age 59.[23]

November

December

Specific date unknown

  • Paul Augros, French illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 58.[26]
  • Louis de Lajarrige, French illustrator, painter, comics artist and writer, dies at age 66.[27]
  • E. Nicolson, French illustrator and comics artist (Les Aventures du Chien Brownie, Bambochard et Trémolo), dies at an unknown age.[28]

First issues by title

Renamed titles

Initial appearances by character name

References

  1. [1]
    Wallace, Daniel (2010). "1930s". In Dolan, Hannah (ed.). DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. Dorling Kindersley. p. 25. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9. Superman's runaway popularity as part of Action Comics earned him his own comic. This was a real breakthrough for the time, as characters introduced in comic books had never before been so successful as to warrant their own titles.
  2. [2]
    "Gardner Fox".
  3. [3]
    "Will Eisner". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
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    Morales, Alisande (July 17, 2013). "Wonder Women: On and Off Paper". Ali's Alley. Alisande Morales-Caraballo. Archived from the original on October 5, 2016. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
  5. [5]
    One copy with a color cover has been proven to be a hoax.
  6. [6]
    The first mention of Double Action Comics No. 1 is in The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide No. 10 (Robert M. Overstreet, 1980). Additional information regarding Double Action can be found on page A-19 of the market report, which notes that, "four more copies of Double Action turned up and sold for record prices. All of these copies were in excellent condition with white cover and pages. Even a No. 1 was included in the four, the rest being No. 2's." The existence of a Very Good copy has been confirmed by both Robert Overstreet and John K. Snyder III.
  7. [7]
    "Arnold Warden".
  8. [8]
    Keith Booker, M. (2014-10-28). Comics through Time: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas [4 volumes]: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas. ISBN 9780313397516.
  9. [9]
    "Nikola Navojev". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  10. [10]
    "R.A. Kosasih". lambiek.net. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
  11. [11]
    "Shinji Mizushima". Lambiek.net. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  12. [12]
    "Carl Emil Schultze".
  13. [13]
    "Victor Bergdahl".
  14. [14]
    Bendazzi, p. 45
  15. [15]
    "Joz de Swerts".
  16. [16]
    "Louis Wain".
  17. [17]
    "A. E. Hayward".
  18. [18]
    "T. E. Powers".
  19. [19]
    "Elie Smalhout".
  20. [20]
    "Luc Lafnet".
  21. [21]
    "Benjamin Rabier".
  22. [22]
    "Llorenç Brunet i Torroll".
  23. [23]
    "Carl Olof Petersen".
  24. [24]
    "Walter C. Hoban".
  25. [25]
    "Bruno Liljefors".
  26. [26]
    "Augros". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  27. [27]
    "Louis Lajarrige".
  28. [28]
    "E. Nicolson".
  29. [29]
    Wallace "1930s" in Dolan, p. 24: "DC's second superstar debuted in the lead story of this issue, written by Bill Finger and drawn by Bob Kane, though the character was missing many of the elements that would make him a legend."
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